Music produced by Garnet Crow has its roots in the neo acoustic genre, and representative works include "Flying", "Yume Mita Ato De", and "Spiral".
Each individual member has also seen industry success: Nakamura and Azuki often share the limelight for Garnet Crow, but Okamoto has achieved a solo career and Furui is a sought-after music arranger – one of the highest paid in Japan.
[citation needed] On March 30, 2013, the band announced their disbandment, with their final concert scheduled to be held on June 9, 2013.
A further consideration in creating the band name was the enduring image left behind when it is translated to the eerie "scarlet crow" (深紅のカラス) in Japanese.
The two female and two male band consists of lead vocalist Yuri Nakamura (中村由利, Nakamura Yuri), keyboardists Nana Azuki (ＡＺＵＫＩ七, Azuki Nana) and Hirohito Furui (古井弘人, Furui Hirohito), and guitarist Hitoshi Okamoto (岡本仁志, Okamoto Hitoshi).
Furui is the band leader, but members are introduced in official sources with vocalist Nakamura receiving top billing.
[9] In 1999, the four members of what was to become Garnet Crow collaborated on the creation of a demo tape for singer Mai Kuraki's all-American independent record label.
[11] At that time, three of the members were already involved with the record production company Being Group distributing for and supporting other artists, leaving Nakamura as the sole newcomer.