Plastic Toys

Plastic Toys

Infobox musical artist
Name = Plastic Toys


Img_capt = Plastic Toys are an electro-rock band formed in 2005 and based in Southampton, UK.
Background = group_or_band
Origin = flagicon|UK Southampton, UK
Genre = Rock
Alternative rock
Post-grunge
Electronica
Influences = Nine Inch Nails, T-Rex, The Killers, Van Halen, Marilyn Manson
Years_active = 2004–present
Label = Hill Valley Records
URL = http://www.plastictoys.co.uk|Official PlasticToys.co.uk site
Current_members = Jon Plastic (Vocals/Guitar)
Alex Howe (Bass)
Si Jackson (Guitar)
Ben Coley (Drums)

Plastic Toys are an electro-rock band formed in late 2003 based in Southampton, UK. The 4-piece group are made up of Jon Plastic (Vocals/Guitars), Alex Howe (Bass), Si Jackson (Guitars) and Ben Coley (Drums). The band's debut single, "Let Me Feel The Love" was released in July 2007 by Pinnacle Distribution and went straight into the UK Indie chart at number 30. Their debut album, "For Tonight Only" was released on the 4th of February 2008. It went on to be given glowing reviews by Classic Rock magazine, Metal Hammer Magazine, and many other smaller magazines.

The band have become extremely well known for their electrifying and energetic live stage shows and their use of technology, particularly the use of social networking websites, vodcasts, video gaming, instant messaging and next-generation internet music websites to reach out to their audience.

Career

Formed from the remains of a popular Uk metal group Karmic Jera and electro-glam rockers DNA Doll, Plastic Toys won ITV’s unsigned band competition by a landslide and were voted into the top 5 unsigned bands by Kerrang! They held the Number 1 spot on BBC Radio 1’s “One Music” chart for eight weeks.

They are odds-on favourites to win the Orange mobileAct competition to find the UK’s most exciting band and have been invited to play at Germany’s PopKomm festival, Canadian Music Week and as support to Shiny Toy Guns.

Discography

Albums

"For Tonight Only" - released by Hill Valley Records on the 4th of February, 2008.
#"Curtain Up" (0.56)
#"Devil" (3.36)
#"Let Me Feel The Love" (3.17)
#"Still Alive" (4.05)
#"Dirty" (2.49)
#"The Tragedy" (4.41)
#"Tonight Only" (3.12)
#"Freak Among The Freaks" (3.34)
#"Spaceman" (2.49)
#"Miss You" (4.01)
#"The World Goes Bang" (4.15)
#"Goddamn You All" (5.20)
#"Goodbye" (4.34)

Bonus Tracks: (Available with first 500 copies)
#"Fever"
#"Devil (Acoustic)"
#"Tonight Only (Acoustic)"

ingles

"Let Me Feel The Love" - released on Hill Valley Records on July 23rd, 2007.

Described as "marking the moment electro pop became stadium rock with throbbing synths and beats, a hook that Marc Bolan would be proud of and massive, fuzzy guitar riffs.". Entirely self-funded, self-recorded and self-produced, "Let Me Feel The Love" was mixed by Andy Gray, the highly-acclaimed co-writer of the Channel 4 Big Brother theme tune and mastered in Los Angeles by Tom Baker (Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, My Chemical Romance). The single was available at high-street stores HMV, Apple iTunes and Amazon.

B-Sides & Unreleased

*"Superfreak" (B-side of Let Me Feel The Love)
*"Flesh"
*"Just Like You"
*"Fabulous"
*"Real Life"
*"Fever" (Bonus track on album)
*"Nowhere"
*"Plastic"
*"Come Home" (available on iTunes as a bonus track on the album)

Previous Members

Mike Vaughan - Drums
Kitty Brooks - Bass

References

External links

* [http://www.plastictoys.co.uk http://www.plastictoys.co.uk]
* [http://www.myspace.com/plastictoys http://www.myspace.com/plastictoys]
* [http://www.hillvalleyrecords.com Hill Valley Records]


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