 Initially, the group released music through the independent label Metro Crew Records, including their debut extended play "Calling Me" (1996).In 1998, the band were featured in the soundtrack for the Eri Fukatsu-starring drama "Kirakira Hikaru", covering The Beach Boys' "Disney Girls (1957)".In June of the same year, the band the band released their debut album, the English language "Blue Speaker", through independent label RD Records, an Osaka-based subsidiary of Hip Land Music Corp..