Haysi Fantayzee

Haysi Fantayzee were a British New Wave band of the early 1980s. Allmusic journalist Andy Kellman notes "Haysi Fantayzee was a quirky pop group, known most for its colourful thrift shop image and successful debut single, "John Wayne Is Big Leggy", which was released in 1982.

Career

Haysi Fantayzee was formed in 1981 and consisted of singers Jeremy Healy (also known as Jeremiah) and Kate Garner, and Garner's boyfriend songwriter/producer/manager Paul Caplin. The band released four singles in 1982 and 1983: "John Wayne is Big Leggy", "Holy Joe", "Shiny Shiny", and "Sister Friction", and an album, Battle Hymns For Children Singing. The original plan had been for Garner to perform alone. The band made a crude video performance and sent that instead of a demo tape to record companies. Their outfits were often designed by Garner. The two singers looked like distorted mirror images of each other, with similar hair and make-up. In a 1983 interview with David Maples on the Los Angeles-based TV show "MV3", Jeremy Healy accused the singer known as Boy George (George O'Dowd) of stealing his infamous look.

After Haysi Fantayzee, Garner appeared alongside Bananarama in the music video for "Who's That Girl" by the Eurythmics. She had a brief solo career after the break-up of Haysi Fantayzee, and then pursued a career in photography in Los Angeles, California.

Healy released the single "When Malindy Sings" in 1984, and later became a DJ and album mixer for other artists, including his former schoolfriend, Boy George. He recorded on George's More Protein record label under the name E-Zee Possee.

Caplin now runs Caplin Systems, an internet software company.

Discography

1982

• 7" single - "John Wayne is Big Leggy" / "Sabres of Paradise" (Regard - RG100) - #11 UK
• 7" single - "John Wayne is Big Leggy" / "Sabres of Paradise" (Regard - RGP100)PICTURE DISC
• 12" single - "John Wayne is Big Leggy" [Groovy Long Version] / [Single Version] /"Sabres of Paradise" (Regard - RGT100)
• 7" single - "Holy Joe" / "Okay Daddy" (Regard - RG104) - #51 UK
• 7" single - "Holy Joe" / "Okay Daddy" (Regard - RGP104)PICTURE DISC
• 12" single - "Holy Joe" [Remix]/ [Single Version] / "Okay Daddy" (Regard - RGT104)

1983

• 7" single - "Shiny Shiny" / "Shiny Shiny [Bon Temps]" (Regard - RG106) - #16 UK
• 7" single - "Shiny Shiny" / "Shiny Shiny [Bon Temps]" (Regard - RGP106) PICTURE DISC
• 12" single - "Shiny Shiny" [Dance Mix] / [Single Version] / "Shiny Shiny [Bon Temps]" (Regard - RGT106) [Note: The version released in the USA is a different remix than the UK mix]
• 7" single - "Sister Friction" / "Here Comes The Beast" (Regard - RG108) - #62 UK [Also available in poster sleeve package]
• Shaped 10" single - "Sister Friction" / "Here Comes The Beast" (Regard - RG108)PICTURE DISC, Die-cut to the shape of the pictures.
• 12" Single - "Sister Friction Remix" / "Jimmy Jive" / "Here Comes The Beast" (Regard - RGT108)[Note: "Jimmy Jive" is an instrumental dub remix of the album track "Jimmy Jive Jive"]
• 12" single - "Chizoola" [Single Version] / "Here Comes The Beast" [Single Version] (Regard RGC200) [Italian only release, no picture sleeve]
• 12" single - "In The Mix" [Album Sampler Megamix; single sided] (RGT 99) [Promo only release, no picture sleeve]
• LP - Battle Hymns For Children Singing (Regard - RGLP6000) #53 UK
  • "Shiny Shiny" / "I Lost My Dodi" / "More Money" / "Jimmy Jive Jive" / "Sabres Of Paradise" / "Shoofly Love" / "Make Me A Sinner" / "Chizoola" / "John Wayne is Big Leggy" / "Here Comes The Beast"

• (Also available on cassette with the bonus track "In The Mix".)
• (Also available on CD [released in 2000 on the Razor & Tie label] with multiple bonus tracks)
• (Re-released on CD in 2007 on the Cherry Pop label with different bonus tracks)

See also

• List of performers on Top of the Pops
• List of New Wave bands and artists

External links

• Haysi Recollections - Unofficial Site