# Jad Fair

Jad Fair é o fundador da banda estadunidense de rock Half Japanese. Nela além de cantar também toca guitarra.
Jad é bastante conhecido por tocar uma guitarra afinal. Após 30 anos, ele continua tocando, mas não de qualquer modo tradicional. No documentário "Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King" ele afirma que "the only chord I know is the one that connects the guitar to the amp", em tradução livre para o português: "O único acorde que eu sei é aquele que conecta a guitarra para o amplificador".
Ele trabalhou com John Zorn, Daniel Johnston, Jason Willett, R. Steve Moore. Yuri Landman, Moe Tucker, Mark Kramer, Yo La Tengo, Teenage Fanclub, Thurston Moore e Steve Shelley de Sonic Youth.

## Discografia
### Álbuns solo

* The Zombies of Mora-Tau EP7 (UK Armageddon) 1980 (Press) 1982
* Everyone Knew ... But Me (Press) 1982
* Between Meals - Oh No I Just Knocked Over a Cup of Coffee (Iridescence) 1983
* Monarchs (Iridescence) 1984
* Best Wishes (Iridescence) 1987
* Jad Fair & Kramer - Roll Out the Barrel (Shimmy-Disc) 1988
* Great Expectations (Ger. Bad Alchemy) 1989
* Attack of Everything no CD - Jad Fair (Paperback - 1990)
* Coo Coo Rocking Time - Coo Coo Party Time (50 Skidillion Watts) 1990
* Greater Expectations (Psycho Acoustic Sounds/T.E.C. Tones) 1991
* Jad Fair EP - Jad Fair (LP Record - 1991)
* Jad Fair and the Pastels - This Could Be the Night EP (UK Paperhouse) 1991
* No. 2: Jad Fair and the Pastels (UK Paperhouse) 1992
* I Like It When You Smile (UK Paperhouse) 1992
* Workdogs in Hell - Workdogs in Hell (1993)
* Jad & Nao - Half Robot (UK Paperhouse) 1993
* Mosquito - Oh No Not Another Mosquito My House Is Full of Them! (Psycho Acoustic Sounds) 1993
* Mosquito - Time Was (ERL/Smells Like) 1993 (Aus. Au-go-go) 1993
* Mosquito - UFO Catcher (Japan. Time Bomb) 1993
* Mosquito - Cupid's Fist (Hol. Red Note) 1994
* Greater Expectations - Jad Fair (1995)
* I Like It When You Smile - Jad Fair (1995)
* Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair (1995) (50 Skidillion Watts) 1989
* SPOOKY TALES: SPIRIT SUMMONING STORIES / SPOOKY SOUNDS OF NOW [boek & cd] - Jad Fair (1997)
* Jason Willett/Jad Fair/Gilles Rieder (Megaphone) cd (1992)
* Jason Willett & Jad Fair - It's All Good (Megaphone Limited) (1995) cd
* Jad Fair & Jason Willett - Honeybee (Dr Jim's) (1996) cd
* Jad Fair & Jason Willett - Punk Rock 1996 (Chlorophyl) (1996) 7"
* Jad Fair & Jason Willett - The Corpse is Missing (Slab-O-Concrete) (1996) 7"
* Jad Fair & Jason Willett - The Mighty Super-Heroes (Marginal Talent) cd (1997)
* Jad Fair & Jason Willett - Wonderful World (Shrimper) (1997) triple cassete
* Jad Fair & Jason Willett - Twister (Dark Beloved Cloud) (1997)lp
* Jason Willett & Jad Fair - We're Going to the Moon (Megaphone Limited) cd (1998)
* Jad Fair & Jason Willett - Wild (Megaphone Limited) (1998) cd
* Jad Fair & Jason Willett - The Mighty Hypnotic Eye (Dr Jim's) (1999) cd
* Jad Fair & Jason Willett - Enjoyable songs (Alternative tentacles) lp & cd (1999)
* Jad Fair & Jason Willett - The Attack of Everything (Paperback + cd) (2002)
* Jad Fair & Jason Willett - Superfine (public eyesore) (2005) cd
* Jad & Nao - Half Alien (Japan. Sakura Wrechords) 1997
* Jad Fair & Kramer - The Sound of Music: An Unfinished Symphony in 12 Parts (Shimmy-Disc/Knitting Factory) 1998
* 26 Monster Songs for Children - Jad Fair & David (1998)
* Roll Out The Barrel (1999) met Kramer
* I Like Your Face - Jad Fair & Shapir-O'Rama (1999)
* meer dan 13 cd's (1995-2007) met Jason Willett waaronder The Mighty Super-Heroes, Marginal Talent (MT-426)
* Monsters, Lullabies, and the Occasional Flying Saucer (1996) met Phono-Comb, (Can. Shake)
* Jad & David Fair - Best Friends (UK Vesuvius) 1996
* Jad Fair & The Shapir-O'Rama - We Are the Rage (Japan. Avant) 1996
* Jackpot, Songs and Art - Jad Fair (Paperback, 1997)
* Strange But True (1998) met Yo La Tengo, een album gebaseerd op ongewone verhalen afkomstig uit een column van een krant.
* The Sound of Music (1999) met Kramer
* The Lucky Sperms - Somewhat Humorous (Jad Fair, Daniel Johnston), 2001
* It's Spooky (1989) met Daniel Johnston 2001
* Strobe Talbot - 20 Pop Songs, alternative tentacles, (Jad Fair, Mick Hobbs, Benb Gallaher) 2001
* Words Of Wisdom And Hope (2002) Teenage Fanclub
* We Are the Rage - Jad Fair & the Shapir-O Rama (2002)
* Six Dozen Cookies - Jad & David Fair (2006)
* FairMoore - Steve Moore & Jad Fair (2006)

### Downloads

* Elenor - Jad Fair (Music Download)
* Something To Sing About - Jad Fair (Music Download)
* A Reason - Jad Fair (Music Download)
* Here Comes Roxanne - Jad Fair (Music Download)
* Smile - Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair (Music Download)
* Stale Spaghetti - Jad Fair (Music Download)
* Sunshiney sunshine (free album) download

### 7"

* Making of the album
* Arts & Crafts Series Vol. 1

## Documentário

* The Devil and Daniel Johnston (DVD - Sep 19, 2006)

## Publicitário

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 - Michael Azerrad (Paperback - 2002)