Half Japanese

The story

Half Japanese is an American punk rock band formed by brothers Jad Fair and David Fair (died 2026) 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."

From Last.fm, written by its listeners.

Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

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Records

• Volume Four: 1997 -2001 · 2016 · compilation
• Volume Three: 1990 - 1995 · 2015 · compilation
• Volume Two: 1987 - 1989 · 2015 · compilation
• Volume One: 1981 - 1985 · 2014 · compilation
• Loud and Horrible · 2004 · compilation
• Greatest Hits · 1995 · compilation
• Greatest Hits · 1993 · compilation
• B.K.A. 10¹º Watts · 1984 · live

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Members

• David Fair
• Jad Fair
• Don Fleming
• Mick Hobbs
• John Sluggett
• Scott Jarvis
• Kramer
• Tim Foljahn
• Jay Spiegel
• Rob Kennedy
• Jason Willett
• Dallas Good
• Rich Labrie
• John Dreyfuss
• Mark Jickling
• Gilles Rieder

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Half Japanese in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Half Japanese in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Half Japanese

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• The Clean2 sources agree
• Daniel Johnston2 sources agree
• Sonic YouthListenBrainz listeners

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Half Japanese’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.