Group

THE BEATNIKS

Yukihiro Takahashi and Keiichi Suzuki

From: Japan
Since: 1982–present
Rating: ★ 5 (1 votes)
Releases: 6

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About

The Beatniks are an alternative rock duo formed by Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer/singer Yukihiro Takahashi and Keiichi Suzuki. The duo's debut album featured vocals mostly in English, with the rest in French.

In 2017, the band recorded the theme song for NHK TV's J-Melo, 'Softly Softly', in collaboration with Leo Imai.
In 2018 the band released their first album in seven years, Exitentialist A Xie Xie. They then undertook live performances, despite Takahashi's recently having had surgery on his eyes.
Yukihiro Takahashi died in 2023.

From The Beatniks (band) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.