THE GEROGERIGEGEGE

Started by FreakAnimalFinland, April 01, 2012, 09:27:49 PM

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Quote from: AWWFN on September 19, 2013, 06:51:21 PM
That said, most Gero CDs aren't that hard to get, are they?  A cohesive 7" compilation would be fantastic I think.  In honesty there aren't many occasions when I crack out the "Night" 7 for example but would be nice as part of a bigger collection.

Not cheaply, there's usually some up on discogs but usually for typically daft prices. I'd snap up an official reissue of any Gero. Agreed a "7 compilation would be particularly ace though.

P A N I C

#46
I agree it would be excellent to have a compilation of 7"es. I have quite a few, but I would spin them sooner if I had them on a single compilation. That said, there is a bootleg compilation CDr that has Audio Shock, Mother Fellatio, YTB, Night and Senzuri Monkey Metal Action, which combines a few in this fashion. Picked it up a while ago.

Also, yes, it's usually the CDs that fetch the crazier prices and which have become generally harder to come by. There's a couple of vinyl releases that you generally will have to pay out the ass for (Senzuri Champion, of course, but also some 7"es like Yasukuni Jinja), but other than that you can pick up most vinyl for pretty cheap. It's discs like Tokyo Anal Dynamite and Instruments Disorder that are usually pretty expensive.

It'd be cool to have a compilation of 7"es, and additionally some fancy reissues of all the albums. I would love to get good, official copies of the few things I'm missing. Also, it would be really great if there could be a compilation of sorts that featured tracks from comps or rare/one-off tapes. For that last category, I'm thinking of sought-after gems like Piano River, Public Environment, the live demo, and the split with Masonna, though for some of these it will probably be hard to get a hand on the source material at all - even if someone had the intention of reissuing this sort of stuff, it would still be a difficult task. Still, that would be the dream though.

blackoperations

#47


does anybody know anything about this cd-r (ltd.75) released in japan last year?
http://www.discogs.com/Gerogerigegege-Masturbation-Rarities/release/4195023

1 Kaa Chan    0:51    
2 Kiss Shite Hoshii    0:19    
3 Linda Linda    0:25    
4 Cunter King In Shimokitazawa    1:52    
5 Naandeka    0:27    
6 Houkei To Kasei Houkei No Chigai    2:17    
7 Ippatsuyarite    1:31    
8 Kame No Mae Wa Akagai    2:59    
9 Isshokusokuhatsu (Gauze No Mane)    0:36    
10 Ensam I Natt (Live)    1:51

the discogs listing says the last 3 tracks are unreleased, but i don't think i recognise any of those titles at all! (apart from 'ensam i natt')

the rate your music listing has this comment :
"i don't really know if this is legit or not, but it IS really good. gero folk punk? weird a capella takes? yeah, this is important stuff."

google translation of this shop's description (http://www.art-into-life.com/product/2994) doesn't help as usual, but seems to say it collects unreleased live recordings from the earliest era when juntaro was still using the name shitake for his label and not vis a vis, and that the recordings were obtained from a good source?
"Punk fork unit that was working secretly in parallel with Gerogeri from shiitake label era Yamanouchi Mr. ran to VIS A VIS previously (cover of Leathern Nun) unpublished live sound and competent source, a Hard to Find, plus the sound of Mr. endowment, compilation album that highlights their approach of noise other than the Gerogeri. Limited edition of 75."

sample :
http://a-i-l.ciao.jp/MASTURBATIONRARITIES.mp3

that sample isn't much to go on, but to be honest, it sounds pretty dubious and possibily not even genuine to me, so i don't know what to think at all now! any other info would be appreciated. i think i know of at least one person here who has it, so if they see this, please post something! or if someone wants to pay that bargain (!) asking price for the copy for sale on discogs?

yes - an official properly done collection of 7"s and/or comp tracks would of course be amazing too! so let's hope juntaro still has all the master tapes for most if not everything on his famous cassette shelf for any/all reissues to be as good as they possibly can be.

some of you may have seen the following extremely limited over-priced cd-r that collects a number of the 7"s for sale on ebay, and i don't want to waste many words on it, but simply put, this is clearly a perfect example of the sort of shitty limited cd-r 'reissue' juntaro should totally avoid!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GEROGERIGEGEGE-CD-Singles-Collection-Rarities-Collection-Ltd-33-New-/221279116757?clk_rvr_id=523536899299&toolid=10013&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2FGEROGERIGEGEGE-CD-Singles-Collection-Rarities-Collection-Ltd-33-New-%2F221279116757

lastly, after posting approx 1,365,493 youtube videos playing his guitar at home, dee dee gero has now took his 'solo act' to the stage!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Cch052Qk4&feature=youtu.be

P A N I C

I have owned a copy, but I sold it again. It's a decent disc, but I didn't feel it was worth holding on to. It's definitely not an official release, in any case. With regards to the 'unreleased tracks', from what I recall that information was actually listed in the booklet. I added the original entry to Discogs, and all the info I added I culled from the booklet (there's a small picture on the Discogs page where you can see the back of the booklet, where this info is listed). Also, if I'm correct, the first few tracks were actually originally recorded (and released?) under a different name, though I couldn't tell you what the name used actually was. Otherwise, judging from the info I've gathered, it seems that the material is genuine and that it may originally (though not recently) have been obtained from Juntaro. I have a rip of the disc, btw, so if you're interested to hear it just drop me a PM.

blackoperations

ok, i've just heard that 'masturbation rarities' disc and to be honest i don't think it's genuine gero. it's obviously being made out to be though, but i'd put money on it that it isn't.

Duncan

Well just hearing that clip sounds pretty obviously like a few looped sections of some prior gero recording...possibly with a bit of reverb added if the sound isn't on the original recording?  Of course, could have been done by Juntaro himself but I'm sure anyone of us could replicate more or less the same thing in 5 mins.  Still, could be the rest of the recording is different sounding I guess.

blackoperations

#51
i've just put 'Masturbation Rarities' online. check it out!
http://www.mediafire.com/?45nysex81xeaoen

info, tracklist, etc :
http://www.discogs.com/Gerogerigegege-Masturbation-Rarities/release/4195023

i'm interested to hear what other people make of it. personally, i think it's rather dubious and i'm convinced it's not genuine. none of this sounds like juntaro at all (apart from the clearly sampled '1234' track, which is suspect in itself). 'ensam i natt' vocals doesn't even sound like juntaro. any solid info would be appreciated. the insert says some of the material was recorded under another name in japanese letters (and some of it was previously released?!). does anybody have an idea what name it says? maybe that'll explain something? it could possibly be gero related in a way yet to figure out, but i'm sure this is not the gerogerigegege.

has anyone heard any further news on juntaro? if so, please post! grab hold of your cock for the second coming of The Gerogerigegege!!!!!

has 'The Gero-P' cassette ever made it online? if not, i'll add it to my 'to do' list.
http://www.discogs.com/Gerogerigegege-Gero-P-The/release/842228

here's some stuff from the japanese mag Fool's Mate which i don't recall ever seeing online :

report & pics of 'Al-Jin' flexi burning/performance (from Fool's Mate #84)


interview & Juntaro pics (from Fool's Mate #78)







Duncan

Well, the latest titbit regarding their reunion appears to be this recent photo to have emerged on Twitter:



The translation runs something like this:

'Party yesterday, had been dating, is Mr. Yamanouchi The gerogerigegege. He also is preparing a new product.'

Typically baffling and really just minor stuff but worth a post for fanatics I guess?!


l.b.

that's juntaro?? he looks pissed

krueleco



blackoperations

thanks alot for posting! nice to see juntaro! have you got a link to the actual twiiter page it was posted on too? also, does anybody know who the guy on the right is? i don't.

Duncan

Quote from: blackoperations on February 28, 2014, 06:48:41 AM
thanks alot for posting! nice to see juntaro! have you got a link to the actual twiiter page it was posted on too? also, does anybody know who the guy on the right is? i don't.

This one here: https://twitter.com/aqua9803

Mainly good for food pics...

Cementimental

Quote from: blackoperations on February 28, 2014, 06:48:41 AMalso, does anybody know who the guy on the right is? i don't.
Just learned from a post on Maniacs Only that it's Hironari Iwata (Toukaseibunshi, Haijinsha)