MONGOL800
Mongol800 performing at Busan Rock Festival, South Korea in 2011
Mongol800 performing at Busan Rock Festival, South Korea in 2011
Background information
Also known asMonpachi
OriginOkinawa, Japan
Genres
Years active1998–present
LabelsTissue Freak Records / High Wave
MembersSatoshi Takazato
Kiyosaku Uezu
Takashi Gima
WebsiteMONGOL800 OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Mongol800 (モンゴル はっぴゃく, mongoru happyaku, stylized as MONGOL800) is a Japanese three-piece punk rock band from Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan, formed in 1998. The band released their first album when the members were 19. In 2001, despite low media attention, they produced a commercially-prominent second album Message, which eventually sold over two million record copies.[1] Since then, they have released several albums with assorted success.

Band members

  • Kiyosaku Uezu (うえず きよさく, born 1981)bass guitar, vocals
  • Takashi Gima (ぎま たかし, born 1980)guitar
  • Satoshi Takazato (たかざと さとし, born 1980)drums

Discography

Albums

Year Album Details Copies sold
2000 Go on As You Are
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: August 8, 2000
1,000,000[2]
2001 Message
  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: September 16, 2001
2,782,000
2004 百々: Momo
  • 3rd studio album
  • Released: March 18, 2004
2006 Daniel
  • 4th studio album
  • Released: August 8, 2006
2008 Etc. Works
  • 5th studio album
  • Released: July 8, 2008
2009 Eight-hundreds
  • 6th studio album
  • Released: July 8, 2009
46,128
2011 etc.works2
  • 7th studio album
  • Released: May 18, 2011
2013 GOOD MORNING OKINAWA
  • 8th studio album
  • Released: February 20, 2013
2015 People People
  • 9th studio album
  • Released: August 19, 2015
2016 Pretty good!!
  • 10th studio album
  • Released: September 28, 2016

Singles

Year Title Copies sold
2003 "Yorokobi no Uta" (ヨロコビノウタ)
  • Released: December 6, 2003
2008 "special thanks!!"
  • Released: December 3, 2008
2014 "OKINAWA CALLING×STAND BY ME"
  • Released: June 25, 2014

Compilations

Year Title Copies sold
2000 沖縄中毒/The Pocket Full of Rumble Okinawan Addict!!
Japanese Homegrown Vol.4-Skacore Collection
2001 飛薬 (Flying Drug): 沖縄中毒 Vol.2
2013 800BEST -simple is the BEST!!-

References

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