Damo Suzuki
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Hey you "Attempting to quote vocalist Damo Suzuki's actual lyrics is -- as we now know -- a fraught or even nonsensical process. Even Damo admits some 'words' are sounds or syllables called out in a sort of polyphonic reaction to the music, some are even nonsense phrases."--Alan Warner in Can's Tago Mago "After Malcolm Mooney left Can in 1970, the band was left without a vocalist. Bassist Holger Czukay met Kenji "Damo" Suzuki, who was busking outside a cafe in Munich, and invited him to join the band. That evening, Suzuki performed with the band at the Blow Up Club and subsequently became a member of Can."--Sholem Stein |
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Damo Suzuki (1950 – 2024) was a Japanese musician best known for songs such as "Mushroom" (1971) and "Vitamin C" (1972) with the German band Can.
Born in 1950, he moved from Kobe, Japan, to Europe in the late 1960s, before Can bassist Holger Czukay and drummer Jaki Liebezeit noticed him busking in Munich.
The band had just parted ways with their singer Malcolm Mooney, and asked Suzuki to sing over tracks from their 1970 compilation album Soundtracks. Afterwards, he became their full time singer, appearing on the albums Tago Mago (1971), Ege Bamyası (1972) and Future Days (1973).
After leaving Can in 1973, he left music and for a period became a Jehovah's Witness. By the mid 1980s he again took up music and released a large number of albums under different aliases.
The Fall's 1985 album This Nation's Saving Grace features a song titled "I Am Damo Suzuki".
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