Plastics were a short-lived, but highly influential, Japanese New Wave band that recorded between 1979 and 1981. Their sound was similar to The B-52s, but if you grafted a little of The Sugarcubes on for good measure. They often sang in English and did a killer cover of “Last Train to Clarksville.” Talking Head David Byrne was responsible for getting their demo tape to the manager of The B-52s.

They released two American records on Island and both are absolutely delightful (and easy to find cheap on vinyl).
 

“Good”
 

“Diamond Head”
 

“Pate,” live at the Hurrah nightclub in New York City.
 

“Copy”

Here is Plastics’ promo video for “Top Secret Man” as seen on SCTV:
 

 
When Plastics disbanded, Chica Sato and Toshio Nakanishi went on to form Melon and other projects. Plastics guitarist Hajime Tachibana is now a well-respected graphic designer (he does great fonts and designed a pair of Nike trainers) and still makes music, including this song “Bambi” which is one of my top favorite songs of all time (even if it is a total, obvious and utterly shameless rip-off of Herbie Hancock’s “Wiggle Waggle,” I love how relentlessly funky and stripped down this song is). It was co-produced by Deee-lite’s Towa Tei
 

 
Funky and stripped down would NOT describe “Son of Bambi,” a further reworking of the tune found on Towa Tei’s (incredible) Future Listening! album.