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Oh no it's !! ...Polysics

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Oh no it's !! ...Polysics

Postby oneno » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:32 am

<img src="http://mars.eplus.co.jp/kougyou/graphics/ek-L0503_099.jpg"><img src="http://home.earthlink.net/~mr_oni/092003/POLYSICS.jpg">
Hey, who else listens to these guys?Polysics' influences are not hard to find, with guitarist/vocalist Hayashi himself saying that he originally started the band due to his love of Devo. With such strong new-wave roots, it'd be easy to dismiss Polysics as yet another of the New-wave revival bands in the vein of The Faint, but Polysics set themselves apart with their frenetic performance and downright wackiness. In fact, this wackiness, the sort of over the top, so-uncool-it's-cool appeal, is exactly what Polysics is going for. Punk-rock style guitar, bass and drum parts are punctuated with hysterical screaming and synthesizer parts reminiscent of the 8-bit soundtrack found on the original game-boy.C'mon with an album called"Newwave jacket" and do a cover of devo's "jerkin back and forth" you gotta check them out
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Postby Borneojimy » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:49 am

Sounds pretty good to me, do they have a website? I haven't heard of these guys yet, is the CD easy to find?
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Postby oneno » Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:19 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by Borneojimy[/i]
<br>Sounds pretty good to me, do they have a website? I haven't heard of these guys yet, is the CD easy to find?
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A few releases are easier to find than others, check amazon.com
http://www.polysics.com/en/
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Postby Ape Module » Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:38 pm

Polysics rule. Incredible band. Easiest albums to find stateside are "Hey!Bob!My Friend!", "Neu!" and "Polysics or Die!"...all excellent.

Another sort of next wave band I liked (sadly they broke up) was Add N to X. Especially the "Loud Like Nature" album.

Also, I haven't heard them and don't know what their music sounds like, but there is a recent band with the totally fantastic name Duran Duran [i]Duran[/i]
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Postby Borneojimy » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:22 am

Just picked up a copy of "Polysics Or Die" at the local used CD place. Great stuff indeed! Kinda reminds me of a more demented version of the Briefs.
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