Jad Fair je americký muzikant, kytarista, zpěvák a skladatel rockové skupiny Half Japanese. Je také hudební producent a mimo Half Japanese se aktivně zapojuje do mnoha dalších hudebních projektů. Spolupracoval s R. Steve Moore, Daniel Johnston, Mark Kramer, Steve Shelley & Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Teenage Fanclub, Yuri Landman, Jason Willett, Fred Frith, Moe Tucker a Yo La Tengo.
Diskografie The Zombies of Mora-Tau EP7 (UK Armageddon) 1980 (Press) 1982 Everyone Knew … But Me (Press) 1982 Between Meals – Oh No I Just Knocked Over a Cup of Coffee (Iridescence) 1983 Monarchs (Iridescence) 1984 Best Wishes (Iridescence) 1987 Jad Fair & Kramer – Roll Out the Barrel (Shimmy-Disc) 1988 Great Expectations (Ger. Bad Alchemy) 1989 Attack of Everything no CD – Jad Fair (Paperback – 1990) Coo Coo Rocking Time – Coo Coo Party Time (50 Skidillion Watts) 1990 Greater Expectations (Psycho Acoustic Sounds/T.E.C. Tones) 1991 Jad Fair EP – Jad Fair (LP Record – 1991) Jad Fair and the Pastels – This Could Be the Night EP (UK Paperhouse) 1991 No. 2: Jad Fair and the Pastels (UK Paperhouse) 1992 I Like It When You Smile (UK Paperhouse) 1992 Jad Fair/Jason Willett/Gilles Rieder (UK Megaphone) 1992 Workdogs in Hell – Workdogs in Hell (1993) Jad & Nao – Half Robot (UK Paperhouse) 1993 Mosquito – Oh No Not Another Mosquito My House Is Full of Them! (Psycho Acoustic Sounds) 1993 Mosquito – Time Was (ERL/Smells Like) 1993 (Aus. Au-go-go) 1993 Mosquito – UFO Catcher (Japan. Time Bomb) 1993 Mosquito – Cupid's Fist (Hol. Red Note) 1994 Greater Expectations – Jad Fair (1995) I Like It When You Smile – Jad Fair (1995) Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair (1995) (50 Skidillion Watts) 1989 SPOOKY TALES: SPIRIT SUMMONING STORIES / SPOOKY SOUNDS OF NOW [boek & cd] – Jad Fair (1997) Jason Willett & Jad Fair – It's All Good, Megaphone Limited Jad & Nao – Half Alien (Japan. Sakura Wrechords) 1997 Jad Fair & Kramer – The Sound of Music: An Unfinished Symphony in 12 Parts (Shimmy-Disc/Knitting Factory) 1998 26 Monster Songs for Children – Jad Fair & David (1998) Roll Out The Barrel (1999) m& Kramer I Like Your Face – Jad Fair & Shapir-O'Rama (1999) 13 cd's (1995-2007) & Jason Willett The Mighty Super-Heroes, Marginal Talent (MT-426), etc. Monsters, Lullabies, and the Occasional Flying Saucer (1996) met Phono-Comb, (Can. Shake) Jad & David Fair – Best Friends (UK Vesuvius) 1996 Jad Fair & The Shapir-O'Rama – We Are the Rage (Japan. Avant) 1996 Jackpot, Songs and Art – Jad Fair (Paperback, 1997) Strange But True (1998) &Yo La Tengo The Sound of Music (1999) & Kramer The Lucky Sperms – Somewhat Humorous (Jad Fair, Daniel Johnston), 2001 It's Spooky (1989) med Daniel Johnston 2001 Strobe Talbot – 20 Pop Songs, alternative tentacles, (Jad Fair, Mick Hobbs, Benb Gallaher) 2001 Words Of Wisdom And Hope (2002) Teenage Fanclub We Are the Rage – Jad Fair & the Shapir-O Rama (2002) The Attack of Everything (Paperback + cd) – Jad Fair & Jason Willett (2002) Six Dozen Cookies – Jad & David Fair (2006) FairMoore – Steve Moore & Jad Fair (2006) Superfine – Jad Fair & Jason Willett (2007) Yuri Landman Ensemble feat. Jad Fair & Philippe Petit – That's Right, Go Cats (2012)
Download Elenor – Jad Fair (Music Download) Something To Sing About – Jad Fair (Music Download) A Reason – Jad Fair (Music Download) Here Comes Roxanne – Jad Fair (Music Download) Smile – Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair (Music Download) Stale Spaghetti – Jad Fair (Music Download) Sunshiney sunshine (free album)
Dokumentární The Devil and Daniel Johnston (DVD – Sep 19, 2006)
Biografie Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 – Michael Azerrad (Paperback – 2002)
Externí odkazy
www.jadfair.org
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