one of my favourite 'bands' (!) ever.
my first introduction was the 'more shit' and 'senzuri monkey metal action' 7"s whenever they were released in the early 90s and i was instantly hooked and it was the start of my own obsession with them. both of those records contain their noisecore punk stuff. 'more shit' and the 'dead tech vol II' comp lp contain a cover version of the old japanese punk band LSD. check out the original version here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPf7Bee681Ei agree that 'senzuri power up' is one of their best releases - even though all early recordings, it still contains a good mixture of most of their different styles, and there're on top form on every track basically. i usually always recommend this album as an introduction to anyone who has not heard them before.
the 'singles 1985-1993' CD doesn't contain any of their 7" records - it collects some comp tracks, different versions of a couple of previously released tracks, and some previously unreleased stuff too (all from juntaro's famous cassette shelf no doubt!). like 'senzuri power up', it's contains alot of their different styles, mostly all on top form, and is another good introduction to the band.
i'm not sure if the 'live at tokyo gay center' 7" and comp track are one of the same. i've always wanted to get confirmation, but i don't know anyone who owns or has heard the 7". i have only ever seen one copy of the 7" offered for sale - on ebay some years ago - the auction is archived on popsike.
'yasukuni jinja' 7" and 'her names on my cock' comp track certainly sound like there're from the same recording session to my ears. both are great and amongst my fave ggggg stuff. i'd have loved to have heard more of this PE style from juntaro.
i'm sure 'veel plezier!' 7" is just part of some japanese radio show. i no longer have the original record to check, but i'm sure the booklet names exactly what. i remember it's quite a big booklet with alot of text. i guess the closest you could compare this record to is some parts of 'hotel ultra' cd.
there's an 'artist edition' of several records, usually just with a slightly different handmade cover by juntaro (for instance, 'life documents' 7" had a photo of a young boy put on the front cover), but the split 7" with origami erotika became a completely different record altogether - 'gay sex can be aids' - different title, different artwork, different booklet, different everything, ltd 50 - the only thing that remained the same was the record itself.
both the 'all my best to you, love juntaro' 7" on stomach ache and the RRRecycled cassette actually contain cambodian pop music! juntaro had nothing to do with either, but i commend the insight and sense of humour of the label's for releasing them. the other stomach ache 7" 'william bennett is my dick' (another one of my favourites) apparently contains what was a nihilist surfin' group recording originally. by the way, does anyone have the 'dutch omanko' cassette released on nihilistic recordings? if so, i'd love to hear it.
http://www.discogs.com/Nihilist-Surfin-Group-Dutch-Omanko/release/1944751i believe a label that has released stuff by the ggggg previously has plans to release the 'live demo' on cd at some point - it's one of those cassettes ltd 5 copies only, or something - along with 'some other stuff that has not been on cd'. they were going to try and get in touch with juntaro to ask permission first to which i said 'good luck!', and that i thought they should just go ahead with it anyway.
i really fucking miss new releases by the ggggg. as i'm sure most of you know, the last release was the 'saturday night...' CDEP back in 2001. i always used to love to see there was a new ggggg record out and would order it straight away eagerly awaiting delivery! one thing is for certain - you never ever knew what you were going to get! (unless you had previously read a description of the record, of course)
lastly, what is it with some people starting to call 7"s "albums" these days?! i've seen it a few places now, mainly on messageboards, blogs, etc.
