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Plastics Sex live at Shibuya Eggman
Last night I went to Shibuya Eggman to see Plastics Sex, the new unit of Plastics' Nakanishi Toshio (aka Tycoon Tosh) featuring Nomiya Maki (ex-Pizzicato Five), in an event called Night of Neanderthal.
My friend Miwa and I got there around 12:15, but although the event was supposed to start at 12:00 things were being delayed a bit and we had to wait until about 12:45 to get in.
First was Numanoid (aka DJ Tsuyoshi, of Joujouka/Madskippers) who did a fun DJ set. Then was Kujun Band, sort of improvized jazz with drums, guitar, trumpet, saxophone and bass.
I didn't really know what to expect of Plastics Sex, but it turns out that it's a revival band of the Plastics, also featuring Tachibana Hajime, and, while I can't tell for sure cause I'm not so familiar with the Plastics, I'd think that one or two other Plastics guys are also in the band (maybe someone can confirm from the pictures?)!
Female vocals are done by beautiful Nomiya Maki, and there's also a younger guy playing synth.
So, around 3am, all of the band except Maki got on stage. There seemed to be some technical problem with Tosh's guitar, and a white guy with very long hair, who was in the audience the rest of the time, came on stage to do some throat singing (reminding me of the great film Genghis Blues) with the rest of the band playing.
When everything had got back under control, the band played Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting For My Man". Then Maki got on stage and sang several songs, I think mostly (if not all) Plastics. The songs I could recognize were "Robot" and "Top Secret Man". Then Maki had a little break and came back in a different outfit, holding a large black caniche, to sing The Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog"!
My favorite member of the band has to be Tachibana Hajime (stage right) who looked really cool and funky, his face and glasses reminded me of Towa Tei. I also loved to watch Tosh's jumping and screaming, which made it a really entertaining show.
Plastics Sex should have an album released early 2005, which I'm looking forward to!
Also, Plastics albums "Welcome Plastics" and "Origato Plastico" have just been rereleased last month at the very cheap price of ¥1500.
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wow! what a wonderful show that sounds like, i can't wait for that release! it figures that they'd release super cheap versions of the old plastics albums after i spent the big bucks on those other re-issues...:(
Posted by william on October 17, 2004 at 14:06
It was the first time I could see Maki from so close! I was just about 2 meters away. The place was rather small and wasn't too packed, unlike her own shows or P5's (not that I've had the chance to see P5 live except for the last live).
And yeah, since I didn't have Plastics' albums yet, now has come the right time for me to get them! :)
Posted by Patrick on October 17, 2004 at 14:21
Sounds great - I'd heard this was happening, but it's so hard to keep track of Toshi's escapades. Nomiya-chan already sang a Plastics' song in P5, "Good"; I once interviewed Tachibana-san about it.
Posted by Ron K on October 18, 2004 at 13:17
I was hoping they'd play "Good" but they didn't.
I'd love to read your interview with Tachibana-san. If it's available on the net please post a link. :)
Posted by Patrick on October 18, 2004 at 14:20
does anyone else hate when japanese bands have the sheet music on stands in front of them? this is rock'n'roll, for christ's sake!
Posted by marxy on October 20, 2004 at 12:04
Yeah I agree...! They were apparently for Maki (To$h put up the book when she got on stage) who perhaps wasn't too familiar with the lyrics.
It doesn't seem to me like it could get out of hand to mess up the Plastics' lyrics a bit though. :)
Posted by Patrick on October 20, 2004 at 12:10
ハイ!パト!!
ちゃんと届くかな～??心配ぢゃ。。。
だいぶ前の日記だけど、今まで書き方わからなかったから(笑)
このイベント、ぴよと行ったやつだよね。写真付きで楽しさが伝わってきました。東京はいろんな音楽のイベントがあって羨ましい!!高松はあんまりないからさぁ>< って、私が知らないだけ!?
Posted by neon on October 20, 2004 at 22:46
neonさん、コメントどうもありがとう！
そうよ、金曜日にぴよと一緒に行ったイベントだよ。
東京はいろんな面白いライブとパーティーがあってとても楽しい！
でも僕に不思議なのは、真夜中の電車かバスがないことだ・・・きっと日本で全部そうかも知れないけど、カナダとアメリカの大きいな町では、いつだって家に帰ることができる。東京ではタクシーしかなくて（高っ！）、クラブに行くと朝まで電車を待たなきゃ行けないのはたまに疲れちゃうね。
高松ではみんなが車を持ってるかな？
Posted by パト on October 20, 2004 at 23:43
what happened to chica? what happened after she and toshi moved to london, etc.? i've been out of the plastics, melon, etc. loop for about ten years.
Posted by alec on July 16, 2005 at 06:12
I think Chica still lives in London.
Posted by Patrick on July 16, 2005 at 11:53