Garo (Japanese rock group)

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GARO, consisting of Mark Horiuchi (b.1949), Tommy Hidaka (1950-1986) and Masumi "Vocal" Ohno (b. 1949), were Japanese Columbia recording artists who had chart hits in the early 1970s including the number 1 and a million seller "Gakuseigai-no-Kissaten" (1973) and their subsequent singles also reached the top of the chart. Garo was the first Japanese acoustic rock band to enter the Japanese chart. Their harmony vocals and acoustic guitar playing which were heavily influenced by the style of Crosby Stills Nash and Young became a phenomenon in Japan 1973/74. The group was formed in 1970 and broke up from their musical differences in December 1975. A retrospective 11 CD/DVD box set of the band entitled "GARO BOX" (NO.JP0604-01) was released from SONY Music Entertainment Japan on 30 November 2006.