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Big in Japan

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Big in Japan was a punk band that emerged from Liverpool, England in the late 1970s. They are better known for the later successes of their band members than for their own music. According to the Liverpool Echo, Big in Japan were "a supergroup with a difference - its members only became super after they left."
Big In Japan - From Y To Z And Never Again 1978
как это у меня обычно бывает: Big in Japan left a recorded legacy of seven songs: one on a single, four on their E.P. From Y to Z and Never Again, and two released on a compilation.
* Budgie - later of The Slits and then Siouxsie & The Banshees
* Ian Broudie - later of Original Mirrors, Care, The Lightning Seeds and a respected producer
* Bill Drummond - later of Lori & the Chameleons, the Zoo record label, the JAMs, and KLF
* David Balfe - later also of Lori & the Chameleons, and The Teardrop Explodes and the Food record label
* Jayne Casey - later of Pink Military and Pink Industry and then leading light in the Liverpool club and arts scenes
* Holly Johnson - later of Frankie Goes to Hollywood and solo artist
* Kev Ward and Phil Allen - no further musical activity[12]
* Ambrose Reynolds (also credited as Ambrose) - bassist, he replaced Allen on bass, but quit shortly after and was replaced by Johnson. He later, in 1979, joined Nightmares In Wax, seed band of Dead Or Alive, and in 1981 teamed up with Casey in Pink Industry, and later formed Urban Strawberry Lunch.
* Clive Langer - Previously with Deaf School, he joined for a short time in mid-1977. He had the initial idea about the formation of the band.
* Steve Lindsey - Also previously in Deaf School, joined briefly in 1978, and later made another musical projects.