Guru Guru

Guru Guru
Guru Guru
	From left: Hans Reffert, Peter Kühmstedt, Mani Neumeier, Roland Schaeffer (2007)
Background information
Origin	Heidelberg, Germany
Genres	Krautrock, experimental rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, jazz rock
Years active	1968–present
Members	Mani Neumeier; Peter Kühmstedt; Roland Schaeffer; Zeus B. Held
Past members	Hans Reffert; Uli Trepte; Eddy Naegeli; Jim Kennedy; Ax Genrich; Bruno Schaab; Conny Veit; Hans Hartmann; Houschaeng Nejadepour; Jogi Karpenkiel; Josef Jandrisits; Butze Fischer; Hellmut Hattler; Dieter Bornschlegel; Peter Wolbrandt; Erwin Ditzner; Barbara Lahr; Uli Zuefle; Razem Ruebel; Luigi Archetti; Jan Lindqvist
Website	www.guru-guru.com

Guru Guru is a German krautrock band formed in 1968 as The Guru Guru Groove by Mani Neumeier (drums),^[1] Uli Trepte (bass)^[1] and Eddy Naegeli (guitar), later replaced by the American Jim Kennedy. After Kennedy collapsed on stage due to a serious illness, Ax Genrich replaced him to complete the classic Guru Guru line up, in time for their debut album in 1970.^[1]

Music

Guru Guru were related to the free jazz music scene through their work with Swiss pianist Irène Schweizer and through Neumeier, who had already won several jazz prizes. The band was also influenced by psychedelic rock artists, such as Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Rolling Stones and early Pink Floyd.

Among the band's closest musical colleagues were Amon Düül,^[1] Can^[1] and Xhol Caravan, with whom Guru Guru played jam sessions.^{[citation needed]}

Frontman Mani Neumeier (drummer and singer) has an original style of playing drums, and is known in the European jazz rock-scene. He was also involved in numerous other projects, including Tiere der Nacht, The Psychedelic Monsterjam, Damo Suzuki's Network, Globe Unity Orchestra, Harmonia, Acid Mothers Guru Guru, Voodootrance and Lover 303.

Social environment

Guru Guru's live performances in the late 1960s and early 1970s were politically left-oriented. They organized concerts together with the Socialist German Student Union, read political texts between the songs, and sporadically gave concerts in prisons. Their shows were extravagant and anarchistic, some of the musicians lived together in a commune in the German Odenwald region, experimented with hallucinogens (one of their songs is titled "The LSD March" / German: "Der LSD-Marsch"). Mani Neumeier is one of the organizers of the annual Krautrock-Festival in Finkenbach [de], Oberzent.

Publicity

Guru Guru has released over 40 LPs and CDs, and has sold over 500,000 records. The band has played numerous live concerts, appeared in films, radio and television. In 1976, Guru Guru was the first German band to play live on the WDR TV show Rockpalast.

Discography

1970 UFO
1971 Hinten
1972 Känguru
1973 Guru Guru
1973 Don't Call Us, We Call You
1974 Dance of the Flames
1974 Der Elektrolurch (2 LP)
1975 Mani und seine Freunde
1976 Tango Fango
1977 Globetrotter
1978 Live (2 LP)
1979 Hey du
1981 Mani in Germani
1983 Mani Neumeiers neue Abenteuer (aka Guru Mani ... )
1987 Jungle
1988 Guru Guru 88
1988 Live 72
1992 Shake Well – MC
1993 Shake Well
1995 Wah Wah
1996 Mask (limited edition)
1997 Moshi Moshi
1999 Live 98 (3-CD set, also on 2 LP)
2000 2000 Gurus
2003 Essen 1970 (live)
2005 In the Guru Lounge
2007 Wiesbaden 1972 (live)
2008 PSY
2009 Live on tour 2008
2009 Wiesbaden 1973 (live)
2011 Doublebind
2011 Live in Germany '71
2013 Electric Cats
2014 Live at Lido
2016 Acid Guru Pond (Split Album: Bardo Pond, Guru Guru, Acid Mothers Temple)
2018 Rotate!
2020 Live in China
2023 Incredible World Of Guru Guru

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1046. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

External links

[LarkinGE-1] Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1046. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

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Aiko Ron Anderson Cotton Casino Audrey Ginestet Haco Higashi Hiroshi Ichiraku Yoshimitsu Jyonson Tsu Kawabata Makoto Kitagawa Hao Koizumi Hajime Magic Aum Gigi Mai Mai Mano Kazuhiko Mitsuru Tabata Mori Kimiho Mani Neumeier Nao Okano Futoshi Oni Ono Ryoko Pika Satoshima Nani Shimura Koji Suhara Keizo Tabata Mitsuru Taigen Kawabe (Sawano Shozo) Tsuyama Akiko Tsuyama Atsushi Tsuchy Uki Eiji Wolf (S/T) Yasuda Hisashi Yoshida Tatsuya Daevid Allen Gilli Smyth
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. cassettes	Acid Mother's Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (1996) Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. 1 (1997) Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. 2 (1997)
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. studio albums	Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (1997) Pataphisical Freak Out MU!! (1999) Wild Gals A Go-Go (1999) Troubadours from Another Heavenly World (2000) La Nòvia (2000) Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!!) (2001) New Geocentric World of Acid Mothers Temple (2001) In C (2001) 41st Century Splendid Man (2002) Univers Zen ou de zéro à zéro (2002) Electric Heavyland (2002) St. Captain Freak Out & the Magic Bamboo Request (2002) Magical Power from Mars (2003) Hypnotic Liquid Machine from the Golden Utopia (2004) Mantra of Love (2004) The Penultimate Galactic Bordello Also the World You Made (2004) Does the Cosmic Shepherd Dream of Electric Tapirs? (2004) Minstrel in the Galaxy (2004) Close Encounters of the Mutants (2004) Have You Seen the Other Side of the Sky? (2006) Myth of the Love Electrique (2006) Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars (2007) Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo (2007) Acid Motherly Love (2007) Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness (2008) Glorify Astrological Martyrdom (2008) Cometary Orbital Drive (2008) Interstellar Guru and Zero (2009) Lord of the Underground: Vishnu and the Magic Elixir (2009) Are We Experimental? (2009) Dark Side of the Black Moon: What Planet Are We On? (2009) In 0 to ∞ (2010) Pink Lady Lemonade ~ You're From Inner Space (2011) The Ripper at the Heaven's Gates of Dark (2011) Son of a Bitches Brew (2012) IAO Chant from the Melting Paraiso Underground Freak Out (2012) Cometary Orbital Drive to 2199 (2013) In Search of the Lost Divine Arc (2013) Astrorgasm from the Inner Space (2014) Benzaiten (2015) Wake to a New Dawn of Another Astro Era (2016) Those Who Came Never Before (2017) Wandering the Outer Space (2017) Either the Fragmented Body or the Reconstituted Soul (2018) Electric Dream Ecstasy (2018) Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part 1 (2018) Paralyzed Brain (2018) Sacred and Inviolable Phase Shift (2018) Reverse of Rebirth in Universe (2018) How Was the Decisive Moment Recorded? (2019) Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part Two (2019) Pink Lady Lemonade (Double Sweet Sucker Punch) (2020) Reverse of Rebirth Reprise (2020) Chosen Star Child's Confession (2020) Voices from Ghostwood (2020) Zero Diver or Puroto Guru (2021) Demi-Demonaic Daemoog (2022)
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. compilation albums	The Early Acid Mothers Temple Recordings 1995-1997 (2007)
Acid Mothers Gong	Acid Motherhood (2004) Acid Mothers Gong Live Tokyo (2006)
Acid Mothers Afrirampo	We Are Acid Mothers Afrirampo! (2005)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno	Just Another Band from the Cosmic Inferno (2005) IAO Chant from the Cosmic Inferno (2005) Starless and Bible Black Sabbath (2006) Ominous From The Cosmic Inferno (2007)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues	Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues featuring the Sun Love and the Heavy Metal Thunder (2006)
Acid Mothers Guru Guru	Psychedelic Navigator (2007)
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