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were also members for a period of time.

Discography

Singles

* "Norainu" (25 October 1978) * "Wild lowteen girl" (25 April 1979) * "Tamashii Kogashite" (20 December 1979) * "Nocturne club" (21 July 1980) * "BLACK X'MAS" (11 November 1980) * "Daddy's Shoes" (21 February 1981) * "Crazy love" (21 May 1982) * "Saraba Aibou" (21 November 1982) * "Troubled kids" (21 April 1983) * "Deep Inside" (21 March 1985) * "Blue Color Dancer" (21 July 1985) * "God bless the "Ring"" (21 March 1986) * "AFTER '45" (21 August 1986) * "Private girl" (21 November 1986) * "HAPPINESS" (21 May 1987) * "System in System" (21 June 1988) * "Long Long Way" (5 October 1988) * "MURDER GAME" (21 October 1989) * "TOKYO OUTSIDER" (21 February 1998) * "INFINITELY" (23 September 1998) * "Hangyaku no Burusu wo Utae" (17 July 1999) * "HARD-BOILED CITY" (13 June 2001)

Albums

* ''A.R.B'' (21 June 1978) * ''BAD NEWS'' (21 May 1980) * ''BOYS & GIRLS'' (21 March 1981) * ''Yubi wo Narase! / Snap Your Fingers'' (21 November 1981) * ''W'' (21 June 1982) * ''Toraburu Chudoku'' (21 April 1983) * ''A.R.B LIVE / Tamashii Kogashite'' (5 December 1983) * ''YELLOW BLOOD'' (21 September 1984) * ''Sakyu 1945nen'' (3 October 1985) * ''WORK SONGS'' (21 April 1986) * ''ONE and ONLY DREAMs'' (21 November 1986) * ''ROCK OVER JAPAN'' (21 June 1987) * ''DAYS OF A.R.B Vol.1'' (21 June 1987) * ''DAYS OF A.R.B Vol.2'' (21 June 1987) * ''PAPERS BED'' (21 June 1988) * ''Sympathy'' (8 November 1989) * ''LOVE THE LIVE'' (21 January 1989) * ''BALLADS AND WORK SONGS'' (3 October 1990) * ''RED BOX - ARB LIVE (1980-1990)'' (28 December 1990) * ''BLACK Xmas - A.R.B. SECRET SINGLES'' (21 June 1991) * ''DAYS OF ARB Vol.1 (1978-1983)'' (21 November 1993) * ''DAYS OF ARB Vol.2 (1984-1986)'' (21 November 1993) * ''DAYS OF ARB Vol.3 (1986-1990)'' (21 November 1993) * ''SYMPATHY'' (28 June 1995) * ''BOYS & GIRLS'' (28 June 1995) * ''Yubi wo Narase!'' (28 June 1995) * ''W'' (28 June 1995) * ''Toraburu Chudoku'' (28 June 1995) * ''YELLOW BLOOD'' (28 June 1995) * ''Sakyu 1945nen'' (28 June 1995) * ''WORK SONGS'' (28 June 1995) * ''ONE AND ONLY DREAMS'' (28 June 1995) * ''ROCK OVER JAPAN'' (28 June 1995) * ''PAPERS BED'' (28 June 1995) * ''BAD NEWS'' (28 June 1995)

VIDEO

* ''YELLOW BLOOD'' (21 October 1984) * ''Sakyu 1945nen'' (21 November 1985) * ''SWEAT, HEART & BRAIN'' (21 March 1988) * ''LOVE THE LIVE'' (21 January 1989) * ''THE LONGEST TOUR'' (21 January 1990) * ''Tamashii Kogashite'' (21 July 1991) * ''ARB is BACK!!'' (21 June 1998) * ''1998 Days of ARB'' (2 September 1999) * ''ARB CLIPS Hangyaku no Buruzu wo Utae'' (19 April 2000)

DVD

* ''LIVE! EL DORADO'' (16 June 2000) * ''Raibu Teikoku DVD Sirizu "ARB"'' (2 July 2003) * ''RED BOX 1978-1990 COMPLETE DVD SET'' (17 September 2003) * ''LOCUS visualize 1998-2004 ARB LIVE BEST'' (15 September 2004)

In popular culture

The 2011 Japanese animated television show

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uses several of the band's songs in the show. Remixed versions are covered by members of the show's vocal cast.

External links

ARB 25TH OFFICIAL WEB SITE
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