Mongol800
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| Mongol800 | |
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| Also known as | Monpachi |
| Origin | Okinawa, Japan |
| Genres | Indie rock, pop punk, ska, ska punk |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Tissue Freak Records / High Wave |
| Website | Mongol800 at Highwave |
| Members | |
| Takazato Satoshi Uezu Kiyosaku Gima Takashi |
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| Notable instruments | |
| Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums | |
Mongol800 (モンゴル はっぴゃく mongoru happyaku) is an Okinawan band from Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan consisting of three members. When they were aged 19, they released their first album. They have released five studio recordings, one single, and one live concert DVD. In 2001, despite low commercial attention, they sold over two-million records[1] from the album Message. Several years afterwards they released more albums with just as much success.
Although Mongol800 does not advertise at all, they have released two videos that were a big surprise to their fan base.
- Bonnou No Buruusu: Showing a live studio recording session.
- Asatoya Yuntaku: A traditional Okinawan folk song they covered showing a live performance outside the fencelines of Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.
Mongol800's music encompasses daily life,[2] with many love songs that are heart hitting such as Ryukyu Aika, Sayonara, and the most popular song amongst all their fans; Chisana Koi No Uta. In English, it means Small Love Song.
Mongol800 also did a theme song for the anime Stitch!, South Wind and Sun, released for the second season of the anime's run.
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[edit] Personnel
Kiyosaku Uezu - bass guitar, vocals
Takashi Gima - guitar
Satoshi Takazato - drums
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| # | Information | Copies sold |
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| 1st | Go on As You Are
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1,000,000[3] |
| 2nd | Message
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2,761,910 |
| 3rd | 百々: Momo
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| 4th | Daniel
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| 5th | Etc. Work
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| 6th | Eight-hundreds
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46,128 |
[edit] Singles
| # | Information | Copies sold |
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| 1st | ヨロコビノウタ
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| 2nd | Special Thanks!!
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[edit] Compilations
- 飛薬(Flying Drug): 沖縄中毒 Vol.2 (2001)
- 沖縄中毒/The Pocket Full of Rumble Okinawan Addict!! (2000)
- Japanese Homegrown Vol.4-Skacore Collection (2000)
[edit] External links
- Official site Japanese
- Official Tour Schedule Japanese
- High Wave Records Japanese
- Oricon Billboard Japanese
- Barks Biography Page Japanese
- LastFM Bio Page English
- Japan Wikipedia Japanese
- Lyrics in romaji and kanji English
- Interview at www.keikaku.net: [1] English
[edit] References
- ^ TIME Asia magazine records sales
- ^ Interview from Keikaku.net
- ^ Go on As You Are record sales from Japan Times
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