Tokyo Police Club

Genres:	Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	indie rock • indie • canadian • post-punk • alternative • rock
Decades Active:	2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • MySpace • Official Homepage • Twitter • Wikipedia

Biography

This Canadian indie rock band comprises David Monks (Dublin, Eire; vocals/bass), Graham Wright (b. Newmarket, Ontario, Canada; keyboards/vocals), Joshua Hook (b. North York, Ontario, Canada; guitar/percussion) and Gregory Alsop (b. Newmarket, Ontario, Canada; drums). Formed in 2005, all four members of Tokyo Police Club were school friends and members of a previous outfit that had since split up. Rehearsing in a basement, the band soon began performing in and around the Toronto area, steadily building up a small yet passionate fanbase. As the time approached for the members of Tokyo Police Club to go their separate ways, and for the outfit to naturally disband, they were invited to perform at the Pop Montreal Festival. Their show was a huge success, the culmination of the hype that had been gradually building up over the preceding months, and persuaded the band to pursue a career in music.

Signing to Paper Bag Records in the USA and Canada,...

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