were a popular Japanese punk rock band that was formed in 1995. The band stopped all activities in November 2005 and broke up.

Members

Hiroto Kōmoto is a Japanese rock singer who has fronted bands such as The Blue Hearts, The High-Lows and The Cro-Magnons. Early life Kōmoto was born in 1963 in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture and graduated from the junior high school attached to the School of E ...

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, harmonica, occasional rhythm guitar *

Masatoshi Mashima is a guitarist who has performed with Japanese rock bands such as The Blue Hearts, The High-Lows and The Cro-Magnons.guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals * Sakito Shirabe – bass * Kenji Ōshima – drums *

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– keyboards Kōmoto and Mashima used to be in

The Blue Hearts was a Japanese punk rock band active from 1985 to 1995. They have been compared to such bands as the Sex Pistols, The Clash and the Ramones.The Cro-Magnons is a Japanese rock band founded in July 2006 by Hiroto Kōmoto (vocals) and Masatoshi Mashima (guitar), both previously of The Blue Hearts and The High-Lows, with Masaru Kobayashi (bass) and Katsuji Kirita (drums). History After The High-Lo ...

Discography

Original albums

# ''The High-Lows'' (October 25, 1995) (

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No. 5) # ''Tigermobile'' (December 6, 1996) (Oricon No. 6) # (May 8, 1998) (Oricon No. 5) - Jacket design by Downtown's

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# (June 9, 1999) (Oricon No. 8) # ''Relaxin' With the High-Lows'' (June 9, 2000) (Oricon No. 3) # ''Hotel Tiki-Poto'' (September 5, 2001) (Oricon No. 4) # ''Angel Beetle'' (November 27, 2002) (Oricon No. 6) # ''Do!! The★Mustang'' (September 1, 2004The High-Lows - Discography
Happysong Records. Accessed February 23, 2008.) (Oricon No. 9)

Mini-albums

# ''4×5'' (May 14, 1997) (Oricon No. 9) # (December 1, 1999) (Oricon No. 25)

Compilation albums

# ''Flip Flop'' (January 24, 2000) (Oricon No. 4) # ''Flip Flop 2'' (November 12, 2003) (Oricon No. 10) # ''Flash ~Best~'' (January 1, 2006)

Singles

# (October 25, 1995) (Oricon No. 45) # (November 25, 1995) (Oricon No. 100) # (January 25, 1996) (Oricon No. 40) # (February 21, 1996) (Oricon No. 10) - first opening theme to the anime ''

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'' # (June 24, 1996) (Oricon No. 10) # (December 6, 1996) (Oricon No. 45) # "Happy Go Lucky" (February 14, 1997) (Oricon No. 56) # (June 11, 1997) (Oricon No. 44) # (April 29, 1998) (Oricon No. 39) - Jacket design by Downtown's Hitoshi Matsumoto # (August 26, 1998) (Oricon No. 45) - Jacket design by Downtown's Hitoshi Matsumoto # (December 16, 1998) (Oricon No. 27) # (April 21, 1999) (Oricon No. 24) # (June 9, 1999) (Oricon No. 33) # (May 24, 2000) (Oricon No. 8) # "FLOWER" (September 6, 2000) (Oricon No. 18) # (August 8, 2001) (Oricon No. 15) # (October 11, 2001) (Oricon No. 30) # (February 20, 2002) (Oricon No. 15) # "Too Late To Die" (September 4, 2002) (Oricon No. 15) # (November 6, 2002) (Oricon No. 20) # (June 25, 2003) (Oricon No. 9) # (February 11, 2004) (Oricon No. 20) - Theme song for the '' Zebraman'' film # (June 9, 2004) (Oricon No. 10) # (July 21, 2004) (Oricon No. 16) # (December 15, 2004) (Oricon No. 26) # (May 18, 2005) (Oricon No. 16)

Videos

# (VHS, March 6, 1996; extended DVD, December 9, 2001) # (VHS, March 5, 1997; extended DVD, December 19, 2001) # ''that summer feeling'' (VHS/DVD, December 19, 2001) # ''Puttin' on the Style'' (w/The Quarrymen) (DVD, June 9, 2004) # ''The★Mustang 04-05'' (DVD, September 21, 2005) # ''Flash Back: Vol. 1'' (DVD, February 22, 2006) # ''Flash Back: Vol. 2'' (DVD, February 22, 2006) # ''Trash Bag'' (DVD, May 24, 2006)

References

External links

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