Even with misleading name, TPC still rocks
Alison Smyth - The Pitt News (U. Pittsburgh)
Issue date: 4/11/08 Section: Arts & Entertainment
This unusually clever scenario came about from the early days when Graham Wright and singer/bassist Dave Monks would have song-writing challenges. The challenge begins with a topic, and in the case of "Citizens of Tomorrow," the topic was "tell about the future from the perspective of the '50s and '60s, when they thought we would have robot butlers and live on bubbles on the moon and have jet packs," Wright explained. "[Monks] took that and spun it into a weird apocalyptic robot scenario. I don't know what that says about him."
Something in the mix is right with this band - whether it be the music, the lyrics or the obsession with robots, they reach people of all music tastes. The question is, what gives Tokyo Police Club such wide appeal? Wright doesn't know the answer, but that's fine with him. He explained, "I've talked to people that are hip hop enthusiasts or metal heads and stuff, and all these people that like our band. I don't get what it is about us that appeals to these people, but I think it's awesome."
Something in the mix is right with this band - whether it be the music, the lyrics or the obsession with robots, they reach people of all music tastes. The question is, what gives Tokyo Police Club such wide appeal? Wright doesn't know the answer, but that's fine with him. He explained, "I've talked to people that are hip hop enthusiasts or metal heads and stuff, and all these people that like our band. I don't get what it is about us that appeals to these people, but I think it's awesome."
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