Half Gentlemen Not Beasts - Album
Half Gentlemen Not Beasts (Album) by Half Japanese
Half Japanese>
Artist Biography For Half Japanese
Half Japanese Is A Punk Rock Band Formed By Brothers Jad Fair And David Fair In Their Uniontown Maryland Bedroom Around 1975. Their Quirky Song Lyrics Often Deal With Monsters And The Supernatural Especially As Influenced By Campy "creature Feature" And Scifi Movies In Addition To More Conventional Themes Such As The Visceral Thrills Of Crushes And Infatuations. They Have Stated That All Their Songs Are Either "love Songs Or Monster Songs." Fans Of Half Japanese Include Penn Jillette Who Helped The Band Release Some Of Their Albums On His Ad Hoc 50 Skidillion Watts Label And The Late Kurt Cobain Who Had Them Open For Nirvana's 1993 Tour. Over Time David Fair Became Less Involved Ultimately Quitting The Band In Favor Of Married Life And Jad Brought In More Outside Musicians Who Have Contributed To An Increasingly Coherent And Organized Sound. They Have Worked With The Orthotonics Moe Tucker Teenage Fanclub Daniel Johnston And John Zorn Among Others. The Band's History And Influence Was Chronicled In The 1993 Fan Documentary Half Japanese The Band That Would Be King By Jeff Feuerzeig.
POPULAR
TRACKS
MIXES
ALBUMS
Video 1 : 50
Music Tags for Half Japanese:
Biography - Half Japanese
Half Japanese Is A Punk Rock Band Formed By Brothers Jad Fair And David Fair In Their Uniontown Maryland Bedroom Around 1975. Their Quirky Song Lyrics Often Deal With Monsters And The Supernatural Especially As Influenced By Campy "creature Feature" And Scifi Movies In Addition To More Conventional Themes Such As The Visceral Thrills Of Crushes And Infatuations. They Have Stated That All Their Songs Are Either "love Songs Or Monster Songs." Fans Of Half Japanese Include Penn Jillette Who Helped The Band Release Some Of Their Albums On His Ad Hoc 50 Skidillion Watts Label And The Late Kurt Cobain Who Had Them Open For Nirvana's 1993 Tour. Over Time David Fair Became Less Involved Ultimately Quitting The Band In Favor Of Married Life And Jad Brought In More Outside Musicians Who Have Contributed To An Increasingly Coherent And Organized Sound. They Have Worked With The Orthotonics Moe Tucker Teenage Fanclub Daniel Johnston And John Zorn Among Others. The Band's History And Influence Was Chronicled In The 1993 Fan Documentary Half Japanese The Band That Would Be King By Jeff Feuerzeig.
read less
read more
16 Similar Artists To Half Japanese - Frogtoon Music
Chrome Beat Happening Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 R. Stevie Moore Swell Maps Pere Ubu Wire Urinals Mission Of Burma Royal Trux The Clean The Raincoats James Chance & The Contortions Flipper The Fall Josef K.
Label Not On Label 1/2 Japanese Self-Released Country US
Released 1979
Genre Rock
Style No Wave Punk Avantgarde Tracklist
1.1 No Direct Line From My Brain To My Heart 2 00 1.2 10th Avenue Freeze Out 1 50 1.3 Ta Sheri Ta Ta 4 55 1.4 My Girlfriend Lives Like A Beatnik 1 04 1.5 Her Parents Came Home 0 59 1.6 Shhh /Shhh /Shhh 2 12 1.7 Girls Like That 2 12 1.8 Rrrrrrrrrrrrr 1 27 1.9 No More Beatle Mania 1 53 1.10 Tangled Up In Blue 3 45 1.11 Patti Smith 2 23 1.12 School Of Love 1 07 1.13 Jodi Foster 2 15 1.14 Shy Around Girls 1 37 1.15 Grrrrrrrrrrrr 2 24 1.16 Bogue Millionaires / Cool Millionaires 2 11 1.17 Tn Tn Tn Tn Ki 3 10 1.18 I Can't Stand It Anymore 2 24 1.19 I Love Oriental Girls 1 44 1.20 Dream Date 1 33 1.21 Du Du Du / Du Du Du 7 22 1.22 Ain't Too Proud To Beg 1 10 1.23 Ann Arbor Mi 0 33 1.24 I'm Going To The Zoo 1 14 1.25 Shi Yi Yi 0 58 1.26 Rave On 1 42 1.27 I Ta Na Si Na Mi Eee 1 02 1.28 Till Victory 1 16 1.29 Rip My Shirt To Shreds 0 20 1.30 I Don't Want To Have Mono No More 1 40 1.31 She Cracked 1 58 1.32 Bbbbbbbb / Bbbbbbbb 1 36 2.1 Funky Broadway Melody 4 12 2.2 I'm Sorry 1 37 2.3 T / T / T / T / T / T 6 43 2.4 The Worst I'd Ever Do 0 44 2.5 Live In Baltimore Md. 20 16 2.6 Live In Washington DC 18 16 2.7 Battle Of The Bands 1 59 2.8 Worst I'd Ever Do 0 43 2.9 Ann Arbor Mi 0 53 2.10 School Of Love 1 31 2.11 Her Parents Came Home 0 57 2.12 Shy Around Girls 1 11 2.13 Dream Date 1 43 2.14 Bogue Millionaires / Cool Millionaires 3 29 2.15 Knock On Wood 1 44 2.16 Top Secret 0 47 2.17 Guitar Solo 0 42 2.18 Calling All Girls 1 04
Published: 09 Sep 2012, 10:58
½ Japanese* – ½ Gentlemen / Not BeastsLabel Not On Label 1/2 Japanese Self-Released Country US
Released 1979
Genre Rock
Style No Wave Punk Avantgarde Tracklist
1.1 No Direct Line From My Brain To My Heart 2 00 1.2 10th Avenue Freeze Out 1 50 1.3 Ta Sheri Ta Ta 4 55 1.4 My Girlfriend Lives Like A Beatnik 1 04 1.5 Her Parents Came Home 0 59 1.6 Shhh /Shhh /Shhh 2 12 1.7 Girls Like That 2 12 1.8 Rrrrrrrrrrrrr 1 27 1.9 No More Beatle Mania 1 53 1.10 Tangled Up In Blue 3 45 1.11 Patti Smith 2 23 1.12 School Of Love 1 07 1.13 Jodi Foster 2 15 1.14 Shy Around Girls 1 37 1.15 Grrrrrrrrrrrr 2 24 1.16 Bogue Millionaires / Cool Millionaires 2 11 1.17 Tn Tn Tn Tn Ki 3 10 1.18 I Can't Stand It Anymore 2 24 1.19 I Love Oriental Girls 1 44 1.20 Dream Date 1 33 1.21 Du Du Du / Du Du Du 7 22 1.22 Ain't Too Proud To Beg 1 10 1.23 Ann Arbor Mi 0 33 1.24 I'm Going To The Zoo 1 14 1.25 Shi Yi Yi 0 58 1.26 Rave On 1 42 1.27 I Ta Na Si Na Mi Eee 1 02 1.28 Till Victory 1 16 1.29 Rip My Shirt To Shreds 0 20 1.30 I Don't Want To Have Mono No More 1 40 1.31 She Cracked 1 58 1.32 Bbbbbbbb / Bbbbbbbb 1 36 2.1 Funky Broadway Melody 4 12 2.2 I'm Sorry 1 37 2.3 T / T / T / T / T / T 6 43 2.4 The Worst I'd Ever Do 0 44 2.5 Live In Baltimore Md. 20 16 2.6 Live In Washington DC 18 16 2.7 Battle Of The Bands 1 59 2.8 Worst I'd Ever Do 0 43 2.9 Ann Arbor Mi 0 53 2.10 School Of Love 1 31 2.11 Her Parents Came Home 0 57 2.12 Shy Around Girls 1 11 2.13 Dream Date 1 43 2.14 Bogue Millionaires / Cool Millionaires 3 29 2.15 Knock On Wood 1 44 2.16 Top Secret 0 47 2.17 Guitar Solo 0 42 2.18 Calling All Girls 1 04