Adolescent Sex..Japan was a British rock group, formed in 1974.The original members were:David Sylvian (the most beautiful man in pop!), Mick Karn, Rob Dean, Steve Jansen, Richard Barbieri.The band debuted on record with 1978's Adolescent Sex and subsequently Obscure Alternatives, which both sold well in Japan and the Netherlands (where the single "Adolescent Sex" was a Top 30 hit), they also g...
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I've had this song stuck in my head for a couple of days....Bring it on...
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Spurred on by fellow mogger ebuzzmiller, please enjoy Japan's last single....
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When I was 15, I ran away from home over some argument I have long forgotten now. I went to stay with an older friend I had a crush on... he was cool, let me sleep on his sofa for 3 nights, didn't take advantage of my crush, and talked me into going back home... and bought me the train ticket, since I hadn't even got the money. That was because while he was at work, I checked out his record col...
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It's kind of funny that with all the 80's retro rehash bands that have come out over the past few years, nobody has copped the look or sound of Japan. They weren't particularly well know in the U.S. at any point in their fairly brief career, so maybe that's it. In the U.K. and (not surprisingly) Japan, they were massive stars.The video here, for "Life In Tokyo", from 1979, is just superb. Late ...
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(image: TIN DRUM by: JAPAN) "Canton" from the Japan album "TIN DRUM" of 1982. The bands keyboardist, Richard Barbieri is a member of the prog-rock band Porcupine Tree.Band members while active:.Rob Dean: (lead guitar, vocals) born 23/04/55 Richard Barbieri: (keyboards) born 30/11/57 David Batt: (David Sylvian, lead vocals, guitar, keyboards) born 23/02/58 Anthony Michelides: (Mick Karn, bass gu...
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(image: Tin Drum - JapanTwo "Canton" tracks from Japan. Here are "Cantonese Boy". Both from the album "TIN DRUM". More info on "Canton" post. :-)
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If you're interested in seeing the band that Duran Duran got their look, sound, and pretty much all their early ideas from, check this live video out. Japan probably isn't as good looking as Duran Duran, but otherwise, they're a far superior band artistically. Their 1980 album "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" is probably their best work, and a good place to start if you want to check Japan out.
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Japan cover the Velvet Underground's All Tomorrow's PartiesJapan had a glam rock image which was being overtaken by the punk movement at the time. Once the influence of punk faded, however, they were ideally positioned for the first wave of the New Romantic movement. Karn had been classically-trained and was the only real musician in the group, an advantage for a band that was on the back of th...
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Great version of Ghosts performed live on The Old Grey Whistle Test.
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It is amazing when you go looking through music that you had long since given up on as being from a bygone era and come up with something like this... Musically innovative, energetic, lush and orchestral... Sylvian is one of the masters... Its interesting that he claims Roxy Music to be an influence. You can hear it.
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Japan were a British group, who originally formed in 1974 in Lewisham, South London. The band achieved success in the late 1970's and early 1980s, when they were often associated with the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement (though the band themselves have downplayed any such connection).Japan's last ever performance was on 16th December 1982 in Nagoya, Japan, this was just five days earli...
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