![]() ![]() Check it out above and listen to their Peel Session below:Ģ6th April 2023: H. Nothing Special is the first track on their EP and ever since I first heard it, I couldn’t stop humming it, Casey’s vocals are unique and the chorus is great.tell me she doesn’t get into your head (for good or bad!!). This is probably one of the things that surprised me the most, with a turnover of band members such as theirs, I would’ve anticipated a lot more to come out of them! ![]() On stage the band became known for their unique quirks, with Jayne Casey performing with a lampshade on her shaved head, Bill Drummond playing only in a kilt and Holly Johnson performing with his distinct flamboyant mannerisms!….īig In Japan only released a 4 track EP in 1978 entitled From Y to Z and Never Again, a split 45 in 1977 with the Chuddy Nuddies on the B-side and a few unreleased songs. ….and if you can keep up with all that and remember even half of it, you are doing better than me!! It’s easy to see why Big In Japan were known as a supergroup!! ![]() In January 1978, Budgie (previously in The Spitfire Boys and later member of The Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees) replaced Phil Allen on drums and in June 1978 Holly Johnson was sacked and got replaced by ex-Deaf School Steve Lindsay……who was then replaced in July by David Balfe ( Teardrop Explodes keyboardist and founder of the Zoo and Food indie record labels, signing Blur) Come October 1977, Ambrose Reynolds (later of Ded Byrds) had replaced Kevin Ward on bass, but quit after two months only to be replaced by Holly Johnson (later of Frankie Goes to Hollywood.of course). In August that same year the line-up grew, with Jayne Casey joining them on vocals and Ian Broudie joining them on guitar ( who later wen on to produce albums for Echo & the Bunnymen, The Fall, The Coral, The Zutons and many others, as well as being the founding member/guitarist/vocals of The Lightning Seeds). So, this is how they got together and this is who the famous band members were.bearing in mind there were several replacement members over the years:įounding members, Clive Langer (previously of Deaf School) got together with his guitarist friend Bill Drummond (later founder of Zoo Records/member of The KLF), bassist Kevin Ward and drummer Phil Allen to form the band in May 1977. Emerging from Liverpool in the late 1970’s, Big In Japan were an interesting punk collective known as a supergroup, but a supergroup with a difference that being its members only became ‘super’ after they left and went into other bands! They became better known for the later successes of their band members than for their own music. ![]()
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