MONGOL800 | |
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 Mongol800 performing at Busan Rock Festival, South Korea in 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Monpachi |
| Origin | Okinawa, Japan |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Tissue Freak Records / High Wave |
| Members | Satoshi Takazato Kiyosaku Uezu Takashi Gima |
| Website | www |
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] Due to the success of the album the musicians were offered label deals from several major labels and an invitation to participate at the Kōhaku Uta Gassen which the band declined to stay independent.[2]
Since then, they have released several albums with assorted success.[citation needed]
- ^ TIME Asia magazine records sales
- ^ Shiba, Tomonori (November 17, 2021). "21世紀はこうして始まった―2001(平成13)年の「小さな恋のうた」(MONGOL800) ほか) (21 Seiki wa kōshite hajimatta ― 2001 (Heisei 13)-nen no 'Chīsana koi no uta'(MONGOL 800) hoka))" [This is how the 21st century began - 2001 (Heisei 13) "A Little Love Song" (MONGOL800, etc.)]. 平成のヒット曲 (Heisei no hitto-kyoku) [Heisei hits]. 新潮新書 (Shinchō shinsho) (in Japanese). Vol. 929. Shinjuku: Shinchōsha. 144. ISBN 978-4-10-610929-4.