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Signed colour 10" x 8" photo of
Japan. The photo is hand signed in
black marker, silver and
gold paint pen.
Price: £39.99
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Japan
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Biography
Japan were a British New Wave group, formed in 1974 in Catford, South London.
The band achieved success in the late 1970s/early 1980s, when they were often
associated with the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement (though the band
themselves have downplayed any such connection).
The band began as a group of friends. Brothers David Sylvian (guitar and vocals)
and Steve Jansen (drums), keyboardist Richard Barbieri and bassist Mick Karn
studied at the same school. Guitarist Rob Dean joined later, but before the band
had its hits. As youngsters they played Sylvian's two-chord numbers mainly as a
means of escape; sometimes with Karn as the front man, sometimes with Sylvian at
the fore.
They dubbed themselves Japan in 1974, signed a recording contract with German
disco label Hansa, and became an alternative glam rock outfit in the mould of
David Bowie, T.Rex, and The New York Dolls.
Read more....
Japan on allmusic.com
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