Guru Guru - Electric Junk (1971)

[@andrepaH0]

me and my family have been their next neighbors in the mid 70ies and allways enjoyed it, okay in the Odenwald you have quite some 500mrs space between each Chalet, whre they played in the forest, and once a year perfpormed at their own Festival 10.000 people coming together in the muddy valey of Finkenbach, listening to all the other "Krautrock" bands the festival area was sponsored by local farmer another neighbor!

[@yntyman]

uli trepte, the man on the bass was using an ear knob as a microphone - he used this some years later on his solo lp Uli Trepte the title is called "ear mike song", recorded 1974. Electric Junk was released on the Guru Guru lp "Hinten"

[@orio723]

R.I.P Uli Trepte. What a bass player!

[@steven9370]

Somehow this turned up in my listen box. I saw them around 1973 at the German Super Rock festival in Frankfurt. Guru Guru, Amon Duul, King Pin Meh and a slew of others.

[@thewallpaperman]

we need more bands these days that can actually improvise! this is bad ass!

[@joeheadblues]

It is actually a well-structured song, find in the album Hinten

[@RocknJazzer]

This is not tho. Even the album version is not highly structured. More structured than this but also lots of improv between parts. This live version is basically a hendrix jam, and a great one at that @@joeheadblues

[@NucDoc58]

Those were the days.... (sigh) We had MUSIC back then!

[@thefrisquette]

C'est + compliqué que ça!!!C'est mon plus grand désir,souhait,passion depuis 1968!!Pourquoi ne pas l'avoir fait?La famille,l'université(pharmacie)dont je me foutait!La preuve,j'ai tout gaché,la pharmacie m'a détruit.....et je ne me suis jamais lancé dans ce qui aurait du etre ma vie!Maintenant,60 ans,jamais touché une guitare..et peu de moyens,mais merci

[@fleetcomm1]

One of the greatest rock songs of all time. I bought every Guru Guru LP in the 70’s.

[@Mum2Boys]

Guru Guru, Harmonia, Faust, Neu!, Novalis, Release Music Orchestra, Can, Univers Zero, Agitation Free, Ash Ra Tempel... All these bands have proved an influence on modern music. Thank You, Eastern Europe!

[@sueyu3603]

Thank joo$

[@dunmorul]

I bet the neighbors adored them.

[@ShamanBlues113]

Finkenbach festival still exists. I come from Spain to Odenwald every year cause in my opinion this is the best festival ever. The people is amazing, the bands are awesome (mostly kraut bands from the 70's and actuals..!) and the valleys of Odenwald are probably the nicest place on earth... is more than music... it's impossible to describe it.

[@tanzohneende]

Ax Genrich - guitar , Uli Trepte - bass, Mani Neumeier - drums

[@macclad3]

Guru Guru kicks complete ass. My buddy Joe Carducci from newvulgate turned me onto these dude. Raaaaawk!

[@djtrakakadrunkpoet8598]

I love this so much . Like we need an archive of ALL KRAUTROCK performances ASAP

[@bocphet]

I saw Manu Neumeier play with Kawabata Makota and Tsuyama Atsushi from Acid Mothers Temple last December in Tokyo and I saw him play with Keiji Haino too. Mani is just amazing live.

[@tohuw1961]

Grossartig und auch heute noch hörenswert so wie letzte Woche im LAB (stuttgart)

[@Digges63]

Drummer Mani is a real genius!

[@tomtrana3449]

And still on tour in 204 at the age of 83!

[@ronjacobs]

I saw these guys a few times when I lived in Frankfurt, Germany from 1970-1973 and never really appreciated them--they're pretty damn good!

[@wigwamcafeteria]

guru guru: the blue cheer of krautrock!

[@ZeppelinUK]

For anyone that doesn'y know, this track is from their second album, 'Hinten'... I have their first four albums on CD, and they where THE surreal heavy jazz/prog to com out of Germany in the early '70's... Bloody superb!!! : )

[@michellecruz5453]

GENIAL!!! LA VIVA EXPRESIÓN DE LA ESENCIA KRAUTROCK !

[@fuzzballzz36]

that sounds fantastic!

[@feinmotoriker]

Wahnsinn, sie haben alles rausgeholt, was ging. BRAVO!!!

[@NicolasGoettelmann-h3i]

What an amazing performance!!!

[@baracatjr]

It is all there: rock, blues, psych, electric, funk, crazy, damned, hendrix, vanguard, retroguard...

[@yntyman]

Guru Guru with Uli Trepte and Ax Genrich, the best Combination of Guru Guru I ever heard. The LP`s UFO and HINTEN are typical for that what was called "Krautrock"

[@marcfedak]

Wow, love the vocal treatment, whigged out guitar solo and effects, manic drumming.. and abrupt ending. Thanks orangefunk for posting this.

[@soepil]

I am very sad to hear about Trepte's death. I was listening to "Spacebox" recently - now, that's music with personality. RIP.

[@JochenHentschel]

Echt geil die alten Zeiten zu hören! Experimentell ging damals alles und allles ohne meckern1 Es war alles einfacher und toleranter!

[@TheLordGoat]

I remember when this had 5,000 views in 07, i didnt want it shared was my own secret lol

[@Meddled]

Uli Trepte saw a distant land that the rest of us can only dream of.

[@PatOShea]

This is almost too awesome for words!

[@voodoolightning]

Excellent, amazing, fantastic. Thanx for posting this!

[@athomicusDali]

KRAUTROCK!!!!!!

[@ThomasSorn-z6y]

Seen them play in 1980’s some were around Chicago great memories

[@grandecapopirellone]

amazing drummer

[@BurgenundRuinen]

Cool :) kann mich noch sehr gut an die psychedelische zeit erinnern!!! hatte damals das vergnügen guru guru live zu erleben *gEiLoMaGiScH*

[@amphitheatre]

This fucking rules. They were years ahead of their time.

[@lesyouri]

The reason to buy a strat, love his sound.

[@lesyouri]

Great guitar sound! And a great band ofcourse

[@jaimealmeida2997]

Fantástico!!!!!! Veneno puro e altamente psych)))))))))))

[@CaptainSlothrop]

Man, where can they play like that with the German noise laws? Great stuff.

[@williamcolville8773]

love their music.

[@Dishi1992]

just timeless!!!!

[@dannyhood66]

Love it till death

[@LFORSK]

this fuckin rules...5 stars once again

[@paisleysky1967]

BRILLIANT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@undergroundjohnny]

This is really AWESOME! Love it!!

[@mi1i1i1tch]

All bands should have a great song.

[@LeDZeP616]

haha this guys were my neighbours in the 70's, used to go to them drop some acid and listening to them :D

[@MarcoShevil]

Strafattoni di tutto rispetto. Darei la vita per una strumentazione del genere.

[@vincurent]

fantastyczny numer.

[@annemoyano9143]

GOMOHRRA , GAA ,GILA et GURU GURU

[@templemu]

tremendous energy

[@paisleybabee]

so good! check that crazy vocal action! Now that's inventive!

[@chemokeule77]

irgendwie fasziniert mich das all die jahre später als elektronik-birne immer noch :-] die leute da und die zeiten damals ham was drauf gehabt , das muss man sagen !

[@salzheeringer]

I could imagine that these guys either got along very well with Hendrix, or they were at war, but nothing in between...

[@Zandico1314]

gran rolla ac ya mucho tiempo mi abuelo contaba que esa banda t asia alucinar aunque no t metieras ni un gramo de lcd yeah buena banda guru guru

[@skolkoremi]

Kult. Hingehen solange Sie noch spielen!!

[@NicolasGoettelmann-h3i]

Une époque où les musiciens savaient jouer de leur instruments. Enfin je me comprends...

[@lowcash000]

ah good old german krautrock,best rock ever:)

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very good...............

[@lynparker610]

Amazing

[@kazoshay]

jammy jam jam jam jam. love it!

[@theblahman]

nice one, i stumbled across shiver about a year a go, think theres a swizz band with the same name, its great stuff

[@susantyrellfans]

Thanks to Saul and Triad in Chicago for turning me on to this!

[@tomhits]

Hallo Manni und Rest.Herzliche Grüße von "WIND"!!!

[@torstenzart5384]

Funny boys, they are so crazy. Allways best entertainment!

[@royceicon]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@LFORSK]

fuckin great stuff---i love it

[@dogus.utoopia]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@klauszik]

Geil, erinnert mich sehr an Hendrix. Und die spielen nächsten Monat hier wo ich wohne =)

[@yiakudza3831]

Я обалдел!! Наркотический трип!

[@joeheadblues]

We will miss Uli Trepte.

[@portabletiger]

You're absolutely correct.

[@fuzzballzz36]

@progjazzfusion I appreciate the offer! I might do that some time. What I meant was I wish you were in my band doing improv with us.

[@inafix]

Biz deteun ke zupforp,biga biga!!!

[@thefrisquette]

And now,where are bands like Amon Duul 2,Guru Guru.I was a fan...

[@orpheus20006]

Klasse!

[@simianreynolds9188]

Awesome

[@raygoshay1400]

@zolwikPawel My PC has been down for a month, so I'm just getting back to you now... This is an interesting number. I think it sounds like early Zappa AND some of the psychedelic stuff Iron Butterfly featured in "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" - especially the vocal effect segment. That part sounds a lot like the "elephant" calls in "Gadda".

[@donkeevney]

Oh yes, great stuff

[@tiadoran]

The bass player cracks me up.

[@tripelkrauz]

amazing sound and they're playing in a place that could be my bedroom... isn't there a part of the song that reminds you of 21st century schizoid man?

[@alp4ss]

HERGÜN VURUYOM GURU GURU GUBARA :))

[@dingocrispel]

Brutales!

[@soepil]

Try a search on the Net - Trepte is still playing and making records - he has a website.

[@marcel_holdys]

neighbors level master

[@ichbinzehn]

Manni for ever

[@thefrisquette]

Hello,thank you for your answer!No,I'm not a musicien,and It's too late now (60 years old!)I'm just a fan of the old german band"Krautrock",mostly Amon Duul 2.RIP Uli Trepte!!Here we have no information..And Amon Duul,my favorite,they play too,with who?I was too a fan of a old hard german band,JANE.But,since the death of Peter Panka!!!And Klauss Hess??

[@portabletiger]

@thefrisquette Sadly, Uli Trepte passed away last year. A few members of Amon Düül and Amon Düül II still play sporadically. Are you into any of the French cosmic/kraut-style groups like Besombes-Rizet and Lard Free? That's some really good stuff right there!

[@LudovicMac]

That's fucking great !

[@StatutoryTape]

A band so far out they had to name it twice.

[@wolfermann]

MAAAAANI ...yeah!

[@hazeytwistedmind2338]

Tangerine Dream too!

[@christopheryurkiewicz7395]

Like chicken soup for the earholes friendo.

[@pantsmatants]

If you like this music, also try listening to Can, Popol Vuh, Faust, German Oak, Gong, Cosmik Jokers, Magma

[@NabilZitouni1]

Guru Guru is fantastic! They have a new project 44 years later. I am so curious about the new DVD. www.startnext.de/en/guru-guru

[@brandonsalcedo4142]

Holy shit...

[@southernboy666]

That´s the first versionb of a talkbox....mostly used in tghe 80s by Bon Jovi.....surprised they had that thing in the 70s...