Key facts
- Origin
- Uniontown, Maryland , United States
- Genres
- Art punk indie rock experimental rock lo-fi
- Years active
- 1974–present
- Labels
- 50 Skidillion Watts , Safe House , Alternative Tentacles , Joyful Noise Recordings , Fire Records (UK) , Emperor Jones , T.E.C. Tones, Psycho Acoustic Sounds
- Members
- Jad Fair , John Sluggett, Jason Willett, Gilles Reider
- Past members
- David Fair, Mark Jickling, Howard Wuelfing, Don Fleming , Jay Spiegel, Henry Beckmeyer, Rick Dreyfuss, John Dreyfuss, Moe Tucker , Kramer , Rich Labrie, Mick Hobbs
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rock band
- Has part
- Jad Fair
- Genre
- alternative rock
- Country of origin
- United States
- Official website
- www.jadfair.org
- Image
- Half Japanese Sxsw 2008.JPG
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- inception
- 1975-00-00
- location of formation
- Maryland
- Commons category
- Half Japanese
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Half Japanese is an American art punk band formed by brothers Jad and David Fair in 1974, after their family's relocation to Uniontown, Maryland.
Half Japanese' original instrumentation included a small drum set, which they took turns playing; vocals; and an out-of-tune, distorted guitar. Both Fair brothers sang, although over time Jad held the frontman role. As of the band's last several releases since the 1990s, according to the album and CD credits, Half Japanese composes and plays the entirety of the music while Jad, eschewing his role as guitarist from earlier albums, plays almost no guitar but is responsible for the vocals and lyrics, which typically divide into either "love songs or monster songs."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Half Japanese” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.