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Tokyo Police Club
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Newmarket, Ontario, Canada (2005 – present)
Tokyo Police Club are an indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. The band consists of Dave Monks (Vocals, Bass), Josh Hook (Guitar, Percussion), Graham Wright (Keyboards, Vocals) and Greg Alsop (Drums, Percussion).
In 2005, Tokyo Police Club started by accident one day in the ordinary suburb of Newmarket when Greg, Josh, Dave, and Graham decided that they missed playing music together, their previous band having broken up several months before. The four gathered in Josh’s basement, plugging in instruments and making up songs almost at random, with no goal but to recapture the magic that they felt making music together. By the time summer came, TPC had began quietly to play shows in the Toronto area, shows at which the very few people in attendance seemed impressed by what they saw. The band seemed likely to end here, with the various members preparing to go their separate ways in the fall, when fate intervened in the form of an invitation to play the Pop Montreal festival. Packing their instruments and girlfriends into a tiny university residence room, TPC spent a week immersed in music, spending days lazily wandering the streets of Montreal and nights rehearsing loudly in the tiniest of spaces, and topping it off in style with a sold out show that saw the band play for the first time to an audience that was actually interested. A few weeks later, all four had agreed that it was time to break their mother’s hearts and pursue that most elusive of pipe dreams: a career in the music business.
In 2005, Tokyo Police Club started by accident one day in the ordinary suburb of Newmarket when Greg, Josh, Dave, and Graham decided that they missed playing music together, their previous band having broken up several months before. The four gathered in Josh’s basement, plugging in instruments and making up songs almost at random, with no goal but to recapture the magic that they felt making music together. By the time summer came, TPC had began quietly to play shows in the Toronto area, shows at which the very few people in attendance seemed impressed by what they saw. The band seemed likely to end here, with the various members preparing to go their separate ways in the fall, when fate intervened in the form of an invitation to play the Pop Montreal festival. Packing their instruments and girlfriends into a tiny university residence room, TPC spent a week immersed in music, spending days lazily wandering the streets of Montreal and nights rehearsing loudly in the tiniest of spaces, and topping it off in style with a sold out show that saw the band play for the first time to an audience that was actually interested. A few weeks later, all four had agreed that it was time to break their mother’s hearts and pursue that most elusive of pipe dreams: a career in the music business.
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Nature Of The Experiment
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Be Good
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Citizens Of Tomorrow
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Cheer It On
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If It Works
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Shoulders & Arms
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Shoutbox
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MaoNietzsche wrote:
Dead lovers salivate~ Broken hearts tessellate toni~ght~ My uni needs to bring these guys to play a gig again at orientation next year.
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Tehpaco wrote:
I'm usually not into these types o' artists, but damn do I love these gaiz.
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Indieooo wrote:
<3
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mattribute wrote:
http://thepigeonpost.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/tokyo-police-club-announce-second-album/
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limm111 wrote:
Come Back to Florida one more time!
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defanestrate wrote:
;)))))))))
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analog-tenfold wrote:
Dave plays a new/acoustic song "Once I Was the Keeper" --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdBUcdP7whY
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tyrreee wrote:
www.last.fm/music/Tokyo+Police+Club/+images/37052991
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SwitchTheMunky wrote:
These guys are just another reason why the Canadian music scene pretty much destroys all others.
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acciomusik wrote:
\/ haha
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SEALi0N wrote:
Tokyo Gore Police, anyone?
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DDRmaitre wrote:
I love every Tokyo Police Club song.
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PeanutShells331 wrote:
LOVE them, but hate that picture
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jeffmejia wrote:
Vote this! http://www.last.fm/music/Tokyo+Police+Club/+images/36775719
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champagneocean wrote:
it's been 2009 for almost 11 months now, where the fuck are our totalitarian robot overlords?
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AngeloMcCulloch wrote:
Cannot wait for the new album
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FullCollaspe wrote:
Hopefully the show more progression in their sound with the new album
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fragment_juno wrote:
lovelovelove, very simple...
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puniek8 wrote:
Good band!
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cristianlp84 wrote:
i think i enjoy the ep more but still much <3 for you guys
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Nature Of The Experiment full track | 2:01 |
News
Tokyo Police Club at the WINTER OLYMPICS
9 Nov 2009 | from tokyopoliceclub.com/
Spreading some Canadian pride across the globe…
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Listen to a new Tokyo Police Club song!
2 Nov 2009 | from tokyopoliceclub.com/
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