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(1993 – present)

Plastic Tree is a rock band from 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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7	---暗転。	253
8	Ghost	246
9	コンセント…---…	241
10	やさしさ倶楽部	234
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doctorKozi wrote:
9 hours ago

@MR_STALKING: thanks!

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zalvastardust wrote:
20 hours ago

spica, melancholic & ghost ♥♥♥♥

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Ryuuswifeey wrote:
22 hours ago

ドナドナ　♥♥♥　～

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Toubuki wrote:
23 hours ago

Etcetera... ^^

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MR_STALKING wrote:
yesterday evening

N.T.T. FUCKS - Demo, "Entrapment" - http://www.media fire.com/?eyjzzjhfdf1

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patuchan wrote:
yesterday afternoon

i realy like the new album! and やさしさ倶楽部 (yasashisa kurabu) sounds so adorable! <3

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skindyq wrote:
yesterday afternoon

happy new year.plastic tree

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sinivuokkonen wrote:
yesterday morning

---暗転。(---Anten) is breathtaking.

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miguchoco777 wrote:
Thursday evening

1999 is so good <3

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aoi_shoujo wrote:
Thursday evening

my favorite from this new album is etcetera. i can listen to it forever. ♥♥♥

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doctorKozi wrote:
Thursday afternoon

@odoroki: probably yes, but i want to believe it's because "1999" is the most listened song. ;)

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odoroki wrote:
Thursday afternoon

1999 and sunset bloody sunset are on the top maybe because the other songs tags are in Japanese (?) :0

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doctorKozi wrote:
Thursday afternoon

"1999" on the top!!! I knew it, i knew it!!! :D

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Tekiteki wrote:
Thursday morning

Luvin' the new album ♥ It's amazing!

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pauliuazas wrote:
Thursday morning

@MR_STALKING O___________________O'' ? Bytheway, gotta love the current chart <3

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MR_STALKING wrote:
Thursday morning

N.T.T. FUCKS new single -- "Making Mountains Out of Ant Hills" - 2010.01.13. Demo is out on the first~!

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SIXINC wrote:
Wednesday evening

no it doesnt have as many pop-songs as utsusemi does... its a much more depressing album if you ask me. like nega to posi but not as grungy

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ChaxUk wrote:
Wednesday evening

What? Ghost is all the way at 8th place....the world must be about to end :) .... loving Dona Dona....i could just listen to Gagaji or Anten on repeat for the rest of my life...

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Moloukione wrote:
Wednesday evening

Oh god, out of nowhere I just noticed that the charts have changed; they have now officially been Dona Dona-fied x'D <3 I'm just glad to see Ghost knocked down from its usual place x'D

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hulagirl wrote:
Wednesday evening

Wah I'm still waiting for my copy of Dona Dona and I'm refusing to listen to any of its songs until it arrives D: Reading the positive comments on this page make it so difficult to hold out... Out of curiosity, is the overall sound of this album quite similar to utsusemi and the recent singles?

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