Big in Japan

From Y to Z and Never Again From Y To Z and Never Again is an EP released by the seminal punk band Big in Japan. It includes four out of their six recorded songs and is most notable for being the first release on Zoo Records, the label...

In this article: From Y to Z and Never Again, Bill Drummond, Zoo Records, David Balfe, The Teardrop Explodes, Echo & the Bunnymen, Ian Broudie, Dalek I Love You, and Liverpool

...sometimes performes under the alias of 'Cliff Hanger'. After Deaf School, in mid 1977, Langer joined Big in Japan which he suggested to his friend Bill Drummond (later founder of Zoo Records and member of The KLF) to form, but Langer quit...

In this article: Clive Langer, Deaf School, Alan Winstanley, Bill Drummond, Elvis Costello, Radar Records, F-Beat Records, and Zoo Records

...School. Later, in May 1977, he founded Big In Japan along with Bill Drummond (later in The KLF), with whom he attended art school, and Phil Allen (brother of Enrico Cadillac, frontman of Deaf School), after seeing The Clash in concert. When...

In this article: Deaf School, Liverpool, Bill Drummond, The KLF, and The Clash

...release being the ''From Y To Z and Never Again '' EP). The label also released two singles by Lori and the Chameleons, Balfe and Drummond's band formed after Big in Japan folded. Zoo Records went on to release early work from The Teardrop...

In this article: David Balfe, Bill Drummond, Zoo Records, The Teardrop Explodes, Liverpool, Echo & the Bunnymen, Fire Escape in the Sky, and Lake Placid

...Ian Broudie (guitar) and Clive Langer (guitar), who quit in September, but not before the band recorded their first song released, "Big In Japan", which appeared in the 7" single compilation Brutality Religion and a dance beat, released the...

In this article: Deaf School, The Teardrop Explodes, Bill Drummond, Holly Johnson, Julian Cope, and Clive Langer

...hit - "Country House". He grew up in Thingwall, Wirral , Merseyside, being a member of several Liverpool bands in the late 1970s, including Radio Blank, Big in Japan , Dalek I Love You and The Teardrop Explodes. He also played on and...

In this article: David Balfe, The Teardrop Explodes, Bill Drummond, Blur, Food, Country House, Echo & the Bunnymen, EMI, University of Westminster, and University of Bedfordshire

In February 1997, Drummond was contacted by his former Big in Japan bandmate Jayne Casey, who was helping to organise an arts festival in Liverpool and had noticed that Acid Brass' repertoire included The KLF's "What Time Is Love?".

In this article: Bill Drummond, Jimmy Cauty, The KLF, Fuck the Millennium, What Time Is Love?, Jeremy Deller, Illuminatus!, and Respondent