How popular are Polysics in Japan?

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.13.2008, 07:27 PM

Are they huge over there?

atsonicpark · 01.13.2008, 07:30 PM

No. They're not HUGE. They're probably as popular as Fugazi is here or something. Or, hey, they're probably as popular as Devo currently is here. They should be way more popular, even though I kinda burnt out on them years ago, they still are really good, considering they've been together TEN years...

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.13.2008, 07:33 PM

I'm currently listening to Karate House. My favorite album of 2007. Although I think I only listened to about 5 or 6 other albums from 2007.

atsonicpark · 01.13.2008, 07:36 PM

Yeah, honestly, it's probably their best, besides a.d.s.r.m! which is amazing. I preferred them more when they were weirder/noisier. But the new one has lots of cool shit. And it's odd, because it's a followup to their worst album (an album I don't like ANY songs on) Now is the Time!.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.13.2008, 07:39 PM

I like the song I My Me Mine off of Now Is the Time! a lot.

atsonicpark · 01.13.2008, 08:10 PM

...yeah.. it's.. okay.

Fun to watch 'em play it live. I thought that was some keyboard thing but she pulled out a recorder and started playing it.

HaydenAsche · 01.13.2008, 10:23 PM

I love Polysics. Neu! and Hi! Bob! My Friend! are my favorites.

k-krack · 01.13.2008, 10:37 PM

I heard one song that made me feel sick. Nope.

Everyneurotic · 01.14.2008, 12:52 AM

like most underground japanese bands that make it to europe and the u.s., they are not that popular, underground phenomenon.

i love them, although i don't think i have heard any album by them yet that's great from start to finish; they start amazing and then by the middle, the songwriting quality starts to slip.

atsonicpark · 01.14.2008, 07:29 AM

1. a.d.s.r.m.
2. 1st p
3. karate house
4. neu!
5. for young electric pop
6. kaja kaja goo ep
7. national p
8. eno
9. now is the time

PAULYBEE2656 · 01.14.2008, 09:28 AM

ive only heard my friend bob or whatever its called, i need to know more! blog search now!

PAULYBEE2656 · 01.14.2008, 01:20 PM

ok ive done my search and now got neu! polysics must die and at the mo listening to karate house... fucking excellent album!

batreleaser · 01.14.2008, 05:11 PM

ive said many times on here that i love polysics and have for a very long time, but im starting to get annoyed that everytime i go to a record store and look under 'polysics' all they have is compilations. thus, forcing me to special order their new records. embarassingly, i hvnt even been able to hear karate house ( a link to find a place to order it would be appreciated), cmon homeys! start releasing your shit in the u.s.!! we love you here!

nicfit · 01.14.2008, 05:13 PM

do any of you guys like Ex-Girl?

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.14.2008, 05:17 PM

There are videos for two of the songs off of Karate House on youtube.

Look up Electric Surfin' Go Go and Catch On Everywhere

Cantankerous · 01.14.2008, 05:21 PM

i had never heard of them and i just went on itunes (which i have hooked up through my stereo by the way and it's awesome...try it.) and looked them up and they are crazy. it sounds like video game music on crack. it's great.

nicfit · 01.14.2008, 05:27 PM

http://www.stage6.com/user/squeezed/video/1449054/I-My-Me-Mine-(STRONG-MACHINE-2-Ver-)
classic.
+
http://www.stage6.com/user/jubjub/video/1121674/

Everyneurotic · 01.14.2008, 07:54 PM

polysics or die is a very so so compilation that's been released twice already, the last time by myspace, what the fuck?

catch on everywhere it's probably the best song i've heard by them. karate house is probably the best i've heard by them.

atsonicpark · 01.15.2008, 05:50 AM

Well, the compilations are worth noting specifically for the re-recordings of some of their songs. like for example, the polysics or die (original, not VISTA) version of buggie technica is way better. On the other hand, the version of "modern" isn't as strong.

I forgot to put "lo-bits" in my list. It's a great ep. I really enjoy Polysics' rarer songs, like "cherry" and the stuff off of their japan-only singles. If you ever see something on soulseek called Polysics - "Rare, Covers, Etc" (shared by i300e and Robe Flesh and Brokecore John and unsensicalness .... etc), it's this thing I put together of all their comp appearances and the remixes Hiro does as Poly-1. Check it out.

I'm glad they're on myspace records, because me and my girlfriend went and saw them play and shit a few months ago which we'd been waiting to do for years.. maybe I'm not happy they're affiliated with myspace but the fact that they could play here is great. It was great. I already had all their Japan DVD's and their only US DVD Pippikkippi P in USA but I couldn't imagine how actually great they were until seeing them live. We left right after they played since it was just a bunch of idiot myspace scene bands. We hung out with Polysics and I bought a shirt and some stickers. They sell these huge sticker sheets for $3 and it's got tons of Polysics stickers and other stickers that have nothing to do with the band. It was great.

"Hey Bob! My Friend!" is such a stupid compilation from the otherwise excellent Asian Man Records. Why put BITS AND PIECES of A.D.S.R.M/1st P on there when both albums EASILY fit onto one disc? They removed the best songs too! Fucking ridiculous.

As for Ex-Girl, they're good, if a bit boring. I prefer shit like Hoahio for avant-Japan girl pop... for straight up amazing Japanese rock (with chicks), check out Bleachmobile (otherwise known as Bleach '03).. one of the most brutal bands I've ever heard, somehow?!?!

Everyneurotic · 01.16.2008, 12:45 AM

what i meant is that, since myspace are putting out polysics shit, why not issue karate house in the u.s. or something else? why polysics or die yet again?

01.13.2008, 07:27 PM	#1
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	Are they huge over there?
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01.13.2008, 07:30 PM	#2
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	No. They're not HUGE. They're probably as popular as Fugazi is here or something. Or, hey, they're probably as popular as Devo currently is here. They should be way more popular, even though I kinda burnt out on them years ago, they still are really good, considering they've been together TEN years... __________________
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01.13.2008, 07:33 PM	#3
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I'm currently listening to Karate House. My favorite album of 2007. Although I think I only listened to about 5 or 6 other albums from 2007.
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01.13.2008, 07:36 PM	#4
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Yeah, honestly, it's probably their best, besides a.d.s.r.m! which is amazing. I preferred them more when they were weirder/noisier. But the new one has lots of cool shit. And it's odd, because it's a followup to their worst album (an album I don't like ANY songs on) Now is the Time!. __________________
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01.13.2008, 07:39 PM	#5
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I like the song I My Me Mine off of Now Is the Time! a lot.
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01.13.2008, 08:10 PM	#6
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	...yeah.. it's.. okay. Fun to watch 'em play it live. I thought that was some keyboard thing but she pulled out a recorder and started playing it. __________________
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01.13.2008, 10:23 PM	#7
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	I love Polysics. Neu! and Hi! Bob! My Friend! are my favorites. __________________ rip
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01.13.2008, 10:37 PM	#8
k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	I heard one song that made me feel sick. Nope. __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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01.14.2008, 12:52 AM	#9
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	like most underground japanese bands that make it to europe and the u.s., they are not that popular, underground phenomenon. i love them, although i don't think i have heard any album by them yet that's great from start to finish; they start amazing and then by the middle, the songwriting quality starts to slip. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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01.14.2008, 07:29 AM	#10
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	1. a.d.s.r.m. 2. 1st p 3. karate house 4. neu! 5. for young electric pop 6. kaja kaja goo ep 7. national p 8. eno 9. now is the time __________________
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01.14.2008, 09:28 AM	#11
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	ive only heard my friend bob or whatever its called, i need to know more! blog search now! __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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01.14.2008, 01:20 PM	#12
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	ok ive done my search and now got neu! polysics must die and at the mo listening to karate house... fucking excellent album! __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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01.14.2008, 05:11 PM	#13
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	ive said many times on here that i love polysics and have for a very long time, but im starting to get annoyed that everytime i go to a record store and look under 'polysics' all they have is compilations. thus, forcing me to special order their new records. embarassingly, i hvnt even been able to hear karate house ( a link to find a place to order it would be appreciated), cmon homeys! start releasing your shit in the u.s.!! we love you here!
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nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	do any of you guys like Ex-Girl? __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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01.14.2008, 05:17 PM	#15
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	There are videos for two of the songs off of Karate House on youtube. Look up Electric Surfin' Go Go and Catch On Everywhere
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01.14.2008, 05:21 PM	#16
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	i had never heard of them and i just went on itunes (which i have hooked up through my stereo by the way and it's awesome...try it.) and looked them up and they are crazy. it sounds like video game music on crack. it's great. __________________ RETIRED
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01.14.2008, 05:27 PM	#17
nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	http://www.stage6.com/user/squeezed/video/1449054/I-My-Me-Mine-(STRONG-MACHINE-2-Ver-) classic. + http://www.stage6.com/user/jubjub/video/1121674/ __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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01.14.2008, 07:54 PM	#18
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	polysics or die is a very so so compilation that's been released twice already, the last time by myspace, what the fuck? catch on everywhere it's probably the best song i've heard by them. karate house is probably the best i've heard by them. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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01.15.2008, 05:50 AM	#19
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Well, the compilations are worth noting specifically for the re-recordings of some of their songs. like for example, the polysics or die (original, not VISTA) version of buggie technica is way better. On the other hand, the version of "modern" isn't as strong. I forgot to put "lo-bits" in my list. It's a great ep. I really enjoy Polysics' rarer songs, like "cherry" and the stuff off of their japan-only singles. If you ever see something on soulseek called Polysics - "Rare, Covers, Etc" (shared by i300e and Robe Flesh and Brokecore John and unsensicalness .... etc), it's this thing I put together of all their comp appearances and the remixes Hiro does as Poly-1. Check it out. I'm glad they're on myspace records, because me and my girlfriend went and saw them play and shit a few months ago which we'd been waiting to do for years.. maybe I'm not happy they're affiliated with myspace but the fact that they could play here is great. It was great. I already had all their Japan DVD's and their only US DVD Pippikkippi P in USA but I couldn't imagine how actually great they were until seeing them live. We left right after they played since it was just a bunch of idiot myspace scene bands. We hung out with Polysics and I bought a shirt and some stickers. They sell these huge sticker sheets for $3 and it's got tons of Polysics stickers and other stickers that have nothing to do with the band. It was great. "Hey Bob! My Friend!" is such a stupid compilation from the otherwise excellent Asian Man Records. Why put BITS AND PIECES of A.D.S.R.M/1st P on there when both albums EASILY fit onto one disc? They removed the best songs too! Fucking ridiculous. As for Ex-Girl, they're good, if a bit boring. I prefer shit like Hoahio for avant-Japan girl pop... for straight up amazing Japanese rock (with chicks), check out Bleachmobile (otherwise known as Bleach '03).. one of the most brutal bands I've ever heard, somehow?!?! __________________
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01.16.2008, 12:45 AM	#20
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	what i meant is that, since myspace are putting out polysics shit, why not issue karate house in the u.s. or something else? why polysics or die yet again? __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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