THE GEROGERIGEGEGE

[chtc]

Gerogerigegege release that I would hope to be reissued is "Piss shower girlfriend" pic LP. I finally managed to get the vinyl and been listening that a lot. CD edition of this would be nice. Of course LP is good, but my perspective more like distributor who would hope to distribute stuff like this, hah..

Great album, something like a power electronics version of Gero's noisecore, maybe early Masonna too somewhat. I put on The 150 Murderous Passions for a little while recently and WB's side reminded me of Piss Shower Girlfriend (well, I should say PSG reminds me of 150 Murderous Passions Part Two). I wish we got more stuff like this from Juntaro. There is OK#1 (from OK Session) on the Too Much Rare Tracks bonus comp disc but that's just one track. Violence Onanie / Nothing to Hear is like a more extreme version of this sound.

A Piss Shower Girlfriend CDr exists but it was only given to people who bought the Uguisudani Apocalypse CD from Juntaro. I don't think I have seen anyone that has it, no one on Discogs, nothing on social media (I feel like I've seen one Japanese person who posted a photo but I'm not 100% sure). Must be rare, maybe another situation of Juntaro not sending things. What makes the CDr interesting is Juntaro saying that the audio is taken from the master and that apparently picture disc has sound problems. Well since he released it only as a mail order bonus CDr I guess the issue wasn't serious.

It is curious how there is something almost magical in Gerogerigegege. This stuff, what it really has? distortion pedal? Screaming, feedback, some noise there. Something you would think there would be someone who can make something like that. Not meaning someone should copy this, but think about amount of "noisecore" out there and how Gerogerigegege classics and even this type of found unreleased session basically crushes vast majority.

To be fair I haven't listened to lots of noisecore bands but let's look at bands who have done splits with Gero. I'm going from memory and need to relisten to these releases so my opinion about them could change. Sometimes the recording quality is shit, and not in the same way as Gero. The playing is also different, more focused on bashing the instruments or with a metallic feel. Even a simple release like All You Need Is Audioshock with just that one rumbling bass guitar has a POWER to it that those recordings don't have - it's not an issue on the playing level. There certainly is an audience for an "empty" sound like this but it's not my thing. Gero feels more like a punk band, noise band. Everyone knows about the Ramones influence, but it obviously goes beyond just the count-in. According to Juntaro he was inspired by a Ramones show he went to at Seibu Theatre in 1980 - apparently acoustics of the venue were poor and all that could be heard was noise. Even noisecore projects I like (which have "power") don't have the Gero sound. There's also the humor we all know and love (I'm sure some of it is also lost as certain track titles are in Japanese, also the aforementioned All You Need Is Audioshock is actually a more "serious" record).

PS: Could you also send the original Japanese text?

Sorry, just now saw your edit. Here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lofDNSz9ce1Cbpw2McjbZ7BvfZxvEdaz

Download. It wont stay up forever.

No problem. Hmmm, this is in Chinese and reads like a press release. Maybe a Chinese label wanted to release this? We'll probably never know. A reissue of this would be great but as I said before Iwata isn't with us anymore sadly - although there was Stratosphere Sound -Last Tracks- released years after he passed away - and Juntaro is a specific person. Does anyone know what's up with Tomo Kuwahara?

PS: The chinese text and the PSF mentions reminded me of UFO CREAtions, maybe they would be a great label to release such a thing if a miracle happened and anyone from Iwata's surrounding wanted to put it out right now.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Is there any chance of you doing Industrial Recollections reissues of his material?

I would think there must be reason why Gero stuff is not reissued more widely and why all reissues that has been done, are some sort of remakes/revisioned editions.

IR was started to put out things that are so obscure or often financially not very rewarding (hah), but things that NEEDS to be done for cultural or personal reasons. I am sure if Gero albums are wanted to be reissued, he has no shortage of labels that want to put them out.

[Balor/SS1535]

Is there any chance of you doing Industrial Recollections reissues of his material?

I would think there must be reason why Gero stuff is not reissued more widely and why all reissues that has been done, are some sort of remakes/revisioned editions.

IR was started to put out things that are so obscure or often financially not very rewarding (hah), but things that NEEDS to be done for cultural or personal reasons. I am sure if Gero albums are wanted to be reissued, he has no shortage of labels that want to put them out.

I figured that it must be a reluctance with the source.  I actually enjoy the "revision" version of the albums, especially when they come with a brief explanation of what that exactly means, because it adds another layer of Gero-weirdness to the whole experience.

He has to have gotten some serious offers, though.  I can't imagine that any label would not want to get a reissue out there given the resale prices.

[chtc]

I recently stumbled upon a Japanese guy on Twitter mentioning Juntaro opening for Z'EV in 2000 at MUSE HALL; Keiji Haino also opened. Juntaro played "ambient-style noise" and Haino played hurdy gurdy solo. If this actually happened, it would be the latest Gero live performance we know of before Juntaro's disappearance. He also recorded it on tape but can't find it. This also makes Iwata's claim for the Toukaseibunshi show in August 2014 being Juntaro's first performance in (apparently) 16 years incorrect, but then again I can't blame him. How many undocumented Gero shows could there still be?

[chtc]

Ladies and gentlemen, Juntaro Yamanouchi pissing and drinking his own piss on video:
https://x.com/u1_snd/status/2120904912938901579
https://x.com/u1_snd/status/2120905262538408181

He talked about this in the booklet for the Uguisudani Apocalypse CD, but I didn't think I'd ever see it!

[accidental]

Ladies and gentlemen, Juntaro Yamanouchi pissing and drinking his own piss on video:
https://x.com/u1_snd/status/2120904912938901579
https://x.com/u1_snd/status/2120905262538408181

He talked about this in the booklet for the Uguisudani Apocalypse CD, but I didn't think I'd ever see it!

What did he say in that booklet about it? I dont  have that CD

[chtc]

What did he say in that booklet about it? I dont  have that CD

(Translated with Google Translate)

Gerogerigegege from "Unburnable Ashes"

2016

After performing the "Value of Silence" performance, they released their first album in 15 years, "Unburnable Ashes" (CD). It was released on Eskimo Records, the label of Jun Konagaya of GRIM, who participated in Gerogeri's debut live performance in 1986. The CD exceeded its initial pressing during the pre-order phase, requiring additional pressings. The vinyl was released by F.O.A.D. in Italy, and the cassette by I.A. in the UK. Bonus tracks were dubbed onto the blank spaces at the end of side A and side B of the cassette that Yamanouchi received. Even today, many fans consider this album their masterpiece.


Gerogeri's first tribute album, "ART IS COVER" (CD), was released by VIS A VIS AUDIO ARTS.


A secret live performance was held at the Shin-Okubo Aquarium, featuring two songs: "Gerogerigegegege" and "SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN THE HUMAN MALE."

Guitar: Yamanouchi, Bass: Hirano Toshihisa, Drums: Dr.EURO

He participated in a GRIM live performance, but fell and cut his forehead, yet didn't notice and continued playing guitar while laughing.

2017
Released a 12-inch EP from the German label SCROTUM RECORDS. Only the Japanese distribution included an obi strip. Better to be the original than to sneakily plagiarize.

2018
Released his first album, originally released in 1987, as "Senzuri Champion Revised Edition" (CD) from VIS A VIS AUDIO ARTS, with significantly altered content.

He sang "Kaiboshitsu" (Dissection Room) with Kokeshidoll, a Stalin cover band run by the president of Inun-do. He urinated into a bottle on stage and then drank it.

2019
Released three CDs of previously unreleased tracks, available exclusively through mail order: "PIANO/RIVER-CUTTING MACHINE MUSIC" (recorded 1991), "GIG IN TRAIN" (recorded 1993), "Daitokai/Benjo" (recorded 1998), and "Sanjo no Taki" (recorded 1989/bonus disc). These are now available as a box set.

Released "UGUISUDANI APOCALYPSE" (LP) from the UK label THE TRILOGY TAPES (TTT). Both the first and second pressings sold out instantly. It all started when Japanese DJ LIL MOFO selected Gerogeri on the BBC.

Released ">(decrescendo)" from the cassette series of the fashion brand CAV EMPT, which has a shop in Omotesando.

She participated as a vocalist in a Kokeshidoll live performance, but lost her voice during rehearsals for a subsequent event, leaving her almost completely unable to sing.

At a live performance celebrating the 60th birthday of Jun Inui of The Stalin, she sang "STOP GIRL" and "Bakuretsu Head" as a twin vocalist with FORWARD and Akiyama, the current drummer of Gerogeri.

She performed a secret live show at the Shin-Okubo Aquarium, playing one song from "Gerogeri Gegegege."

Guitar: Yamanouchi, Bass: Hirano Toshihisa, Drums: Dr. EURO

2020
Released newly discovered past recordings (recorded in 1989 or 1990), "PISS SHOWER GIRLFRIEND" (LP/Picture Disc), from F.O.A.D in Italy.

">(decrescendo)" was released on LP by TTT in the UK.

VIS A VIS AUDIO ARTS released "Punk Demon Singles Collection" (CD), a compilation of tracks previously only released on 7-inch vinyl in their "Punk Demon" style. It charted at number 30 on the Oricon Daily Album Ranking on November 1st. Procurement and purchasing consultant Takanori Sakaguchi featured it in Playboy magazine in 2020 as one of the hit music products during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was ranked number 1 on Headbang magazine's best albums of 2020.

They released two types of split 7-inch trilogy releases with SEDEM M S, a Slovakian band of gerogeri enthusiasts whose members have three gerogeri tattoos. The gerogeri side includes "Senzuri ga Tomaranai" and "Kebab Chaos." "Kebab Chaos" was mistakenly sent with the wrong master, and was later sold with a CDR.

They also released a 10-CD set, "Fuan na Enso" (Anxious Performance), from Italy's URASHIMA. A Japanese edition was later produced using the front photo that could not be printed on the original.

2021
The second pressing of ">(decrescendo)" was released by TTT. It featured a gatefold jacket with a photo compilation of "Gero Geri Gegege" from "Moenai Hai" and came with a poster.