LSD March is a Japanese psychedelic rock group, hailing from the city of
Himeji
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is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is ...
, led by singer and guitarist Shinsuke Michishita. The group is named after a track by
krautrock
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Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments ...
group
Guru Guru
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. Michishita has also played with Magura Mozart and Doodles.
In 2009, Michishita began the psych-folk group,
Kasumi Trio. The other members are
Ikuro Takahashi
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(from
Fushitsusha
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, Nagisa ni te) and Takashi Ueno.
Selected discography
Albums
* ''1997-2001 at Mushroom'' CD (
Gyuune Cassette, 2002)
* ''Totsuzen honno no gotoku'' (突然炎のごとく) LP, (White Elephant, 2002; CD reissue, Last Visible Dog, 2004)
* ''Kanashimino bishonen'' LP (HP Cycle, 2004)
* ''Shindara jigoku'' LP (Siwa, 2004)
* ''LSD March Live'' CD (Archive, 2006)
* ''Empty Rubious Red'' CD (White Elephant; reissue, Archive 2006 CD, Tequila Sunrise 2007 LP)
* ''Tour'' CDr (White Elephant 2007)
* ''Constellation Of Tragedy'' CD (Important Records, 2007)
* ''Nikutai No Tubomi'' 2CD (Beta-lactam Ring Records, 2007)
* ''Under Milk Wood'' CD (Important Records, 2009)
* Uretakumo Nakunarutorika (Beta-lactam Ring Records, 2009)
* ''Untitled'' Split-LP with
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(DVR-HGA, 2012)
Compilations
* ''Mushroom A Go Go'' CD (Gyuune Cassette, 1998)
* ''The Night Gallery'' CD (Alchemy Records, 2003)
* ''Million Tongues Festival'' CD (Bastet, 2004)
* ''Catch 35'' CD (Gyuune Cassette, 2004)
References
External links
LSD March on myspaceReview of ''Totsuzen honno no gotoku''
at ''Dusted'' magazine
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Japanese rock music groups
Musical groups from Hyōgo Prefecture