Big in Japan: Where Are They Now?
Martin Aston, Q, January 1992
FEW OTHER groups in the post-punk era can claim to have launched so many successful careers as Big In Japan The KLF, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Lightning Seeds and Siouxsie & The Banshees owe at least part of their existence to them.
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