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Potshot (band)
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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. They disbanded in 2005, playing a final show in Tokyo.
Pots And Shots , Allmusic wrote that Potshot:
Pots And Shots includes a cover version
of Tears of a Clown and Since Yesterday.
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J-ska
Japanese ska or J-ska is ska or ska punk music made in Japan by Japanese artists with lyrics in the Japanese language or in English...
music group from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. They released their records on their own label, TV Freak, in Japan. Their first five albums were also re-released by Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...
, an American label well known for signing Asian punk-pop bands. Their final album, Potshot Beat Goes On, released in May 2005. They disbanded in 2005, playing a final show in Tokyo.
Pots and Shots
In reviewing their debut 19971997 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy...
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 coronaryMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
) and dialing back all the cod-reggaeReggaeReggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
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n-isms that make so many of the frat-boy third wave ska bands so laughable. The drumbeat and a familiar-sounding horn sectionHorn sectionIn music, a horn section can refer to several groups of musicians. It can refer to the musicians in a symphony orchestra who play the horn . In a British-style brass band it refers to the tenor horn players. In popular music, it can also refer to a small group of wind instrumentalists who augment a...
are Pots and Shots' only links to ska music, but they're enough to shred 90 percent of the post-No DoubtNo DoubtNo Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album No Doubt , failed to make an impact...
pretenders.
Pots And Shots includes a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of Tears of a Clown and Since Yesterday.
Discography
- 1. Pots and ShotsPots and ShotsPots and Shots is the debut album of J-ska band Potshot. The album was released in the USA by Asian Man Records in 1997.-Tracks:# We Are Potshot 1:06# Someone to Lean On 2:26# Radio 1:49# Handle 2:35# Time 2:49# Since Yesterday 1:46...
(October 14, 1997) Asian Man RecordsAsian Man RecordsAsian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:... - 2. Rock ’n’ Roll (March 9, 1999) Asian Man RecordsAsian Man RecordsAsian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...
- 3. Til I Die (October 7, 2000) Asian Man RecordsAsian Man RecordsAsian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...
- 4. A Go Go (February 19, 2002) Asian Man RecordsAsian Man RecordsAsian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...
- 5. Dance to the Potshot RecordDance to the Potshot RecordDance to the Potshot Record is the fifth album of J-ska band Potshot. The album was released in the USA by Asian Man Records in 2004. This was the last album to come out in the USA...
(June 22, 2004) Asian Man RecordsAsian Man RecordsAsian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:... - 6. Six Potshot Rockers (October 8, 2003) TV Freak
- 7. Potshot Beat Goes On (May 16, 2005) TV Freak
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