Half Japanese

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Half Japanese
Half Japanese at the SXSW Festival, March 2008
Background information
Origin	Uniontown, Maryland, United States
Genres	Art punk indie rock experimental rock lo-fi
Years active	1974–present
Labels	50 Skidillion Watts, Safe House, Alternative Tentacles, Joyful Noise Recordings, Fire Records (UK), Emperor Jones, T.E.C. Tones, Psycho Acoustic Sounds
Members	Jad Fair John Sluggett Jason Willett Gilles Reider Mick Hobbs
Past members	David Fair Mark Jickling Howard Wuelfing Don Fleming Jay Spiegel Henry Beckmeyer Rick Dreyfuss John Dreyfuss Moe Tucker Kramer Rich Labrie

Half Japanese is an American art punk band formed by brothers Jad and David Fair in 1974,^[1] after their family's relocation to Uniontown, Maryland.

Half Japanese' original instrumentation included a small drum set, which they took turns playing; vocals; and an out-of-tune, distorted guitar. Both Fair brothers sang, although over time Jad held the frontman role. As of the band's last several releases since the 1990s, according to the album and CD credits, Half Japanese composes and plays the entirety of the music while Fair, eschewing his role as guitarist from earlier albums, plays almost no guitar but is responsible for the vocals and lyrics, which typically divide into either "love songs or monster songs."