WANDS was a 3-member Japanese rock music group founded in 1991 by main vocalist 上杉昇(Sho Uesugi), guitarist 柴崎浩(Hiroshi Shibasaki), and keyboardist 大島康祐(Kousuke Oshima). Band debuted with Single 「寂しさは秋の色」(Lonely autumn's color) on 4th December the same year. Kousuke Oshima left this group to join So-Fi, and 木村真也(Shinya Kimura) joined as key in 1992. Then, band released their 1st Album 「WANDS」on 17th June the same year.