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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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ItsLuizzHolmez wrote:
psyched for champ.
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apatheticFUU wrote:
ORLANDO, YES. WITH PASSION PIT.
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raysravens52 wrote:
I always wonder how I played so much Tokyo Police Club. Then I remember their long songs are pushing 3 minutes.
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rafy11 wrote:
Yeah, new TPC and BSS? mmm
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theboredone wrote:
New album out this May :).... May is just going to be incredible for new album releases!!
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BleedingBullets wrote:
Canadians need to stop making amazing music
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weathermanjay wrote:
*clap clap clapclapclap* NO WE CAN'T! Elephant Shell is underrated even tho A Lesson In Crime is better
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taoBre wrote:
im inlove with you.<3
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emilygoesMOO wrote:
It seems very impossible to get tired of this band.
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TylerGallop wrote:
OPERATOR. GET ME THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!
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guy444 wrote:
so when will they full out tour again?
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Luminouss wrote:
champ.
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sextoyzz wrote:
so good soooooo good
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ArcticDaniele wrote:
great
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randombob18 wrote:
We're half way up the bracket, the rain comes through my jacket...
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rbake wrote:
thank GOD i get to see them finally at coachella after missing street scene day 2 '08...
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NDS2NZ wrote:
cannot be said enough: THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD
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rocio820 wrote:
i love you guys ♥
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saythissooner wrote:
nature of the experiment <333333333
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ashmckean wrote:
♥
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Your English full track | 3:12 |
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Nature Of The Experiment | 2:01 |
Events
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Apr
6
TOKYO POLICE CLUB
Starlight, Waterloo, ontario, Canada
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| 9 attendees
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Apr
9
Tokyo Police Club
The Red Dog, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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| 3 attendees
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Apr
17
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, CA, United States
634 shouts
| 1,211 attendees
News
U.S. Tour With Passion Pit
17 Mar 2010 | from tokyopoliceclub.com/
Special fan presale this Wednesday!
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Holland Park
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Richmond O Zone
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Starlight
9 Feb 2010 | from tokyopoliceclub.com/
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