Potshot (band)

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Name = Potshot


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Origin = Tokyo, Japan
Genre = Ska punk, Punk Pop
Years_active = 1995–2005
Label = TV Freak
Asian Man Records
URL = [http://www.ukproject.com/potshot/ www.ukproject.com/potshot]
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Potshot was a J-ska music group from Japan. They released their records on their own label, TV Freak, in Japan. Their first five albums were also re-released by Asian Man Records, an American label well known for signing Asian punk-pop bands. Their final album, "Potshot Beat Goes On", released in May 2005, never came out in the USA. They disbanded in 2005, playing a final show in Tokyo. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hpfexqehldfe] Allmusic]

Group Members

Main

*Ryoji Ariga - Vocals
*Yoshito Hirai - Bass (1995-1999)
*Yoshinobu Takegoshi - Trombone

Additional

*Mitchy - Trumpet
*Satoshi - Guitar
*Chucky - Trombone
*Katsuya Ichikawa - Bass (1999-2005)
*Yoko Utsumi - Group Member
*Hide Koyama - Album Cover Art

Pots and Shots

In reviewing their debut 1997 "Pots And Shots ", Allmusic wrote that Potshot:

...put the spurs to the largely kind-of-boring mid-'90s resurgence of ska music by revving up the tempos by at least 30 percent (seriously, anyone who tries dancing to a song like the breakneck "Since Yesterday" is at risk of a coronary) and dialing back all the cod-reggae Jamaican-isms that make so many of the frat-boy third wave ska bands so laughable. The drumbeat and a familiar-sounding horn section are Pots and Shots' only links to ska music, but they're enough to shred 90 percent of the post-No Doubt pretenders. [ [http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=815335] [http://music.yahoo.com/library/default.asp?m=content&add=review&i=14227617&] Allmusic review]

"Pots And Shots" includes a cover version of "Tears of a Clown" and "Since Yesterday".

Discography

* 1. "Pots and Shots" (October 14, 1997) Asian Man Records
* 2. "Rock ’n’ Roll" (March 9, 1999) Asian Man Records
* 3. "Til I Die" (October 7, 2000) Asian Man Records
* 4. "A Go Go" (February 19, 2002) Asian Man Records
* 5. "Dance to the Potshot Record" (June 22, 2004) Asian Man Records
* 6. "Six Potshot Rockers" (October 8, 2003) TV Freak
* 7. "Potshot Beat Goes On" (May 16, 2005) TV Freak

Audio clips

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* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000003OQC001003/ Audio] "Radio" by Potshot
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000003OQC001010/ Audio] "Tears of a Clown" by Potshot

References