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Half Japanese (1975 - )

Group - United States

Releases (34)

Official

Album

  1. 1/2 Gentlemen / Not Beasts 1980
  2. Loud 1981 (as 1/2 Japanese)
  3. Sing No Evil 1984
  4. Our Solar System 1984
  5. B.K.A. 10¹º Watts 1984
  6. Music to Strip By 1987
  7. Charmed Life 1989
  8. The Band That Would Be King 1989
  9. We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love 1990
  10. Fire in the Sky 1992
  11. Hot 1995
  12. Heaven Sent 04 Nov 1997
  13. Bone Head 1997
  14. Hello 2001
  15. Overjoyed 02 Sep 2014
  16. Perfect 22 Jan 2016
  17. Hear the Lions Roar 13 Jan 2017
  18. Why Not? 19 Jan 2018
  19. Invincible 22 Feb 2019
  20. Crazy Hearts 04 Dec 2020
  21. Jump into Love 21 Jul 2023

Album - Compilation

  1. Greatest Hits 1993
  2. Greatest Hits 1995
  3. Loud and Horrible 20 Jul 2004
  4. Volume One: 1981-1985 16 Jun 2014
  5. Volume Two: 1987 - 1989 26 Jan 2015
  6. Volume Three: 1990-1995 18 Apr 2015
  7. Volume Four: 1997 -2001 2016

Single

  1. Everybody Knows Apr 1991
  2. Eye of the Hurricane Apr 1992

EP

  1. Calling All Girls Aug 1977
  2. Horrible 1982
  3. U.S. Teens are Spoiled Bums 1988
  4. Bingo Ringo 31 Jul 2015

Relationships (4)

Members

  1. Jad Fair
  2. Mick Hobbs
  3. Don Fleming
  4. David Fair

Recordings by (525)

  1. Dream Date 1:42 (Aug 1977)
  2. School of Love 1:08 (Aug 1977)
  3. Calling All Girls 1:00 (Aug 1977)
  4. Battle of the Bands 2:07 (Aug 1977)
  5. Bogue Millionaires / Cool Millionaires 2:13 (Aug 1977)
  6. Ann Arbor, MI 0:34 (Aug 1977)
  7. Shy Around Girls 1:38 (Aug 1977)
  8. Her Parents Came Home 1:04 (Aug 1977)
  9. The Worst I'd Ever Do 0:43 (Aug 1977)
  10. I Want Something New 1:48 (1978)
  11. Paint It Black 0:42 (1980)
  12. No Direct Line from My Brain to My Heart 1:54 (1980)
  13. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 1:49 (1980)
  14. Ta Sheri Ta Ta 4:49 (1980)
  15. My Girlfriend Lives Like a Beatnik 1:04 (1980)
  16. Shhh - Shhh - Shhh 2:09 (1980)
  17. Girls Like That 2:07 (1980)
  18. No More Beatlemania 1:52 (1980)
  19. Tangled Up in Blue 3:44 (1980)
  20. Ain’t Too Proud to Beg 1:10 (1980)
  21. I’m Going to the Zoo 1:12 (1980)
  22. Shi Yi Yi 0:58 (1980)
  23. Rave On 1:37 (1980)
  24. I Ta Na Si Na Me Eee 1:00 (1980)
  25. Till Victory 2:07 (1980)
  26. Rip My Shirt to Shreds 0:19 (1980)
  27. I Don’t Want to Have Mono No More 1:40 (1980)
  28. She Cracked 1:54 (1980)
  29. Bbbbbbbb / Bbbbbbbb 1:35 (1980)
  30. Funky Broadway Melody 4:09 (1980)
  31. I’m Sorry 1:34 (1980)
  32. T - T - T - T - T - T 6:35 (1980)
  33. Grrrrrrrrrrrr 2:16 (1980)
  34. Bogue Millionaires - Cool Millionaires 2:10 (1980)
  35. Tn Tn Tn Tn Ki 3:10 (1980)
  36. I Can’t Stand It Any More 2:22 (1980)
  37. Worst I'd Ever Do 0:42 (1980)
  38. Rrrrrrrr 1:31 (1980)
  39. Patti Smith 1:34 (1980)
  40. Jodi Foster 2:04 (1980)
  41. I Love Oriental Girls 1:07 (1980)
  42. Du Du Du / Du Du Du 7:08 (1980)
  43. Live 20:16 (1980)
  44. Fun Again 1:55 (Dec 1981)
  45. Heart ?:?? (1981)
  46. No Danger ?:?? (1981)
  47. My Concentration, Oh No 1:30 (1981)
  48. 2 Hearts = 1 1:07 (1981)
  49. If My Father Answers, Don’t Say Nothing 1:54 (1981)
  50. Scientific Devices 0:56 (1981)
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Credited as (9)

  1. Half Japanese
  2. 1/2 Japanese
  3. Half Japanese / Velvet Monkeys
  4. The Mutants / Half Japanese
  5. Jad Fair / Half Japanese
  6. ½ Japanese
  7. Half Japanese and Dot Wiggin
  8. Gavin Bryars / ½ Japanese / Simon Jeffes / Mark Perry / Michael Nyman
  9. Jad Fair & Half Japanese

Events (2)

Main Performer At

  1. Half Japanese at Bunkr
  2. Pop Montreal 2007, day 2: The Portugese Hall

Links (16)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/half_japanese
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13903859q

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Half%20Japanese

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/53970

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/178047

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000555654

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/140853791

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q931544

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/1295334
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0rNdohQtVWZJjcYVz5vSZp

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id7422070

Bandcamp

  1. https://halfjapanese.bandcamp.com/

Interviews

  1. http://www.xsilence.net/interview-46.htm

Picture

  1. http://www.xsilence.net/images/artistes/halfjapanese/interviews/halfjapaneseparfoisonmedemandeojetrouvemoninspirationetameparattrangejenypensemmepasameparatallerdesoi_1452447526404043.jpeg

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/halfjapaneseband

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/halfjapanesefanpage