| Potshot | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Ska punk, Punk Pop |
| Years active | 1995–2005 |
| Labels | TV Freak Asian Man Records |
| Website | www.ukproject.com/potshot |
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.[1]
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In reviewing their debut 1997 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 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.
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