The Band That Would Be King
The Band That Would Be King is an album released by the Maryland rock group Half Japanese. It was also their third and last studio album released on their label, 50 Skidillion Watts.
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "a lot of the songs are fragmentary, and the music — a sloppy mess of guitars, harmonica and saxophones — sounds largely improvised, but a few tunes are genuinely delightful."Personnel
Half Japanese- Jad Fair – vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Don Fleming – guitar, vocals
- Mr. J. Rice – guitar
- Rob Kennedy – bass
- Scott Jarvis – drums
- Kramer – organ, bass
- Fred Frith – guitar on 2, 15, 18
- George Cartwright – saxophone on 4, 16, 27
- John Zorn – saxophone on 21