1995 J. YAMANOUCHI interview

1995 J. YAMANOUCHI INTERVIEW

note: Interview with Juntaro done by Billy Nocera for Savannatarashi zine(1995).

HELLO JUNTARO! FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF YOUR BAND,
PLEASE GIVE US A SHORT HISTORY AND THE YEAR YOU STARTED.

-I started noise making on early 1995 (??? -ed). My first
recoding I released on cassette(untitled). Soon many people
and record shops liked it. I sold about 105 copies in Tokyo.
And then I started recording for the 1st album "Senzuri Champion".

YOU HAVE LOTS OF CD RELEASES! YOUR BAND MUST BE VERY POPULAR IN
JAPAN. ARE YOU GOOD FRIENDS WITH OTHER EXTREME TOTAL NOISE
BANDS LIKE MERZBOW, MASONNA, ETC???

-Some people/bands like us, some people/bands hate us. I don't
care about the other bands and other music.

DO YOU PLAY LIVE GIGS IN JAPAN? HOW IS THE RESPONSE?

-Our official member is me and Gero 30(now 57 age old,
exhibitionist). He masturbates on stage. Our first gig on the
end of 1986. We did gig about 50 times. Most of the audience
is laughing, shouting, etc. You can listen to their response
on our live album "Live Greatest Hits"!

WHAT DOES YOUR BAND NAME MEAN? DO YOU LISTEN TO OTHER KINDS
OF MUSIC? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF G.G ALLIN???

-The geekexhibitionistramrodonanismgayenobrammeritchgigenmagro-inejaculationgenderfuckerotica.

(Figure it out! -ed) I'm especially enjoy Swedish electro
acoustic music like LEIG ELGGREN, SUNS OF GOD, CM VON HAUSSWOLF.
About G.G ALLIN, I have the most of his record, video. I
especially like "Dirty Love Songs" double LP. (Yeah!-ed)

WHAT ARE YOUR FEELING ON THE CURRENT NOISE SCENE? WHAT BANDS DO
YOU LIKE?

-Finland's BIZARRE UPROAR. All his records are really excellent!!
And I also love AUNT MARY(his old band).

WHAT HAVE YOU RELEASED ON YOUR LABEL? UPCOMING GERO RELEASES?

-THE GEROGERIGEGEGE: "Senzuri Champion" LP, "Showa" LP,
"Tokyo Anal Dynamite" CD, "Senzuri Power Up" CD, "Live Greatest
Hits" CD. RAMLEH (U.K. hardcore guitar rock): "Grudge For Life" LP.
MAUTHAUSEN ORCHESTRA(Italian noise): "Five Years Of Alaughters" [sic].
SBOTHI(German cut-up noise): "Can The Sound Change".
Forthcoming Gero...:
"Wreck Of Rock n Roll Former Self" 7" EP(19 songs, release on AIPR),
split EP w/MAN IS THE BASTARD, split EP w/PSYCHO, "Ultimate Psycho
Trash" CD(release on PLAY LOUD), and "Life Documents" 7" EP
(on FOURTH DIMENSION).

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE DEGRADATION OF HUMAN BEINGS???

-Many bands use the photos of dead body, gore for the record covers.
I hate this cheap and foolish imagination.

WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN GOALS FOR YOUR BAND AND LABEL? EVER SIGN TO
A MAJOR LABEL?

-I'm not interest in a major label and I'm really not interested
in rock band, rock n roll! THE GEROGERIGEGEGE do not want to be
a rock band!

OK, THANX FOR ANSWERING MY STUPID QUESTIONS! ANY LAST WORDS FOR
OUR READERS?

-I love rock'n'roll!!!