I thought it might be a good idea to check in on the Path to Oblivion that PLIC PROCK has been on, and I see that the final live has been scheduled:
PLIC PROCKラストライブ
まであと8!8!8!8!日!【PLIC PROCK解散ライブ】
〜やっぱり最後は3人で〜
〈日程〉5月29日(火)
〈場所〉目黒鹿鳴館(目黒駅徒歩3分)
〈時間〉18:30会場 19:00開演
〈料金〉前売¥2500+D 当日¥3000+Dご予約👇リプ、DM、メール
plicprock2@gmail.com pic.twitter.com/u3eU0F3kiN— PLIC PROCK 5/29ラストライブ (@PLICPROCK) May 21, 2018
That’ll be nice. But man, what a letdown, and what a bizarrely poetic way for them to go out.
If you didn’t know but are nonetheless curious, PLIC PROCK is idol’s Frank Grimes — a group of dancers-turned-idols originally called Parallel Japan, they had a ton of potential right out of the gate, but a never-ending series of unfortunate events kept holding them back. In their final days as Parallel, they had even hooked up with Daichi and A-minor, presumably to get better booking and maybe some songwriting help. That didn’t work out and they re-struck out independently, rebranded as PLIC PROCK, and always seemed to be right at the cusp of something.
Being some of the best dancers in the business certainly helped
After a year of fighting for space and opportunity, and like four years into chasing this wild idol dream, they the cracks started to show. Asumi announced that she was leaving a while back, then Yui teased the same, and it’s basically been a long wait for this moment since then. I even saw the other day that Sari had changed her handle to @SARI_SENSEI, which is usually a pretty good indicator of where things stand.
Look at these family photos, though:
お誕生日です!
沢山の経験をさせて頂いて
最近では振付の依頼も増えて
好きな事で食べていけるのは
関わってくれた方応援して
くれる皆仲間両親のおかげです。
謙虚な気持ちを忘れずに
2018年は苦難ばかりでしたが
今後も頑張ります!
皆に良い報告が出来そうなので
待っててね!これからも宜しくね! pic.twitter.com/kzUUY2no4v— サリー先生 (@SARI_SENSEI) April 26, 2018
I don’t think there are any regrets.
It’s going to be sad to see PLIC PROCK go, though. They were always one of my personal yeah-but-have-you-seen idol groups, legitimately heavier than most, occasionally a little bit weird, and always with an incredibly physically intense stage presence. And they made it work, as well as anybody who could never catch a break could.