Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden

Fronted and formed in 1999 by key players of the Japanese underground music scene, 菊地成孔 and guitarist Otomo Yoshihide, Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden was a jazz-rock ensemble expanding to over eleven members. They released their first two albums in 2001, the first being a split record with Rovo and the second their own work, Report from Iron Mountain. DCPRG disbanded in 2007.