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| Background information | |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
| Genre(s) | Ska, Punk Pop |
| Years active | 1995–2005 |
| Label(s) | Asian Man Records TV Freak |
Potshot was a J-ska music group from Japan. They signed on with Asian Man Records, a label well known for signing Asian punk-pop bands. Five of their albums have been released in the USA under Asian Man Records. Their final album, Potshot Beat Goes On, released in May 2005, never came out in the USA. They disbanded in 2005, playing a final show in Tokyo. [1]
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Group Members
Main
- Ryoji Ariga - Vocals
- Yoshito Hirai - Bass
- Yoshinobu Takegoshi - Trombone
Additional
- Mitchy - Trumpet
- Satoshi - Guitar
- Chucky - Trombone
- Katsuya - Bass
- Yoko Utsumi - Group Member
- Hide Koyama - Album Cover Art
Discography
Pots and Shots
In reviewing their debut 1997 Pots And Shots , All Music Guide 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 coronary) and dialing back all the cod-reggae Jamaican-isms that make so many of the frat-boy third wave ska bands so laughable. The drumbeat and a familiar-sounding horn section are Pots and Shots' only links to ska music, but they're enough to shred 90 percent of the post-No Doubt pretenders.[2]
Pots And Shots includes a cover version of Tears of a Clown and Since Yesterday.
Audio clips
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- Audio Radio by Potshot
- Audio Tears of a Clown by Potshot
