PONTIACS

There are atleast two bands with this name. 1) PONTIACS was a Japanese garage rock band consisting of three members. The band's existence and its participating musicians were announced in early June, 2010. It is worthy of note that both 浅井健一 (Asai Kenichi) and 照井利幸 (Terui Toshiyuki) were central members of the well-known rock band BLANKEY JET CITY, before it disbanded in 2000, and that the two of them also worked together on recording Asai’s first solo album, Johnny Hell. Before joining PONTIACS, drummer 有松益男 (Arimatsu Masuo) has played with acts such as BACK DROP BOMB , FAKE? and MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS. The band’s first release was the two-track single GALAXY HEAD MEETING / SHINJUKU released in June, 2010. While this single received limited distribution, their first album – GALAXY HEAD MEETING – was made available in major record stores in November, 2010. At the very end of the year, PONTIACS released RED BEE / デリカテッセン (RED BEE / Delicatessen), another double single released in the same manner as the one before it. Their third single, Cold Finger Girl, is particular in that although it was written by Asai, it was first recorded and released by actor and J-POP singer 栗山千明 (Kuriyama Chiaki). This version was featured as the opening track to the anime series Level E. The PONTIACS version of said single went on sale several months afterwards. PONTIACS disbanded in late 2011, merely a year after the release of their debut album. Members: 浅井健一 (Asai Kenichi) – Vocal, guitar 照井利幸 (Terui Toshiyuki) – Bass 有松益男 (Arimatsu Masuo) – Drums Official Website: 2) Pontiacs is a Chilean psychedelic band that released their album Bursting in 2012 on the critically acclaimed record label Cardinal Fuzz. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.