Big in Japan
In the history of supergroups, Big in Japan is an exception, in that its members
became famous after their participation in the band, rather than before, as is
usually the case. It was in 1977, in Liverpool, that a handful of local
musicians decided to join the cohort of countless punk bands forming that year.
Clive Langer (future producer of The Teardropes Explodes and Madness), Bill
Drummond (future member of The KLF), Holly Johnson (future leader of Frankie
Goes to Hollywood), Ian Broudie (Original Mirrors, The Lightning Seeds) and
Budgie (later drummer for Siouxsie & the Bans...
