{"title":"Frank Chickens","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"ninja-legends-1983-1989","title":"Ninja Legends 1983-1989","description":"\u003cp\u003e4CD box set focusing on their 80s recordings. Includes the well-known albums \u003ci\u003eWe Are Frank Chickens, Get Chickenized, Club\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMonkey\u003c\/i\u003e. Plus an additional compilation of BBC live sessions recorded for John Peel, Richard Skinner and Janice Long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Chickens are a legendary Japanese punk pop performance group with a cult following in the UK. Started as a duo with Kazuko Hohki and Kazumi Taguchi, now the group has expanded to more than 20 members.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInfluenced by pop, punk, and traditional music particularly Japanese Minyo (folk songs), Okinawa music and Enka, Frank Chickens set out to deflate the myths separating East and West, and men and women, while showing the absurdity of the dual stereotype of Japanese women as submissive geisha or mysterious femme fatales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were John Peel favourites, had an independent chart hit with ‘We Are Ninja’, won the Foster Comedy God Award in 2010, released five albums and toured worldwide. Recently they have become the power behind Ura Matsuri – the festival showcasing ESEA (East And South East Asian) artists in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cherry Red","offers":[{"title":"CDx4","offer_id":50447366029643,"sku":"2213236","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot_2024-07-26_at_20.12.22_2f6922bf_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727076663"},{"product_id":"get-chickenized","title":"Get Chickenized!","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if Japanese city pop met no wave? Neither in your wildest dream such occurrence could be real, but let’s make things clear. Frank Chickens could have been possibly forerunners for several famous alternative band, Cibo Matto on top of all, but sure had a development on their own. Our history began in London, early eighties, art duo Frank Chickens is the original creation of Japanese performers Kazuko Hohki and Kazumi Taguchi. All of a sudden the band debuts with a pair of singles and a full length on Kaz Records, it’s 1984, but could have been easily 1994, or even 2004. Backed by the likes of Steve Beresford (Alterations, The Slits, General Strike, London Improvisers Orchestra), Annie Whitehead (Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Robert Wyatt), Lol Coxhill, Tony Coe and Clive Bell (the top of the cream of the English avantgarde) the band soon became a case in history. Now we have the pleasure – 37 years after its original release – to reissue their second album: \u003ci\u003eGet Chickenized!\u003c\/i\u003e The record came out in 1987 on the british label Flying Lecords and showed a different side of the project, with a major focus on the so-called synth wave counterculture, still maintaining a certain avant feel. With original conspirator Steve Beresford still on board, the band was propelled in the studio by another key figure of the London underground: journalist, composer and producer David Toop. Being John Peel’s favorite for a while, the band built a cult following retaining some absurd live performances, well known for their idiosyncratic choreography. Later revamped in the year 2000 - thanks to cult label Ninja Tune – the band enjoyed a second wave of success, with a remix album featuring the likes of Pizzicato 5, Fink and Neotropic. With a cover embellished by the labor of Pere Ubu David Thomas, this second influential album is finally available for your listening pleasure. Here’s your chance to dive deep into this exotic pop extravaganza.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lantern Rec","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50465317650763,"sku":"2224375","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8054757320234_cefe4584_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727285999"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/frank-chickens.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}