Tokyo Police Club can probably be described as the Strokes meets Eric's Trip. Yeah, it's hooky garage pop, but they keep it on the lo-fi side, willing to fuck up a track with some distorted vocals and grainy feedback. It's the kind of thing you could imagine some studio producer would want to clean up and ruin, giving all the guys angular haircuts and not letting them smile in photographs. Luckily they don't take themselves too seriously. Ryan McLaren asked them a few questions which they, thankfully, also didn't take too seriously.

WHAT ARE YOUR NAMES AND WHAT DO YOU DO?
NAME: Dave "RIP n' HAMMER" Monks
POSITION: Centre or... ON YOUR ASS!!!

NAME: Josh "HOOK YA AND COOK YA" Hook
POSITION: Kicker (OF SHHHEEEEE-IT)

NAME: Graham "Take you to the grammar school" Wright (Write! RIGHT!)
POSITION: Quarter Back

NAME: Greg "Wiggles" Alsop
POSITION: Line Back

TOKYO... POLICE... CLUB? I DON'T GET IT.
As youngsters, whenever we would stray from the path of righteousness, our parents would guide us back with a firm but gentle hand, murmering under their breath one of their favorite oaths, 'bulC eciloP oykoT'. When the time came to spectacularly disregard their wishes and guidance and form a rock and roll band, we chose to commemorate them
by turning their trademark phrase backwards and using it for our own ends.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE TIME SIGNATURE?
Whichever grooves the girls.

TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
It was a fine Christmas morning down in Whoville when, after waking to find that some sort of grinching character had grinchingly made off with the Christmas presents laid out so carefully the night before, we meandered happily to the clearing at the bottom of Mt. Crumpet for a sing-a-long. Well, wouldn't you know it, that very same Grinch's heart had grown three sizes that day, and he returned all of the presents, including a fine Bambazzler for us. He also carved the Roast Beast. Our lives have never been quite the same.

WHAT ARE YOUR MUSICAL OR NON-MUSICAL INFLUENCES?
Advertising, both subliminal and superliminal, especially when the product in question is vouched for by a celebrity and/or talking infant. How exactly this affects our music is a problem consistently being worked on by top teams of psychologists and marketers.

PAPER OR PLASTIC?
Ah, good question! A tough one, but an important one nonetheless. I think, though I may be mistaken, that we can take our cue from the time told tale of Romulus and Remus and the founding of Rome. The very seeds of the paper vesus plastic debate are rooted in their epic conflict. Romulus - the wolf-raised victor - took his chosen material and with it forged the foundations of Rome and, consequentially, the foundation of all civilization. And what medium of construction was this?Why, it was paper of course. A clearly superior material. Back in the days of old - before the invention of scissors - paper was
invincible. The game commonly known as "Rock Paper Scissors" used to be just "Rock Paper", and a contestant who chose the latter always won the conflict.

But, as there always is in a great battle, there comes a twist before paper assumes complete supremacy. You see, upon the invention of shears and scissors - paper became obselete. Remus rose from the dead and presented the world with the new dominating medium - PLASTIC! So considering the scenario of modern day life, I think it can be
unanimously be agreed that plastic must always be chosen over paper.

WHAT QUESTION DO YOU ALWAYS WISH SOMEONE WOULD ASK YOU BUT NO ONE EVER DOES?
"Paper or plastic?" We can't begin to express how delighted we all were.

ASK YOURSELVES THAT QUESTION, AND ANSWER IT IN EXACTLY 63 WORDS.
Ah, good question! A tough one, but an important one nonetheless. I think, though I may be mistaken, that we can take our cue from the time told tale of Romulus and Remus and the founding of Rome. The very seeds of the paper vesus plastic debate are rooted in their epic conflict. Romulus - the wolf-raised victor - took his chosen material and with it'¦

WHAT CAN THE AUDIENCE EXPECT FROM YOUR WAVELENGTH SHOW?
Significantly more brevity than we have displayed here.