BOTTLE UP Devo’s matching jump suits, space-age spectacles and dangerously manic robo-beats, stamp with a “Made in Japan” seal and, voila, you have Polysics — the self-professed spiritual sons and ...

Polysics: It's not a band, it's an infection! From Japan it comes, a mad macrovirus born of science run amok! Deadly destructive and more contagious than a cybernetic superflu…but cute, too! Yeah, ...

After watching music videos of the 80’s band “Devo”, Hiroyuki (Hiro) Hayashi decided to start his own new wave band out of Tokyo, Japan called Polysics. The band, named after the Korg Polysix ...

Japan's Polysics traffic in Devo-inspired synth-punk always on the edge of chaos, and their latest places a greater emphasis on guitars and rock heaviness. Save this story Save this story While the ...

Proposal for master’s thesis (rejected): Rock ‘n’ roll in its rawest, purest form has always been about screwing it up, getting it wrong, the excitement of spontaneity and its attendant mistakes and ...

If you ever wondered what Devo would be like if they were born Japanese, Polysics is your answer. The Japan-born band cites the New Wave group as a major influence and, as such, dons jumpsuits and ...

The Polysics' sound becomes obvious with one glance at the pictures in the liner notes of the band's latest, a compilation of previous singles and LP tracks. Four youths stand fascist-stiff in front ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Polysics may not have invented the lightning bolt, but they’ve certainly harnessed it. Photos by Sarah Slater. Benjamin Franklin, Alessandro Volta, Armand ...

Oftentimes, when someone leaves a band, there are months of rumors and official denials of said rumors, then there's a sudden official statement offering some vague reason for the departure, which is ...

Polysics electro-punk, noise-pop attitude certainly isn't lost in translation. It makes no difference that most songs are a hodgepodge of Japanese, English, or even their own "space language", each ...

Polysics bassist Fumi sits on the curb outside Rhythm Room chatting with the band’s photographer Tsukasa as drummer Yano stretches out. The show’s over, but she’s still wearing her orange flight suit ...