Japan

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 2004

First Recording: 1978

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

Japan
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Albums
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Songs
🔲Rolling Stone Cover
🔲Saturday Night Live
🔲Major Festival Headliner
🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys

Japan @ Wikipedia

Will Japan be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
"Musical excellence is the essential qualification for induction."
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Distinctively average new romantic also-ran band. Nothing special with these guys and definitely not Hall of Fame material.

Posted by Jason Marley on Friday, 05/22/2020 @ 09:57am

Thom Yorke came out a few years ago and said he liked Japan, so naturally the fart-sniffers pretended to like them for a while. 'Tin Drum' and 'Rain Tree Crow' do have some moving songs on them, but I never saw any staggering greatness in Sylvian or his band.

Posted by Bob on Saturday, 05/15/2021 @ 08:58am

Truly terrible band. While being oh-so-clever with their gimmicky synths, syncopated beats and "arty" posturing, they forgot to write actual songs. "Ghosts", their only decent tune and only hit, was quite clearly a fluke.

Posted by Marty Kellon on Sunday, 01/1/2023 @ 17:53pm

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