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Tokyo, Japan (1997 – present)

POLYSICS is a Japanese new wave/synth pop/punk/rock band, hailing from Tokyo. The band started in 1997, but got their big break in 1998 at a concert in Tokyo. They create high energy music, fusing conventional guitar music, with synthesized and computer generated sound to create a unique mixture of punk and electro-pop. Their song lyrics often consist of Japanese, broken English, or just plain gibberish. The band has been noted for their extremely energetic live performances and their wild gimmicky outfits.

Since 1999 POLYSICS have released several albums. The albums 1st P and A.D.S.R.M! were released on the independent label DECKREC Records. Just after the release of 1st P their bassist, known only as “POLY-2”, left. The band dropped the “POLY-X” names, and reduced to a trio, with new member Fumi on Bass Support on some of the tracks from Neu. In 1999, Asian Man Records released their US Debut album, Hey! Bob! My Friend to rave reviews, but weak sales. The album was a compilation of tracks from their first two Japanese releases. In 2000, POLYSICS signed to Ki/oon Records (a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.) and released their first major album Neu. The album carried with it the same manic energy as their independent releases but more refined. On the 2001 album Eno, Synthesizers became more prevalent in the mix, but the songs still had an intense punk-like energy. For this album, Fumi returned to the band as a full member, returning POLYSICS to a quartet. 2002 saw the release of the album FOR YOUNG ELECTRIC POP, POLYSICS attempt at a pop album.

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veganfishcake wrote:
Monday afternoon

We need a UK tour.

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staplefish wrote:
last week

GO THE LIMIT!

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gaz_nokiamusic wrote:
last month

A friends bringing me the special edition from Japan next week... woohoo! Just wish I'd had enough money for her to get all the Japan only releases. One of the 2 best live bands ever... 7 times and counting!

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victor_x10 wrote:
last month

I completely forgot the new album came out in September. Should be here any day now from Play-Asia. :)

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dawnclover wrote:
last month

OK, now my fav is Beat Flash xD

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MichaelHans wrote:
last month

One of my favorite bands!

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op2 wrote:
last month

THEY THEM THEY ARE

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dawnclover wrote:
last month

i love polysics since the beginning, and i see how some old fans could hate it and even how new fans could hate it (mainly if "we ate the machine" is their fave album). i'm an old polysics fan and i love the new album, i love how they mixed both the more electronic polysics with the more rock polysics (even though they kept more on the rock department even if just a little bit). i simply love it, although my fave song is one that's been known before, Shout Aloud!. It's just awesome

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ihateRBF wrote:
last month

For a Poly album, it's disappointing, but it's still really good. I'm surprised to see new fans come down on it. It's still way too polished to resemble the old stuff.

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dawnclover wrote:
last month

the new album is awesome

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Kebadatta23 wrote:
last month

I just have POLYSICS OR DIE!!!! and every album released since that best of, but We ate the machine just has a sound that I prefer to their other stuff that I've heard, including the older stuff from POD!!!!. But Absolute POLYSICS sounds a lot like the stuff from before Watm, so I'm pretty disappointed overall.

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stevetodao wrote:
last month

so i guess you haven't heard much of their older stuff right? D:

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Kebadatta23 wrote:
last month

The new album really doesn't sound like anything new. We ate the machine is still my favourite, and Boys & Girls is still my favourite POLYSICS song.

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stevetodao wrote:
last month

i don't get what he's trying to tell us either but if you're right then...well, mp3 to flac..yeah....

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ARGBDude wrote:
last month

is PabloBC asking for non-separable mp3 file of the new album to be converted by him to FLAC or it's just me who misunderstood his shout? (i wish it is the last one)

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stevetodao wrote:
last month

?_?

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PabloBC wrote:
last month

Someone has a good quality mp3 songs and join along with the next? (No downtime) If someone has what it calls, I pass the album in .flac ;)

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happybivouac wrote:
last month

So, they've been putting out the same album over and over again for how long now?

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stevetodao wrote:
last month

in the most positive way

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stevetodao wrote:
last month

new album is rather bland tbh

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Nov 7 POLYSICS WORLD TOUR OR DIE 2009!!!! ～AbsoluteでGO!!!!～ 広島 CLUB QUATTRO, 広島市, Hiroshima, Japan
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Nov 8 POLYSICS WORLD TOUR OR DIE 2009!!!! ～AbsoluteでGO!!!!～ 福岡DRUM LOGOS, Fukuoka, Japan
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Nov 14 POLYSICS WORLD TOUR OR DIE 2009!!!! ～AbsoluteでGO!!!!～ Diamond Hall, Nagoya, Japan
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フットサル

25 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/polysicsordie

今日は10年ぶりくらいにフットサルをやってきました。なぜ10年ものあいだフットサルをやっていなかったかというと・・・あまり得意でもなく好きでもないからです（笑）。今日も半ばムリヤリ誘われての参加。まあ、やればやったで面白いのですが、ハンパではなく疲れました・・・。おそらく明日は全身筋肉痛で動けないことでしょう。明後日も動けないような気が・・・。

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