Formed in the band's high school days at Urasoe High School, this band first took the stage at Urasoe city's Tedako Music Festival in 1998. Their first album "GO ON AS YOU ARE" was released in 1999 and sold over 5,000 copies in its first month. Currently, as of January 19, they have a CD that has made it to the Number 64 spot on the Seikodo Chart for nationwide sales. The recording was the number one selling CD for December 1999 at Tower Records Naha branch in Okinawa. Mongol 800's members are Seisaku Uezu on bass and vocals, Satoru Takasato on drums and vocals, and Takashi Gima on guitar and vocals and they are sometimes joined by Atsuyoshi Uechi.