Japan posed in Parsons Green, London in 1978, photos by Fin Costello
Japan were a British New Wave group that formed in 1974 in Catford, South London. The band achieved success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when it was often associated with the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement (though the band itself has downplayed any such connection) (..read more)
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David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt, 23 February 1958) is an English singer-songwriter and musician who came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan. His subsequent solo work is described by critic Jason Ankeny as "a far-ranging and esoteric career that encompassed not only solo projects but also a series of fascinating collaborative efforts." (..read more)
