Karate House
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Karate House is the seventh full-length album by Japanese band Polysics
. Electric Surfin' Go Go, You-You-You and Catch On Everywhere were released as singles in Japan. The song POLYSICS OR DIE!!!! is structured very similarly to Jocko Homo
by Devo
, who are Polysics' major influence. The song 偉大なる頭脳 [Idai Naru Zunou] is a cover of the P-Model
song, The Great Brain
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Polysics
is a Japanese new wave and rock band from Tokyo, who dubs its unique style as "technicolor pogo punk". It was named after a brand of synthesizer, the Korg Polysix. The band started in 1997, but got their big break in 1998 at a concert in Tokyo...
. Electric Surfin' Go Go, You-You-You and Catch On Everywhere were released as singles in Japan. The song POLYSICS OR DIE!!!! is structured very similarly to Jocko Homo
Jocko Homo
"Jocko Homo" is the B-side to Devo's first single, "Mongoloid," released as a single in 1977 on Devo's own label, Booji Boy Records and later released in the UK on Stiff Records. The song was re-recorded as the feature song for Devo's first album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! on Warner Bros....
by Devo
Devo
Devo is an American band formed in 1973 consisting of members from Kent and Akron, Ohio. The classic line-up of the band includes two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs and the Casales . The band had a #14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", and has maintained a cult...
, who are Polysics' major influence. The song 偉大なる頭脳 [Idai Naru Zunou] is a cover of the P-Model
P-Model
P-Model was a Japanese New Wave synth-rock & techno-pop band started in 1979 by frontman Susumu Hirasawa. The band has included many lineup revisions over the years but Hirasawa was always at the helm of operations...
song, The Great Brain
In A Model Room
In A Model Room is P-Model's debut album released in August 1979. The band's line up during this album consisted of Susumu Hirasawa , Katsuhiko Akiyama , Yasumi Tanaka , and Sadatoshi Tainaka . The song "THE GREAT BRAIN" was covered in the 2007 album Karate House by Polysics.- Track listing :# # #...
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