{{Infobox album | name = Walrus/Groon | type = ep | artist = [[Boris (band)|Boris]] with [[Merzbow]] | cover = Borismerzbowwalrus.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2007|04}} | recorded = 2001 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Psychedelic rock]], [[noise music|noise]] | length = {{Duration|m=13|s=56}} | label = [[Hydra Head Records|Hydra Head / Double H Noise Industries]] | producer = Boris with Merzbow | prev_title = [[Rock Dream]] | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = [[Klatter]] | next_year = 2011 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Boris (band)|Boris]] | type = ep | prev_title = [[Rainbow (Boris collaborative album)|Rainbow]] | prev_year = 2006 | title = Walrus/Groon | year = 2007 | next_title = [[Long Hair and Tights]] | next_year = 2007 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Merzbow]] | type = ep | prev_title = Merzbear | prev_year = 2006 | title = Walrus/Groon | year = 2007 | next_title = Coma Berenices | next_year = 2007 }} {{Extra album cover | cover = Borismerzgatefold.jpg | border = | type = EP | alt = | caption = Gatefold artwork }} }}
'''''Walrus/Groon''''' is a collaborative 12" EP between the Japanese [[experimental music|experimental]] [[doom metal|doom]] band [[Boris (band)|Boris]] and Japanese [[noise music]]ian [[Merzbow]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.borisheavyrocks.com/release_merchandise/release/walrus_groon.html |title=BORIS HEAVY ROCKS!!! |website= borisheavyrocks.com |access-date=July 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Boris-3-With-Merzbow-Walrus-Groon/master/244529 |title=Boris (3) With Merzbow - Walrus / Groon |website=[[Discogs]] |access-date=July 29, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://hydraheadlines.blogspot.com/2007/04/boris-with-merzbow-walrusgroon-12-black.html |title=Boris with Merzbow: Walrus/Groon 12" Vinyl Pre-Order |date=April 10, 2007 |website=hydraheadlines.blogspot.com |access-date=July 29, 2014}}</ref> It was first sold at the 2007 [[South by Southwest]] festival in [[Austin, Texas]].
"Walrus" is a cover of "[[I Am the Walrus]]" by [[The Beatles]], specifically the [[Spooky Tooth]] 1970 version.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pouncey |first=Edwin |date=August 2000 |title=Consumed by Noise |journal=[[The Wire (magazine)|Wire]] |issue=198 }}</ref> "Groon" shares its name with a [[King Crimson]] improvisational piece, but has no musical resemblance. A different version of "Groon" appears on ''Switching Rethorics'' as "Vanlla Groon", {{sic}} featuring sampled drums/guitar and credited to Merzbow only. It was later compiled on ''[[Another Merzbow Records]]''. The artwork references that of the [[Yes (band)|Yes]] album ''[[Close to the Edge (Yes album)|Close to the Edge]]''. The release was pressed on five different vinyl colors: black, yellow with green, white with green, white with yellow, and clear with green.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Side one | title1 = [[I Am the Walrus|Walrus]] | writer1 = [[Lennon–McCartney]] | length1 = 7:21 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title1 = Groon | length1 = 6:36 }}
==Notes== *Mixed & mastered at Peace Music 2004
==Personnel== '''Boris with Merzbow''' *Wata – guitar, vocals *Takeshi – bass, vocals *Atsuo – drums *Masami Akita – computer '''Production and visuals''' *Eiji Hashizume – recording *Souichirou Nakamura – mixing, mastering *FangsAnalSatan – cover *Keiko Yoshida – photography
==Pressing history== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Label ! Format ! Country ! Notes |- | 2007 | [[Hydra Head Records|Hydra head]] | [[Gramophone record|12"]] | US | Limited edition of 1400 copies |}
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==External links== * {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=f560f030-69de-4daf-a78e-5fdb8d5c2cdf|name=Walrus / Groon}}
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