TUBE (チューブ; chūbu) is a Japanese popular music group. This group released most of its songs in April to July earning the famous phrase, "Summer comes with TUBE".
Members
Nobuteru Maeda(vocal)
Michiya Haruhata(guitar)
Hideyuki Kakuno(bass)
Ryoji Matsumoto(drum)
The group was first debut in 1st June 1985 with single "Best Seller Summer" hence topping Oricon Chart in top 10. TUBE was formed by 4 young people who share same interest in beach and music. Due to their popularity through the years in 1987 Oda Tetsuro formed a temporary band called Nagisa no All Stars with TUBE members being the instrument player of the group.
Most of TUBE songs were composed by themselves. Two of the group members Nobuteru Maeda(vocal) & Michiya Haruhata(guitar) also released solo albums and singles.
Due to their popularity in Hawaii, in year 2000, the mayor of Hawaii that time announced that 1st June every year in Hawaii is TUBE Day.