The Plastics - Copy b/w Robot (1979)

The Plastics weren't around very long as a band.
Officially it was just 1979 - '81, though they'd been making noises prior to that.

Upbeat in sound if not lyrically, and properly new wave with all the right arty credentials - - their spare proto-electronica staccato often found them tagged as 'the Japanese B-52s'.
Being just plain 'fun' helped push the comparison along, too.

The Plastics:
Chica Sato--vocal
Toshio Nakanishi--vocal, guitar
Hajime Tachibana--guitars
Masahide Sakuma--electronics
Takemi Shima--rhythm box



The two tracks shared here are from their first 45, and sound much more raw and stripped-down than the re-recorded versions of these songs that were on the first Plastics LP. ➔

Listen to:
The Plastics - Copy
(Rough Trade 45, 1979)
(click for audio)

Listen to:
The Plastics - Robot
(Rough Trade 45, 1979)
(click for audio)




See also: (click on links)

- A Plastics discography at Rock of Japan.

- A Plastics bio page and discography with extensive info on post-Plastics solo projects.

- From YouTube, The Plastics music video 'Top Secret Man' (as aired on SCTV, with intro from Dave Thomas as Tim Ishimuni).