David Fair (born in Michigan, 20 July 1952) was an American guitarist, musician and visual artist best known as the co-founder of Half Japanese with his brother Jad Fair; the duo formed the band in Maryland in 1974 and released their first EP, Calling All Girls, in 1977. David Fair recorded extensively with Half Japanese, including 1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts (1980), Our Solar System (1984), Charmed Life (1988) and Fire in the Sky (1992), and also made several collaborative records with Jad, beginning with Best Friends (1996), followed by 26 Monster Songs for Children (1998), Six Dozen Cookies (2006), Halloween Songs (2008) and Shake, Cackle and Squall (2016); his solo releases include I'll Be Moe (2009) and the soundtrack The Middle Man (2010). David Fair died on August 20, 2026 at the age of 74, after a long battle with cancer.
