【cure】 (キュア) forms in Tokyo (東京)東京.
V. Kei-Kei- (螢-Kei-) / G. AKI / B. AIRI (アイリ)
First live is held. A demotape is freely distributed to attendees.
Drummer Satsuki (さつき) joins sometime during the year, after February.
V. Kei-Kei- (螢-Kei-) / G. AKI / B. AIRI (アイリ) / D. Satsuki (さつき)
cure changes its name to shortcut garage (ショートカットガレージ).
shortcut garage disbands
shortcut garage was a visual kei band in Tokyo. They were part of the kote kei subgenre. They were active from 1999 to 2003 and are now disbanded.
I have a demotape in my collection that goes by the name "サヨナラ my Home", it has the index number SGDT-001, no release date is given... the members are listed as: Kei (vocal), AKIHITO (guitar), ユータ (bass), it was sold for 500¥
Could not find anything on that...
Furthermore, I have a flyer by that announces the Machibata Tape...
Schedule is listed:
8.8 Takadanobaba PHASE
8.10 Ikebukuro CYBER
8.15 Takadanobaba AREA
8.21 Ikebukuro CYBER
8.30 Urawa NARCISS
9.5 Akasaka L@N
9.11 Ikebukuro CYBER
9.15 Meguro Rock-May-Kan
9.23 Urawa NARCISS
Yes, you're right! They initially went by キュア but romanized it as 【cure】. Later they switched to just Latin letters with no bracket. (I changed the bio slightly to hopefully reflect this better.)