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Katsutoshi Munechika

Katsutoshi 'Kuso' Munechika, also known as [a=Kusomiso] and under various other names, was an underground Japanese noise/experimental musician, bass player, founder of [l=Cosmo Baby] label. In the mid-eighties, Katsutoshi was an intermittent member of the controversial noise collective [a=The Gerogerigegege] and had collaborated with its founder [a=Juntaro Yamanouchi] on many occasions. They recorded a few tracks together as [a=Gero-Kuso] for [i][r=8818286][/i] cassette compilation, released in 1994 by [l742140] (later re-released on the '99 [i][r5804914][/i] memorial tape). In the liner notes to a '98 [r=517721], [url=https://discogs.com/artist/504630?filter_anv=1&anv=Kuso]Kuso[/url] is credited, alongside with [a=Toshinori Fukuda] on drums, as a vocalist on "75 Live Songs (1987)," a 31-min long track which is supposed to be a 'remastered' [i][m=584338][/i] album. On the original [i]Tokyo Anal Dynamite[/i], recorded in Oct 1987, vocals were simply marked as [b][a577748][/b]—in Japanese, it literally means "he/she/they died," an equivalent of '[i]obiit[/i]' or a 'dagger' [b]†[/b] symbol next to the deceased person's name. Fukuda, who wasn't really much known other than [a=Dynamite Gero] and didn't have any credited appearances after ~1988, could've already passed away by the T.A.D. CD was released in 1990. Unlike him, Munechika certainly continued playing and recording at least until the mid-nineties, which calls the credibility of either [i]Tokyo Anal Dynamite[/i]'s or [i]Recollections Of Primary Masturbation[/i]'s liner notes in question. He had been in the hospital since Nov 2017 and died due to aspiration pneumonia on 12th May 2020, aged 51.