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{{Short description|British-Japanese musical group}}
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[[Image:Frank Chickens.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Kazuko Hohki (with Tomoko Minamazaki and Ray Hogan) in rehearsal with Frank Chickens in 1998]]

'''Frank Chickens''' are a Japanese musical group based in [[London]], who have performed songs mainly in English since 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kazukohohki.com/chickens/calender.html |title=Frank Chickens performance schedule |publisher=Frank Chickens |accessdate=July 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413173631/http://www.kazukohohki.com/chickens/calender.html |archivedate=April 13, 2010 }}</ref>

They were nominated for the 1984 [[Edinburgh Comedy Awards|Edinburgh Comedy Award]] for their performance at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]]. In the same year, their single "Blue Canary" was number 42 in BBC DJ [[John Peel]]'s [[Festive Fifty]], a poll of his listeners' favourite tracks of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/festive50s/1980s/1984/|title=Keeping it Peel, John Peel, Peel, Festive 50, 1984|publisher=BBC|accessdate=July 21, 2010}}</ref> The band recorded 28 songs over five sessions for Peel between 1983 and 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/t/thefrankchickens/#discography|title=Keeping it Peel Artist A-Z (archived content)|publisher=BBC|accessdate=December 11, 2015}}</ref>

In 1989 they hosted a television chat show on [[Channel 4]] entitled [[Kazuko's Karaoke Klub]].<ref name=mediamonkey>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/oct/18/mediamonkey Guardian Media Monkey] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918162947/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/oct/18/mediamonkey |date=September 18, 2016 }}. Retrieved 23 November 2013</ref>

One of the founders of the group, Kazuko Hohki performs as a theatre artist and [[performance art]]ist. She also sang with the group '''Kahondo Style''' who released 'My Heart’s In Motion' (1985) and 'Green Tea and Crocodiles' (1987). She is married to record producer [[Grant Showbiz]].<ref>”[https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150401518 TitleThe Good Wife of Tokyo]”. British Film Institute. Retrieved 20 March 2022</ref>

In 2010 the group won the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy God Award,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11128361|title=Frank Chickens win 'Comedy God' award|publisher=BBC|accessdate=August 30, 2010 | date=August 30, 2010}}</ref> after the public responded to an e-mail sent in anger by comedian [[Stewart Lee]] to the organisers of the award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/aug/03/business-of-laughter|first1=Stewart|last1=Lee|title=Frank Chickens: Edinburgh gods|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=29 February 2016 | date=3 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="rant"/>

The band was named by Kazuko Hohki after a brand of Japanese pencil.<ref name="rant">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/aug/06/frank-chickens-stewart-lee-rant|title=Frank Chickens have last laugh as Stewart Lee's rant goes viral|date=6 August 2010|website=the Guardian}}</ref>

==Discography==
'''Singles'''
*"We Are Ninja" / "Fujiyamamama", (Kaz 1984)
*"We Are Ninja (Not Geisha)", (Kaz 1984)
*"Blue Canary", (Kaz 1984)
*"Blue Canary" (12"), (Kaz 1984)
*"Yellow Toast", (Kaz 1987)
*"Do the Karaoke" / "Jackie Chan", (Kaz 1989)
*"Annabella" / "Different", (Eggy Pop 1996)
*"We Are Ninja Remix Collection ", (Ninja Tune 2000)

'''Albums'''
*''We Are Frank Chickens'', (Kaz 1984)
*''[[Get Chickenized]]'', (Flying Lecords 1987)
*''[[The Best of Frank Chickens]]'', (Kaz 1987) (reissue of {{nowrap|''We Are Frank Chickens''}} contains 5 additional tracks, including "Fujiyamamama" and {{nowrap|"Blue Canary"}})
*''[[Club Monkey]]'', (Flying Lecords 1988)
*''[[Pretty Frank Chickens]]'', (Chico Chica 1992) [only released in Japan]
*''[[Yukasita – Underfloor World]]'', ({{nowrap|''Creative Man Disc''}}/{{nowrap|''Toy's Factory''}} 1994)
'''Compilations'''
*''[[Shellfish Bamboo]]'' appeared on [[Mad Mix II]], a compilation cassette tape given away with the [[New Musical Express]] in 1983
*''[[The 90 Days - The Original Soundtrack]]'', (1992) Contributed 3 tracks.
*''[[Xen Cuts]]'' (Ninja Tune 2000), contained new version of "We Are Ninja (Not Geisha)".
*''[[What Would This Record Have Sounded Like If John Cale Had Had Some Setback And Cinzia La Fauci And Alberto Scotti Had Taken His Place]]'' (Snowdonia 2003), "Not Right" (1 track contribution to Stooges cover album)
* "Blue Canary" appears on the compilation album ''Kat's Karavan: The History Of John Peel On The Radio''.<ref>"[http://www.allmusic.com/album/kats-karavan-the-history-of-the-john-peel-show-mw0001936019 Kat's Karavan: The History of the John Peel Show - Various Artists] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403134642/http://www.allmusic.com/album/kats-karavan-the-history-of-the-john-peel-show-mw0001936019 |date=April 3, 2016 }}". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 Dec 2016.</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100413173705/http://www.kazukohohki.com/chickens/home.html Frank Chickens website]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/t/thefrankchickens/#discography Frank Chickens on BBC pages]
*[http://www.3ammagazine.com/musicarchives/2004/aug/interview_kazuko_hohki.html 3:AM interview]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXZanbZ6PWs "We are Ninja" video on YouTube]
*[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/aug/03/business-of-laughter The Guardian - Frank Chickens: Edinburgh gods]
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[[Category:English new wave musical groups]]
[[Category:Japanese new wave musical groups]]
[[Category:Japanese all-female bands]]
[[Category:Musical groups from London]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1982]]
[[Category:1982 establishments in England]]

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