Eighties electro-popsters Johnny Hates Jazz return to Japan this month ready to roll out the hits as part of a tour that has been celebrating the 30th anniversary of their 1988 debut album "Turn Back the Clock."
In addition to playing classics like "Shattered Dreams," which catapulted them to worldwide success and reached No. 2 on the United States' Billboard Hot 100 chart, Mike Nocito says the band hopes to road test new material for an album scheduled for release later this year at gigs in Tokyo and Osaka.
"We have already recorded three or four tracks for the new album and we have one that we have high hopes for," the 55-year-old American bassist, guitarist and producer-engineer says.