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Newmarket, ON, Canada (2005 – present)

Tokyo Police Club are an band from Newmarket, ON, Canada. The band consists of Dave Monks (vocals, bass), Josh Hook (guitar, percussion), Graham Wright (keyboards, guitar, vocals) & 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 quietly begun playing 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 mothers’ hearts and pursue that most elusive of pipe dreams: a career in the music business.
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  • galaxy1524

    It's good to be back.

    19 Apr 3:21am Reply

  • rodrigosantoz

    New album, guys! 2

    14 Mar 1:25am Reply

  • ianrappp

    Please play in Manila, Philippines! [2] plsplspls

    16 Feb 10:35am Reply

  • LuuizOnFire

    New album, guys!

    11 Feb 2:55am Reply

  • joaotsantos

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    2 Feb 5:33pm Reply

  • snah_

    TOUR AGAIN!

    16 Jan 6:07pm Reply

  • Iro-Mirai

    Fast food?

    1 Jan 11:19am Reply

  • glasserp

    CBCRadio3 Session - Toronto 17 May 2006 Always and Forever <3

    3 Dec 2012 Reply

  • xxretro

    my favorite group of men forever&ever<3

    23 Nov 2012 Reply

  • pastel-goth

    want a new album now [2]

    19 Nov 2012 Reply

  • jimmy_brooks

    miss u

    7 Nov 2012 Reply

  • DarkMage530

    "When the best and the brightest turn their televisions on, and your seat belts strapped and your helmets on"

    9 Oct 2012 Reply

  • falloftroys

    Okay, want a new album now. Thank you.

    9 Oct 2012 Reply

  • mark_mark_mark

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    30 Sep 2012 Reply

  • himay333

    I've really started to dig these guys more and more.

    12 Sep 2012 Reply

  • Doods420

    what's with red flag?

    10 Sep 2012 Reply

  • orange_parsley

    ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ [2]

    17 Aug 2012 Reply

  • colorme_teal

    Please play in Manila, Philippines! We're like right above Indonesia :c

    12 Aug 2012 Reply

  • kevinccale

    hMAG Lackawanna Music Festival - FREE FREE FREE PIER A HOBOKEN - AUG 18th - 12pm - 10pm Hosted by MTV's MATT Pinfield (120 Mins) Featuring: Tokyo Police Club, Vacationer, Shinobi Ninja, Body Language, Lights Resolve and more!! Beer Garden by Pilsner Haus Free kids area Ben & Jerry's hot air balloon https://www.facebook.com/lackawannamusicfestival

    7 Aug 2012 Reply

  • cheezeybaines

    ALiC is definitely their best

    1 Aug 2012 Reply
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