Half Japanese yra amerikiečių alternatyviojo roko grupė, susikūrusi 1975 m. Merilando valstijoje.
Grupė laikoma alternatyviojo roko bumo dešimtajame XX a. dešimtmetyje pradininkais, nors jie ir išsiskyrė prieš visa tai. Daug alternatyviosios muzikos grupių, tarp jų ir Nirvana, įtakotos Half Japanese kūrybos, pripažino savo skolą šiai grupei, ir užtikrino, kad Half Japanese palikimas ir muzikinė įtaka augtų net ir po grupės išsiskyrimo.
- Jad Fair – gitara ir vokalas
- John Slugett – bosinė gitara ir vokalas
- jason Willett – gitara
- Gil Reider – mušamieji
- Half Gentlemen/Not Beasts (Armageddon, 1980)
- Loud (Armageddon, 1981)
- Our Solar System (Iridescence, 1985)
- Sing No Evil (Iridescence, 1985)
- Music To Strip By (50 Skidillion Watts, 1987)
- Charmed Life (50 Skidillion Watts, 1988)
- The Band That Would Be King (50 Skidillion Watts, 1989)
- We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love (TEC Tones, 1990)
- Fire In The Sky (Paperhouse, 1992)
- Hot (Safe House, 1995)
- Bone Head (Alternative Tentacles, 1997)
- Heaven Sent (Emperor Jones, 1997)
- Hello (Alternative Tentacles, 2001)
- Half Alive (Cassette – live at DC Space and the Red Door, Baltimore
- 50 Skidillion Watts Live (Calypso Now, 1984)
- Boo: Live in Europe 1992 (TEC Tones, 1994)
- Best Of Half Japanese (Timebomb Japan, 1993)
- Greatest Hits 2 CDs / 3 LPs (Safe House, 1995)
- Best Of Half Japanese Vol. 2 (Timebomb Japan, 1995)
- „Calling All Girls“ (50 Skidillion Watts, 1977)
- Horrible (Press, 1982)
- Real Cool Time/What Can I Do/Monopoly EP (Overzealous Editions, 1989)
- Everybody Knows, Twang 1 EP (Seminal Twang, 1991)
- 4 Four Kids EP (Ralph, 1991)
- Postcard EP (Earl, 1991)
- Eye of the Hurricane/Said and Done/U.S. Teens are Spoiled Bums/Daytona Beach EP (1991)
- No Direct Line from my Brain to My Heart/(I Don’t Want to Have) Mono (No More) 7" (50 Skidillion Watts, 1978)
- Spy (Armageddon, 1981)
- How Will I Know (Press, 1982)
- U.S. Teens Are Spoiled Bums (50 Skidillion Watts, 1988)
- T For Texas/Go Go Go Go (XXOO Fan Club, 1990)
- The Band That Would Be King
- Azerrad, Michael. Our Band Could Be Your Life. New York: Little, Brown, 2001.
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