synffHalf Japanese, the enduring art-punk project of brothers Jad and David Fair, exploded from a Maryland bedroom in 1975 with a gleeful rejection of guitar conventions; no chords, no tuning, just raw, infinite possibilities fueling love songs and monster tales.
Their shambling experimental rock blends…
21 roots·4 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped Half Japanese; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Daniel Johnston, Jonathan Richman, Kurt Cobain, Buddy Holly + 17 more
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