Potshot (band)

Potshot was a Japanese J-ska music group from Japan. They released their records on their own label, TV Freak, in Japan. Their first five albums were re-released by Asian Man Records, an American label well known for signing Asian punk-pop bands. Their final album, Potshot Beat Goes On, was released in May 2005. Potshot disbanded in 2005, playing a final show in Tokyo.^[1]

Potshot
Background information
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Ska punk, Punk rock
Years active	1995–2005, 2015
Labels	TV-FREAK Records Asian Man Records
Website	www.ukproject.com/potshot

Main

Group members

• Ryoji Ariga - vocals
• Yoshito Hirai - bass guitar
• Yoshinobu Takegoshi - T-bone

Pots and Shots

In reviewing their first album, Pots And Shots (1997), 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 included cover versions of "The Tears of a Clown" and "Since Yesterday".

Tribute EP

A tribute EP, Potshot Is Mine, was released in Japan in 2014.

Coconuts Pine and Free Kick recorded two Potshot songs each. It was released on 33rpm 7" (1138 Records, 1138-0036), some copies on red vinyl and some on green.

• Free Kick - "Since Yesterday"
• Free Kick - "Be Alive"
• Coconuts Pine - "Every Rain Let's Up"
• Coconuts Pine - "Someone To Lean On"

Discography

• Pots and Shots (October 14, 1997 - Asian Man Records)
• Rock ’n’ Roll (March 9, 1999 - Asian Man Records)
• Til I Die (October 7, 2000 - Asian Man Records)
• A Go Go (February 19, 2002 - Asian Man Records)
• Potshot is My Everything: Singles 1996-2003 (TV Freak)
• Dance to the Potshot Record (June 22, 2004 - Asian Man Records)
• Six Potshot Rockers (October 8, 2003 - TV Freak)
• Potshot Beat Goes On (May 16, 2005 - TV Freak)
• Potshot Forever: Best and Rarities (August 24, 2005 - TV Freak)
• Do It Again with Potshot (mini-album) (October 7, 2015 - UK Project)

Audio clips

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• Audio "Radio" by Potshot
• Audio "Tears of a Clown" by Potshot