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Initially called Gyorai, Japanese rock troupe The Back Horn was conceived in 1998 by vocalist Masashi Yamada, guitarist Eijun Suganami, bassist Koushu Okamine, and drummer Shinji Matsuda. Following an incendiary performance at the Fuji Rock Festival in 1999, the Nirvana and Radiohead-inspired band released mini-album Doko e Iku on Kando Records. Seven months later, they released their first full-length LP, Yomigaeru Hi, and signed to their future long-time label home of Speedstar Records. Their first album for Speedstar, Ningen Program, was released in 2001 with Naoki Hirabayashi quitting the band around this time. He was replaced by new bassist Koushu Okamine who performed on their next album, Shinzou Orchestra, which came out in 2002. They expanded their remit to include film soundtracks, providing the music for Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2003 drama film Bright Future and Kazuaki Kiriya's anime series Casshern, while releasing their third major-label album, Ikiru Sainou, in 2003. For their fifth LP, Headphone Children, they stepped into the concept album arena. Album track "Kiseki" was later used in the 2018 zombie movie Zoo. Another pair of LPs followed (Taiyou no Naka no Seikatsu in 2006) and The Back Horn in 2007) before a compilation album in aid of their 10th anniversary, Best the Back Horn, came in 2008. Their eighth studio album, Pulse, also landed in 2008, followed by Asylum in 2010. The Back Horn continued to release albums steadily throughout the 2010s, including 2019's Carpe Diem. In 2022, they released Japanese album アントロギア.
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