Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (and subsequent offshoots) is a Japanese psychedelic band founded in 1996 by members of the Acid Mothers Temple soul-collective. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career featured many musicians but by 2004 the line-up had coalesced with four core members and frequent vocal guests. The band have a reputation for phenomenal live shows and releasing frequent albums on a number of international record labels, including the Acid Mothers Temple family record label which was established in 1998 to document the activities of the whole collective. Offshoots and permutations include: * Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno * Mothers of Invasion * Acid Mothers Temple SWR * Acid Mothers Afrirampo * Acid Mothers Gong * Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues * Acid Mothers Guru Guru
