Tokyo Adventures
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Pop punk
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from the Wirral
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, England
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. They released two album
Album
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s as Tokyo Adventures and various EPs
Gramophone record
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Tokyo Adventures played their final gig
Concert
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on 5 August 2006 at the Munkyfest festiva
Music festival
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l near Frodsham
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, Cheshire
Cheshire
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Band members
- Tony Keenan, vocals and guitar
- Steve Carpenter, drums and vocals
- Sean Evans, guitar and vocals
- Anna Macdonald, bass and vocals (1998-2003)
- Paul Stearne, bass and vocals (2004-2006)
History
The band formed under the name Boba Fett (after the Star Wars characterBoba Fett
Boba Fett is a character in Star Wars. A bounty hunter hired by Darth Vader to find the Millennium Falcon, he is a minor villain in both Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi....
) in 1998, in November 2000 they changed their name to Tokyo Adventures. Early demos
Demo (music)
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were self released CD-Rs
Compact Disc
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, whereas the albums We Have The Technology, One Kiss For Luck and Hunter's Handbook were released and distributed by Keith Records/Boss Tuneage
Boss Tuneage
Boss Tuneage is an independent record label based in the UK started in 1990 by Aston Stephens. The label became dormant in 1995 before being started up again in 1999. Over 150 record releases took place before a second hiatus being taken in 2005...
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Albums
- Hard Sums, Solved By Abacus (1998, as Boba Fett)
- Ulimat Skware Frisbee (2000, as Boba Fett)
- One Kiss For Luck (2001)
- Hunter's Handbook (2004)
E.P.s
- We Have The Technology (2000)
- Punctuation E.P. (2004)
- Clinkers and Winnits E.P. (2004)
- Deballare Superbos! (2006)
Others
- Tokyo Adventures Just Had A Fight With Three Minute Margin... - split albumSplit albumA split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
with Three Minute Margin - Several exclusive tracks were released on the Keith Records, Munkyfest and Boss TuneageBoss TuneageBoss Tuneage is an independent record label based in the UK started in 1990 by Aston Stephens. The label became dormant in 1995 before being started up again in 1999. Over 150 record releases took place before a second hiatus being taken in 2005...
compilation albumCompilation albumA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
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