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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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Hayzi22 wrote:
Tokyo Police Club is my favorite.
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rafy11 wrote:
I might be able to see them at the winter Olympics. My fingers will be crossed for the next while.
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murdercookie wrote:
love it
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goodw1nn wrote:
очень хорошо! :}}}
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SnowmanU360 wrote:
Love these guys! Saw them Live last summer and they were just great!:D
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mattribute wrote:
http://thepigeonpost.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/novels/
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David_g12 wrote:
ive discovered them recently, just love them
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rezdechausee wrote:
These guys are much better live. :P
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tyrreee wrote:
vote this pic its a good one!www.last.fm/music/Tokyo+Police+Club/+images/39705925
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ghaefb wrote:
Thanks for the info Dylan29. Looking forward of it.
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Dylan29 wrote:
They are saying it is coming along nicely. As well as they hoped for. Expectieng a March/April Release I think.
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ghaefb wrote:
New album anytime soon?
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Indieooo wrote:
n-n-n-n-n-n-new album please.
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GABLIVE wrote:
YES I just bought the last album of the band in my music store héhé
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fesnak wrote:
Breakneck speed is so so so good omg
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rafy11 wrote:
I need another TPC album soon please? My skin is starting to itch, and I've been having pretty big cravings for the older stuff as of late.
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tim_error wrote:
come to Belarus :DDDDDDD
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rocio820 wrote:
i totally agreee with my friend down in the list lol i cant get over hands reversed ;DDDDDDDD
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Johyo wrote:
come to germany :)
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JDizzle5978 wrote:
There's new songs out? Anything decent or all just bootlegs?
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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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