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Ground Zero was a Jazzy Rock Noise Unit formed by Otomo Yoshihide in 1990. The group disbanded after their last concert in 1998. The original lineup included Otomo Yoshihide (samplers, turntable, and guitar), Hideki Kato (bass, replaced in 1992 by Kazuyoshi Kimoto), Yasuo Sano (drums), Makio Tada (drums), Uemura Masahiro (drums), and Kyoko Kuroda (piano), with guest appearances by Koichi Makigami and Yamatsuka Eye (vocals). The lineup changed between 1994 and 1995, featuring Otomo Yoshihide (sampler, turntable), Sachiko M (sampler), Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar), Mitsuru Nasuno (bass), Masaki Shimizu (bass), Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (drums), and Uemura Masahiro (drums). In 1996, Kikuchi Naruyoshi (soprano sax) and Tanaka Yumiko (gidayu shamisen and futozao shamisen) were added as regular members.

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