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Hi!

I'm trying to do a little research here. How many asian-american artists can you think of? It's enough that one of their parents have an asian background.

Thanks!

― Anders T., Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:47 (twenty years ago)

That guy in The Pixies

― Dadrock, Meshach and Abednego (Dada), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)

Chad Hugo
Jin

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:50 (twenty years ago)

Drummer from Block Party. Singer of VHS or Beta. Is the Blonde Redhead singer Japanese or Japanese American? Deerhoof--Japanese American?

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:50 (twenty years ago)

Drummer from Block Party.

Isn't he English?

― Dadrock, Meshach and Abednego (Dada), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:52 (twenty years ago)

Karen O.

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:53 (twenty years ago)

James Iha, Jin, Munaf from Explosions in the Sky is Indian I think, Teppei from Thrice, Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Simply Jeff, Q-Bert, various members from the Beat Junkies...

Man, this is hard.

― Yejoon K., Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:54 (twenty years ago)

what's-her-name from Deerhoof

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:54 (twenty years ago)

Oops, yeah. I forgot about that.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:54 (twenty years ago)

Larry Ramos from The Association - about the only 60s one I can think of

― Dadrock, Meshach and Abednego (Dada), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:55 (twenty years ago)

What about the Linkin Park guy.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:56 (twenty years ago)

Is Yoko an American citizen these days?

― Dadrock, Meshach and Abednego (Dada), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:56 (twenty years ago)

What about the Linkin Park guy.

Oh yeah, can't remember his name. The DJ dude.

Is Mike Shinoda Asian too? Sorta looks it and has a conducive name, but I couldn't tell for certain.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:58 (twenty years ago)

bjork :P

― Yejoon Koh (Yejoon), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:58 (twenty years ago)

James Iha
Mike Shinoda
Norah Jones
Lyrics Born
Dan the Automator
Amerie (right?)

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:00 (twenty years ago)

Utada Hikaru?

― $V£N! (blueski), Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:03 (twenty years ago)

Isn't there someone Asian American in Xiu Xiu? Maybe not. And does an Asian American play with Bright Eyes perhaps?

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:03 (twenty years ago)

Amerie makes sense, though I never would've thought of her.

Nancy Whang?

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:11 (twenty years ago)

There was a comp - "Ear of the Dragon" (?) - organised by a bunch of such bands about a decade ago... Seam and Versus, etc...

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:11 (twenty years ago)

Okay, the participants on said AsAm project were apparently:

aMiniature, Dambuilders, Yanti Arifin, Chumley, Versus, Mint Audrey, Venus Cures All, J Church, Seam, Azure, Dolomite, Slowpoke, Kicking Giant, Skankin' Pickle, Team Xiaoping, Squash Blossom, Cub, David Pajo Band, Cartographers

Hehe, so how many of these indie types are still active currently, besides Dave Pajo?

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:20 (twenty years ago)

Che Cheng-- bassist in The Deftones
Hiro Yamamoto-- original bassist in Soundgarden

― earlnash, Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:22 (twenty years ago)

Yuki, the singer for Asobi Seksu.

― sleep (sleep), Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:27 (twenty years ago)

Jay-Z is half Filipino

― Seuss, Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:29 (twenty years ago)

"Jay-Z is half Filipino"

No shit? Well I'll be.

― Yejoon Koh (Yejoon), Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn of Linkin Park. Plus, Michelle Branch and Tony Kanal of No Doubt.

― Roz, Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:36 (twenty years ago)

By the way, is Yo-Yo Ma American?

― Roz, Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:43 (twenty years ago)

Sean Lennon
Emm Gryner

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:55 (twenty years ago)

William Hung

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 7 April 2005 13:05 (twenty years ago)

"William Hung"

BAM

― Yejoon Koh (Yejoon), Thursday, 7 April 2005 13:06 (twenty years ago)

Yo-Yo Ma is definitely an American.

You guys mention Michelle Branch and DON'T mention Vanessa Carlton??? It really isn't 2001 anymore! Also, the guy from Black-Eyed Peas whose name I can never remember is Filipino.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 7 April 2005 13:49 (twenty years ago)

Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda of Cibo Matto

― sleep (sleep), Thursday, 7 April 2005 14:37 (twenty years ago)

Er, I don't think they are actually Americans.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 7 April 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

Jin!

― ath, Thursday, 7 April 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

the chick from Mu

Punjabi MC

― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Thursday, 7 April 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

Joe Bataan
Susie Ibarra
Fred Ho

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Thursday, 7 April 2005 14:50 (twenty years ago)

Er, I don't think they are actually Americans.
According to allmusic they are Japanese-born "expatriates" living in NYC since 1993 and 1987 respectively, so take that as you will. I don't know the status of their citizenship or whatever.

I was going to say (Mutsumi Kanamori from) Mu, but I think she's British.

― sleep (sleep), Thursday, 7 April 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)

Now wait a second is Punjabi MC even British?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 April 2005 15:01 (twenty years ago)

Ikue Mori
Kid Koala (may actually be Canadian)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 April 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

ah you're probably right re: PMC

― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Thursday, 7 April 2005 15:03 (twenty years ago)

He is british btw. Born in Coventry.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 April 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Rachel Yamagata.
Emm Gryner is Canadian, but she ought to count (see below).
Shakira is Lebanese-Colombian. That technically qualifies as Asian-American as far as I'm concerned.
John Woo (The Magnetic Fields' banjo player).
Jenny Choi (Sanawon).
The last time I saw Muddy Waters, the lead guitarist in his backup band (and a very good one, too) had a Japanese name and appearance. Of course, I don't remember his name.

And if you are looking at classical musicians like Yo Yo Ma . . . there are dozens and dozens of big names.

― Vornado (Vornado), Thursday, 7 April 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

And Kid Koala IS from Canada.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 April 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

Utada Hikaru is Japanese, not Japanese-American. Also not American, though not yet mentioned, is session bassist Phil Chen, who is Jamaican.

Maki Takahashi from Blonde Redhead may count; don't know if she actually emigrated.
Coco Lee, despite being better known in Hong Kong, is a California girl.

Boo-Yaa Tribe were Samoan-American.
Tia Carrera, who did make an album for Warners in addition to the Wayne's World movies.
Bassist John Myung from Dream Theatre.
Blues guitarist Tim Kaihatsu, who played with Robert Cray and was likely the guy Vornado saw with Muddy Waters.
Most of the R&B/fusion group Hiroshima.
DJ Q-Bert also, I think.

― J.D. Considine, Thursday, 7 April 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

Chops from mountain bros.

― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Thursday, 7 April 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

There are a few Jamaican/Asian folks who've emigrated to the US (Leslie Kong, Vincent Chin, etc.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 April 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

Hoku!

― Vornado (Vornado), Thursday, 7 April 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

Toko Yasuda of Enon.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 April 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Derek Chan, bassist for United State of Electronica.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 April 2005 15:44 (twenty years ago)

spencher cow

― does that make you want to touch yourself? (nordicskilla), Thursday, 7 April 2005 15:58 (twenty years ago)

Yvonne Chen played bass in Xiu Xiu. Also, Mia Doi Todd.

― mr. drew (mr. drew), Thursday, 7 April 2005 16:05 (twenty years ago)

Stretching on sooo many fronts: Keanu Reeves, bassist for Dogstar.

― mr. drew (mr. drew), Thursday, 7 April 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

The drummer for The Von Bondies. And what about that Asian guy from 2 Live Crew?

― Yngwie AlmsteenMay (sgertz), Thursday, 7 April 2005 16:20 (twenty years ago)

haha dogstar

― sleep (sleep), Thursday, 7 April 2005 16:33 (twenty years ago)

Money Mark

― JBH, Thursday, 7 April 2005 16:42 (twenty years ago)

Cup from I Am Spoonbender/Cub, though i suppose she's actually canadian, too, even though she lives in SF.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 7 April 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)

Is that plenty for you, Anders?

― donut debonair (donut), Thursday, 7 April 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)

Just Orange County, CA bands alone, I could go on and on and on...

Min Yee, bassist for the A-Frames

― donut debonair (donut), Thursday, 7 April 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

Toshi from the Fiery Furnaces' live band. He plays bass, guitar, and keyboards.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 7 April 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)

Someone in the String Cheese Incident looked Asian, but now I'm just kind of guessing.

(Allmusic suggests it's Michael Kang)

― sleep (sleep), Thursday, 7 April 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago)

kelis

― symsym, Thursday, 7 April 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

Jazz pianist Hiromi. I don't know how long she's been here, but I know she went to Berkeley.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Thursday, 7 April 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

Hillary Duff

― assseenontv (j22433), Thursday, 7 April 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

The Jets!

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 7 April 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)

The guitarist from the Dambuilders is Eric Masunaga. Poi Dog Pondering had at least one Asian. Also Han Rowe from Hugo Largo.

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 8 April 2005 05:31 (twenty years ago)

Daniel Wang, who records for Ghostly International

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 8 April 2005 05:41 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Keanu Reeves is Canadian, not American.

― Daniel Ross (danma), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 22:12 (nineteen years ago)

This is my favorite random revive ever.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 22:32 (nineteen years ago)

the drummer from that indiepop band Holiday? chin? chun? something like that.

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

That dude who plays a hubcap for M. Ward.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)

Trumpeter Taylor Ho Bynum.

― mark 0 (mark 0), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

lil kim is half asian, isn't she?

also: ken mochikoshi horne, lead guitarist of the dragons

― xhuxk (xheddy), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:59 (nineteen years ago)

about the japanese quandry way up pre-revive...

once you renounce japanese citizenship, you can never get it back. the government offers no duality*.

*except in extremely rare cases.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 00:13 (nineteen years ago)

About 50% of Soundgarden, too.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 00:14 (nineteen years ago)

Shakira is Lebanese-Colombian. That technically qualifies as Asian-American as far as I'm concerned.

-- Vornado, April 7th, 2005 4:05 PM.

WTF? I mean so far as the middle-east is in asia, and columbia in the americas, but c'mon now.

― La Monte (La Monte), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 00:25 (nineteen years ago)

there's just no arguing with people a year and a half in the past

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 00:39 (nineteen years ago)

Cassie
Nicole S from PCD
Kelis
Amerie
- what is up with the half Asian divas?

Tigarah (or is she just Japanese?)

― danzig (danzig), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 05:15 (nineteen years ago)

mickey rooney
http://www.destinationhollywood.com/movies/breakfastattiffanys/images/breakfastattiffanys_10.jpg

― timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 05:34 (nineteen years ago)

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