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“Tojo” aka “Tojo Never Made it to Darwin” was the second single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus and was released on Big Time Records and distributed by EMI in June 1983. It was written by their lead singer-guitarist, Dave Faulkner. It was also featured on their first album Stoneage Romeos (1984), which was produced by Alan Thorne. Tojo in the title refers to the World War II Japanese General and Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō. “Tojo” saw the introduction of new band members Clyde Bramley and Brad Shepherd, with Bramley providing bass, which had previously been noticeably absent from the band.

‘“Tojo” was an ‘answer song’ to an Australian hit of a few years earlier, “Santa Never Made it Into Darwin” which had been released to raise money for... Read on...