was HW: Live 79, now Cosmic Jokers

[Keith Henderson]

Larry asked...

><< Cosmic Jokers>>
>
>vas is dem, den?

The 'supergroup' of Ash Ra Tempel & Wallenstein members (and vocalist Gilles
Lettmann aka the 'Sternenmädchen' or Starmaiden) put together by Rolf-Ulrich
Kaiser (Kaiser of Ohr) in his acid-induced vision (they hung out with Leary
after all) of creating 'the Cosmic Couriers.'  Apparently, the releases were
made unbeknownst to Manuel Göttsching (guitarist of AshRa) and pissed him
off to no end.  This was also about the time when AshRa's bassist Hartmut
Enke quit playing in the middle of a performance, and stood and watched the
others finish the set. I guess he came to the conclusion that they had
reached some sort of perfect moment, and from that point on lost the desire
to perform again.  Needless to say, he ceased to be an AshRa member quite
abruptly.

Keith H. (FAA)