Maru Sankaku Shikaku

Maru Sankaku Shikaku (written ◯△▢) was a Japanese rock band credited for being one of Japan's earliest psychedelic groups.^[1]

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]

In 1973, the band began recording in the Gyoen Studio. Eventually several albums of this material were released (in 2001, on Captain Trip Records^[1]) but the band broke up later that very same year.

Several years later, members Chiko-Hige and Reck, having played in No Wave bands James Chance and the Contortions and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, respectively, formed the punk rock band, Friction.