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Big in Japan (band)

Index Big in Japan (band)

Big in Japan was a punk band that emerged from Liverpool, England in the late 1970s. [1]

60 relations: Ambrose Reynolds, BBC Books, BBC Television, Bill Drummond, Bootleg recording, Bretton Hall College of Education, Brutality, Religion and a Dance Beat, Budgie (musician), Clive Langer, Compact disc, Compilation album, Concert, Dalek I Love You, David Balfe, Deaf School, Demo (music), Echo & the Bunnymen, England, Eric's Club, Extended play, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, From Y to Z and Never Again, HarperCollins, Holly Johnson, Ian Broudie, ITV Granada, Jayne Casey, John Peel, Julian Cope, Kev Ward, Kilt, Kirkby, List of Peel sessions, Liverpool, Liverpool Echo, London, Management, Merseyside, Musical ensemble, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Pete Wylie, Phil Allen, Phonograph record, Post-punk, Probe Records (shop), Punk rock, Rock and roll, SCUM Manifesto, Siouxsie and the Banshees, So It Goes (TV series), ..., Sound recording and reproduction, Supergroup (music), The Monkees, The Spitfire Boys, The Teardrop Explodes, The Times, Tony Wilson, Yachts (band), Yorkshire, Zoo Records. Expand index (10 more) »

Ambrose Reynolds

Ambrose Reynolds (born 12 June 1960) (credited also as Ambrose) is an English musician and artist who formed part of the 1970s and 1980s musical scene in Liverpool, playing bass in different bands.

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BBC Books

BBC Books (also formerly known as BBC Publishing) is an imprint majority owned and managed by Penguin Random House through its Ebury Publishing division.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Bill Drummond

William Ernest Drummond (born 29 April 1953) is a Scottish artist, musician, writer, and record producer.

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Bootleg recording

A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority.

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Bretton Hall College of Education

Bretton Hall College of Education was a higher education college in West Bretton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Brutality, Religion and a Dance Beat

"Brutality, Religion and a Dance Beat" is a 7" single compilation of two songs.

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Budgie (musician)

Peter Edward Clarke (born 21 August 1957, St Helens), known professionally as Budgie, is an English drummer.

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Clive Langer

Clive Langer (born 19 June 1954 in Hampstead, London, England) is an English record producer and songwriter, active from the mid-1970s onwards.

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Compact disc

Compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony and released in 1982.

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, either previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers.

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Concert

A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience.

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Dalek I Love You

Dalek I Love You were a synthpop group from Liverpool, England.

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David Balfe

David Balfe (born 2 October 1958 in Carlisle, Cumberland) is a musician and record company executive, most notable for playing keyboards with The Teardrop Explodes, founding the Zoo and Food independent record labels, signing Blur and for being the subject of their first number one hit, "Country House".

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Deaf School

Deaf School are an English art rock/new wave band, formed in Liverpool in 1973.

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Demo (music)

A demo (from "demonstration") is a song or group of songs recorded for limited circulation or reference use rather than for general public release.

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Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Eric's Club

Eric's Club was a music club in Liverpool, England.

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Extended play

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP.

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Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Frankie Goes to Hollywood (FGTH) were a British band formed in Liverpool, England, in 1980.

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From Y to Z and Never Again

From Y To Z and Never Again is an EP released by the seminal punk band Big in Japan.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. is one of the world's largest publishing companies and is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

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Holly Johnson

William Holly Johnson (born 9 February 1960), born William Johnson and known professionally as Holly Johnson, is an English artist, musician, and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s.

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Ian Broudie

Ian Zachary Broudie (born 4 August 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer from Liverpool, England.

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ITV Granada

ITV Granada (formerly Granada Television; informally Granada) is the Channel 3 regional service for North West England and the Isle of Man.

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Jayne Casey

Jayne Casey (born 6 December 1956, in Wallasey, Cheshire) is an English artistic director who was known for being involved in the Liverpool punk and new wave scene in the 1970s and 1980s, with Big in Japan, Pink Military and Pink Industry.

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John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist.

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Julian Cope

Julian David Cope (born 21 October 1957) is an English musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator. Originally coming to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band the Teardrop Explodes, he has followed a solo career since 1983 and worked on musical side projects such as Queen Elizabeth, Brain Donor and Black Sheep. Cope is also an author on Neolithic culture, publishing The Modern Antiquarian in 1998, and an outspoken political and cultural activist with a noted and public interest in occultism and paganism. He has written two volumes of autobiography; Head-On (1994) and Repossessed (1999); two volumes of archaeology; The Modern Antiquarian (1998) and The Megalithic European (2004); and three volumes of musicology; Krautrocksampler (1995), Japrocksampler (2007); and Copendium: A Guide to the Musical Underground (2012).

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Kev Ward

Kevin James Ward (credited also as Kev Ward) was a bassist who played in Big in Japan.

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Kilt

A kilt (fèileadh) is a knee-length non-bifurcated skirt-type garment, with pleats at the back, originating in the traditional dress of Gaelic men and boys in the Scottish Highlands.

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Kirkby

Kirkby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England.

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List of Peel sessions

This is a list of artists (bands and individual musicians) who recorded at least one session for John Peel and his show on BBC Radio 1 from 1967 to his death in 2004.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Liverpool Echo

The Liverpool Echo is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror based in Old Hall Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Management

Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a not-for-profit organization, or government body.

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Merseyside

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million.

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Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble, also known as a music group or musical group, is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name.

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are an English electronic music band formed in Wirral, Merseyside in 1978.

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Pete Wylie

Peter James Wylie (born 22 March 1958) is an English singer/songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of the band variously known as Wah!, Wah! Heat, Shambeko! Say Wah!, JF Wah!, The Mighty Wah! and Wah! The Mongrel.

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Phil Allen

Phil Allen was a drummer in several Liverpool new wave bands.

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Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English, or record) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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Post-punk

Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s, in which artists departed from the simplicity and traditionalism of punk rock to adopt a variety of avant-garde sensibilities.

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Probe Records (shop)

Probe Records is a small independent record shop in Liverpool, England.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (or "punk") is a rock music genre that developed in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.

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SCUM Manifesto

SCUM Manifesto is a radical feminist manifesto by Valerie Solanas, published in 1967.

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Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees were an English rock band, formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin.

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So It Goes (TV series)

So It Goes was a British TV music show presented by Tony Wilson on Granada Television between 1976 and 1977.

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Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.

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Supergroup (music)

A supergroup is a music group whose members have successful solo careers or are part of other groups or well known in other musical professions.

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The Monkees

The Monkees were an American rock and pop band originally active between 1966 and 1971, with reunion albums and tours in the decades that followed.

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The Spitfire Boys

The Spitfire Boys were the first Liverpool punk band to release a single ("British Refugee" c/w "Mein Kampf").

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The Teardrop Explodes

The Teardrop Explodes were an English post-punk/neo-psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Tony Wilson

Anthony Howard "Tony" Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was an English record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.

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Yachts (band)

Yachts were a British power pop/new wave band, best remembered for their 1977 single, "Suffice To Say", and minor new wave classic, "Love You, Love You".

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire (abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom.

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Zoo Records

Zoo Records was a British independent record label formed by Bill Drummond and David Balfe in 1978.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_in_Japan_(band)

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