Half Japanese

...outfit that lived somewhere between Spinal Tap and The Stooges. Occasionally touring and merging with Maryland's Half Japanese, the band continued their downward (upward?) spiral toward rock 'n' roll suicide toward the end of the decade,...

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...rock band Half Japanese, in 1995. It features the lineups from all albums released by the band. Half Japanese's Greatest Hits, which was the band's first compilation album, was released on March 13, 1995, after more than twenty years of...

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...and Kurt Cobain, who had them open for Nirvana on the group's 1993 tour. According to reports, Cobain was wearing a Half Japanese t-shirt when he died. The band's history and influence are chronicled in the 1993 documentary by Jeff Feuerzeig.

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...Beckmeyer the freedom to flee Florida for Brooklyn with his guitar. A skilled self-trained musician, he soon hooked up with the band Half Japanese and toured through Europe until, fed up, he landed in Hamburg, doing music production. On a...

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...Tucker has made guest performances on a number of others' records, including producing Fire in the Sky (1993) for Half Japanese, whose guitarist, John Sluggett, plays drums on her own recordings. In Jeff Feuerzeig's documentary about Half...

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...when there's still a 50:50 split between naive tunes and weird rhythmic monologues; years before the collaborations with Jad Fair (of Half Japanese), and Mark Linkous (of Sparklehorse). The reason so many songwriters in the Eighties and...

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...home." The poignant moment was a rare tweak to "Soul 2 Soul," a concert that didn't need to change to satisfy. The version of Half Japanese that performed Friday at the Rock & Roll Hotel was billed as the "original lineup," which...

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...and Ruben Bolling of "Tom the Dancing Bug" fame. See Page 45. Call 202-466-4999. Eccentric, chord averse, lo-fi indie-rock legends Half Japanese-- anchored by Jad Fair, often abetted by brother David -- emerged from the family's suburban...

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...6, free. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. CONCERT Half Japanese The legendary experimental punk outfit Half Japanese (formed in a Maryland home back in the 1970s) reunites for a show tonight at the...

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...reunion train? That would be DIY pioneers, outsider heroes, lo-fi legends -- well, you get the point -- Half Japanese. It's not your typical reunion, as the band never really broke up, but they don't play together too much these days. Half...

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