The Screaming Frogs

The Screaming Frogs are a feel-good indie pop rock band that sound remarkably like Judy and Mary. I even had to double and triple check just to make sure that Judy and Mary singer Yuki wasn't actually the singer Tama from The Screaming Frogs. I still have my doubts, and I really wouldn't be at all surprised if Tama (the ex-Hysteric Blue singer) was just a Yuki pseudonym, they sound that similar. Tama has the same clear and high voice and always sounds like she's smiling when she's singing. Anyway, The Screaming Frogs' music also sounds much like that of Judy & Mary, only more down-tempo and groovy, a bit like The Brilliant Green. It would also seem the The Screaming Frogs is really a glorified Tama solo project, as the other members are listed as "support." While rather unremarkable overall, they do make for nice background music when, say, you're sick and camped out on the couch with some soup.


Official Site
MySpace

Members:
Tama：Vocal
Takuma Wakana：Guitar
Masahide Sakuma：Bass & Keyboard
Gota Yashiki：Drums

Major Releases
The Frogs At Beautiful Sunset（2004/12/15）
For the Frogs（2005/6/22）

Tommy February6 / Tommy Heavenly6

I've already written a bit about Tommy February6 and Tommy Heavenly6, the two alter egos of ex-and-now-current Brilliant Green singer Tomoko Kawase. In a nutshell, while BG was on hold, Kawase kept busy by going solo as two different acts. Tommy February6 was the '80 synth-pop inspired half, while Tommy Heavenly6 was the '00s inspired pout-rock half. Now that BG is back together it is unknown whether or not she'll continue her solo work.

Tommy February6



Tommy Heavenly6

The Brilliant Green

The Brilliant Green formed in 1995 and totally didn't break up in 2002. If you looked up "inoffensive rock band" in the dictionary (does anyone do that anymore?) there would be that picture you see above. TBG are sweet and sublime enough for soccer moms, hip and cute enough for the soccer mom's daughters. The most notable thing one can say about the group (other than "They're really nice.") is that vocalist Tomoko Kawase went on (after the band really did not break up) to form both Tommy February6, in which she pretends to be a young Madonna, and Tommy Heavenly6, in which she pretends she's Avril Lavigne.