Maru Sankaku Shikaku

Maru Sankaku Shikaku
Origin	Japan
Genres	Psychedelic rock
Years active	1970–1973
Past members
Sakuro "Kant" Watanabe Kohji "Tohchan" Miura Etsuko "Manager" Watanabe Reck Chiko-Hige Juno Yoshiyuki Hida

Maru Sankaku Shikaku were a Japanese rock band credited for being one of Japan's earliest psychedelic groups.^[1] Piero Scaruffi has called their music, "an ethnic, mystical experience, that embraced the hippy spirit of Taj Mahal Travellers and Third Ear Band."^[2]

History

Formation (1970-1972)

The group formed by Sakuro "Kant" Watanabe in 1970 took their name from the Japanese words for a circle, a triangle, and a square. Watanabe during this time also worked as the drummer for a band called Murahachibu and published his own magazine. The band performed wearing various costumes and face paint while moving from city to city.^[1]

Recording and break up (1973)

In 1973, the band began recording in the Gyoen Studio. Eventually they released several LPs, but broke up later that very same year. Several years later members, Chiko-Hige and Reck, formed the punk rock band, Friction. The band's albums were later re-issued in 2001 on Captain Trip records.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Semprebon, Rolf. "allmusic (((Maru-Sankaku-Shikaku > Biography)))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p551688/biography. Retrieved 13 February 2010. 
2. ^ Scaruffi 2003, pg. 116, "The music of Maru Sankaku Shikaku, active between 1970 and 1973, was an ethnic, mystical experience, that embraced the hippy spirit of Taj Mahal Travelers and Third Ear Band."

References

• Scaruffi, Piero (2003). A History of Rock Music:1951-2000. ¡Universe, Inc.. ISBN 0-595-29565-7.