Guru Guru
| Guru Guru | |
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 Guru Guru in Karlstorbahnhof in Heidelberg on September 27, 2007 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Krautrock |
| founding | 1968 |
| Website | www.guru-guru.com |
| Founding members | |
| Mani Neumeier | |
| Uli Trepte (until 1972) | |
guitar |
Eddy Naegeli (until 12/1968) |
| Current occupation | |
Drums, vocals |
Mani Neumeier |
Guitar, saxophone , vocals |
Roland Schaeffer (1975–1982, since 1995) |
Bass, vocals |
Peter Kühmstedt (1977–1979, since 1993) |
Guitar, lap steel, vocals |
Jan Lindqvist (since 2016) |
| former members | |
| Ax Genrich (1970–1973) | |
bass |
Hans Hartmann (1973 and 1974) |
bass |
Bruno Schaab (1973) |
guitar |
Conny Veit (1973 and 1974) |
guitar |
Houschäng Nejadepour (1974) |
bass |
Jürgen "Jogi" Karpenkiel (1975–1977) |
| Ingo Bischof (1975–1981) | |
bass |
Hellmut Hattler (also under the pseudonym Karla Maria von Sinnen) (1975–1981, 2008) |
guitar |
Josef "Sepp" Jandrisits (1975–1977) |
guitar |
Peter Wolbrandt (1975 and 1983) |
Drums |
Tommy Goldschmidt (1975-1977) |
Drums |
Jan Fride (-Wolbrandt) (1975, 1988, 2008) |
saxophone |
Gerd Dudek (1975) |
Guitar, vocals |
Dieter Bornschlegel (1977–1979, 1994–1997) |
Bass clarinet |
Michel Pilz (1977) |
Drums, vocals |
Butze Fischer (1979-1983) |
bass |
Gerald Luciano Hartwig (1979–1981) |
bass |
Heinz Gembus (1981 and 1995) |
Bass, guitars |
Chowmeier (1983) |
Guitar, vocals |
Barbara Lahr (1984–1988, 1993) |
Bass, drums |
Rolf Schaude (1984 and 1985, 1993) |
bass |
Jörg Sebald (1997) |
Drums |
Erwin Ditzner (1985-1988, 1993) |
bass |
Uli Krug (1985–1988) |
singing |
Lysa (Lise) Kraus (1987–1989, 2005) |
bass |
Wietn Wito (1987 and 1988) |
Keyboard |
Jo Weineck (1987 and 1988) |
saxophone |
Uli Züfle (1987 and 1988, 1993) |
guitar |
Luigi Archetti (1989-2005, 2008) |
bass |
Razem Rübel (1993) |
guitar |
Jürgen Engler (1997, 2008) |
singing |
Kenji "Damo" Suzuki (1999) |
Guitar, vocals |
Michael Karoli (1999) |
synthesizer |
Dieter Moebius (2008) |
Violin, vocals |
Chris Karrer (2008) |
Guitar, vocals |
Hans Reffert (1988; 1997–2000; 2005–2016, †) |
Guru Guru is a German Krautrock band . She is considered an important representative of the genre in the 1970s.
Band history
The band was founded in 1968 as "The Guru Guru Groove" by the drummer Mani Neumeier , the bassist Uli Trepte and the guitarist Eddy Naegeli (replaced in December 1968 by Herbert Sax and from March 1969 by Jim Kennedy). The drummer and bassist came from the free jazz environment. Neumeier had already worked together with Trepte for years with the pianist Irène Schweizer . In 1968 the band played electrically amplified, "spacey" experimental (rock) music. Her influences at the time included Jimi Hendrix , Frank Zappa , The Who , The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd .
From 1968 to 2014 Guru Guru gave about 3,300 concerts in Europe, but also in Japan, USA or India (as of 12/2014) and were presented in hundreds of radio broadcasts.
environment
Guru Guru never referred to themselves as a Krautrock band, although they are counted among its protagonists. In their self-image they have always been part of the musical underground . Amon Düül , Can and Xhol Caravan were among their friends with whom they made sessions. Musicians from Kraan , Karthago and Cluster can also be heard on Guru-Guru LPs .
Her appearances in the late 1960s and early 1970s were heavily influenced by politics. They organized concerts together with the Socialist German Student Union , read political texts between their pieces of music and occasionally played in prisons. Guru Guru considered themselves politically independent. Their live shows were (and are) considered extravagant and anarchic, the line-up of the band changed frequently, they lived together like a commune in the village of Langenthal and Finkenbach in the Odenwald and experimented with hallucinogenic drugs (one of their pieces is typically called The LSD March ).
In 1977 Guru Guru and the Finkenbacher fire brigade launched the Finkenbach Festival in Finkenbach (Oberzent) , which has been continued annually until the present (2019). In addition, the band's 50th anniversary was celebrated there in 2018.
In the same year the television film Self Defense was broadcast on ZDF. The 1976 cast of Guru Guru took over the role of the group "Pied Piper", which settled in a village, but was rejected by the locals as a bum . The band later bought a PA system from the fee, which they used to produce their other LPs. Hartmut Griesmayr's film is based on a true story: In the mid-1970s a Roma was shot in a German village ; the shooter was acquitted on his claim to have acted in self-defense.
Musician
The composition of the band has changed countless times in the course of its existence, which is due to the central role of Mani Neumeier, who once said in an interview that he does not play drums, but orchestra. In the early 1970s, the guitarist Ax Genrich was part of the regular line-up for a longer period, while guitarist and saxophonist Roland Schaeffer ( Brainstorm ), Yogi Karpenkiel ( collective ) and “Sepp” Josef Jandrisits ( Mashuun ) joined the team in the mid-1970s .
At the end of the 70s the group included Dieter Bornschlegel (formerly Atlantis , now Dein Schatten ), Peter Kühmstedt, Ingo Bischof and Hellmut Hattler von Kraan . Butze Fischer († 2002; from Embryo ) and Bruno Schaab ( Night Sun ) were also important.
In the 1980s, Hans Reffert ( Flute and Voice , Zauberfinger ), Lise Kraus, Peter Wolbrandt ( Kraan ), Uli Züfle, Chowmeier and Razem Rübel ( Ravibeat ) took part. Uli Krug and Erwin Ditzner were also brief members of the band in the mid-80s . They were later founding members of the Mardi Gras.bb .
Luigi Archetti played the guitar in the 1990s. From 2005 Hans Reffert was there again. On the autumn tour 2008 he was represented by Jan Lindqvist.
On the album PSY (40 Years Guru Guru) from February 2008, Jan Fride (-Wolbrandt) is a guest musician (in addition to Hellmut Hattler, Dieter Moebius , Luigi Archetti and others) with Guru Guru. In addition to the above, various other musicians from a wide variety of music genres played with the group, sometimes only for a short time, one or two concerts or a record or CD recording.
Long-time guitarist Hans Reffert died on February 22nd, 2016 at the age of 69.
Jan Lindqvist joined the band for the late guitarist Hans Reffert in the spring of 2016 and has been touring Germany with Guru Guru ever since.
Publicity
Guru Guru have published over forty records so far, which have been sold more than five hundred thousand times. They have appeared in films and over a hundred times on radio and television (including the Beat Club ). In 1976 Guru Guru was the first German band in the WDR - Rockpalast . In 2001 an underground biography entitled 33 Years of High Times with Guru Guru was published by the Free Underground Press , Kuala Lumpur.
Discography
- UFO - LP: 1970 Ohr / CD: 1989 Ohr and 1999 ZYX Ohr / Pilz
- Back - LP: 1971 Ohr / CD: 1989 Ohr and 1999 ZYX Ohr / Pilz
- Kangaroo - LP: 1972 Brain / CD: 1992 Brain
- Guru Guru - LP: 1973 Brain / CD: 1990 Polydor (Japan) and 1997 repertoire
- Samantha's Rabbit / Woman Drum - single, 1973 Brain
- Don't Call Us, We Call You - LP: 1973 Atlantic Records / 2 CD: 2006 Revisited
- More Hot Juice / 20th Century Rock single, 1973 Atlantic
- This Is Guru Guru - LP, 1973 2001 brain (Best of ...)
- Dance of the Flames - LP: 1974 Atlantic / CD: 1995 Germanofon (bootleg) and 2006 Revisited
- The Electrolurch - 2 LP: 1974 Brain / CD: 1996 Spalax
- Mani and his friends - LP: 1975 Atlantic / CD: 1995 Germanofon (bootleg) and 2005 Revisited
- Tango Fango - LP: 1976 Brain / MC: 1976 Brain / CD: 1997 ThinkProgressiv and Captain Trip
- Pied Piper / Banana Flip - Single, 1976 Metronome
- Globetrotter - LP: 1977 Brain / MC: 1977 Brain
- Live - 2 LP: 1978 Brain / CD: 1995 ThinkProgressiv and 1997 Captain Trip
- Hey you - LP: 1979 Brain / CD: 2006 Revisited (... as Guru Guru Sun Band)
- Starway / Hey you - Single: 1979 Brain / Maxi: 1979 Brain (... as Guru Guru Sun Band)
- Giri Fushi - single, 1979 Brain (... as Guru Guru Sun Band)
- Story of life - LP, 1979 Brain (Best of ...)
- Mani in Germani - LP: 1981 GeeBeeDee / CD: 2003 Forty-five
- Guru Mani Neumeier's new adventure - LP, 1983 Biber
- Hot on spot / Inbetween (Guru Guru / Uli Trepte) - LP: 1986 United Dairies / CD: 1995 ATM
- Jungle - LP, 1987 Casino
- Cosmic Hole / Misfortune at Tiffany - Single (white), 1986 Face
- Guru Guru 88 - LP, 1988 Casino
- Live 72 - LP: 1988 / CD: 1988 TTE
- Shake Well - LP: 1993 / MC: 1992 / CD: 1993 ZYX
- Wah Wah - LP: 1995 / CD: 1995 ThinkProgressiv
- Mask - CD, 1996 ThinkProgressiv (Best of ...)
- Space Ship (The best of Part 1) - CD, 1996 Cleopatra
- The best of Part 2 - CD, 1997 Cleopatra
- Moshi Moshi - LP: 1997 / CD: 1997 ThinkProgressiv and Captain Trip
- 30 Years Live (... with Finkenbach '98, Supersession and Frankfurt a. M. '71) - 2 LP: 1999 Forty-five / 3 CD: 1999 Captain Trip
- The very best of Guru Guru - 2 CD, Purple Pyramid in 1999 and Australia in 2003
- 2000 Gurus CD, 2000 Forty-five
- Essen 1970 - LP: 2003 Amber / CD: 2002 Garden of Delights
- In the Guru Lounge - CD, 2005 Revisited
- Wiesbaden 1972 - CD, 2007 Garden of Delights
- PSY - CD, 2008 Trance
- Live on tour 2008 - CD, 2009 Trance
- Wiesbaden 1973 - CD, 2009 Garden of Delights
- Doublebind - CD, 2011 In-Akustik
- Electric Cats - CD, 2013 In-Akustik
- 45 Years Live - Double CD, 2014 In-Akustik
- GURU GURU - Live In Concert - Blu-ray / DVD, 2015, Edition Red
- The Birth of Krautrock - CD, 2016 Cleopatra
- Rotate - CD, 2018 In-Akustik
Sources / literature
- Extensive biography: Guru Guru
- 33 years of High Times with Guru Guru. Free Underground Press. Kuala Lumpur 2001.
- Mani Neumeier: Kraut 'n' Rock. Guru Guru Grooves. Masterminds series from Heupferd Musik Verlag, Dreieich 2011, ISBN 978-3-923445-10-3 .
- Alexander Simmeth: Krautrock transnational. The reinvention of pop music in Germany, 1968–1978 , Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2016, ISBN 978-3-8376-3424-2
Web links
- Official website
- Interview with Mani Neumeier (English)
- The Psychedelic Monsterjam (Neumeier / Genrich / Schmidt performing early GuruGuru)
- The band in the German Rock Lexicon
- Guru Guru at Musik-Sammler.de
- Masterminds series from Heupferd Musik Verlag
- WDR KRAUTROCKpalast, Guru Guru live on May 17th 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ Independent Music Label | Edition Red. (No longer available online.) In: edition-red.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2016 ; accessed on May 11, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
