Frank Chickens
Frank Chickens are a Japanese musical group based in London, who have performed songs mainly in English since 1982.
They were nominated for the 1984 Edinburgh Comedy Award for their performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In the same year, their single "Blue Canary" was number 42 in BBC DJ John Peel's Festive Fifty, a poll of his listeners' favourite tracks of the year. The band recorded 28 songs over five sessions for Peel between 1983 and 1989.
In 1989 they hosted a television chat show on Channel 4 entitled Kazuko's Karaoke Klub.
One of the founders of the group, Kazuko Hohki, performs as a theatre artist and performance artist. She also sang with the group Kahondo Style who released 'My Heart’s In Motion' and 'Green Tea and Crocodiles'. She is married to record producer Grant Showbiz.
In 2010 the group won the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy God Award, after the public responded to an e-mail sent in anger by comedian Stewart Lee to the organisers of the award.
The band was named by Kazuko Hohki after a brand of Japanese pencil.
Discography
Singles- "We Are Ninja" / "Fujiyamamama",
- "We Are Ninja ",
- "Blue Canary",
- "Blue Canary",
- "Yellow Toast",
- "Do the Karaoke" / "Jackie Chan",
- "Annabella" / "Different",
- "We Are Ninja Remix Collection ",
- We Are Frank Chickens,
- Get Chickenized,
- The Best of Frank Chickens,
- Club Monkey,
- Pretty Frank Chickens,
- Yukasita – Underfloor World,
- Shellfish Bamboo appeared on Mad Mix II, a compilation cassette tape given away with the New Musical Express in 1983
- The 90 Days - The Original Soundtrack, Contributed 3 tracks.
- Xen Cuts, contained new version of "We Are Ninja ".
- What Would This Record Have Sounded Like If John Cale Had Had Some Setback And Cinzia La Fauci And Alberto Scotti Had Taken His Place, "Not Right"
- "Blue Canary" appears on the compilation album Kat's Karavan: The History Of John Peel On The Radio.