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Tokyo, Japan
Ok city ok is a Tokyo-based rock band centered around American expatriate Kay Grace, former guitarist of The Duckhills.
Grace began performing as “ok city ok” in Tokyo in late 2003, posting demos of songs on www.okcityok.com and making desultory efforts to form a band. Promotional materials and bios during this time obscured Grace’s identity and nationality, presenting ok city ok as a band, although Grace later admitted in an interview, “I have been trying to convince people to play with me for about three years now—longer than the duckhills even existed. I have had two intermittent periods where I got a quorum together long enough to play live.”
Bassist Tom Suzuki and drummer Y. Shiva joined ok city ok in time to perform an opening slot for The Shakes in Tokyo in March 2005 and the band gigged intermittently in and around Tokyo, reworking Grace’s demos and gaining a reputation as an eccentric but formidable live act.
In 2007, ok city ok independently released Made by Elaborate Process, a 12-song album. Following an appearance at Toronto’s North By Northeast Music Festival (NXNE) in June 2007, the band played only a handful of shows. The lineup began shifting during this time, with Cayske Hinami joining on guitar and violin and Atsuya Akao and Chizu Nakamura filling in for Suzuki on bass. Personnel problems led to the band turning down invitations to the Liverpool Sound City festival and scrapping a planned U.S. tour in early 2008.
Grace began performing as “ok city ok” in Tokyo in late 2003, posting demos of songs on www.okcityok.com and making desultory efforts to form a band. Promotional materials and bios during this time obscured Grace’s identity and nationality, presenting ok city ok as a band, although Grace later admitted in an interview, “I have been trying to convince people to play with me for about three years now—longer than the duckhills even existed. I have had two intermittent periods where I got a quorum together long enough to play live.”
Bassist Tom Suzuki and drummer Y. Shiva joined ok city ok in time to perform an opening slot for The Shakes in Tokyo in March 2005 and the band gigged intermittently in and around Tokyo, reworking Grace’s demos and gaining a reputation as an eccentric but formidable live act.
In 2007, ok city ok independently released Made by Elaborate Process, a 12-song album. Following an appearance at Toronto’s North By Northeast Music Festival (NXNE) in June 2007, the band played only a handful of shows. The lineup began shifting during this time, with Cayske Hinami joining on guitar and violin and Atsuya Akao and Chizu Nakamura filling in for Suzuki on bass. Personnel problems led to the band turning down invitations to the Liverpool Sound City festival and scrapping a planned U.S. tour in early 2008.
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ok city ok thanks you for your support
16 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/okcityok
Greetings, friends of ok city ok. This coming Monday will be ok city ok's long-hoped-for final show. It is also a Japanese national holiday, though this day of celebration was established long before . …
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Next show: July 20 (Mon (Nat'l Holiday (In Japan)))
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28 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/okcityok
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- Ok City Ok posted a news item ‘ok city ok thanks you for your support’. July 2009
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thisfred tagged Ok City Ok with ‘sxsw 2009’. March 2009
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cdiorio added Ok City Ok to cdiorio’s library. March 2009
- Ok City Ok posted a news item ‘a contrast’. March 2009
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krogerfoot added Ok City Ok to the lineup of Ok City Ok at Rok Boutique. February 2009
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krogerfoot added Ok City Ok to the lineup of Ok City Ok at uchi. February 2009
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krogerfoot added Ok City Ok to the lineup of SXSW Showcase at Spiro's. February 2009
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krogerfoot added Ok City Ok to the lineup of Ok City Ok at Bar Matchless. February 2009
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krogerfoot unlinked Ok City Ok from Magic Magic at T.T. the Bear's Place. February 2009
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krogerfoot added Ok City Ok to the lineup of SXSW Music Conference and Festival at Austin Convention Center. February 2009
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