Plastics (group)

Plastics (group)

Plastics or, alternately, The Plastics were a short-lived Japanese pop group prominent in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Though they were short lived, their music was a major influence on Japanese pop music and have been covered by many bands, most notably Polysics, and Pizzicato Five (covering the song "Good" from Origato Plastico). The bands Talking Heads, B-52s, Devo were big fans of Plastics, and may have helped get their albums released in the US. Their mainstream exposure began when Toshio Nakanishi designed a tour program book for Talking Heads and slipped David Byrne a tape of Plastics demos. Byrne promptly sent it to the B-52s' manager who offered to represent them internationally.

Lineup

*Chica Sato - vocal
*Toshio Nakanishi - vocal, guitar & percussion
*Hajime Tachibana - guitar & vocal
*Masahide Sakuma - keyboards, guitar & bass programming
*Takemi Shima - rhythm box

Discography

*1979 Copy/Robot (45)
*1979 Welcome Plastics (LP) Originally came with a 7" flexi disc of "Last train to Clarksville" by the Monkees
*1980 Origato Plastico (LP)
*1980 Welcome Back (US Released as "Plastics")
*1980 All Across the USA 80 Live
*1981 Diamond Head (45 and flexi disc)
*1988 Forever Plastico (CD)

External links

* [http://www.technopop.info/plas.html Discography with notes by Nicholas D. Kent]
* [http://www.rockofjapan.com/plastics.html Band overview]
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=plastics Trouser Press bio]


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