Big in Japan
- 风格
- #新浪潮 #朋克
- 地区
- United Kingdom 英国
艺人介绍
by Dave Thompson
In the annals of Liverpool punk, Big in Japan occupies much the same legendary status the London S.S. do in their London counterpart, the major difference being that Big in Japan not only gigged and recorded with some success (the London S.S. never escaped the rehearsal room), they were so furiously disliked on the local scene that the young Julian Cope even circulated a petition begging them to break up.
Big in Japan formed in late 1977 in Liverpool around guitarist Bill Drummond and several short-lived lineups that finally settled down around vocalist Jayne Casey, bassist Holly Johnson, and drummer Budgie. Violently theatrical, the band was dividing opinions almost from the moment they emerged, with Casey and Johnson particularly prone to flamboyance. Local producer Clive Langer was a firm friend and fan, however; he produced the band's first single, released by the local Erics label in late 1977 and featuring a track by the Yachts, under their Chuddy Nuddies alias, on the B-side.
The petition failed to break up the band, but Big in Japan was not long for the world regardless; Holly Johnson was evicted and replaced by David Balfe in early 1978 and, in August, the band broke up. Three months later, with Drummond now helming his own Zoo label, an EP of four Big in Japan tracks was released as From Y To Z and Never Again. Further material has since leaked out across various compilation albums, to reveal just how far-reaching Big in Japan's musical ambitions were.
The group's membership, too, proved astonishingly far-sighted. Jayne Casey went on to the brilliant Pink Military, Johnson formed Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Budgie became a Banshee, while Drummond's Zoo label would launch many of post-punk Liverpool's most storied bands. More recently, Balfe's Food label introduced Blur to the world.
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- @xxl(我还没想好要写什么...)：嗯
- @Zfy(我还没想好要写什么...)：。 ARt1st (迷幻南方摇滚蓝调自赏仙音...) 2019-08-23 01:00 大哥半夜听朋克 来自iPhone客户端 Zfy (我还没想好要写什么...) 2019-08-23 01:16 ARt1st说： 嘻哈之王半夜不睡觉 来自iPhone客户端
- @Dollylly(我还没想好要写什么...)：好听
- @keinschatten(需要有空闲的朋友帮助上传...)：准确的说是存在了3年，79-84的精选里面不少是ian broudie在Original Mirrors和Care里面的录音，如果我没有记错，不少Liverpool Echo乐队是和johnny thunders等人到英国后有关，Zoo公司是The Teardrop Explodes，Echo & The Bunnymen等开始的地方
- @keinschatten(需要有空闲的朋友帮助上传...)：关联到big in japan的几个作品需要朋友帮助上传，部分码率比较低：VA-'The Zoo' Uncaged 1978-1982，VA-ZOO4 To The Shores Of Lake Placid (1982)，这里包括大部分Zoo的重要录音，还有big in japan - 1977-'79 the complete recordings，Big In Japan & Ian Broudie ‎– 79-84，非常典型的garage--punk---post punk，在70年代后期的关系
- @lastfm(,)：仅存在了两年的Big in Japan，解散后每一个乐队成员都有了最好的归宿，并且每个人的名气都足以盖过了这个初始乐队。 成员之一的Holly Johnson成了Frankie Goes To Hollywood的主唱， Bill Drummond加入了KLF，Ian Broudie创造了The Lightning Seeds，Budgie则加入了Siouxsie and the Banshees。 而Big in Japan的主唱Jayne Casey又创造了两只乐队Pink Industry与Pink Military。
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- @人造蓝(我还没想好要写什么)：纪录片里的bill也太可爱了
- @iamamiwhoami(我还没想好要写什么...)：好想听 网易云也听不了
- @明草小子( )：为什么听不了。。。