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Chiba, Tokyo, Japan ( 1993 – present)

Plastic Tree is an alternative rock band from Chiba, Japan that was formed in December 1993 by Arimura Ryutaro and Hasegawa Tadashi. Since then, the line-up has changed a few times before settling on Ryutaro on vocals, Tadashi on bass, Nakayama Akira on guitar and Satou Kenken on drums. Tadashi is the leader but most decisions are made as a group.

Ryutaro and Tadashi wanted to combine two words to form the band name; something artificial and something natural. After trying a few combinations, they decided on ‘Plastic Tree’. Formerly, there were rumours floating around the web about the band’s name coming from Fake Plastic Trees but this was always disputed due to timing inconsistencies.

In the beginning, Plastic Tree were influenced greatly by The Cure. There was also a large britrock influence. Plastic Tree played a mix of indie rock, punk, and heavier grunge, characterized by Ryutaro’s generic Visual Kei voice and gloomy lyrics. They went through a period where they played more pop-rock and radio-style rock music, although they have recently returned from lighter music to their original roots.

In July 2006, Plastic Tree embarked on their first world tour that took them to Germany, France and Finland.

On the 23rd of February 2009, Sasabuchi Hiroshi left the band and was later replaced by Satou Kenken…
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  • estrooy

    You don't need to "remake" the songs to obtain a better audio, thats unnecesary: just take the original analog tapes and remaster the sound from there. This is the way of many other bands to "revive" their old works. And actually it works VERY well. So this is just a ridiculous/unoriginal marketing strategy of this guys. "But it would be much more interesting to hear new music in the style of the old musics." [2]

    yesterday morning

  • CKSPEAKERS

    One or other remake is okay, I'd love it if they did a remake of ''strange fruits'' for example. But it would be much more interesting to hear new music in the style of the old musics, but new music. No remakes. But... it's not that bad yet now (2), i think. Btw, I'm anxious to hear "Kuchizuke".

    Sunday afternoon

  • crimsonstar13

    "They talk about their new CD『Kuchiduke』. “How to compose this song is similar to the starting point”,Tadashi said." Sounds promising..

    Sunday morning

  • forgetmenot

    v eh luna sea did a remake of their 1991 debut album, and the remake sounds amazing. deadman remixed "no alternative", and it also sounds amazing. so the reason is basically 1) the band has evolved so much that the way they play their old songs now sounds a lot different than then 2) they had shitty recording equipment/sound mixing skills then. I don't have a problem with Plastic Tree doing something like that, unless they end up remaking EVERYTHING, it's not that bad yet now.

    Sunday morning

  • CKSPEAKERS

    Yea, they might as well do a remake of another band -_- would be interesting to see something more innovative (is already on time), or new music lol.

    Friday evening

  • estrooy

    how many bands does remakes from their own work?, that's hilarious, unoriginal and almost narcissistic.

    Friday evening

  • forgetmenot

    What's weird about Plastic Tree is that, even though I tend to dislike every new single more than the previous one (don't even remember how "Joumyaku" goes), for some strange reasons I tend to like every new album more than the previous one (?_?) Hated "Mirai Iro" when it came out, but I fricking LOVE "ammonite"! Not expecting this time to be any different, hahaha

    11 days ago

  • doctorKozi

    Good yet quite similar to the previous one. Photoshoot by photoshoot, i like Kenken more and more.

    13 days ago
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