Haysi Fantayzee were a British new wave band of the early 1980s.
For… Read Full Bio ↴Haysi Fantayzee were a British new wave band of the early 1980s.
Formed and fronted by white dreadlocked singers Jeremy Healy (also known as Jeremiah) and Kate Garner, and with Kate's boyfriend songwriter/producer/manager Paul Caplin in the background, the band had several UK hits in 1983 such as the singles John Wayne Is Big Leggy, Shiny Shiny, and Sister Friction. The band never broke through to the same kind of success in the US, although they did have some popularity there.
Originally Caplin and Garner had intended to make music with just Garner performing, but then they met Healy (who at 19 was much younger than Garner) and decided to pair them up. The band used their artsy look as a selling point, making a crude video performance and using that instead of a demo tape to sell the band to record companies. Their attention-getting outfits were often designed by Garner herself. The two singers looked like distorted mirror images of each other, with similar hair and makeup. Their glamorous ragamuffin style was frequently compared to Boy George.
The band's catchy music often had darkly humorous, subversive lyrics. Shiny Shiny is an upbeat dance tune about the apocalypse, while John Wayne is Big Leggy is about John Wayne refusing to remove his holster when he has sex with a squaw.
The band often garnered musical comparisons to such other new wave pop acts as Bow Wow Wow, Bananarama, and Adam and the Ants. Garner appeared alongside Bananarama in the 1983 music video Who's That Girl by the Eurythmics.
The band's history was brief and the duo released only one studio album: 1983's Battle Hymns for Children Singing on RCA Records. On his website, Healy claims to have made up the album's title on the spot when some journalists asked him what the record would be called.
Kate Garner had a brief solo career after the break-up of Haysi Fantayzee and then focused on a career in photography. One of her many noteworthy achievements is a photograph she took of Sinéad O'Connor that eventually became the cover art for O'Connor's 1987 debut album The Lion and the Cobra. Garner has also photographed many musicians and celebrities. Among them are: Björk, Boy George, Milla Jovovich, David Bowie, PJ Harvey, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, Tyson Beckford, Carmen Kass, Kate Moss and numerous others. Jeremy Healy became a DJ and mixer for other artists, including his former school chum Boy George. Paul Caplin now runs Caplin Systems, an internet software company.
For… Read Full Bio ↴Haysi Fantayzee were a British new wave band of the early 1980s.
Formed and fronted by white dreadlocked singers Jeremy Healy (also known as Jeremiah) and Kate Garner, and with Kate's boyfriend songwriter/producer/manager Paul Caplin in the background, the band had several UK hits in 1983 such as the singles John Wayne Is Big Leggy, Shiny Shiny, and Sister Friction. The band never broke through to the same kind of success in the US, although they did have some popularity there.
Originally Caplin and Garner had intended to make music with just Garner performing, but then they met Healy (who at 19 was much younger than Garner) and decided to pair them up. The band used their artsy look as a selling point, making a crude video performance and using that instead of a demo tape to sell the band to record companies. Their attention-getting outfits were often designed by Garner herself. The two singers looked like distorted mirror images of each other, with similar hair and makeup. Their glamorous ragamuffin style was frequently compared to Boy George.
The band's catchy music often had darkly humorous, subversive lyrics. Shiny Shiny is an upbeat dance tune about the apocalypse, while John Wayne is Big Leggy is about John Wayne refusing to remove his holster when he has sex with a squaw.
The band often garnered musical comparisons to such other new wave pop acts as Bow Wow Wow, Bananarama, and Adam and the Ants. Garner appeared alongside Bananarama in the 1983 music video Who's That Girl by the Eurythmics.
The band's history was brief and the duo released only one studio album: 1983's Battle Hymns for Children Singing on RCA Records. On his website, Healy claims to have made up the album's title on the spot when some journalists asked him what the record would be called.
Kate Garner had a brief solo career after the break-up of Haysi Fantayzee and then focused on a career in photography. One of her many noteworthy achievements is a photograph she took of Sinéad O'Connor that eventually became the cover art for O'Connor's 1987 debut album The Lion and the Cobra. Garner has also photographed many musicians and celebrities. Among them are: Björk, Boy George, Milla Jovovich, David Bowie, PJ Harvey, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, Tyson Beckford, Carmen Kass, Kate Moss and numerous others. Jeremy Healy became a DJ and mixer for other artists, including his former school chum Boy George. Paul Caplin now runs Caplin Systems, an internet software company.
The Sabres Of Paradise
Haysi Fantayzee Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Haysi Fantayzee:
John Wayne Is Big Leggy Shotgun, gimme Gimme low down fun boy Okay, yeah, showdown S…
Shiny Shiny Good times come to me now Good times come to me…
Shiny Shiny 1983 Good times come to me now Good times come to me…
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Salad Fatoosh
Far and away one of the best albums of the 80's. May New Wave never pass away....amen!
Tim Bayliss
I always thought that this was a cross between Soul, and Blues. Not New Wave.
TheNouveauxdecadence
ADORE, the whole Haysi album is just so creatively GENIUS! This video made is just gorgeous with so many fantastique images!
Ne Shar Di
Yes, I loved them in 82 and 83 when I was 14 and 15 years old, and still like them very much. They had been an important part of my life. Thank you for sharing this really great song, my most favourite Haysi-Song. =)
Vegan Rebel
This is my absolute fave - I am online friends with kate and she is such a beautiful soul with the biggest heart. Amazing women inside and out x
Michael Chudzik
pretty cool sabres of paradise(the band) was named from this song; both obscure bands I had heard of sabres of paradise first when looking up warp records because of their more popular signings. This reminds me of one of their songs, can't remember which one but they're all mostly instrumental. Respect to british electronic music! Glad some guy from colorado requested shiny shiny on sirius xm or I would of never heard of these guys:)
daveaw69
Superb. Plain and simple.
Moritz Vision
❤❤❤ Loooooooove it!!!!! ❤❤❤
Dee Bie
I love the sounds & style v much, i will check out those battle hymns, Love n peace
DOCH
This flipsidesong touched the blue nights after those well known two smashhitz
Hey, Haysifantayzee, all the best 4 the nxt musical decade Fashion and good pop