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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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  • daturaonfire

    @doctorKozi: I'm kind of surprised he got away with saying even as much as he did. I thought major labels kept a bit tighter reins on their bands than that. @isolatedwefall: I don't know if Tent 3 is even worth hunting down. I keep hearing it's the worst show they've ever put on DVD. Hide and Seek is supposed to be better, but I'll just wait until that mythical day when I can buy the damn thing. I think filesharing as a cultural phenomenon is on its last legs, what with the Megaupload takedown. (Ed: sry mispell, reposting. jesus I'm striking out on spelling today.)

    4 hours ago Reply

  • isolatedwefall

    Guys, guys, anyone knows where I can find Tent 3? or any of their lately shows. I really wanna hear their latest works on a live session.

    16 May 3:09pm Reply

  • doctorKozi

    @daturaonfire: high possibilities.

    13 May 12:44am Reply

  • daturaonfire

    No single that I know of, just Tent 3 re-packaged w/Ink live CD. And yeah, I know it really is not them; I seem to remember an interview from awhile back where Tadashi said that they went to a major label because there weren't really any differences between major and indie labels anymore... I always figured he meant "The contracts are shitty no matter who we sign with."

    1 May 12:47am Reply

  • isolatedwefall

    These clauses must be from his record label. They are not a worldwide-touring band, so it's normal that they supplanted that disadvantage with constant releases of their stuff on Japan. Is there any single coming soon?, i'm totally disconected from the pura news.

    27 Apr 2:29am Reply

  • daturaonfire

    Platree re-releasing Tent 3 on DVD. Makes the third DVD+CD package released in less than a year. Someone clue me in, is this shit normal in their scene? Because it reads like desperation or something to me. And I know it isn't normal for them. I mean, if they're just being greedy asses I'm fine with it; don't really care about their off-camera behavior. But not all their fans are going to be quite so tolerant, I don't think... (edit: I'm aware the band very likely doesn't have direct control over what gets released, but they probably do have some say in who they sign with. They're not helpless children; they've been in the business twenty years, I'm sure they knew what to expect when they signed with their current label.)

    26 Apr 9:59am Reply

  • bloodvoorhees

    静脈 <3

    22 Apr 6:57pm Reply

  • doctorKozi

    I'm sorry, but "Namida drop" is really their weakest song ad honorem. Well, maybe they have even weaker songs, but this one was a single- a single! Definitely NO.

    14 Apr 10:37am Reply

  • neko-alyst

    I don't know if it's just me but when I listened to My Bloody Valentine's new song, Wonder 2... it kind of reminded me of Piano Black in terms of style and elements. Which made me really happy [ultimately bec MBV is one of their personal influences, and PB is released prior to mbv so there's no way that PB is another one of those "homage" songs]. I think they're in a good sonic direction for a band that exists for almost 20 years without any creative time off. I love INK. I have the Regular Edition so I have 218 [I'll try to upload soon] and that song is just phenomenal. Most of the tracks, especially those composed by Tadashi, reminded me of My Vitriol [which is another gaze-y band]. They're definitely nailing this style. :) Kimi Wa Canaria is my favorite track on INK after many whirls. My least favorite Pura song is Spica. There are some mediocre, unimaginative songs like Namida Drop and Mizuiro Girlfriend but I can tolerate them. I can't stand Spica though.

    30 Mar 11:04am Reply

  • BlackfuckinFlag

    Very good indeed.

    21 Mar 7:30pm Reply

  • CaptainTurtels

    yeah it's pretty damn great

    20 Mar 8:58am Reply

  • isolatedwefall

    anyone have listened to the new My Bloody Valentine album?, pretty solid IMO.

    19 Mar 10:49am Reply

  • savoy-wang

    Happy birthday!!!

    11 Mar 6:28am Reply

  • lastconfession

    Happy birthday to Ryutaro!

    5 Mar 6:03pm Reply

  • daturaonfire

    I don't care for Thirteenth Friday on its own (not bad, just not my favorite), but that song live was one of the best moments of the night off Jitsuen Ban Ammonite. And I would also love to hear 218. @isolatedwefall: It's the full-length version of 96小節、長き不在, off Ink. 218 is only on the normal edition, haven't seen it around yet...

    1 Mar 2:44am Reply

  • isolatedwefall

    @snow: I have the same apreciation of Piano Black, thats why I was criticizing the lack of creativity on Ryutaro's melodies. Also, what is 218小節、かくも長き不在。?

    1 Mar 12:18am Reply

  • Snow-in-Summer

    Has anyone located 218小節、かくも長き不在。?

    26 Feb 11:47pm Reply

  • Snow-in-Summer

    To isolatewefall: I believe Piano Black would be the more interesting Shoegaze song of the two if it weren't for the typical vocal melody. Take out the Electronic backdrop and he sounds like he's singing any other Plastic Tree song. Thirteenth Friday wasn't their most imaginative, I agree, but it was a refreshing departure from what their music usually sounds like these days.

    26 Feb 11:46pm Reply

  • isolatedwefall

    anyone had their albums on FLAC or a lossless format and want to share it? I got Hide & Seek, Parade and Utsusemi to share via Dropbox.

    26 Feb 6:19pm Reply

  • BlackfuckinFlag

    She can't be, because I am not close to being a metalhead.

    23 Feb 10:33pm Reply
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