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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Something amazing happened at Clubhouse Music last night. In the old tales of concert-going I’ve heard of this mysterious phenomnenon called “interaction,” but it wasn’t until a group of Japanese ...

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 ...

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 ...

"The Polysics are featured on a comp called Japan For Sale Vol.3 which is being put out by Sony. To celebrate Sony is throwing 3 invite only shows, which are not open to the public to celebrate.