Flow

J-rock

Refers to many artists: 1. The group's base was created in 1993 when brothers Kōshi (elder: vocals) and Take (younger: guitar) began playing together. They formed Flow in 1998, and were eventually joined by Keigo (vocals), Gotō (bass) and Iwasaki (drums; joined in 2000). In 2001, the band released its first maxi single, Flow #0. The group then released two mini-albums within the same year, both of which took nationwide indie charts by storm. Okuru Kotoba, Flow's first cover single, was released in January 2003. It remained on the Oricon indie chart for seven consecutive weeks and also hit an impressive No. 6 on the overall singles chart. In the spring of that year, their first full-scale album Splash!!! debuted at No. 2. In July 2003, Flow released the single Blaster on a major label, Ki/oon Records. In April 2004, they released Go!!!, which stayed on the Oricon Top 10 Chart for three weeks. In May 2004, Flow released their first major album Game. A string of singles followed and in July 2005 the band released its third album, Golden Coast. Since the release of Golden Coast, Flow has released two singles with new A-sides, but one of these (Around the World/Kandata) was a double A-side release. Colors is the band's fourth single. The songs Go!!! and Re:member both served as opening themes to the anime series Naruto. Days was the first opening for Bones' Eureka Seven anime, and Realize was the opening for the PlayStation 2 video games based on the same series. Flow performe...