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Members

*Matsumoto Sou – lead vocals, guitar *Nakazawa Hiroki – guitar, backing and lead vocals *Ishihara Satoshi – bass, backing vocals

Past members

*Itoh Yoichi – keyboards, percussion (left in 2009) *Kohno Takehiro – drums, percussion, guitar, violin (left in 2014)

Discography

Studio albums

*''GOING UNDER GROUND'' (May 24, 2000, re-released on May 7, 2003 as

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with bonus tracks) *''Kayowaki Energy'' (かよわきエナジー, "Feeble Energy", October 24, 2001) *''Home'' (ホーム, September 11, 2002) *''Heartbeat'' (ハートビート, October 22, 2003) *''h.o.p.s.'' (February 9, 2005) *''TUTTI'' (February 22, 2006) *''Oyasumi Monster'' (おやすみモンスター, "Goodnight Monster", December 7, 2007) *''LUCKY STAR'' (March 4, 2009) *''Inagawa-Kun'' (稲川くん, April 27, 2011) *''Roots & Routes'' (November 14, 2012) *''Hitoribocchi ni Naru Hi no Tame ni'' (ひとりぼっちになる日のために, "For a Day to Be All Alone", March 5, 2014) *''Out of Blue'' (August 24, 2016) *''Manatsu no Mokugekisha'' (真夏の目撃者, "Witness in Midsummer", October 25, 2017) *''FILMS'' (September 19, 2018) *''Atarashii Tomodachi'' (あたらしいともだち, "New Friends", March 19, 2022)

Mini albums

*''Cello'' (December 12, 1998) *''Shishunki no Blues'' (思春期のブルース, "Puberty Blues", September 23, 1999)

Compilations

*''BEST OF GOING UNDER GROUND with YOU'' (June 28, 2006) *''COMPLETE SINGLE COLLECTION 1998–2008'' (May 21, 2008) *''THE BOX'' (December 24, 2014) *''ALL TIME BEST ~20th STORY + LOVE + SONG~'' (December 12, 2018)

Singles

*''Sakura ga Saitara'' (桜が咲いたら, "When the Cherry Blossoms Bloom", April 21, 2000) *''Romantic Kaidō'' (ロマンチック街道, Romantic City Street", September 3, 2000) *''Arrow'' (アロー, March 10, 2001) *''Graffiti'' (グラフティー, June 21, 2001) *''Sentiment Express'' (センチメント・エキスプレス, September 19, 2001) *''Mirage'' (ミラージュ, April 27, 2002) *''Rumble'' (ランブル, July 10, 2002) *''Diary'' (ダイアリー, May 7, 2003) *''Twilight'' (トワイライト, September 24, 2003) *''Heartbeat'' (ハートビート, January 21, 2004) *''Thank You'' (サンキュー, September 22, 2004) *''Onaji Tsuki wo Miteta'' (同じ月を見てた, "We Were Looking at the Same Moon", December 8, 2004) *''Ageha'' (アゲハ, "Swallowtail", February 9, 2005) *''STAND BY ME'' (May 18, 2005) *''Kirari/Tomorrow's Song'' (きらり／トゥモロウズソング, "Twinkle/Tomorrow's Song", August 17, 2005) *''Happy Birthday'' (February 1, 2005) *''VISTA/Humming Life'' (VISTA／ハミングライフ, May 3, 2006) *''Mune Ippai'' (胸いっぱい, "Heartful", March 21, 2007) *''TWISTER'' (June 13, 2007) *''Sakasama World'' (さかさまワールド, "Upside Down World", October 17, 2007) *''Hatsukoi'' (初恋, "First Love", March 19, 2008) *''Issho ni Kaerou'' (いっしょに帰ろう, "Let's Go Home with Me", January 21, 2009) *''Listen to the Stereo!!'' (Opening theme for the anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn!", May 19, 2010) *''LONG WAY TO GO'' (November 23, 2010) *''Ai nante'' (愛なんて, "Such Thing as Love", November 2, 2011) *''Naraba Seishun no Hikari'' (ならば青春の光, "Then I Call it the Light of the Youth" , November 9, 2013) *''Mou Yume ha Minai Koto ni Shita/Soul train" (もう夢は見ないことにした／Soul train, "I Decided Not to Dream Anymore/Soul train", September 18, 2015) *''the band'' (May 11, 2016) *''Choshinsei/Yosomono'' (超新星／よそもの, "Supernova/Outsider", May 24, 2017) *''Sweet Temptation'' (スウィートテンプテーション, June 6, 2018) *''Bakuon no Shihanseiki ep'' (爆音ノ四半世紀ep, "Quarter Century on Blasted Sound ep", June 16, 2024)

DVD

*''every breath'' (March 24, 2004) *''GOING UNDER GROUND TOUR TUTTI at BUDOKAN'' (October 25, 2006) *''Tour 2008-2009 “LUCKY STAR” FINAL LIVE at Hibiya'' (September 1, 2009) *''GOING UNDER GROUND Fuyu no HALL TOUR Furusato Live ~ARAKAWA WATARE vol.3~ at Hibikinomori/Okegawa City Arts Theater'' (March 1, 2013) *''GOING UNDER GROUND TOUR 2013-14 “Naraba Seishun no Hikari” Furusato Live ~ARAKAWA WATARE vol.4~ at Hibikinomori/Okegawa City Arts Theater'' (January 19, 2014) *''GOING UNDER GROUND TOUR “OReTABI 2014-15” LIVE at Shibuya Public Hall “Kohno, Bando Yamerutteyo”'' (May 16, 2015) *''Documentary Film “the band ~Kiroku to Kioku~”'' (September 19, 2016)

Song use in media

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References

External links

Going Under Ground official website
{{Authority control Japanese rock music groups Musical groups from Saitama Prefecture