- published: 06 Oct 2006
- views: 2109548
- author: WorldRevolutionTV
Vimeo results:
Youtube results:
Loading...
Branches of Mathematics
Pure mathematics
Applied mathematics
- Dynamical systems and differential equations
- Mathematical physics
- Computing
- Information theory and signal processing
- Probability and statistics
- Game theory
- Operations research
Related Topics
- Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Linear Equations
- Applied Physics
- Nano Technology
- Engineering Sciences
- Mathematical Medicine
- Fluid dynamics
- Computational Mathematics
- Gamma Ray Optics
- Onfrared Optics
- Relative Velocity
- Iciam
- Intelligent Imaging Neuroscience
- Biomedical Engineering
- Neuroscience Research
- Quantum Cosmology
- Brain Research
..." width="225" height="168" class="playvideo1 gotop" onClick="activateTab('playlist1'); return false" style="display: block;" />
Open Collage in a new Window
Email the Collage
- Loading...
Loading suggestions ...
- 200 Motels
- 35 mm film
- 3834 Zappafrank
- Absolutely Free
- Adrian Belew
- Aerospace
- Ahead of Their Time
- Ahmet Zappa
- Al Gore
- Alban Berg
- Alexander Knaifel
- Alice Cooper
- Animal
- Antelope Valley
- Anti-Semitic
- Anton Webern
- Apostrophe (')
- Apostrophe (album)
- Arab
- Are You Hung Up?
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Arrangement
- Art Laboe
- Asteroid
- Asthma
- Audio engineer
- Autocracy
- Autodidacticism
- Avant-garde
- Avant-garde music
- Aynsley Dunbar
- Baby Snakes
- Bachelor party
- Bad Doberan
- Baltimore
- Barry Miles
- Bass guitar
- Beat the Boots
- Beat the Boots II
- Beat the Boots III
- Berkeley Symphony
- Big band
- Bill Frisell
- Billboard charts
- Billy the Mountain
- Bizarre Records
- Black Sabbath
- Blonde on Blonde
- Bob Dylan
- Bobby Brown (song)
- Boléro
- Bongo Fury
- Book Frank Zappa
- Boulevard de Clichy
- Bow Tie Daddy
- Bricolage
- Bruce Fowler
- Buffalo (album)
- Buffalo, New York
- Burnt Weeny Sandwich
- C-SPAN
- Cal Schenkel
- Camarillo Brillo
- Cannabis (drug)
- Capitol Records
- Captain Beefheart
- Category Frank Zappa
- CBS
- Censorship
- Charles Ives
- Cheepnis
- Chemical warfare
- Chemist
- Chester Thompson
- Chord chart
- Chunga's Revenge
- Classical music
- Clawfinger
- Clay animation
- CNN
- Columbus Symphony
- Conductor (music)
- Cosmik Debris
- Cucamonga (album)
- Cultural attaché
- Czechoslovakia
- Dada
- Dandruff
- Decapitation
- Deep Purple
- Devin Townsend
- Disco
- DiscReet Records
- Diva Zappa
- Dixie Dregs
- Don Pardo
- Doo-wop
- Dot Records
- Down Beat
- Drum kit
- Duodenum (song)
- Dweezil Zappa
- Dystopia
- Déserts
- Ed Mann
- Eddie Jobson
- Edgard Varèse
- Edgewood, Maryland
- Ekeberghallen
- El Cajon, California
- EMS Recordings
- Ensemble Ambrosius
- Ensemble Modern
- Eugenics
- Experimental music
- Faerie Tale Theatre
- Fee Waybill
- Felony
- Fender Stratocaster
- Flo & Eddie
- Flower power
- Francesco Zappa
- Frank Zappa
- Freak Out!
- Freedom of speech
- French American
- Fritz Hollings
- FZ OZ
- Gail Zappa
- Genesis P-Orridge
- Genus
- George Duke
- George Winston
- Gibson ES-5
- Gibson Les Paul
- Gibson SG
- Gobiidae
- Gook
- Grammy Award
- Greasy Love Songs
- Greek people
- Groupie
- Guitar
- Guitar Player
- Hagström Viking
- Halim El-Dabh
- Henry Cow
- Herb Cohen
- Hey Joe
- Hippie
- Hordern Pavilion
- Hot Rats
- Howard Kaylan
- Howlin' Wolf
- Ian Underwood
- Iconoclast
- Igor Stravinsky
- Ike Willis
- Imaginary Diseases
- Inca Roads
- Industrial music
- Instrumental
- Ionisation (Varèse)
- Islamic revolution
- Italian American
- Jazz
- Jazz from Hell
- Jazz fusion
- Jazz-rock fusion
- Jean-Luc Ponty
- Jellyfish
- Jerry Falwell
- Jim Pons
- Joe's Corsage
- Joe's Domage
- Joe's Garage
- Joe's Menage
- Joe's XMASage
- John Belushi
- John Cage
- John Frusciante
- John Guerin
- John Lennon
- John Lofton
- John Zorn
- Jon Poole
- JSTOR
- Keith Moon
- Kent Nagano
- Keyboard instrument
- KROQ-FM
- Ladislav Brozek
- Larynx
- Led Zeppelin
- Lenny Bruce
- Lew Ayres
- Lithuania
- Lumpy Gravy
- Lumpy Money
- Läther
- Major third
- Mark Volman
- Maryland
- Marzahn
- Mathematician
- Matt Groening
- Maurice Ravel
- Memories of El Monte
- Merzbow
- Metabolism
- Metallurgy
- Meter (music)
- MGM Records
- Miami Vice
- Michael Brecker
- Michael H. Kenyon
- Mike Portnoy
- Minor Planet Center
- Misdemeanor
- Mojave Desert
- Mollusc
- Monterey, California
- Montreux Casino
- Moon Zappa
- Motherfucker
- Mothermania
- Muffin Man (song)
- Multitrack recording
- Music genre
- Music industry
- Musician (magazine)
- Musicologist
- Musique concrète
- Mystery Disc
- Mōggio
- NBC
- Nicolas Slonimsky
- Noise music
- Novelty song
- One Shot Deal
- Ontario, California
- Orchestral Favorites
- Organized religion
- Original Sound
- ORWOhaus
- Oslo
- Otalgia
- Out of tune
- Over-Nite Sensation
- Overdubbing
- Pachuco
- Pachygnatha zappa
- Pal Recording Studio
- Paranasal sinuses
- Parental Advisory
- Partinico
- Pasadena, California
- Pat Robertson
- Patrick O'Hearn
- Paul Humphrey
- Paul McCartney
- Paula Hawkins
- Peaches en Regalia
- Phialella zappai
- Philly '76
- Phish
- Phonogram Records
- Pierre Boulez
- Pinewood Studios
- Plastic People
- PMRC
- Political system
- Pomona College
- Pop Chronicles
- Pornography
- Portal Frank Zappa
- Power trio
- Prague spring
- Primus (band)
- Prostate cancer
- Proteus mirabilis
- Psychedelia
- PubMed Central
- PubMed Identifier
- Quaudiophiliac
- Radium
- Rainbow (London)
- Ralph Humphrey
- Randy Brecker
- Ray White
- Record label
- Reprise Records
- Rhythm and blues
- Ringo Starr
- Riposte
- Robert Gluck
- Rock music
- Rock opera
- Rolling Stone
- Ronald Reagan
- Roxy & Elsewhere
- Roy Estrada
- Royal Albert Hall
- Royalties
- Ruth Underwood
- Sam Goody
- Sampling (music)
- San Fernando Valley
- Saturday Night Live
- Session musician
- Sheik Yerbouti
- Sheila Dixon
- Shuggie Otis
- Sicily
- Simon & Garfunkel
- Simon Reynolds
- Singing
- Slade Gorton
- Sleep Dirt
- Smoke on the Water
- Son of Cheep Thrills
- Sound collage
- Species
- Sprechstimme
- Stairway to Heaven
- Steve Allen
- Steve Vai
- Straight Records
- Strapping Young Lad
- Strictly Commercial
- Strictly Genteel
- Studio Tan
- Sulfur mustard
- Suzy Creamcheese
- Synclavier
- System of a Down
- Taylor & Francis
- Televangelism
- Template Frank Zappa
- Tempo
- Terry Bozzio
- The Beatles
- The Black Page
- The Dub Room Special
- The Grand Wazoo
- The GTOs
- The Guardian
- The Jewels
- The Lost Episodes
- The Man from Utopia
- The Medallions
- The New York Times
- The Old Masters
- The Penguins
- The Rite of Spring
- The Roots
- The Simpsons
- The Tubes
- The Turtles
- The Yellow Shark
- Them or Us
- Theodore Bikel
- Thing-Fish
- Timothy Carey
- Tipper Gore
- Tommy Mars
- Trance-Fusion
- Trey Anastasio
- Trout Mask Replica
- Uncle Meat
- Uncle Meat (film)
- Underground music
- United States Senate
- Valley Girl (song)
- Valspeak
- Vegas 96
- Verve Records
- Vice unit
- Video from Hell
- Videotape
- Vilnius
- Vinnie Colaiuta
- Voter registration
- Václav Havel
- Waka Jawaka
- Warner Bros.
- Warner Bros. Records
- Warren DeMartini
- Watts Riots
- Wazoo (album)
- Wikipedia Link rot
- Wikipedia Media help
- Wikipedia Persondata
- Wild Man Fischer
- Willie the Pimp
- WorldCat
- Xenochrony
- Yellow badge
- Yoko Ono
- You Are What You Is
- Yuppie
- Zappa in New York
- Zappa Plays Zappa
- Zappa Records
- Zappanale
- Zoot Allures
- Zubin Mehta
-
Antelope Valley
Antelope Valley is located in northern Los Angeles County, California and the southeast portion of Kern County, California, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert. It is situated between the Tehachapi and the San Gabriel Mountains.
The valley was named for the pronghorns that are said to have roamed there until being eliminated by hunters and bad weather in the 1880s. The principal cities in the Antelope Valley are Palmdale and Lancaster.
Shaped like a sideways letter "V", the Antelope Valley comprises the western tip of the Mojave Desert, opening up to the Victor Valley and the Great Basin to the east. Lying north of the San Gabriel Mountains and southeast of the Tehachapis, this desert ecosystem spans approximately 2,200 square miles (5,698 km2). Precipitation in the surrounding mountain ranges contributes to groundwater recharge.
wn.com/Antelope_Valley -
Baltimore
Baltimore (
/ˈbɒltɨmɔr/, colloquially /ˈbɔl.mɔr/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located in the central area of the state along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. The independent city is often referred to as Baltimore City to distinguish it from surrounding Baltimore County.
Founded in 1729, Baltimore is the largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic United States and is situated closer to Midwestern markets than any other major seaport on the East Coast. Baltimore's Inner Harbor was once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States and a major manufacturing center. After a decline in manufacturing, Baltimore shifted to a service-oriented economy.
At 620,961 residents in 2010, Baltimore's population has decreased by one-third since its peak in 1950. The Baltimore Metropolitan Area has grown steadily to approximately 2.7 million residents in 2010; the 20th largest in the country. Baltimore is also a principal city in the larger Baltimore–Washington combined statistical area of approximately 8.4 million residents.
wn.com/Baltimore -
Boulevard de Clichy
The Boulevard de Clichy (French pronunciation: [bulvaʁ də kliʃi]) is a famous street of Paris, which lends its name to the Place de Clichy, resulted from the fusion, in 1864, of the roads that paralleled the Wall of the Farmers-General, both inside and out. It extends from the Place de Clichy to the Rue des Martyrs, nearly a kilometre away. During its tenure, the street has been known as the Boulevard des Martyrs, then the Boulevard Pigalle, and, finally, the Boulevard de Clichy. It is equally well-known as the Boulevard Clichy.
The Boulevard de Cichy is
It is served by the 2, 12, and 13 lines.
Coordinates: 48°52′59.84″N 2°20′2.61″E / 48.8832889°N 2.3340583°E / 48.8832889; 2.3340583
wn.com/Boulevard_de_Clichy -
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major American record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but as of 2011[update] operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMI.
The Capitol Records Company was founded by songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of fellow songwriter and film producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs (1910–1971), owner of Music City, at the time the biggest record store in Los Angeles.
Johnny Mercer first suggested the idea of starting a record company while he was golfing with Harold Arlen and Bobby Sherwood. He told them, "I’ve got this idea of starting a record company. I get so tired of listening to the way everyone treats music. I keep feeling they’re selling out. And I don’t like the way artists are treated either. Bing Crosby isn’t the only one who can make records. I don’t know, I think it would be fun." By 1941, Mercer was not only an experienced songwriter, but a singer with a number of records to his name. Mercer next suggested starting a record company to his friend Glenn Wallichs while Mercer was visiting Wallichs' record store. Wallichs responded, "Fine, you run the record company and find the artists,' and Mercer added, "and you run the business."
wn.com/Capitol_Records -
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Slovak: Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992. From 1939 to 1945, the state did not de facto exist because of its forced division and partial incorporation into Nazi Germany, but the Czechoslovak government-in-exile nevertheless continued to exist during this period. In 1945, the eastern part of Carpathian Ruthenia was taken over by the Soviet Union. On 1 January 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Form of state:
Neighbours:
Topography:
The country was of generally irregular terrain. The western area was part of north-central European uplands. The eastern region was composed of northern reaches of Carpathian Mountains and Danube River basin lands.
Climate:
The weather was predominantly continental, but varied from the moderate temperature of Western Europe in the west, to more severe weather of Eastern Europe and the western Soviet Union in the east.
wn.com/Czechoslovakia -
Ekeberghallen
Ekeberghallen is an indoor sports arena located at Ekebergsletta in Nordstrand, Oslo, Norway.
It was opened in 1973, and expanded in 1981 when adjacent office localities named Osloidrettens Hus were opened as well. It is mainly used by Bækkelagets SK and other sports clubs in the city, for indoor sports such as basketball, handball, volleyball, badminton, indoor athletics and futsal. Formerly it was used for rock concerts. It has also been used as a professional boxing venue.
Coordinates: 59°53′30″N 10°46′38″E / 59.89167°N 10.77722°E / 59.89167; 10.77722
wn.com/Ekeberghallen -
Hordern Pavilion
The Hordern Pavilion is a building located in Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the grounds of the old Sydney Showground. "The Hordern", as it is affectionally known by Sydneysiders, has been an architecturally and socially significant Sydney landmark since its construction in 1924. Now best known as a dance party and rock concert venue, the Hordern Pavilion was originally constructed to meet the increasing demands for exhibition space at the Royal Easter Show.
The Pavilion was named in honour of the enterprising retail Hordern family, Anthony Hordern and Sons, and Sir Samuel Hordern, who was the president of the Royal Agricultural Society from 1915 to 1941. The building is designed in the Inter-War Academic Classical Style with rendered masonry featuring classical detailing inside and out, including fluted Doric columns, a parapet and an imposing vaulted roof with lantern tower. It cost £45,000 to originally build.
The pavilion has also been the site of championship boxing over the years with, among others, former World Champion Jeff Fenech fighting at the venue.
wn.com/Hordern_Pavilion -
Lithuania
Lithuania (
i/ˌlɪθuːˈeɪniə/ or /ˌlɪθjuːˈeɪniə/; Lithuanian: Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika) is a country in Northern Europe, the largest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark. It borders Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and a Russian exclave (Kaliningrad Oblast) to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 3.2 million as of 2011, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. The Lithuanians are a Baltic people, and the official language, Lithuanian, is one of only two living languages (together with Latvian) in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.
For centuries, the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea was inhabited by various Baltic tribes. In the 1230s the Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, who was crowned as King of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the first Lithuanian state, on 6 July 1253. During the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the largest country in Europe: present-day Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia were territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. With the Lublin Union of 1569, Lithuania and Poland formed a voluntary two-state union, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Commonwealth lasted more than two centuries, until neighboring countries systematically dismantled it from 1772 to 1795, with the Russian Empire annexing most of Lithuania's territory.
wn.com/Lithuania -
Maryland
Maryland (i/ˈmɛrɨlənd/) is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east. Maryland was the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution, and three nicknames for it (the Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State) are occasionally used. Maryland is the 9th smallest state by area, but the 19th most populous and the 5th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The state's most populated city is Baltimore. Its capital is Annapolis. It was named after Queen Henrietta Maria.
Maryland has an area of 12,406.68 square miles (32,133.2 km2) and is comparable in overall area with the European country of Belgium (11,787 square miles (30,530 km2)). It is the 42nd largest/9th smallest state, and is closest in size to Hawaii (10,930.98 square miles (28,311.1 km2)), the next smallest state. The next largest state, Maryland's neighbor West Virginia, is almost twice the size of Maryland (24,229.76 square miles (62,754.8 km2)).
wn.com/Maryland -
Montreux Casino
Montreux Casino (Casino Barrière de Montreux) is a casino located in Montreux, Switzerland, on the shoreline of Lake Geneva. It has served as the venue for the Montreux Jazz Festival and was rebuilt following a 1971 fire memorialized in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water." It is a property of Groupe Lucien Barrière.
Montreux Casino was built in 1881 and had modifications made to it in 1903. Throughout the twentieth century, the site played host to many great symphony orchestras and well-known conductors. By the late 1960s, jazz, blues and rock artists began to perform there.
In 1967 the Casino became the venue for the Montreux Jazz Festival, which was the brainchild of music promoter Claude Nobs. The festival was held there annually and lasted for three days. The highlights of this era were Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Evans, Nina Simone, Jan Garbarek, and Ella Fitzgerald. Originally featuring almost exclusively jazz artists, in the 1970s the festival began broadening its scope, including blues, soul, and rock artists. Some notable rock acts which performed at Montreux Casino in these years include Led Zeppelin (although they never performed at the festival itself), Pink Floyd and Deep Purple.
wn.com/Montreux_Casino -
ORWOhaus
The ORWOhaus is a Berlin-based musical collective. It is located in an 1970s industrial building in Marzahn-Hellersdorf district of Berlin.
Built for the ORWO company which produced photographic film, by 1990 the building was owned by the property company TLG (Treuhandliegenschaftsgesellschaft), and was mostly empty, with some floors used by other companies for storage. From 1998 it was increasingly used by bands for rehearsal space, thanks to its isolation in an industrial estate. In June 2004 the lack of statutory fire protection meant that the owners had to close the building. By that time approximately 400 musicians had found a place for rehearsals, and had extensively adapted and furnished their rooms.
By use of protests and the occasional occupation they generated publicity for the project, and gained support from the press and local politicians. Berlin senator Thomas Flierl negotiated with the TLG and achieved an agreement. A non-profit association "ORWOhaus" was created that gained financial support from the National Lottery, and recognition from the "Germany - Land of Ideas" initiative. On 30 April 2005, the ORWOhaus association signed a sales contract, which was confirmed at the end of May 2006. Repairs to bring the building up-to-date were begun and in July 2006 a music festival mounted.
wn.com/ORWOhaus -
Oslo
Oslo (English pronunciation: /ˈɒzloʊ/, OZ-loh,Norwegian pronunciation: [²ʊʃlʊ] (
listen) or [²ʊslʊ]) is the capital of and most populous city in Norway. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 and with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, the city was moved closer to Akershus Castle during the reign of King Christian IV and renamed Christiania in his honour. It was established as a municipality (formannskapsdistrikt) on 1 January 1838. Following a spelling reform, it was known as Kristiania from 1877 to 1925, when its original Norwegian name was restored.
Oslo is the economic and governmental centre of Norway. The city is also a hub of Norwegian trade, banking, industry and shipping. It is an important centre for maritime industries and maritime trade in Europe. The city is home to many companies within the maritime sector, some of which are amongst the world's largest shipping companies, shipbrokers and maritime insurance brokers. Oslo is a pilot city of the Council of Europe and the European Commission intercultural cities programme.
wn.com/Oslo -
Partinico
Partinico (Sicilian: Partinicu, Ancient Greek: Parthenikòn) is a town and comune in the province of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is located at 30 km from Palermo and 71 from Trapani.
The paternal side of musician Frank Zappa's family came from the town. The Italian prime minister Orlando represented Partinico in the Italian Parliament from 1897 until 1925.
The local, family-run, anti-Mafia television station Telejato is based in Partinico.
wn.com/Partinico -
Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Studios is a major British film studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of central London.
The studios have played host to many productions over the years from huge blockbuster films to television shows, commercials and pop promos and is well-known as the home of the Carry On..., Superman and James Bond film franchises.
Pinewood Studios was built on the estate of Heatherden Hall, which was a large, attractive Victorian house with spectacular grounds. It was purchased by Canadian financier and MP for Chiswick and Brentford, Lt. Col. Grant Morden, who spent a fortune transforming the mansion into a show-piece home, adding refinements such as a huge ballroom, a Turkish bath and an indoor squash court. Due to its seclusion, it was used as a discreet meeting place for high-ranking politicians and diplomats and the agreement to create the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed there.
On Morden's death in 1934, building tycoon Charles Boot bought the land and turned it into a Country Club. The ballroom was converted into a restaurant and many of the bedrooms became furnished suites.
wn.com/Pinewood_Studios -
Pomona College
Pomona College is a private, residential, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. Founded in 1887 in Pomona, California by a group of Congregationalists, the college moved to Claremont in 1889 to the site of a hotel, retaining its name. The school enrolls 1,548 students.
The founding member of the Claremont Colleges, Pomona is a non-sectarian, coeducational school. Its founders strove to create "a college of the New England type". In order to reach this goal, the board of trustees included graduates of Williams, Dartmouth, Colby and Yale. Since 1925, the Claremont Colleges, which have grown to include five undergraduate and two graduate institutions, have provided Pomona's student body with the resources of a larger university while preserving the closeness of a small college. Pomona is currently ranked 4th in National Liberal Arts Colleges by U.S. News & World Report and is the 9th most selective private university in the United States.
Pomona College was established as a coeducational institution on October 14, 1887. The group’s goal was to create a college in the same mold as small New England institutions. The College was originally formed in Pomona; classes first began in a rental house on September 12, 1888. The next year, the school moved to Claremont, at the site of an unfinished hotel. The project was deferred following the suicide of Gwendolyn Rose, who died in the basement during construction. This building would eventually become Sumner Hall, current location of the Admissions and the Office of Campus Life. The name – Pomona College – remained after the relocation. The College’s first graduating class had ten members in 1894.
wn.com/Pomona_College -
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941.
Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from several performance genres have appeared on its stage and it has become one of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings. Each year it hosts more than 350 events including classical concerts, rock and pop, ballet and opera, sports, award ceremonies, school and community events, charity performances and banquets.
The hall was originally supposed to have been called The Central Hall of Arts and Sciences, but the name was changed by Queen Victoria to Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences when laying the foundation stone as a dedication to her deceased husband and consort Prince Albert. It forms the practical part of a national memorial to the Prince Consort – the decorative part is the Albert Memorial directly to the north in Kensington Gardens, now separated from the Hall by the road Kensington Gore.
wn.com/Royal_Albert_Hall -
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley (locally known as "The Valley") is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it. Home to 1.76 million people, it lies north of the larger and more populous Los Angeles Basin.
Nearly two thirds of the Valley's land area is part of the city of Los Angeles. The other incorporated cities in the valley are Burbank, Glendale, San Fernando, Hidden Hills and Calabasas.
The San Fernando Valley is about 260 square miles (670 km2) bounded by the Santa Susana Mountains to the northwest, the Simi Hills to the west, the Santa Monica Mountains and Chalk Hills to the south, the Verdugo Mountains to the east, and the San Gabriel Mountains to the northeast. The northern Sierra Pelona Mountains, northwestern Topatopa Mountains, southern Santa Ana Mountains, and Downtown Los Angeles skyscrapers can be seen from higher neighborhoods, passes, and parks in the San Fernando Valley.
wn.com/San_Fernando_Valley -
Sicily
Sicily (Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia, [siˈtʃiːlja]; [sɪˈɕilja]) is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea; along with surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana (Sicilian Autonomous Region).
Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean. It extends from the tip of the Apennine peninsula from which it is separated only by the narrow Strait of Messina, towards the North African coast. Its most prominent landmark is Mount Etna, which is at 3,320 m (10,890 ft) the tallest active volcano in Europe and one of the most active in the world. The island has a typical Mediterranean climate.
The earliest archeological evidence of human dwelling on the island dates from 8000 BC. At around 750 BC, Sicily became a Greek colony and for the next 600 years it was the site of the Greek-Punic and Roman-Punic wars, which ended with the Roman destruction of Carthage. After the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, Sicily often changed hands, and during the early Middle Ages it was ruled in turn by the Vandals, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Arabs and Normans. Later on, the Kingdom of Sicily lasted between 1130 and 1816, subordinated to the crowns of Aragon, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, and finally the Bourbons, as the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. It was united with the rest of Italy in 1860, but a subsequent economic collapse led to a wave of emigration, separatism, and the emergence of the Mafia, whose criminal activities pose problems to this day. After the birth of the Italian Republic in 1946, Sicily was given special status as an autonomous region.
wn.com/Sicily -
Vilnius
Vilnius ([ˈvʲɪlʲnʲʊs] (
listen); see also other names) is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 554,060 (838, 852 together with Vilnius County) as of 2011. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County. The first known written record of Vilnius as the Lithuanian capital is known from Gediminas' letters in 1323. Vilnius is classified as a Gamma global city according to GaWC studies.
The name of the city originated from the Vilnia River. The city has also been known by many derivate spellings in various languages throughout its history. The most notable non-Lithuanian names for the city include: Polish: Wilno, Belarusian: Вiльнюс, Вiльня, German: Wilna, Latvian: Viļņa, Russian: Вильнюс, Yiddish: ווילנע (Vilne). An older Russian name was Вильна / Вильно (Vilna/Vilno), although Вильнюс (Vilnius) is now used. The names Wilno, Wilna and Vilna have also been used in older English, German, French and Italian language publications. The name Vilna is still used in Finnish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Hebrew.
wn.com/Vilnius -
Zappanale
Zappanale is an annual music festival held outside Bad Doberan, a German town previously part of East Germany. The festival was first held in 1990, and the program features various bands performing the music of the late composer and guitarist Frank Zappa. Many musicians who have previously played with Zappa have performed at the festival over the years.
Many of the festival's organizers originate from East Germany, and grew up in a period where Zappa's music was considered unacceptable by several Eastern European communist countries. One of the festival's founders, Wolfhard Kutz, was persecuted by the East German secret police, the Stasi, for being a Zappa fan. When all Stasi files were declassified by the German government in 1992, Kutz learned that his file stated that he "knows how to influence the youth with Zappa". When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Kutz could openly enjoy his passion for Zappa's music, and he founded the fan club "Arf-society". The Zappanale premiered the year after, as what was just an extended party with only one band playing some Zappa songs. Since then, the festival has grown, and more than 2,000 attend the festival in a weekend in August. The Arf Society became an officially registered organization in 1993.
wn.com/Zappanale
-
3834 Zappafrank
3834 Zappafrank is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Ladislav Brožek in 1980 at Kleť Observatory. It was named after the late American composer Frank Zappa on July 22, 1994.
John V. Scialli, M.D., a forensic psychiatrist in Phoenix, Arizona, USA headed the successful Internet campaign to name the asteroid, which apparently was the first worldwide on-line petition. It involved Zappa fans in 22 countries and produced the most people supporting an asteroid's name, according to the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
Having unsuccessfully tried to get one of the planets orbiting the pulsar in the constellation Virgo named after Zappa, Scialli was lucky enough in early 1994 to find an enthusiastic supporter in the person of Dr. Brian Marsden at the Minor Planet Center near Boston, Massachusetts, who was involved in the IAU Committee for naming celestial objects. Dr. Marsden admitted that the idea of naming an object after Zappa had crossed his mind at the time of the musician's death the previous December, suggested that an alternative request to name an asteroid might meet with the IAU's approval, and offered to steer it through the committee.
wn.com/3834_Zappafrank -
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew (born Robert Steven Belew, December 23, 1949, in Covington, Kentucky) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is perhaps best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock group King Crimson (which he has fronted since 1981) and for his unusual impressionistic approach to guitar playing (involving arresting, yet frequently melodic sounds more akin to animals and machines than to standard instrumental tones).
Widely recognized as an "incredibly versatile player", Belew has released nearly twenty solo albums for Island Records and Atlantic Records which blend Beatles-inspired pop-rock with more experimental fare. His 2005 single "Beat Box Guitar" was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Rock Instrumental Performance category. In addition to being a member of King Crimson, he is also in the more straightforward pop band The Bears and fronted his own band, "Gaga", in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He has worked extensively as a session and touring musician, most famously with Talking Heads, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, and Nine Inch Nails.
wn.com/Adrian_Belew -
Ahmet Zappa
Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa (born May 15, 1974) is an American writer, producer, and publisher.
Ahmet was born in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California, the third of four children born to businesswoman Gail Zappa and musician Frank Zappa. Ahmet's father was of Sicilian, Greek-Arab and French descent and his mother is of Danish, French, Irish and Portuguese ancestry. Ahmet has released several albums with his brother Dweezil Zappa, as well as writing the song "Frogs With Dirty Little Lips" with his father. He also has two sisters named Moon Zappa and Diva Zappa and has also appeared in a few feature films and television programs, sometimes appearing as a program host in the latter (see Robotica, But Can They Sing?).
In the late 1990s, Ahmet appeared on Channel 4 UK's The Adam and Joe Show, in a regular segment called 'Vinyl Justice', in which hosts Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish, dressed as policemen, examined his vinyl collection for 'criminal records'.
In 2000, Ahmet appeared in the film Ready to Rumble. Along with his brother Dweezil, he also performed a cover of Britney Spears' song "...Baby, One More Time" for the film's soundtrack.
wn.com/Ahmet_Zappa -
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) served as the 45th Vice President of the United States (1993–2001), under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President and won the popular vote in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.
Gore is currently an author and environmental activist. He has founded a number of non-profit organizations, including the Alliance for Climate Protection, and has received a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in climate change activism.
Gore was previously an elected official for 24 years, representing Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives (1977–85), and later in the U.S. Senate (1985–93), and finally becoming Vice President in 1993. In the 2000 presidential election, Gore won the popular vote by a margin of more than 500,000 votes. However, he ultimately lost the Electoral College to Republican George W. Bush when the U.S. Supreme Court settled the legal controversy over the Florida vote recount by ruling 5-4 in favor of Bush. It was the only time in history that the Supreme Court has determined the outcome of a presidential election.
wn.com/Al_Gore -
Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique.
Berg was born in Vienna, the third of four children of Johanna and Conrad Berg. His family lived comfortably until the death of his father in 1900.
He was more interested in literature than music as a child and did not begin to compose until he was fifteen, when he started to teach himself music. In late February or early March 1902 he fathered a child with Marie Scheuchl, a servant girl in the Berg family household. His daughter, Albine, was born on December 4, 1902.
Berg had little formal music education before he became a student of Arnold Schoenberg in October 1904. With Schoenberg he studied counterpoint, music theory, and harmony. By 1906, he was studying music full-time; by 1907, he began composition lessons. His student compositions included five drafts for piano sonatas. He also wrote songs, including his Seven Early Songs (Sieben Frühe Lieder), three of which were Berg's first publicly performed work in a concert that featured the music of Schoenberg's pupils in Vienna that year. The early sonata sketches eventually culminated in Berg's Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (1907–1908); it is one of the most formidable "first" works ever written.
wn.com/Alban_Berg -
Alexander Knaifel
Alexander Aronovich Knaifel (Russian: Алекса́ндр Аро́нович Кна́йфель, (also Knayfel', Knayfel, or Kneifel); born 28 November 1943 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) is a Russian (by nationality, of Russian Jewish ethnicity) composer known for his operas The Ghost of Canterville and Alice in Wonderland as well as for his music for cinema.
Knaifel studied cello with Mstislav Rostropovich at Moscow Conservatory from 1961 to 1963, then composition with Boris Arapov in Leningrad from 1964 until 1967.
From the very beginning of his composing career he associated himself with the group of so to say "avant-garde" Soviet composers that include Andrey Volkonsky, Edison Denisov, Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, Valentin Silvestrov, Leonid Hrabovsky, Arvo Pärt, Tigran Mansuryan, and others. The works of the 1990s and 2000s were strongly influenced by religious themes and showed dramatic changes of his musical language.
He wrote more than 80 compositions in various genres and also more than 40 scores for features films and documentaries.
wn.com/Alexander_Knaifel -
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors, and baby dolls, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and violent brand of heavy metal designed to shock.
Originating in Detroit in the late 1960s, Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and drummer Neal Smith. The original Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit "I'm Eighteen" from the album Love It to Death, which was followed by the even bigger single "School's Out" in 1972. The band reached their commercial peak with the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies.
Furnier's solo career as Alice Cooper, adopting the band's name as his own name, began with the 1975 concept album Welcome to My Nightmare; in 2011 he released Welcome 2 My Nightmare, his 19th album as a solo artist, and his 26th album in total. Expanding from his Detroit rock roots, in his career Cooper has experimented with a number of musical styles, including conceptual rock, art rock, hard rock, New Wave, pop rock, experimental rock and industrial rock.
wn.com/Alice_Cooper -
Anton Webern
Anton Webern (help·info) (3 December 1883 – 15 September 1945) was an Austrian composer and conductor. He was a member of the Second Viennese School. As a student and significant follower of Arnold Schoenberg, he became one of the best-known exponents of the twelve-tone technique; in addition, his innovations regarding schematic organization of pitch, rhythm and dynamics were formative in the musical technique later known as total serialism.
Webern was born in Vienna, Austria, as Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern. He was the only surviving son of Carl von Webern, a civil servant, and Amelie (née Geer) who was a competent pianist and accomplished singer — the only obvious source of the future composer's talent. He never used his middle names and dropped the von in 1918 as directed by the Austrian government's reforms after World War I. After spending much of his youth in Graz and Klagenfurt, Webern attended Vienna University from 1902. There he studied musicology with Guido Adler, writing his thesis on the Choralis Constantinus of Heinrich Isaac. This interest in early music would greatly influence his compositional technique in later years by employing palindromic form on both the micro- and macro-scale and the economical use of musical materials.
wn.com/Anton_Webern -
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg (help·info) (pronounced [ˈaːɐ̯nɔlt ˈʃøːnbɛɐ̯k]; 13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951) was an Austrian composer and painter, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School. He used the spelling Schönberg until after his move to the United States in 1934 (Steinberg 1995, 463), whereupon he altered it to Schoenberg "in deference to American practice" (Foss 1951, 401), though one writer claims he made the change a year earlier (Ross 2007, 45).
Schoenberg's approach, both in terms of harmony and development, is among the major landmarks of 20th-century musical thought; at least three generations of composers in the European and American traditions have consciously extended his thinking or, in some cases, passionately reacted against it. During the rise of the Nazi Party in Austria, his music was labeled, alongside jazz, as degenerate art[citation needed].
Schoenberg was widely known early in his career for his success in simultaneously extending the traditionally opposed German Romantic styles of Brahms and Wagner. Later, his name would come to personify pioneering innovations in atonality (although Schoenberg himself detested the term "atonality" as inaccurate in describing his intentions) that would become the most polemical feature of 20th-century art music. In the 1920s, Schoenberg developed the twelve-tone technique, a widely influential compositional method of manipulating an ordered series of all twelve notes in the chromatic scale. He also coined the term developing variation, and was the first modern composer to embrace ways of developing motifs without resorting to the dominance of a centralized melodic idea.
wn.com/Arnold_Schoenberg -
Art Laboe
Art Laboe (born Arthur Egnoian August 7, 1925) is an American pioneering disc jockey, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner who is generally credited with coining the term "Oldies But Goodies.".
Through his "Original Sound Records" company, Laboe put together the first-ever record album to feature hit songs by various artists from more than one label. Titled "Oldies But Goodies," the album stayed on Billboard magazine's Top 100 LPs chart for over three years.
For decades, Laboe was at the heart of the West Coast music scene, and worked on such pioneering stations as KPOP, where he broadcast a live show from Scrivners' Drive-In in Los Angeles, and KRLA in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, all the way through to the present. The city of Los Angeles declared July 17, 1981 to be "Art Laboe Day" when he received a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. Art Laboe memorabilia can be seen at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum's interactive Rock and Radio exhibit in Cleveland, Ohio.
Today, Art Laboe continues in music as an MC, promoter, and Internet disc jockey. His "Killer Oldies" show can be heard every Sunday night in select cities across the West Coast. In 2006, Laboe announced he would also do a nightly show (Monday through Friday) for select stations that already carried his Sunday Night show. Stations like KDES-FM in Palm Springs, KAJM FM, MEGA 104.3 in Phoenix, Arizona and XHRM in San Diego have already signed on with more expected to follow. He can now be heard on KOKO94.com. Though Laboe resides in Los Angeles, his radio programs are now based out of Fresno, CA (KOKO-FM 94.3) Every Monday Thru Friday 7pm-Midnight he takes live requests and dedications.
wn.com/Art_Laboe -
Aynsley Dunbar
Aynsley Thomas Dunbar (born 10 January 1946) is an English drummer. He has worked with some of the top names in rock, including Eric Burdon, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, Michael Schenker, UFO, and Journey. Dunbar is ranked by Rolling Stone as the twenty-seventh greatest drummer of all time.
Dunbar was born in Liverpool, England. He auditioned for The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Hendrix had difficulty deciding between Dunbar and Mitch Mitchell - the latter won Hendrix's coin flip.
In December 1964, Stu James and Nick Crouch formed Stu James & the Mojos, with Aynsley Dunbar, Lewis Collins (later an actor in the Professionals), this line-up continued till 1966
Dunbar led the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation which issued a number of albums. Dunbar co-wrote "Warning," recorded by Black Sabbath on their first album. The Dunbar version was recorded in 1967 for his solo release The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation.
Subsequently, Dunbar founded a short-lived progressive rock band called Blue Whale, which debuted with a tour of Scandinavia in January 1970. Following the recent collapse of the original lineup of King Crimson, Dunbar unsuccessfully tried to recruit Robert Fripp as Blue Whale's guitarist. Fripp, in turn, unsuccessfully tried to recruit Dunbar as King Crimson's new drummer. Blue Whale recorded one album, which featured Paul Williams (vocals), Ivan Zagni (guitar), Roger Sutton (guitar) Tommy Eyre (from Retaliation, keys) and Peter Friedberg (bass).
wn.com/Aynsley_Dunbar -
Barry Miles
Barry Miles (or "Miles", born 1943, Cirencester, England) is an English author known for his participation in and writing on the subject of the 1960s London underground. He has written numerous books and his work has also regularly appeared in left-wing papers such as The Guardian. In the 1960s, he was co-owner of the Indica Gallery and helped start the independent newspaper International Times.
In the 1960s, Miles worked at Better Books, which was managed by Tony Godwin. Godwin was friends with Lawrence Ferlinghetti with whom he would exchange Penguin books for City Lights publications. In 1965 Allen Ginsberg gave a reading at Better Books which led to the International Poetry Incarnation, a seminal event that was co-organised by Miles.
In 1965 Miles and his wife, the former Susan Crane, introduced McCartney to hash brownies by using a recipe for hash fudge which they had found in The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook.
Following the International Poetry Incarnation, Miles established the Indica Gallery and Bookshop, allowing him to meet many of the stars of the Swinging London social scene. Miles brought Paul McCartney into contact with people who wanted to start the International Times, which McCartney helped to fund.
wn.com/Barry_Miles -
Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American guitarist, composer and arranger.
One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more. He is known for using an array of effects to create unique sounds from his instrument.
Frisell was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but spent most of his youth in the Denver, Colorado area. He studied clarinet with Richard Joiner of the Denver Symphony Orchestra as a youth, graduated from Denver East High School, and went to the University of Northern Colorado to study music.
His original guitar teacher in the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area was Dale Bruning, with whom Frisell released the 2000 duo album Reunion. After graduating from Northern Colorado, where he studied with Johnny Smith, Frisell went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston where he studied with Jon Damian and Jim Hall.
Frisell's major break came when guitarist Pat Metheny was unable to make a recording session, and recommended Frisell to Paul Motian who was recording Psalm (1982) for ECM Records. Frisell became ECM's in-house guitar player, and worked on several albums, most notably Jan Garbarek's 1981 Paths, Prints. Frisell's first solo release was In Line featured solo guitar and duets with bassist Arild Andersen.
wn.com/Bill_Frisell -
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan ( /ˈdɪlən/), born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of Dylan's early songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'", became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. Leaving his initial base in the culture of folk music behind, Dylan's six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" has been described as radically altering the parameters of popular music in 1965. However, his recordings employing electric instruments attracted denunciation and criticism from others in the folk movement.
Dylan's lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie,Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, as well as the music and performance styles of Buddy Holly and Little Richard, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres. His recording career, spanning fifty years, has explored numerous distinct traditions in American song—from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing.
wn.com/Bob_Dylan -
Bruce Fowler
Bruce Lambourne Fowler (July 10, 1947) is a prominent American trombone player and composer. He notably played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart, and in the Fowler Brothers Band. Currently, he composes and arranges music for movies, and has been the composer, orchestrator, or conductor for many popular films.
Bruce is the son of jazz educator William L. Fowler and the brother of multi-instrumentalist Walt Fowler and bassist Tom Fowler. He is the father of Rhea Fowler, bass guitar player for The Naturals. Bruce Fowler is participating in both The Band From Utopia, the Mar Vista Philharmonic, and Jon Larsen's, Strange News From Mars, both feat. Zappa alumni Tommy Mars, Arthur Barrow, et al. He also recorded albums with Air Pocket, a band including his siblings among others.
Fowler is the recipient of the 2007 Film & TV Music Awards for Best Score Conductor and Best Orchestrator.
wn.com/Bruce_Fowler -
Cal Schenkel
Cal Schenkel (born January 27, 1947) is an artist specialising in album cover design. He was the main visual collaborator for Frank Zappa and was responsible for the art and graphic design of many of Zappa's most well-known album covers. Schenkel's work is iconic and distinctive in style; a forerunner of punk art and the new wave era.[citation needed] Schenkel is an active artist who lives and works in Pennsylvania.
Schenkel was born in January 1947 in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania and attended the Philadelphia College of Art but left after one semester and set out to build a career in the world of art. As an unemployed artist he was introduced to Frank Zappa in 1967 by Sandy Hurvitz.
During the late 1960s album cover design became a significant part of the emerging music and art culture in Europe and the U.S.A, primarily as an expression of artistic vision and intent.[citation needed]Gatefold covers, and inserts, often with lyric sheets, made the album cover a desirable cultural artifact in its own right. One of the first artists to realise[citation needed] the significance of album cover design in the perception of image and artistry was Frank Zappa.
wn.com/Cal_Schenkel -
Captain Beefheart
Don Van Vliet ( /væn ˈvliːt/, born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work was conducted with a rotating ensemble of musicians called The Magic Band, active between 1965 and 1982, with whom he recorded 13 studio albums. Noted for his powerful singing voice with its wide range, Van Vliet also played the harmonica, saxophone and numerous other wind instruments. His music blended rock, blues and psychedelia with avant-garde and contemporary experimental composition. Beefheart was also known for exercising an almost dictatorial control over his supporting musicians, and for often constructing myths about his life.
wn.com/Captain_Beefheart -
Charles Ives
Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American modernistcomposer. He is one of the first American composers of international renown, though Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives came to be regarded as an "American Original". Ives combined the American popular and church-music traditions of his youth with European art music, and was among the first composers to engage in a systematic program of experimental music, with musical techniques including polytonality, polyrhythm, tone clusters, aleatoric elements, and quarter tones, foreshadowing many musical innovations of the 20th century.
Sources of Ives' tonal imagery are hymn tunes and traditional songs, the town band at holiday parade, the fiddlers at Saturday night dances, patriotic songs, sentimental parlor ballads, and the melodies of Stephen Foster.
Charles Ives was born in Danbury, Connecticut in 1874, the son of George Ives, a U.S. Army bandleader in the American Civil War, and his wife Mary Parmelee. A strong influence of Charles's may have been sitting in the Danbury town square, listening to his father's marching band and other bands on other sides of the square simultaneously. George Ives' unique music lessons were also a strong influence on Charles; George Ives took an open-minded approach to musical theory, encouraging his son to experiment in bitonal and polytonal harmonizations. It was from his father that Charles Ives also learned the music of Stephen Foster. Ives became a church organist at the age of 14 and wrote various hymns and songs for church services, including his Variations on 'America' .
wn.com/Charles_Ives -
Chester Thompson
Chester Cortez Thompson (born December 11, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American drummer and session musician.
Thompson made his name as a session drummer, going on to play in Frank Zappa's touring band (as part of the 1973–1974 lineups, which also featured percussionist Ruth Underwood and jazz keyboardist George Duke) and in Weather Report's album Black Market (1976). He played on such noted Zappa albums as Roxy & Elsewhere (Live recording 8-10.12.1973 & 8.5.1974), You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 (Live in Helsinki, Finland 22–23.9.1974, released 1988) and One Size Fits All (1975).
His longest-standing gig was with Genesis as the touring drummer (1977-2007). His relationship with the band began with the departure of frontman Peter Gabriel. Then-drummer, Phil Collins, assumed Gabriel's role in live shows, but remained behind the drum kit in the studio. Thompson became the touring drummer in 1977, playing on their tours in that year and in 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983/4, 1986/7, 1992 and the 2007 reunion Turn It On Again Tour. Chester is featured on their live albums Seconds Out (1977), Three Sides Live (1982), The Way We Walk Volume 1 (1992) & Volume 2 (1993) and Live Over Europe 2007. He chose not to be involved in the band's Calling All Stations European 1998 tour, following the band's failure to invite him to join the studio band following Phil Collins's departure.
wn.com/Chester_Thompson -
Devin Townsend
Devin Garret Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist.
After performing in a number of metal bands in high school, Townsend was discovered by a record label in 1993 and was asked to perform lead vocals on Steve Vai's album Sex & Religion. After recording and touring with Vai, Townsend was discouraged by what he found in the music industry, and vented his anger on a solo album released under the pseudonym Strapping Young Lad. He soon assembled a band under the name, and released the critically acclaimed City in 1997. Since then, he has released three more studio albums with Strapping Young Lad, along with solo material released under his own independent record label, HevyDevy Records. Townsend's solo albums, a diverse mix of hard rock and progressive metal, have featured a varying lineup of supporting musicians. In 2002 he formed The Devin Townsend Band, a dedicated lineup which recorded and toured for two of his solo releases.
wn.com/Devin_Townsend -
Diva Zappa
Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen Zappa (born July 30, 1979) is an American artist, also known for several acting roles in film and television, as well as recording a one-off comedy single. She is the youngest daughter of musician Frank Zappa.
Zappa was born in Los Angeles, the youngest child of Frank and Gail Zappa. She has three older siblings, Moon Unit, Dweezil, and Ahmet.
She was given the name Diva by her parents, according to Frank, "because of the loud quality of her voice. She's audible at 300 yards."
Zappa won an award at age 12 in a poster contest to raise awareness about child abuse and neglect.
Zappa's first film appearance was in the 1998 film Anarchy TV, along with her older siblings. Since then, she has also appeared in Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998), National Lampoon's Pledge This! (2006), as well as various TV shows including Felicity, Brothers & Sisters, and The Mighty Boosh.
In 1999, Zappa released a comedy single called "When The Bell Drops" about her "hunt for someone to make out with on the Millennium".Tipper Gore played drums on the recording and Kristen Gore sang backup vocals.
wn.com/Diva_Zappa -
Don Pardo
Dominick George "Don" Pardo (born February 22, 1918) is an American radio and television announcer. He is best known as the voice of the long-running late night sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.
Pardo is noted for his long association with NBC, working as the announcer for early incarnations of such notable shows as The Price is Right, Jeopardy!, and NBC Nightly News. He has acted as the announcer of Saturday Night Live for all but one of its seasons. He continues his voiceover duties during the program's opening montage, several years after his official retirement from NBC.
Pardo was born in Westfield, Massachusetts, and spent his childhood in Norwich, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island. He was hired for his first radio position at WJAR-AM in Providence in 1938. Pardo joined NBC as an in-house announcer in 1944, remaining on the network staff for the next 60 years. During World War II, he worked as a war reporter for NBC radio.
In the early 1950s, he served as announcer for many of RCA's and NBC's closed-circuit color television demonstrations, but eventually became one of the top game-show announcers for the network.
wn.com/Don_Pardo -
Dweezil Zappa
Dweezil Zappa (born September 5, 1969) is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor.
Zappa was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of musician Frank Zappa and Gail Zappa, who worked in business. He is the second of four siblings: his older sister, Moon, younger sister Diva and younger brother Ahmet. He is the cousin of actress Lala Sloatman. Zappa's father was of Sicilian, Greek, Arab and French descent and his mother was of Danish, French, Irish and Portuguese ancestry.
Dweezil's registered birth name was Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa. The hospital at which he was born refused to register him under the name Dweezil, so Frank listed the names of several musician friends. "Dweezil" was a nickname coined by Frank for an oddly-curled pinky-toe of Gail's. At five years old, Dweezil learned that his legal name was different, and he insisted on having his nickname become his legal name. Gail and Frank hired an attorney and soon the name Dweezil was official.
In the 1980s, Zappa worked as an MTV VJ and was promptly fired after badmouthing MTV on The Howard Stern Show. He also recorded some solo albums, as well as playing for other artists. Zappa can be heard playing lead guitar on The Fat Boys' "Wipe Out" (1987) and can be seen in the music video for Don Johnson's top 40 song, "Heartbeat". He also played co-lead guitar (along with Reb Beach) on Winger's cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze". Dweezil has said that Eddie Van Halen was his favorite guitar player, and he began copying Van Halen's distinctive guitar style. He also had a part in the futuristic Arnold Schwarzenegger film The Running Man as Stevie ("Don't touch that dial!"), and gave his most famous cameo role in John Hughes's Brat Pack film, Pretty in Pink (starring Molly Ringwald), as Andie's friend, Simon.
wn.com/Dweezil_Zappa -
Ed Mann
Ed Mann has been "a drummer and piano dabbler since childhood", best known for his mallet percussion recorded and live work with Frank Zappa from 1977 to the end of Zappa's career.
Mann formed a band with Tommy Mars in mid 1973. By the end of that year he was studying with John Bergamo at CalArts. In 1977 Frank Zappa asked Bergamo to do some overdubbing on the Zappa In New York album and Bergamo in turn recommended Mann.
A few months later Ruth Underwood told Mann that Zappa was looking for a second keyboard player. When Ed called to recommend Tommy ("at midnite, the only time when you could reach Frank by phone"), Frank invited him to "come up to the house". Mann went to the house, where Terry Bozzio, Patrick O'Hearn, and Adrian Belew were jamming with Zappa. By 2:00am Ed was "in the band". Ed Mann later commented: "It took a few days for that all to sink in."
Mann can be heard playing mallet and gongs on J21's Yellow Mind:Blue Mind album.
Mann is a member of The Band From Utopia. In 2008, Ed Mann toured with Project Object and sat in with Agent Moosehead at the New York Harvest Festival and Freedom Rally.
wn.com/Ed_Mann -
Eddie Jobson
Edwin "Eddie" Jobson (born 28 April 1955) is an English keyboardist and violinist noted for his use of synthesizers. He has been a member of several progressive rock bands, including Curved Air, Roxy Music, U.K., and Jethro Tull. He was also part of Frank Zappa's band in 1976-77. Aside from his keyboard work Jobson has also gained acclaim for his violin playing.
Jobson was born in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, England.
He began playing the piano at age 7 and violin at age 8. Later he attended Bede Hall Grammar School, leaving at age 16. At that point he joined the band Fat Grapple, playing locally in venues such as Redcar Jazz Club. It was at this venue that they played in support of Curved Air, which Jobson joined the following year.
At this time Jobson fronted Fat Grapple on electric violin, opening with a rendition of the current hit piece "Jig-a-Jig". The band played original compositions and were well regarded, but failed to break out beyond the Newcastle area. Nonetheless, Jobson's playing won him a place in Curved Air, performing on their 1973 album Air Cut, which included his composition Metamorphosis.
wn.com/Eddie_Jobson -
Edgard Varèse
Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (French pronunciation: [ɛdɡaːʁ viktɔːʁ aʃil ʃaʁl vaʁɛːz]; also spelled Edgar Varèse; December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) was an innovative French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States.
Varèse's music emphasizes timbre and rhythm. He was the inventor of the term "organized sound", a phrase meaning that certain timbres and rhythms can be grouped together, sublimating into a whole new definition of music. Although his complete surviving works only last about three hours, he has been recognised as an influence by several major composers of the late 20th century. His use of new instruments and electronic resources led to his being known as the "Father of Electronic Music" while Henry Miller described him as "The stratospheric Colossus of Sound".
Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse was born in Paris, but when he was only a few weeks old, he was sent to be raised by his great-uncle and other relations in the small town of Le Villars in Burgundy region of France. There he developed a very strong attachment to his maternal grandfather, Claude Cortot. Through his mother's family he was related to the pianist Alfred Cortot. His affection for his grandfather outshone anything he would ever feel for his own parents.
wn.com/Edgard_Varèse -
Fee Waybill
John Waldo "Fee" Waybill (born 17 September 1950, Omaha, Nebraska), is the lead singer and songwriter of the band the Tubes. Waybill has also worked with other acts, including Toto, Richard Marx, and projects headed by Billy Sherwood.
Waybill, along with The Tubes, appeared in Robert Greenwald's Xanadu, and the 1982 independent Canadian film, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains. He played the character Lou Corpse, the washed-up frontman of a band called The Metal Corpses. In 1984, a year after The Tubes released one of their most successful albums, Waybill released his first solo album called Read My Lips. In 1996, Waybill released another album called Don't Be Scared By These Hands. It was revealed in a video blog by Richard Marx that Waybill was in the process of recording a third solo album. The album title and release date have yet to be announced.
During the early 1980s, Waybill appeared as himself on a short-lived television program called Rock-N-America, usually performing as a street reporter who annoyed pedestrians with nonsensical interviews. He also made a cameo in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure as one of "The Three Most Important People In the World" and in a Fishin' Musician episode from Second City TV.
wn.com/Fee_Waybill -
Francesco Zappa
Francesco Zappa (born in Milan, creative period 1763–1788) was an Italian cellist and composer. He is known for his virtuoso cello playing.
Little is known about Zappa's life: what information is available comes largely from his own publications and manuscripts. Zappa was first employed by the Sicilian Count Catani, to whom he dedicated his first work, 6 Trio sonatas. He worked for the Duke of York, giving him music lessons during the Duke's stay in Italy, from November 1763 to the middle of 1764. When the Duke died in 1767, Zappa held the rank of maestro di musica (Kapellmeister), as the title page of his Trio sonatas Opus 2 records.
In 1771 he played a series of concerts in Germany, visiting the Polish city of Gdańsk and, on 22 September, Frankfurt am Main. According to Mendel (1879), he undertook another tour of Germany in 1781, and with "his gentle and beautiful sound" inspired wonder in all who listened.
By the end of the 1780s Zappa was employed as master of music in The Hague (Maître de musique à la Haye), and this is noted in the 1788 manuscript of his Quartetto concertante.
wn.com/Francesco_Zappa -
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, recording engineer, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band The Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. While in his teens, he acquired a taste for percussion-based avant-garde composers such as Edgard Varèse and 1950s rhythm and blues music. He began writing classical music in high school, while at the same time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands; he later switched to electric guitar.
He was a self-taught composer and performer, and his diverse musical influences led him to create music that was often impossible to categorize. His 1966 debut album with The Mothers of Invention, Freak Out!, combined songs in conventional rock and roll format with collective improvisations and studio-generated sound collages. His later albums shared this eclectic and experimental approach, irrespective of whether the fundamental format was one of rock, jazz or classical. His lyrics—often humorously—reflected his iconoclastic view of established social and political processes, structures and movements. He was a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion, and a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech, self-education, political participation and the abolition of censorship.
wn.com/Frank_Zappa -
French American
French Americans or Franco-Americans are Americans of French or French Canadian descent. About 11.8 million U.S. residents are of this descent, and about 2.0 million speak French and French Creole at home. While Americans of French descent make up a substantial percentage of the American population, French Americans arguably are less visible than other similarly sized ethnic groups. This is due in part to the tendency of French American groups to identify more strongly with "New World" regional identities such as Acadian, Cajun, or Louisiana Creole. This has inhibited the development of a wider French American identity. The majority of Americans of French and French Canadian descent are descendants of those who first settled in Canada in the 17th century (known as New France at the time), which later became the Province of Quebec in 1763, Lower Canada in 1791, and a Canadian province of Quebec after Canadian Confederation in 1867. The majority of Americans of French descent, mostly resident in New England and the Midwest, are descendants of the Quebec Diaspora and the first Canadiens, while a few are of Acadian descent from the Canadian Maritime provinces. Immigration to the United States from France was much lower than from other parts of Europe, such as Ireland, Great Britain, Germany, Scandinavia, Italy, or Poland.
wn.com/French_American -
Gail Zappa
Gail Zappa (born Adelaide Gail Sloatman, January 1, 1945) was the second wife of the late musician and composer Frank Zappa and is the executrix of the Zappa Family Trust. They met in 1966 when she was working at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, and they were married on September 21, 1967, while she was pregnant with her first child, Moon Zappa. The marriage also produced children Dweezil Zappa, Ahmet Zappa, and Diva Zappa. She is an aunt to model/actress Lala Sloatman.
Gail made a very brief appearance with musician boyfriend Bobby Jameson in the 1967 documentary film Mondo Hollywood. The scene was filmed in 1965 or 1966 before she met Frank.
Since Frank Zappa's death in 1993, she has overseen the release of his recordings, including multiple previously unavailable works, under the Zappa Family Trust. The trust holds title and copyright to Frank Zappa's musical and artistic products, as well as his commercial image. In this capacity, she often sends cease and desist letters to venues hosting bands playing the music of and paying tribute to her late husband based upon use of the trademarked brand "Zappa" in advertising the content of a given concert. Although no U.S. lawsuits have been filed, one such band was forced to cancel a show during their 2008 tour due to pressure from the Zappa Family Trust.
wn.com/Gail_Zappa -
George Duke
George Duke (born 12 January 1946 in San Rafael, California) is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He has worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music. He first made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He is known primarily for thirty-odd solo albums as well as for his collaborations with other musicians, particularly Frank Zappa.
Duke attended Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley before earning a bachelor's degree in trombone and composition with a minor in contrabass, from the San Francisco Conservatory in 1967. Playing initially with friends from garages to local clubs, Duke quickly eased his way into session work, which refined his abilities and expanded his approach to music. (He later earned his Masters Degree in composition from San Francisco State University. His website mentions a short stint teaching a course on Jazz And American Culture at Merritt Junior College in Oakland). Beginning in 1967 Duke experimented further with jazz fusion, playing and recording with violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, as well as performing with the Don Ellis Orchestra, and Cannonball Adderley's band, while he acquainted himself with the avantgarde musician Frank Zappa. Duke appeared on a number of Frank Zappa's albums in the early and mid-1970s, including Chunga's Revenge, 200 Motels, Waka/Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo, Apostrophe, Over-Nite Sensation, One Size Fits All, Bongo Fury and Roxy & Elsewhere.
wn.com/George_Duke -
George Winston
George Winston (born 1949) is an American pianist who was born in Michigan, and grew up mainly in Miles City, Montana, as well as Mississippi and Florida. He attended Stetson University in Deland, Florida, and lives in Santa Cruz, California.
George Winston was first recorded by John Fahey for Fahey's Takoma Records. The album Ballads and Blues disappeared without much notice, although it was later reissued on Winston's Dancing Cat Records. However, in 1979, William Ackerman talked with Winston about having Winston record for Ackerman's new record label, Windham Hill Records. At first Winston played some guitar pieces he liked and then he played some of his nighttime music on the piano, which became the basis for the record Autumn, which Ackerman produced. Autumn soon became the best-selling record in the Windham Hill catalog,[citation needed] and his albums December and Winter into Spring both went platinum (million-plus sales in the United States). He has recorded 7 more solo piano albums, and he is one of the best known performers playing contemporary instrumental music.
wn.com/George_Winston -
Gook
Gook /ˈɡʊk/ is a derogatory term for East Asians which came to prominence in reference to enemy soldiers.U.S. Marines serving in the Philippines in the early 20th century used the word to refer to Filipinos. The term continued to be used by American soldiers stationed around the world to refer to non-Americans. It acquired its current status as a racial slur at the time of the Vietnam War (1959–1975).
A slang dictionary published in 1893 defined "gook" as "a low prostitute". By using the word to refer to Filipinos, the Marines may have been expressing contempt for native women and accusing them of promiscuity. Early usage may have been influenced by the word "mak mak" or "gugu", also applied to Filipinos by the Marines. "Gugu" originated as a mocking imitation of Filipino speech (cf. barbarian). "The Marines who occupied Nicaragua in 1912 took to calling the natives gooks, one of their names for Filipinos", according to H. L. Mencken. Marines serving in Haiti in 1915 to 1920 used the term to refer to Haitians.
wn.com/Gook -
Herb Cohen
Herbert "Herb" Cohen (December 30, 1932 – March 16, 2010) was an American personal manager, record company executive, and music publisher, best known as the manager of Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, and many other Los Angeles-based musicians in the 1960s and 1970s.
Cohen was born in New York. After a period in the army in 1952, he moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1950s, and started to put on concerts with folk singers such as Pete Seeger and Odetta. He began running coffee bars and folk clubs, such as The Unicorn and Cosmo Alley, during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
He began acting as manager for many artists, his eventual roster including Screamin' Jay Hawkins, George Duke, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Tim Buckley, Lenny Bruce, and Linda Ronstadt. He also managed the all girl band Fanny in the late 1960s and got them signed to Warner Bros. after a performance at The Troubadour.[citation needed] He was best known as the manager of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention from 1965, arranging their first club dates and, after encouraging record producer Tom Wilson to see them perform, securing their first record deal. He and Zappa went on to set up and jointly own the Straight, Bizarre, and DiscReet Records labels. After a ten year association, he and Zappa parted company amid litigation in 1976. Zappa claimed that Cohen and his brother were profiting unduly from his earnings, and Cohen countersued, claiming that Zappa had taken his album Zoot Allures to a rival record label contrary to a contract between them.
wn.com/Herb_Cohen -
Howard Kaylan
Howard Kaylan (born Howard Kaplan; 22 June 1947) is an American rock and roll musician, best known as a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s band, The Turtles, and "Eddie" of 1970's rock band Flo & Eddie.
Kaylan was born in New York City and grew up in Westchester, a suburb of Los Angeles, California. He studied choral music and clarinet, and won a Bank of America Fine Arts Award at the age of 16. He graduated early (as valedictorian) from Westchester High School, and briefly attended UCLA on a scholarship.
Kaylan and Mark Volman founded The Turtles, a popular band of the late 1960s. At the end of 1970, Kaylan and Volman signed on as members of Frank Zappa's band, The Mothers of Invention. Five albums and the film, 200 Motels came from that partnership, as did the stage names "Flo & Eddie" ("Flo" being shortened from "Phlorescent Leech.") The duo were not allowed legal use of their own names until multiple Turtles lawsuits were settled.
In 1985, the old lawsuits were finally settled and the name, "The Turtles" reverted to Kaylan and his partner after fifteen years in litigation, as well as all of the master recordings they made. Thanks to Burger King, the NFL, Sony PlayStation, and countless other television advertisements and motion pictures, the Turtles' catalog remains a staple for licensing and reproduction in the twenty-first century.
wn.com/Howard_Kaylan -
Ian Underwood
Ian Robertson Underwood (born May 22, 1939) is a woodwind and keyboards player, perhaps best known for his work with Frank Zappa.
Underwood graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor's Degree in composition in 1961 and a Master's Degree in composition at UC Berkeley in 1966. He began his career by playing San Francisco Bay Area coffeehouses and bars with his improvisational group the Jazz Mice in the mid 1960s before he became a member of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in 1967 for their third studio album, We're Only In It For The Money. He speaks on Uncle Meat; on the track "Ian Underwood Whips It Out" he relates how he first met Zappa and demonstrated his capabilities on the saxophone at Zappa's invitation. Underwood later worked with Frank Zappa on his solo recordings, most notably on 1969's Hot Rats. He married Ruth Komanoff (Underwood), marimbist/percussionist from the Mothers of Invention in May 1969. Underwood left the Mothers of Invention in September 1973. He and Ruth divorced in 1986.
wn.com/Ian_Underwood -
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (sometimes spelled Strawinsky or Stravinskii; Russian: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, transliterated: Igorʹ Fëdorovič Stravinskij; Russian pronunciation: [ˌiɡərʲ ˌfʲjodɐrɐvʲɪtɕ strɐˈvʲinskʲɪj]; 17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian, and later French and American composer, pianist and conductor. He is acknowledged by many as one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century.
Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Sergei Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913). The Rite of Spring, which provoked a riot during its premiere, transformed the way in which subsequent composers thought about rhythmic structure and was largely responsible for Stravinsky's enduring reputation as a musical revolutionary who pushed the boundaries of musical design. His so-called Russian phase was followed in the 1920s by a period in which he turned to neoclassical music. The works from this period tended to make use of traditional musical forms (concerto grosso, fugue and symphony). They frequently concealed a vein of intense emotion beneath a surface appearance of detachment or austerity and often paid tribute to the music of earlier masters, for example J.S. Bach and Tchaikovsky. In the 1950s, Stravinsky adopted serial procedures. His compositions of this period shared traits with examples of his earlier output: rhythmic energy, the construction of extended melodic ideas out of a few two- or three-note cells and clarity of form, of instrumentation and of utterance.
wn.com/Igor_Stravinsky -
Ike Willis
Ike Willis (November 14, 1951) is a singer and guitarist who was a regular sideman for Frank Zappa, first joining Zappa's band for the fall 1978 tour and remaining in the band for several years. He did not tour with Zappa in 1981 and 1982 for personal reasons, but returned to touring with Zappa for his final two tours in 1984 (which Zappa intended at the time to be his final tour) and 1988. He currently tours with the Frank Zappa tribute bands Bogus Pomp, Ossi Duri, Project/Object and Ugly Radio Rebellion. He's also performed several times with the Brazilian Zappa cover band, The Central Scrutinizer Band, The Muffin Men, and with the Italian band Elio e le Storie Tese. He is most recognized for his involvement in Zappa records such as Joe's Garage, Tinsel Town Rebellion, You Are What You Is, The Man from Utopia, and as the title character and narrator in Zappa's off-Broadway-styled conceptual musical Thing-Fish.
wn.com/Ike_Willis -
Italian American
An Italian American (Italian: Italoamericano singular, Italian: Italoamericani plural), is an American of Italian ancestry. The designation may also refer to someone possessing Italian and American dual citizenship. Italian Americans are the fourth largest European ethnic group in the United States (not including American ethnicity, an ethnonym used by many in the United States; overall, Italian Americans rank seventh, behind German, Irish, African American, English, American and Mexican).
About 5.5 million Italians immigrated to the U.S. from 1820 to 2004. The greatest surge of immigration, which occurred in the period between 1880 and 1920, alone brought more than 4 million Italians to America. About 80% of the Italian immigrants came from Southern Italy, especially from Sicily, Campania, Abruzzo and Calabria. This was a largely agricultural and overpopulated region, where much of the populace had been impoverished by centuries of foreign misrule, and the economic measures imposed on the South after Italian unification in 1861 . After unification the Italian government initially encouraged emigration of landless peasants to relieve economic pressures in the South. In the U.S., most Italians began their new lives as unskilled, manual workers in Eastern cities, mining camps and in agriculture. Italian Americans gradually moved from the lower rungs of the economic scale in 1890-1910 to a level comparable to the national average by 1970. By 1990, more than 65% of Italian Americans were managerial, professional, or white-collar workers. The Italian-American communities have often been characterized by strong ties with family, the Catholic Church, fraternal organizations and political parties. Today, over 17.8 million Americans claim Italian ancestry.
wn.com/Italian_American -
Jerry Falwell
Jerry Lamon Falwell, Sr. (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) was an evangelical fundamentalist Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and a conservative commentator from the United States. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded Lynchburg Christian Academy (now Liberty Christian Academy) in 1967, Liberty University in 1971, and cofounded the Moral Majority in 1979.
Falwell and twin brother Gene were born in the Farview Heights region of Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of Helen and Carey Hezekiah Falwell. His father was an entrepreneur and onetime bootlegger who was agnostic. His grandfather was a staunch atheist. Jerry Falwell married the former Macel Pate on April 12, 1958. The couple had two sons and a daughter (Jerry Falwell, Jr., a lawyer; Jonathan Falwell, a pastor; Jeannie, a surgeon).
He graduated from Brookville High School in Lynchburg, Va., and from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri in 1956. This Bible college was unaccredited until 2001. Falwell was eventually awarded three honorary doctoral degrees, and he sometimes used the title "doctor". The honorary doctorates were Doctor of Divinity from Tennessee Temple Theological Seminary, Doctor of Letters from California Graduate School of Theology, and Doctor of Laws from Central University in Seoul, South Korea.
wn.com/Jerry_Falwell -
Jim Pons
Jim Pons (born March 14, 1943, Santa Monica, California, United States) was a bass guitarist and singer for several 1960s rock bands, including The Leaves, The Turtles, and The Mothers of Invention.
In 1973 Pons left the music industry to become the film and video director for the New York Jets football club. He held this position until his retirement in 2000.
Pons and his family moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 2005, where he does game day video for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and plays upright bass in a bluegrass gospel band called Deep Creek.
wn.com/Jim_Pons -
John Belushi
John Adam Belushi ( /bəˈluːʃi/; January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and musician, best known as one of the original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live and starring alongside Dan Aykroyd in the comedy film The Blues Brothers. He was the older brother of James "Jim" Belushi.
John Belushi was born in Chicago. He was the son of Agnes (née Samaras), who was of Albanian descent, and Adam Belushi (1918–1996), an Albanian immigrant and restaurant operator who left his native village, Qytezë, in 1934 at the age of sixteen. John was raised in a Chicago suburb, along with his three siblings: younger brothers Billy and Jim and his sister, Marian. The family's name at the time of immigration was Bellios, or Belliors. Belushi was raised in the Albanian Orthodox church and grew up outside Chicago in Wheaton. He attended Wheaton Central High School, where he met his future wife, Judy Jacklin.
Belushi's first big break as a comedian occurred in 1971, when he joined The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago. He was cast in National Lampoon's Lemmings, a parody of Woodstock, which played Off-Broadway in 1972 and showcased future Saturday Night Live (SNL) performers Chevy Chase and Christopher Guest.
wn.com/John_Belushi -
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential American composers of the 20th century. He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance, mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham, who was also Cage's romantic partner for most of their lives.
Cage is perhaps best known for his 1952 composition 4′33″, which is performed in the absence of deliberate sound; musicians who present the work do nothing aside from being present for the duration specified by the title. The content of the composition is not "four minutes and 33 seconds of silence," as is sometimes assumed, but rather the sounds of the environment heard by the audience during performance. The work's challenge to assumed definitions about musicianship and musical experience made it a popular and controversial topic both in musicology and the broader aesthetics of art and performance. Cage was also a pioneer of the prepared piano (a piano with its sound altered by objects placed between or on its strings or hammers), for which he wrote numerous dance-related works and a few concert pieces. The best known of these is Sonatas and Interludes (1946–48).
wn.com/John_Cage -
John Frusciante
John Anthony Frusciantei/fruːˈʃɑːnteɪ/; born March 5, 1970) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record and film producer. He is best known as the former guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he had been for a number of years and recorded five studio albums. Frusciante has an active solo career, having released ten albums under his own name, as well as two with Josh Klinghoffer and Joe Lally as Ataxia. His solo recordings include elements ranging from experimental rock and ambient music to New Wave and electronica. Influenced by guitarists of various genres, Frusciante emphasizes melody and emotion in his guitar playing, and favors vintage guitars and analog recording techniques.
Frusciante joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers at eighteen years old, first appearing on the band's 1989 album, Mother's Milk. The group's follow-up album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991), was a breakthrough success. However, he was overwhelmed by the band's new popularity and quit in 1992. He became a recluse and entered a long period of drug addiction, during which he released his first solo recordings: Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt (1994) and then Smile from the Streets You Hold (1997). In 1998, he successfully completed drug rehabilitation and rejoined the Red Hot Chili Peppers with the album Californication (1999). His album To Record Only Water for Ten Days was made in 2001. On a creative spree, Frusciante released six solo albums in 2004; each album explored different recording techniques and genres. In 2009, Frusciante released The Empyrean and again parted ways with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. As of 2011, Frusciante is currently working on his eleventh solo album. Frusciante has produced and/or recorded with the Wu-Tang Clan, The Mars Volta, George Clinton and others. His most recent solo releases will be a 5 song EP entitled Letur-Lefr, due out in July 2012, and a full length album entitled PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone, due out in late 2012.
wn.com/John_Frusciante -
John Guerin
John Payne Guerin (October 31, 1939 – January 5, 2004) worked as a drummer, percussionist, and recording artist worldwide.
Guerin was born in Hawaii and raised in San Diego. As a young drummer he began performing with Buddy DeFranco in 1960. In the late 1960s he moved to Los Angeles where his talented drum work was utilised by artists including Frank Sinatra, George Harrison, Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, Them, Thelonious Monk, Lou Rawls, Ray Conniff, George Shearing, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Linda Ronstadt, Nelson Riddle and countless others. From July 1972 to January 1973 he was the drummer for The Byrds, and joined the L.A. Express later that year. The band served as Joni Mitchell's back-up on tour during the mid- to late-1970s, with whom Guerin had a brief relationship.
A leading exponent of the jazz-rock style, he is one of the most recorded drummers of all time. Among his many contributions to motion picture and television scores, Guerin worked on the soundtrack to the 1988 film homage to Charlie Parker, Bird by Clint Eastwood. Those are also his drums on the theme song during the opening credits for the television series Hawaii Five-O.
wn.com/John_Guerin -
John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founder members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to raising his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.
wn.com/John_Lennon -
John Lofton
John Lofton is an American conservative political commentator and editor of The American View radio program run by Michael Peroutka. Lofton has also been a newspaper editor, a journalist, a columnist, and a political advisor. Describing himself as a "recovering Republican," Lofton is most closely allied with the Constitution Party.
Lofton edited Monday, the weekly publication of the Republican National Committee, from 1970–1973. He later became a syndicated columnist for United Features Syndicate whose columns appeared in 100 newspapers from 1973–1980. He became a columnist for the Washington Times in 1982. During his seven years at the Washington Times, Lofton became nationally known in print and on the nascent cable news circuit.
Lofton advised Pat Buchanan's Presidential campaign and was the Communications Director for the 2004 Michael Peroutka Presidential campaign.
Lofton has made numerous appearances on political talk shows, including The Political Cesspool, Politically Incorrect, Scarborough Country, and The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. He is well-known for a 1986 appearance on Crossfire in which he debated musician Frank Zappa about the Parents Music Resource Center's campaign to identify music albums inappropriate for children. The Crossfire video went viral after freeform radio station WFMU posted about it on its widely-read blog in early 2006.
wn.com/John_Lofton -
John Zorn
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in New York City) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer. He has had experience with a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore punk, classical, extreme metal, klezmer, film, cartoon, popular, and improvised music. Zorn brings these styles to his work, which he refers to with the label avant-garde/experimental.
Zorn has stated: "All the various styles are organically connected to one another. I'm an additive person - the entire storehouse of my knowledge informs everything I do. People are so obsessed with the surface that they can't see the connections, but they are there."
Zorn has led the punk jazz band Naked City and the klezmer-influenced quartet Masada, composed Masada Songbooks (written concert music for classical ensembles), and has produced music for film and documentary.
Zorn established himself within the New York City downtown music movement in the mid 1970s and has since composed and performed with a wide range of musicians working in diverse musical areas. By the early 1990s Zorn was working extensively in Japan, attracted by that culture's openness about borrowing and remixing ingredients from elsewhere, before returning to New York as a permanent base in the mid-1990s. Zorn has undertaken many tours of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, often performing at festivals with varying ensembles to display his diverse output.
wn.com/John_Zorn -
Jon Poole
Jon Poole (born October 16, 1969, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom - also known as Random Jon Poole) is a British multi-instrumentalist singer and songwriter best known for his work as guitarist for Cardiacs (1991–2004) and as bass player for The Wildhearts (2002–2005).[citation needed]
Poole is the frontman and main performer of God Damn Whores, and has also worked with the bands Ablemesh, Dr Brighton and Celebricide. He is currently the live bass player for The Lotus Eaters and has recently joined the Brighton band La Momo as drummer.
Jon Poole comes from a musical family and is the youngest of six children, all of whom play musical instruments. One of his brothers is highly-regarded session bass player Ed Poole and one of his sisters is jazz trombonist Cathi "Trombabe" Poole, a member of the Cathi Cook Quintet and former musical director of the Milton Keynes Open Band.[citation needed]
Poole currently lives in Brighton with his wife Louise.[citation needed]
Poole's projects tend to draw from or combine punk rock, progressive/art rock and hard rock, mostly due to his manic performance style, punk-style vocals and dual interest in complexity and raw riffs. He has also commented "I find beautiful perfection repellent."
wn.com/Jon_Poole -
Keith Moon
Keith John Moon (23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978) was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who. He gained acclaim for his exuberant and innovative drumming style, and notoriety for his eccentric and often self-destructive behaviour, earning him the nickname "Moon the Loon". Moon joined The Who in 1964. He played on all albums and singles from their debut, 1964's "Zoot Suit", to 1978's Who Are You, which was released three weeks before his death.
Moon was known for dramatic, suspenseful drumming—often eschewing basic back beats for a fluid, busy technique focused on fast, cascading rolls across the toms, ambidextrous double bass drum work and wild cymbal crashes and washes. He is mentioned in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the greatest of all rock and roll drummers, and was posthumously inducted into the Rock Hall as a member of The Who in 1990.
Moon's legacy, as a member of The Who, as a solo artist, and as an eccentric personality, continues to garner awards and praise, including a Rolling Stone readers' pick placing him in second place of the magazine's "best drummers of all time" in 2011, nearly 35 years after his death.
wn.com/Keith_Moon -
Kent Nagano
Kent George Nagano (born November 22, 1951) is an American conductor and opera administrator. He is currently the music director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the Bavarian State Opera.
Nagano was born in Berkeley, California, while his parents were in graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley. He grew up in Morro Bay, a city located on the Central Coast of California. He is Japanese American. He studied sociology and music at the University of California, Santa Cruz[citation needed]. After graduation he moved to San Francisco State University to study music. While there, he took composition courses from Grosvenor Cooper and Roger Nixon. He also studied at the École Normale de Musique in Paris.
His first conducting job was with the Opera Company of Boston, where he was assistant conductor to Sarah Caldwell. In 1978, he became the conductor of the Berkeley Symphony, his first music directorship. He stepped down from this position in 2009. During his tenure in Berkeley, Nagano became a champion of the music of Olivier Messiaen and initiated a correspondence with him.
wn.com/Kent_Nagano -
Lenny Bruce
Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by the stage name Lenny Bruce, was a Jewish-American comedian, social critic and satirist. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon, the first in New York state history. His open, free-style, dangerous and critical form of comedy which brought in politics and religion and sex in a heady mix, combined with his devil may care attitude, his epic consumption of drugs, sex and alcohol, his messy, desperate life in which he conned money in order to keep his wife from having to work as a stripper, makes him a compelling figure. He paved the way for future outspoken comedians, and he paved the way for freedom of speech. His trial for obscenity for saying the word "cocksucker", in which – after being forced into bankruptcy – he was eventually found not guilty is seen as landmark trial for freedom of speech.
Lenny Bruce was born Leonard Alfred Schneider in Mineola, New York, grew up in nearby Bellmore, and attended Wellington C. Mepham High School. His parents divorced when he was five years old, and Lenny moved in with various relatives over the next decade. His mother, Sally Marr (née Sadie Kitchenberg), was a stage performer who had an enormous influence on Bruce's career. After spending time working on a farm, Bruce joined the United States Navy at the age of 17 in 1942, and saw active duty in Europe. In May 1945 he reported to his ship's medical officer that he was experiencing homosexual urges. This led to his Dishonorable Discharge in July 1945. However, he had not admitted to or been found guilty of any breach of naval regulations and successfully applied to have his discharge changed to "Under Honorable Conditions ... by reason of unsuitability for the naval service".
wn.com/Lenny_Bruce -
Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres (born Lewis Frederick Ayres III; December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor, best known for starring as Paul in All Quiet on the Western Front and for playing Dr. Kildare in several movies, which was apt since originally he had studied medicine at the University of Arizona.
Ayres was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and reared in San Diego, California. Ayres began acting in bit player roles in films in 1927. He was discovered that year playing banjo in the Henry Halstead Orchestra as Halstead was recording one of the earliest Vitaphone movie shorts called Carnival Night in Paris (Warner Brothers, 1927). Ayres wrote, "I was a member of Henry Halstead's orchestra in 1927 at the Mission Beach Ballroom in San Diego, California for the summer. My instruments were tenor banjo, long-neck banjo and guitar. After a hiatus, I rejoined Mr. Halstead with a new group, including Phil Harris, on New Year's Eve the same year for the opening night of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, a memorable occasion."
wn.com/Lew_Ayres -
Mark Volman
Mark Volman (born April 19, 1947) is an American rock and roll singer, best known as a founding member of the 1960s band The Turtles. Volman became a stand-out figure upon joining the Mothers of Invention under the tutelage of Frank Zappa. At times during his career he has used the pseudonym "Flo".
Volman was born in Los Angeles California, and grew up in Westchester, a suburb of Los Angeles, where he graduated from Westchester High School in 1965. Over 25 years later in 1992 at age 45 he started his bachelor's degree at Loyola Marymount University. Volman graduated with a B.A. degree in 1997 Magna cum Laude and was the class valedictorian speaker. During the speech he led the graduates in a chorus of "Happy Together". CBS Evening News covered Volman's graduation and interviewed his parents who were perplexed at their son's academic accomplishments.
Volman went on to earn a Master's degree in Fine Arts with an emphasis in screenwriting in 1999 also from Loyola. Volman has taught Music Business & Industry courses in the Communications and Fine Arts department at Loyola. He has also taught courses at Los Angeles Valley College in the Commercial Music Program. He is currently an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Entertainment Industry Studies Program at Belmont University in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business and conducts seminars about the music industry for various academic institutions from junior high school to university level. In addition, he offers consulting on music business and entertainment through the website Ask Professor Flo.
wn.com/Mark_Volman -
Matt Groening
Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening ( /ˈɡreɪnɪŋ/ GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell (1978–present) as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons (1989–present) and Futurama (1999–2003, 2008–present)
Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of Life in Hell to the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978. The cartoon is still carried in 250 weekly newspapers. Life in Hell caught the attention of James L. Brooks. In 1985, Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of working in animation for the Fox variety show The Tracey Ullman Show. Originally, Brooks wanted Groening to adapt his Life in Hell characters for the show. Fearing the loss of ownership rights, Groening decided to create something new and came up with a cartoon family, The Simpsons, and named the members after his own parents and sisters — while Bart was an anagram of the word brat. The shorts would be spun off into their own series: The Simpsons, which has since aired 508 episodes. In 1997, Groening and former Simpsons writer David X. Cohen developed Futurama, an animated series about life in the year 3000, which premiered in 1999. After four years on the air, the show was canceled by Fox in 2003, but Comedy Central commissioned 16 new episodes from four direct-to-DVD movies in 2008. Then, in June 2009, Comedy Central ordered 26 new episodes of Futurama, to be aired over two seasons.
wn.com/Matt_Groening -
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects. Much of his piano music, chamber music, vocal music and orchestral music has entered the standard concert repertoire.
Ravel's piano compositions, such as Jeux d'eau, Miroirs, Le tombeau de Couperin and Gaspard de la nuit, demand considerable virtuosity from the performer, and his orchestral music, including Daphnis et Chloé and his arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, uses a variety of sound and instrumentation.
Ravel is perhaps known best for his orchestral work Boléro (1928), which he considered trivial and once described as "a piece for orchestra without music".
According to SACEM, Ravel's estate earns more royalties than that of any other French composer. According to the law of most countries (including all members of the World Trade Organization), Ravel's works have been in the public domain since January 1, 2008, in most countries.
wn.com/Maurice_Ravel -
Merzbow
Merzbow (メルツバウ, Merutsubau?) is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician Masami Akita (秋田 昌美, Akita Masami?), born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.
The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic. In addition to this, Akita has cited a wide range of influences from progressive rock, free jazz, modern classical and musique concrète to BDSM and Japanese bondage. More recently he has been inspired by animals, animal rights and environmentalism.
As well as being a prolific musician, he has been a writer and editor for several books and magazines in Japan, and has written 17 books of his own. He has written about a variety of subjects, mostly about art, avant-garde and post-modern culture. His more renowned works have been on the topics of BDSM and fetish culture. Other art forms Akita has been interested in include painting, photography, filmmaking and Butoh dance.
wn.com/Merzbow -
Michael Brecker
Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2007.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Cheltenham Township, a local suburb, Michael Brecker was exposed to jazz at an early age by his father, an amateur jazz pianist. He grew up a part of the generation of jazz musicians who saw rock music not as the enemy but as a viable musical option. Brecker began studying clarinet, then moved to alto saxophone in school, eventually settling on the tenor saxophone as his primary instrument. He graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1967 and after only a year at Indiana University, Michael Brecker moved to New York City in 1969 where he carved out a niche for himself as a dynamic and exciting jazz soloist. He first made his mark at age 21 as a member of the jazz-rock band Dreams—a band that included his older brother Randy, trombonist Barry Rogers, drummer Billy Cobham, Jeff Kent and Doug Lubahn. Dreams was short-lived, lasting only a year, but Miles Davis was seen at some gigs prior to his recording Jack Johnson.
wn.com/Michael_Brecker -
Mike Portnoy
Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Known for his drumming prowess and technical skill, Portnoy has won 26 awards from the Modern Drummer magazine . He co-produced six Dream Theater albums with guitarist John Petrucci, starting from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory through Black Clouds and Silver Linings. From A Change of Seasons onwards, Portnoy had been writing a significant amount of Dream Theater's lyrics. He is the second youngest person (after Neil Peart) to be inducted into the Modern Drummer's Hall of Fame (at 37 years of age).
Besides his work with Dream Theater, Portnoy is known for his many side projects and tribute bands. He is a founding member of Liquid Tension Experiment, an instrumental progressive rock band featuring fellow DT members John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess along with bass legend Tony Levin. He is also a founding member of Transatlantic, a progressive rock "super-group" featuring Spock's Beard keyboardist/vocalist Neal Morse, Flower Kings guitarist Roine Stolt and Marillon bassist Pete Trewavas. Portnoy has also recorded and/or toured/performed live with Avenged Sevenfold, Neal Morse, OSI, Hail!, Stone Sour, Fates Warning, Overkill and G3. Over the years, Portnoy has also created tribute bands to The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Rush, and The Who, which has allowed him to perform the music of his four favorite drummers.
wn.com/Mike_Portnoy -
Moon Zappa
Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967) is an American actress, musician, and author. She goes by the name Moon Zappa; "Unit" is her middle name.
Zappa was born in New York City, the eldest child of Gail Zappa, who worked in business, and musician Frank Zappa. She has three younger siblings, Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva Muffin. Zappa's father was of Sicilian, Greek-Arab and French ancestry and her mother was of Danish, French, Irish and Portuguese ancestry. Zappa attended Oakwood School in North Hollywood, California. She married Paul Doucette, a drummer and guitarist, in June 2002. They have one child, Mathilda Plum Doucette, born December 21, 2004. Zappa filed for divorce in January 2012.
Apart from the novelty of her and her siblings' names, she first came to public attention in 1982, at the age of fourteen, as a vocalist on her father's Top 40 hit single "Valley Girl". The song featured Moon Zappa delivering a monologue in "valleyspeak", a collection of slang terms popular with teenage girls in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles. In the mid-1980s, Moon and her brother Dweezil were frequent guest VJs on MTV. Next to "Dancin' Fool", "Valley Girl" was Frank Zappa's biggest hit in the United States, and popularized phrases such as "grody to the max" and "gag me with a spoon". The song appeared on her father's 1982 album Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch. She later made another recording titled "My Mother Is a Space Cadet", with guitar accompaniment by her brother Dweezil. She also guest-starred on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show as Marylin.
wn.com/Moon_Zappa -
Motherfucker
Motherfucker (sometimes abbreviated as mofo, mf, or mf'er) is an American vulgarism. Its literal sense, referring to one who participates in sexual intercourse with a mother, either someone else's, or his own is seldom implied. Rather, it refers to a mean, despicable, or vicious person, or any particularly difficult or frustrating situation or alternatively as an inverted praise of the individual or thing's "badness". Due to the semiotics, it is not generally applied personally to females, a personal direct object referred to as such is invariably male.
Like many widely used offensive terms, motherfucker has a large list of minced oaths. Motherhumper, motherfugger, mother f'er, mothersucker, motherlover, mofo, motherflower, motherkisser and many more are sometimes used in polite company or to avoid censorship. The participle motherfucking is often used as an emphatic, in the same way as the less strong fucking. The verb to motherfuck also exists, although it is less common. Conversely, when paired with an adjective, it can become a term denoting such things as originality and masculinity, as in the related phrase "bad ass mother fucker".
wn.com/Motherfucker -
Nicolas Slonimsky
Nicolas Slonimsky (April 27 [O.S. April 15] 1894 – December 25, 1995) was a Russian born American composer, conductor, musician, music critic, lexicographer and author. He described himself as a "diaskeuast" (from Greek διασκευαστής); "a reviser or interpolator."
Slonimsky was born Nikolai Leonidovich Slonimskiy in Saint Petersburg. He was of Jewish origin, but his parents adopted the Orthodox faith after the birth of his older brother, and Nicolas was baptized in the Russian Orthodox Church. His maternal aunt, Isabelle Vengerova, was his first piano teacher.
Slonimsky was brought to the United States in 1923 by Vladimir Rosing to work as an accompanist in the newly formed Opera Department at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he continued his composition and conducting studies. He also accompanied Rosing at many of his vocal recitals, including a performance at Carnegie Hall in October 1924. After two years, Slonimsky moved to Boston to work as an assistant for Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Serge Koussevitzky, for whom he had earlier worked as a rehearsal pianist in Paris. During this time, Slonimsky taught music theory at Boston Conservatory and the Malkin Conservatory, and began to write music articles for The Boston Evening Transcript, The Christian Science Monitor and the magazine, The Etude.
wn.com/Nicolas_Slonimsky -
Pat Robertson
Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (born March 22, 1930) is a media mogul, television evangelist, ex-Baptist minister and businessman who politically aligns himself with the Christian Right in the United States.
He is the founder of numerous organizations and corporations, including the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ), the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), the Christian Coalition, Flying Hospital, International Family Entertainment Inc., Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation, CBN Asia and Regent University. He is the host of The 700 Club, a Christian TV program airing on channels throughout the United States and on CBN network affiliates worldwide.
The son of U.S. Senator A. Willis Robertson, Robertson is a Southern Baptist and was active as an ordained minister with that denomination for many years, but holds to a charismatic theology not traditionally common among Southern Baptists. He unsuccessfully campaigned to become the Republican Party's nominee in the 1988 presidential election. As a result of his seeking political office, he no longer serves in an official role for any church. His media and financial resources make him a recognized, influential, and controversial public voice for conservative Christianity in the United States.
wn.com/Pat_Robertson -
Paul Humphrey
Paul Nelson Humphrey (born October 12, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American jazz and funk/R+B drummer.
He worked as a session drummer in the 1960s for jazz artists such as Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Kai Winding, Charles Mingus, Lee Konitz, Blue Mitchell and Gene Ammons.
As a bandleader, he recorded under the name Paul Humphrey and the Cool Aid Chemists, with Clarence MacDonald, David T. Walker, and Bill Upchurch. In 1971, this ensemble had two hits, "Cool Aid" (US #29, US Black Singles #14) and "Funky L.A." (US Black Singles #45). He also recorded an album as head of the Paul Humphrey Sextet in 1981.
Mr. Humphrey was the drummer on Marvin Gaye's album "Let's Get It On".
He also recorded with a divergent list of artists such as Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Jerry Garcia, Jimmy Smith, The Four Tops, Al Kooper, Jackie DeShannon, Natalie Cole, Albert King, Quincy Jones, Dusty Springfield, Jean-Luc Ponty, Michael Franks, Maria Muldaur, and so on.
Humphrey also was the featured drummer for both the Lawrence Welk orchestra and television show from 1976 to 1982. He and his wife Joan are the parents of two children, Pier and Damien, who appeared with their father on the Welk show's annual Christmas episode.
wn.com/Paul_Humphrey -
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of the Beatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), he has been described by Guinness World Records as "The Most Successful Composer and Recording Artist of All Time", with 60 gold discs and sales of over 100 million albums and 100 million singles. With John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, and with Lennon formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. After leaving the Beatles, he began a solo career and later formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine.
According to the BBC, his Beatles song "Yesterday" has been covered by over 2,200 artists—more than any other song. Wings' 1977 release, "Mull of Kintyre", became one of the best-selling singles ever in the UK, and he is "the most successful songwriter" in UK chart history, according to Guinness. As a songwriter or co-writer, he is included on thirty-one number one titles on the Billboard Hot 100, and as of 2012 he has sold over 15.5 million RIAA certified units in the United States.
wn.com/Paul_McCartney -
Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins (January 24, 1927 – December 4, 2009) was an U.S. politician from Florida. She is to date the only woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida. She was the first woman ever elected to a full term in the Senate without a family connection.
Paula was the eldest of three children born to Paul and Leone Fickes in Salt Lake City. Her father was a Naval Chief Warrant Officer. In 1934, the family moved to Atlanta, where her father taught at Georgia Tech. Her parents split when Paula was in high school, and Leone and the children returned to Utah. She finished high school at Richmond, Utah in 1944, then enrolled at Utah State University. Paula was hired to be the Athletic director's secretary and met her future husband. On September 5, 1947, Paula Fickes and Walter Eugene Hawkins were married and moved to Atlanta. Gene earned a degree in electrical engineering and eventually opened his own business. The couple had three children before moving to Winter Park, Florida in 1955, where Paula became a community activist and Republican volunteer.
wn.com/Paula_Hawkins -
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ bu.lɛːz]) (born 26 March 1925) is a French composer of contemporary classical music, a pianist, and a conductor.
Boulez was born in Montbrison, Loire, France. As a child he began piano lessons and demonstrated aptitude in both music and mathematics. He pursued the latter at Lyon before pursuing music at the Paris Conservatoire under Olivier Messiaen and the wife of Arthur Honegger, Andrée Vaurabourg.
Through Messiaen, Boulez discovered twelve-tone technique — which he would later study privately with René Leibowitz — and went on to write atonal music in a post-Webernian serial style. Boulez was initially part of a cadre of early supporters of Leibowitz, but due to an altercation with Leibowitz, their relations turned divisive, as Boulez spent much of his career promoting the music of Messiaen instead.
The first fruits of this were his cantatas Le visage nuptial and Le soleil des eaux for female voices and orchestra, both composed in the late 1940s and revised several times since, as well as the Second Piano Sonata of 1948, a well-received 32-minute work that Boulez composed at the age of 23. Thereafter, Boulez was influenced by Messiaen's research to extend twelve-tone technique beyond the realm of pitch organization, serialising durations, dynamics, mode of attack, and so on. This technique became known as integral serialism.
wn.com/Pierre_Boulez -
Randy Brecker
Randal "Randy" Brecker (b. Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock, and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Horace Silver, Frank Zappa, Parliament-Funkadelic, Chris Parker, Jaco Pastorius, Dire Straits, Todd Rundgren, Blue Öyster Cult, Richard Barone, Spyro Gyra, Barbara Dennerlein and many others. In his formative years, Brecker studied trumpet with Bill Adam at Indiana University.
He played on the first Blood Sweat & Tears album, Child Is Father to the Man, but left the band when founder Al Kooper and trumpeter Jerry Weiss left. Lew Soloff replaced him for the second and subsequent albums. He was a charter member of Larry Coryell's seminal jazz fusion band The Eleventh House in 1973.
He is the older brother of the late jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker (1949–2007). Together they led Dreams and the Brecker Brothers, a popular funk and fusion band which recorded several albums from the 1970s through the 1990s. After the Brecker Brothers disbanded in 1982, Randy recorded and toured as a member of Jaco Pastorius' Word of Mouth big band. It was soon thereafter that he met and later married Brazilian jazz pianist Eliane Elias. Eliane and Randy formed their own band, touring the world several times and recording one album together, Amanda on Passport Records.
wn.com/Randy_Brecker -
Ray White
Ray White is a soul vocalist and rock and blues guitarist, best known as a member of Frank Zappa's touring ensembles. He was drafted into Zappa's band in the fall of 1976, being featured on rhythm guitar and vocals, forming a memorable vocal harmony partnership with Ike Willis on later tours in 1980 and 1984. White's vocals can be heard on Zappa in New York (March 1978), You Are What You Is (Sept 1981) as well as others. White can also be found on a The Torture Never Stops and Does Humor Belong in Music?; the former a DVD set in one of Zappa's last tours (without Ike Willis) and the latter being a VHS filmed at the pier in New York, the video features White and Ike Willis' signature vocal harmonies. According to Zappa, White, who was deeply religious, was uncomfortable with the atheistic views of some of the other band members, which led to his departure.
White has also worked with jam-oriented groups like KVHW, Don't Push the Clown and Umphrey's McGee since his contributions to the Zappa band, and has more recently worked with a variety of Michigan artists, including former Rare Earth drummer Bob Weaver, as well as members of the funk/fusion combo Generic Produce.
wn.com/Ray_White -
Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He joined the Beatles in August 1962, taking the place of Pete Best. In addition to his drumming, Starr is featured on lead vocals on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", and the Beatles version of "Act Naturally"). He is credited as a co-writer of the songs "What Goes On" and "Flying", and as the writer of "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden".
As drummer for the Beatles, Starr was musically creative, and his contribution to the band's music has received high praise from notable drummers in more recent times. Starr described himself as "your basic offbeat drummer with funny fills". Drummer Steve Smith said that Starr's popularity "brought forth a new paradigm" where "we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect" and that Starr "composed unique, stylistic drum parts for The Beatles songs". In 2011, Starr was picked as the fifth-best drummer of all-time by Rolling Stone readers.
wn.com/Ringo_Starr -
Robert Gluck
Robert Gluck (b. 1955) is a pianist and composer whose repertoire spans jazz, live electronic music, and avant-garde concert music. Karl Ackermann (All About Jazz), wrote of the latest of Gluck’s five recordings: “As a composer and player, Gluck ranks with the likes of Andrew Hill and Cecil Taylor… Something Quiet is completely original, artistically spontaneous, and intellectually challenging.” Allan Kozinn (New York Times) wrote that Gluck is “an accomplished jazz pianist” who played with “virtuosic fluidity.” Keyboard magazine named him June 2009 “Unsigned Artist of the Month.” Gluck’s current musical collaborators include saxophonists Joe Giardullo and Ras Moshe, bassists Christopher Dean Sullivan and Michael Bisio, drummer Dean Sharp, and computer musician/composer Neil Rolnick.
Raised in New York as a conservatory student and political activist, Gluck spent many years away from music, leading a life as a rabbi. Bob Gluck’s return to composing electronic music in 1995 and to the piano in 2005 marked a new beginning in his unusual career as a musician, educator, and writer. With influences as diverse as Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, and Karlheinz Stockhausen, Gluck has discovered a way to marry interests in electronic music with his love of jazz. Gluck designs his own software interfaces for interactive musical performance and multimedia installation, including the sound installations 'Layered Histories' (2004), an immersive sound and video environment with Cynthia Rubin and 'Sounds of a Community' (2002), in which visitors trigger and shape recorded sounds by interacting with electronic musical sculptures.
wn.com/Robert_Gluck -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( /ˈrɒnəld ˈwɪlsən ˈreɪɡən/; February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States, serving from 1981 to 1989. Prior to that, he was the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and a radio, film and television actor.
Born in Tampico, Illinois and raised in Dixon, Reagan was educated at Eureka College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and sociology. After his graduation, Reagan moved first to Iowa to work as a radio broadcaster and then in to Los Angeles in 1937 where he began a career as an actor, first in films and later television. Some of his most notable films include Knute Rockne, All American, Kings Row, and Bedtime for Bonzo. Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later as a spokesman for General Electric (GE); his start in politics occurred during his work for GE. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, his positions began shifting rightward in the late 1950s, and he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After delivering a rousing speech in support of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but won both the nomination and general election in 1980, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
wn.com/Ronald_Reagan -
Roy Estrada
Roy Estrada (also known as "Roy Ralph Moleman Guacamole Guadalupe Hidalgo Estrada" and Orejón) (born April 17, 1943 in Santa Ana, California) is an American musician and backing vocalist, best known for his bass guitar work with Frank Zappa and for co-founding Little Feat.
With drummer Jimmy Carl Black and Ray Collins, Estrada was an original member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, having previously been a founding member of The Soul Giants — the band from which the Mothers of Invention was formed.
Prior to the Soul Giants, Estrada fronted a band called Roy Estrada and the Rocketeers. The group released at least one single on the King label, "Jungle Dreams (Part 1)" backed with "Jungle Dreams (Part 2)".
Estrada sang "Oh in the Sky" on the Mothers of Invention "Color me Pop" TV Special in October 1968 with a high-pitched voice. In addition to his work with Zappa, Estrada formed Little Feat with Lowell George in 1969, playing on their first two albums before quitting in 1972 to join Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, by whom he was given the nickname Orejón ('big ears'). He also played bass for Zappa's transitional 1976 Zoot Allures touring band, provided vocals and acting for Zappa's 1979 film Baby Snakes, and vocal work for the 1980s Zappa albums You Are What You Is, Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch and The Man from Utopia.
wn.com/Roy_Estrada -
Ruth Underwood
Ruth Underwood (born Ruth Komanoff on May 23, 1946) is a retired professional musician, best known for playing xylophone, marimba, vibraphone and other percussion instruments in Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention from 1967 to 1977.
Underwood began her music training in the classical tradition, studying both at Ithaca College under Warren Benson and under Saul Goodman at Juilliard. Throughout 1967, she kept a regular attendance at the Garrick Theater in New York City when Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention was the resident band, resulting in her association with Zappa beginning in December 1967.
As Ruth Komanoff and Ruth Underwood she also appeared on drums with a rock group named The Hamilton Face Band during 1969, appearing on some of their recordings released by Philips Records and Bell Records. She married fellow Zappa musician Ian Underwood in May 1969. They later divorced in 1986.
Underwood went on to perform in over twenty Zappa/Mothers recordings. Examples of her virtuosity can be heard on such tracks as the "Rollo Interior interlude" from "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast", from the Apostrophe (') album (1974). Equally impressive work is documented on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) and on "Inca Roads", the opening track on One Size Fits All (1975). Some glimpses of Underwood in action can be seen in the Zappa movie 200 Motels (1971), and the Dub Room Special DVD, which includes performances from the KCET Special A Token Of His Extreme. She also features in the (as yet unreleased) film of the Roxy performances.
wn.com/Ruth_Underwood -
Sheila Dixon
Sheila Ann Dixon (born December 27, 1953) served as the forty-eighth Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. When former Mayor Martin O'Malley was sworn in as Governor on January 17, 2007, Dixon, a Democrat, became mayor and served out the remaining year of O'Malley's term. In November 2007, she was elected mayor. She is a former member of the Baltimore City Council, the first African-American female to serve as its president, and Baltimore's first female mayor. She was also Baltimore's third African-American mayor.
On January 9, 2009, Dixon was indicted on twelve felony and misdemeanor counts, including perjury, theft, and misconduct. The charges stem partly from incidents in which she allegedly misappropriated gift cards intended for the poor. On December 1, 2009, the jury returned a "guilty" verdict on one misdemeanor count of fraudulent misappropriation. On January 6, 2010 Dixon announced her resignation as Mayor as part of a plea agreement, effective February 4, 2010. She was succeeded by the Baltimore City Council President, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on February 4, 2010.
wn.com/Sheila_Dixon -
Shuggie Otis
Shuggie Otis (born Johnny Alexander Veliotes, Jr.; November 30, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist.
Otis' composition "Strawberry Letter 23" (as recorded by The Brothers Johnson) topped the Billboard R&B chart and reached #5 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977. He also achieved commercial success with his 1974 single "Inspiration Information" (from the album of the same name), reaching #56 on the R&B chart.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Otis is the son of rhythm and blues pioneer, musician, bandleader, and impresario Johnny Otis and wife Phyllis. The name 'Shuggie' (short for "sugar", according to his mother) was coined by Phyllis when he was a newborn. Otis began playing guitar at age two and performing professionally with his father's band at the age of twelve, often disguising himself with dark glasses and a false moustache so that he could play with his father's band in after-hours nightclubs.
wn.com/Shuggie_Otis -
Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds (born June 19, 1963 in London, England; raised in Hertfordshire) is an English music critic who is well known for his writings on electronic dance music. Besides electronic dance music, Reynolds has written about a wide range of artists and musical genres, and has written books on post-punk and rock. He has contributed to Melody Maker (where he first made his name), The New York Times, Village Voice, Spin, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The Observer, Artforum, New Statesman, The Wire, Mojo, Uncut, and others. He currently resides in the East Village in New York City, USA with his wife, Joy Press, and their children, Kieran and Tasmine.
Reynolds' first experience writing about music was with Monitor, a fanzine he helped to found in 1984 while he was studying history at Oxford. The publication only lasted for six issues.[citation needed] When it was discontinued in 1986, Reynolds was already making his name writing for Melody Maker, one of the three major British music magazines of the time (the other two being the New Musical Express and Sounds). His early Melody Maker writings often contained strong criticisms of the concept of "soul" (then being heavily promoted by the NME), and of the somewhat earnest politicisation associated with the Red Wedge movement. He has since stated[citation needed] that his apparent de-politicisation at the time was mainly a result of his sheer despair at Thatcherism and desire to escape - into a parallel world which was, as in the title of his first book, "blissed out". He also wrote a number of articles analysing what has since become known as twee pop from a somewhat sociological perspective, seeing in it a desire to escape the dominant 1980s values of commercialism and Americanisation and to return to a perceived innocent past.
wn.com/Simon_Reynolds -
Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III (born January 8, 1928) is an American politician. A Republican, he was a U.S. senator from Washington state from 1981 to 1987, and from 1989 to 2001. He held both of the state's Senate seats in his career and was narrowly defeated for reelection twice as an incumbent: in 1986 by Brock Adams, and in 2000 by Maria Cantwell after a recount. Gorton was twice both Senior Senator (1983–87, 1993–2001) and Junior Senator (1981–83, 1989–93).
Gorton was born in Chicago, Illinois and served in the United States Army from 1945 until 1946. He then attended and graduated from Dartmouth College. He graduated from Columbia Law School, and served in the United States Air Force from 1953 until 1956, continuing to serve in the Air Force reserves until 1980. Meanwhile, he practiced law, and entered politics in 1958, being elected to the state legislature of Washington, in which he served from 1959 until 1969, becoming one of the highest-ranking members. He was then Attorney General of Washington from 1969 until he entered the United States Senate in 1981. During his three terms as Attorney General, Gorton was recognized for taking the unusual step of appearing personally to argue the state's positions before the Supreme Court of the United States and for prevailing in those efforts.
wn.com/Slade_Gorton -
Steve Allen
Stephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen (December 26, 1921 - October 30, 2000) was an American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer. Though he got his start in radio, Allen is best known for his television career. He first gained national attention as a guest host on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. He graduated to become the first host of The Tonight Show, where he was instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. Thereafter, he hosted numerous game and variety shows, including The Steve Allen Show, I've Got a Secret, The New Steve Allen Show, and was a regular panel member on CBS' What's My Line?
Allen was a "creditable" pianist, and a prolific composer, having penned over 14,000 songs,[citation needed] one of which was recorded by Perry Como and Margaret Whiting, others by Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Les Brown, and Gloria Lynne. Allen won a Grammy award in 1963 for best jazz composition, with his song The Gravy Waltz. His vast number of songs have never been equaled. Allen wrote more than 50 books, has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Hollywood theater named in his honor The Steve Allen Theater.
wn.com/Steve_Allen -
Steve Vai
Steven Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. After starting his career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai recorded and toured in Zappa's band for two years, from 1980 to 1982. He began a solo career in 1983, has released eight solo albums and won three Grammy Awards. He has also recorded and toured with Public Image Ltd., Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth and Whitesnake. Vai has been a regular touring member of the G3 Concert Tour which began in 1996. In 1999 Vai started his own record label Favored Nations, intending to showcase as he describes, "...artists that have attained the highest performance level on their chosen instruments."
Vai began playing guitar in 1973, at the age of 13. In 1974, he took guitar lessons from guitarist Joe Satriani and played in local bands, one of which was called "The Steve Vais". He was influenced by guitarists including Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Brian May, Jimmy Page, Glen Buxton, and jazz fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth. Vai attended the Berklee College of Music, afterwards recording a promotional piece for them in which he spoke about auditioning for Frank Zappa at age 20.
wn.com/Steve_Vai -
System of a Down
System of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD and often shortened to System, is a rock band from Southern California, formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar), Daron Malakian (guitar, vocals), Shavo Odadjian (bass, background vocals) and John Dolmayan (drums).
The band achieved commercial success with the release of five studio albums; from which three debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. System of a Down has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, and won the award in 2006 for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song "B.Y.O.B.". The group went on hiatus in August 2006, but reunited in November 2010, embarking on a worldwide tour in 2011.
Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, and Shavo Odadjian all attended Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School while children, although because of their eight-year age difference they did not meet until 1992 while working on separate projects at the same recording studio. They formed a band named Soil with Tankian on vocals and keyboards, Malakian on vocals and guitar, Dave Hakopyan (who later played in The Apex Theory/Mt. Helium) on bass and Domingo "Dingo" Laranio on drums. The band hired Shavo Odadjian (another Rose and Alex Pilibos alumnus) as manager, although he eventually joined Soil as rhythm guitarist. After three years, only one live show, and one jam session recording, Hakopyan and Laranio quit the band, feeling that it was not going anywhere.
wn.com/System_of_a_Down -
Terry Bozzio
Terry John Bozzio (December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.
Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, and begged his father for drum lessons. During the 1960s, he played in the garage bands Blue Grass Radio, The Yarde, and Tamalpais Jungle Mountain Boys.
In 1968 Bozzio attended Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California, where he received a music scholarship award, and later went on to the College of Marin. During this time he studied concurrently with Chuck Brown on the drum set and Lloyd Davis and Roland Kohloff on a percussion and timpani scholarship. He also played Bartok-Dahl-Cowell & Baroque chamber ensembles with the Marin and Napa County Symphonies.
In 1972 Bozzio played in the rock musicals Godspell and Walking in my Time. He also began playing in local jazz groups with Mark Isham, Peter Maunu, Patrick O'Hearn, Mike Knock, Art Lande, Azteca, Eddie Henderson, Woody Shaw, Julian Priester, Eric Gravatt, Billy Higgins, Andy Narell, Hadley Calliman, Mel Graves, and Mel Martin. He became a regular in the Monday Night Jim Dukey Big Band at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall.
wn.com/Terry_Bozzio -
Theodore Bikel
Theodore Meir Bikel (born May 2, 1924) is a character actor, folk singer and musician. He made his film debut in The African Queen (1951) and was nominated for an Academy award for his supporting role as Sheriff Max Muller in The Defiant Ones (1958).
Bikel is President of the Associated Actors and Artistes of America and was president of Actors' Equity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Meretz USA, where he also lectures. His autobiography, Theo, was published in 1995.
Bikel was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Miriam (née Riegler) and Josef Bikel from Bukovina. Being active in Zionism, his father named him after the Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism. Following the Nazi occupation of Austria, Bikel's family fled to Palestine, where his father's Zionist contacts helped the family obtain British passports. The British Mandate for Palestine was responsible for organizing a Jewish state in Palestine.
Bikel started acting while in his teens. He co-founded the Cameri Theatre there—which has gone on to become one of Israel's biggest theaters—before he moved to London to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1945. In 1948, Michael Redgrave recommended Bikel to his friend Laurence Olivier as understudy for the parts of both Stanley Kowalski and Mitch in the West End premiere of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. Bikel graduated from understudy to star opposite the director's wife, Vivien Leigh, who would go on to recreate her role as Blanche DuBois in the film version opposite Marlon Brando.
wn.com/Theodore_Bikel -
Timothy Carey
Timothy Agoglia Carey (born March 11, 1929, Brooklyn, New York – died May 11, 1994, Los Angeles, California) was an American film and television actor.
Carey wrote, produced, directed and starred in the 1962 feature The World's Greatest Sinner which was scored by Frank Zappa. Although it did not have wide commercial release, the film has achieved cult status through repeated screenings at the "midnight movies" in Los Angeles in the 1960s. This movie established Carey as an important figure in independent film.
As an actor, Carey appeared in the Stanley Kubrick films The Killing and Paths of Glory, and in the John Cassavetes-directed films Minnie and Moskowitz and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie.
He had roles in East of Eden, The Wild One, One-Eyed Jacks, The Boy and the Pirates and Beach Blanket Bingo. He played a minor role as the Angel of Death in the comedy film D.C. Cab, and appeared in the Monkees vehicle Head. His final appearance was in the 1986 movie Echo Park. Carey also did a select amount of acting on TV from the 1950s through the 1980s.
wn.com/Timothy_Carey -
Tipper Gore
Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Gore (née Aitcheson; born August 19, 1948) is an author, photographer, former second lady of the United States, and the estranged wife of Al Gore. She is known for her role in the Parents Music Resource Center criticizing record covers featuring "profane language", especially in the heavy metal and rap genres.
Born Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson in Washington, D.C., Tipper Gore is the daughter of John Kenneth "Jack" Aitcheson, Jr., a plumbing-supply entrepreneur, and his first wife, Margaret Ann (née Carlson) Odom (who lost her first husband during World War II). Her nickname, Tipper, derives from the lullaby "Tippy, Tippy, Tin", originally sung in the 1940 Our Gang short "All About Hash" by child actress Janet Burston. Her ancestry includes English, Scottish, German, and Swedish. Gore grew up in Arlington, Virginia. Her parents divorced and she was raised by her mother and grandmother.
She attended St. Agnes (now St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School), a private Episcopal school in Alexandria, Virginia, where she excelled in athletics and played the drums for an all-girl band, The Wildcats.
wn.com/Tipper_Gore -
Tommy Mars
Tommy Mars (real name Tommy Mariano) is a keyboard player, best known for his work with Frank Zappa.
Born in Connecticut, U.S.A., 26 October 1951 Mars began piano lessons at age eight, and later his instrument range expanded to various keyboards and synthesizers. Mars graduated in 1972 from the Hartt College of Music in West Hartford, Connecticut. From there he struggled to hold a variety of musical jobs including choirmaster, church organist, movie accompanist and more. In a 1980 interview in Keyboard Magazine, Mars described one of the more unusual jobs he had as follows - "I was working in this revolving organ bar in Kodiak, Alaska, with Japanese and Russian fishermen kicking me in the back if I couldn't play an ethnic folk song to their drunken satisfaction".
Knowing nothing about Zappa except for the songs "King Kong" and "Peaches en Regalia", Mars was asked to audition for Zappa's band with the help of percussionist Ed Mann, also a member of Zappa's group. From 1977 to 1982 he was part of Zappa's touring band, appeared in the movie Baby Snakes, and recorded a number of Zappa albums.
wn.com/Tommy_Mars -
Trey Anastasio
Trey Anastasio (born Ernest Joseph Anastasio III on September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist noted for his work with the rock band Phish, and his orchestral "Evenings with Trey Anastasio" performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the Denver Symphony.
In addition to his orchestral compositions, he is credited by name as composer of 152 Phish original songs, 140 of them as a solo credit, in addition to 41 credits attributed to the band as a whole.
Anastasio was born in Fort Worth, Texas and moved to Princeton, New Jersey when he was three. His father, Ernest Anastasio Jr., was an executive vice president at the Educational Testing Service. His mother Dina (née Brown) was a children's book author and editor of Sesame Street Magazine. He grew up with his sister Kristy.
Anastasio attended Princeton public schools through the fourth grade, then transferred to Princeton Day School. He graduated from The Taft School along with The Dude of Life, who helped pen such Phish compositions as "Suzy Greenberg", "Run Like An Antelope", "Slave to the Traffic Light", and "Dinner and a Movie". At Taft, he created his first two bands, Red Tide and Space Antelope. In 1978, he saw concerts by Pat Metheny and King Crimson and refers to this period as the "one year that changed me."
wn.com/Trey_Anastasio -
Vinnie Colaiuta
Vincent Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Republic, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14. He is notable for his technical skill and his musical versatility, having played with many artists from a wide variety of genres.
After attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston for a year, Colaiuta had his first big break as a member of the Christopher Morris Band in 1976-1977. Playing and recording with the Christopher Morris Band (MCA 2282) in 1977, Colaiuta relocated with the band to Los Angeles. After leaving the Christopher Morris Band, he made a mediocre living playing with lounge bands. His next break came in April 1978 at the age of 22, when Colaiuta auditioned for Frank Zappa, an audition that involved performing the notoriously difficult piece entitled "The Black Page". The audition was successful and Colaiuta went on to work with Zappa as his principal drummer for studio and live performances. He played on the successful Zappa albums Tinsel Town Rebellion, Joe's Garage, and Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar. Joe's Garage was named one of the top-25 drumming performances of all time in a 1993 Modern Drummer article.
wn.com/Vinnie_Colaiuta -
Václav Havel
Václav Havel (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvaːt͡slaf ˈɦavɛl] ( listen); 5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) was a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician.
Havel was the ninth and last president of Czechoslovakia (1989–1992) and the first president of the Czech Republic (1993–2003). He wrote more than 20 plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally.
Havel was voted 4th in Prospect magazine's 2005 global poll of the world's top 100 intellectuals. At the time of his death he was Chairman of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation. He was the founder of the VIZE 97 Foundation and the principal organizer of the Forum 2000 annual global conference.
Havel was one of the signatories of the Charter 77 manifesto, a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism, and a council member of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Havel received many recognitions, including the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Gandhi Peace Prize, the Philadelphia Liberty Medal, the Order of Canada, the freedom medal of the Four Freedoms Award, and the Ambassador of Conscience Award.
wn.com/Václav_Havel -
Warren DeMartini
Warren Justin DeMartini (born April 10, 1963), nicknamed Torch, is the lead guitarist for Ratt, a popular American band during the mid-to-late 1980s Los Angeles glam metal scene.
DeMartini was born on April 10, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest of six children. The family later relocated to San Diego, California. He became interested in rock music due to the influence of his older brothers Bernard and James, whose band rehearsed in the family basement. DeMartini's grandmother was also a musician of note, playing piano accompaniment to silent movies in Preston, Minnesota.
DeMartini's mother bought him a guitar at his request when he was seven years of age. As he struggled early on learning to play it, he became frustrated and smashed the instrument as he had seen Pete Townshend of The Who do onstage. His mother, angered, refused to buy a replacement. At age 15, he received enough money for Christmas to purchase a new electric guitar. He took lessons to learn basic guitar technique, learned quickly, and formed a band called The Plague. Later he formed another band known as Aircraft.
wn.com/Warren_DeMartini -
Wikipedia Persondata
wn.com/Wikipedia_Persondata -
Wild Man Fischer
Larry Wayne Fischer (November 6, 1944 – June 16, 2011), better known as Wild Man Fischer, was an American songwriter in the outsider genre. He was notable for being responsible for Rhino Records' first release, Go To Rhino Records (1975). Fischer's highly unusual style had developed a cult following.
Born Larry Wayne Fischer in Los Angeles, California, United States, Fischer was institutionalized at age 16 for attacking his mother with a knife. He was later diagnosed with two mental disorders — severe paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (manic depression). Following his release from the hospital, Fischer wandered Los Angeles singing his unique brand of songs for 10¢ to passers-by. Discovered by Frank Zappa, with whom he recorded his first album, Fischer became an underground concert favorite, earning him the title "godfather of outsider music." Zappa was responsible for Fischer's initial foray into the business of music, an album called An Evening with Wild Man Fischer, contains 36 tracks of "something not exactly musical." Zappa and Fischer remained close, until Fischer threw a jar at Zappa's daughter Moon Unit Zappa, barely missing her. Due to this falling out, Zappa's widow Gail Zappa has not yet released An Evening with Wild Man Fischer on CD.
wn.com/Wild_Man_Fischer -
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono (オノ・ヨーコ（小野 洋子）, Ono Yōko?, born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese artist, author, and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront in her music which prefigured New Wave music and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.
Yoko Ono was born in Tokyo in 1933 to mother Isoko Ono, the great-granddaughter of Zenjiro Yasuda of the Yasuda banking family, and to father Yeisuke Ono, a banker and one-time classical pianist who was a descendant of an Emperor of Japan. The name "Yoko" means "ocean child". Two weeks before she was born, her father was transferred to San Francisco by his employer, the Yokohama Specie Bank. The rest of the family followed soon after and Yoko met her father when she was two. Her younger brother Keisuke was born in December 1936. In 1937, her father was transferred back to Japan and Ono was enrolled at Tokyo's Gakushuin (also known as the Peers School), one of the most exclusive schools in Japan.
wn.com/Yoko_Ono -
Yuppie
Yuppie (short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly mobile professional") is a term that refers to a member of the upper middle class or upper class in their 20s or 30s. It first came into use in the early 1980s and largely faded from American popular culture in the late 1980s, due to the 1987 stock market crash and the early 1990s recession.[citation needed] However it has been used in the 2000s and 2010s, in places such as in National Review, The Weekly Standard and Details.
Yuppies are mocked for their conspicuous personal consumption and hunger for social status among their peers. Cornell University economist Robert H. Frank, author of Luxury Fever, has remarked, "When people were denouncing yuppies, they had considerably lower incomes than yuppies, so the things yuppies spent their money on seemed frivolous and unnecessary from their vantage point." Pro-skateboarder and businessman Tony Hawk has said that yuppies give "us visions of bright V-neck sweaters with collars underneath, and all that was vile in the eighties", and he has also remarked that a "bitchin’ tattoo cannot hide your inner desire to be Donald Trump."
wn.com/Yuppie -
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta (ज़ुबिन मेहता); pronounced [ˈzuːbɪn ˈmeːɦt̪aː] (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of western classical music. He is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Zubin Mehta was born into a Parsi family in Bombay, British India, the son of Mehli and Tehmina Mehta. His father Mehli Mehta was a violinist and founding conductor of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra. Mehta is an alumnus of St. Mary's School, Mumbai, and St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Mehta initially intended to study medicine, but eventually became a music student in Vienna at the age of 18, under Hans Swarowsky. Also at the same academy along with Mehta were conductor Claudio Abbado and conductor–pianist Daniel Barenboim.
Mehta's first marriage was to Canadian soprano Carmen Lasky in 1958. They have a son, Mervon and a daughter, Zarina. In 1964, they divorced. Two years after the divorce, Carmen married Zubin's brother, Zarin Mehta, now the Executive Director of the New York Philharmonic. In July 1969, Mehta married Nancy Kovack, a former American film and television actress. Mehta is a permanent resident of the United States, but retains his Indian citizenship.
wn.com/Zubin_Mehta
Zappa, Frank Filmography
- 1982. L'estate di Frank (2012)
- Hart and Soul: The Hart Family Anthology (2010)
- The Wrecking Crew (2008)
- EAV Rarities (2006)
- I Love the '70s: Volume 2 (2006)
- Derailroaded (2005)
- Fuck (2005)
- Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (2002)
- Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note (2002)
- The Male Swagger (1999)
- Hey, Hey We're the Monkees (1997)
- The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993)
- Beasts (1993)
- The Yellow Shark (1992)
- The Yellow Shark (1992)
- Peefeeyatko (1991)
- Prazakum tem je hej (1991)
- Peefeeyatko (1991)
- Peefeeyatko (1991)
- Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth (1991)
- Cousteau: Alaska: Outrage at Valdez (1989)
- Decade (1989)
- Funny (1989)
- Circus of the Stars #14 (1989)
- The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988)
- The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988)
- The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988)
- The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988)
- The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988)
- The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987)
- Uncle Meat (1987)
- The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987)
- The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987)
- The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987)
- Uncle Meat (1987)
- Uncle Meat (1987)
- The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987)
- Uncle Meat (1987)
- Uncle Meat (1987)
- Uncle Meat (1987)
- Video from Hell (1985)
- Video from Hell (1985)
- Does Humor Belong in Music? (1985)
- Does Humor Belong in Music? (1985)
- Video from Hell (1985)
- Does Humor Belong in Music? (1985)
- Does Humor Belong in Music? (1985)
- Does Humor Belong in Music? (1985)
- Video from Hell (1985)
- Video from Hell (1985)
- Does Humor Belong in Music? (1985)
- The Dub Room Special! (1984)
- The Dub Room Special! (1984)
- The Dub Room Special! (1984)
- The Dub Room Special! (1984)
- Cocaine Blues (1983)
- Baby Snakes (1979)
- Baby Snakes (1979)
- Baby Snakes (1979)
- Baby Snakes (1979)
- Baby Snakes (1979)
- Baby Snakes (1979)
- 200 Motels (1971)
- 200 Motels (1971)
- 200 Motels (1971)
- 200 Motels (1971)
- Head (1968)
- Sex in Today's World (1968)
- You Are What You Eat (1968)
- Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution (1967)
- Mondo Hollywood (1967)
- Run Home Slow (1965)
- The World's Greatest Sinner (1962)
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Convocation / The Purple Lagoon
- Dancin' Fool
- Peaches En Regalia
- The Torture Never Stops
- Tryin to Grow a Chin
- City of Tiny Lites
- Baby Snakes
- Pound for a Brown
- Congress Shall Make No Law
- Perhaps in Maryland
- Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me
- Thou Shalt Not Make Unto Thee Any Graven Image — Any Likeness of Anything in Heaven Above, nor in the Earth Beneath, nor in the Water Under the Earth
- Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord Thy God in Vain
- Thou Shalt Keep Holy the Sabbath Day
- Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother
- Thou Shalt Not Kill
- Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
- Thou Shalt Not Steal
- Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbor
- Thou Shalt Not Covet the House of Thy Neighbor, the Wife of Thy Neighbor, nor His Male Servant, nor His Female Servant, nor His Ass, nor Anything That Belongs to Thy Neighbor
- Reagan at Bitburg Some More
- The Purple Lagoon
- Stink-Foot
- The Poodle Lecture
- Dirty Love
- Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station
- Tryin' to Grow a Chin
- The Torture Never Stops
- City of Tiny Lites
- You Didn't Try to Call Me
- Manx Needs Women
- Chrissy Puked Twice
- I Sink Trap [FZ's Original Edit for Capitol Records]
- II Gum Joy [FZ's Original Edit for Capitol Records]
- III Up & Down [FZ's Original Edit for Capitol Records]
- IV Local Butcher [FZ's Original Edit for Capitol Records]
- V Gypsy Airs [FZ's Original Edit for Capitol Records]
- VI Hunchy Punchy [FZ's Original Edit for Capitol Records]
- VII Foamy Soaky [FZ's Original Edit for Capitol Records]
- VIII Let's Eat Out [FZ's Original Edit for Capitol Records]
- IX Teen-Age Grand Finale [FZ's Original Edit for Capitol Records]
- Are You Hung Up?
- Who Needs the Peace Corps?
- Concentration Moon
- Mom & Dad
- Telephone Conversation
- Bow Tie Daddy
- Harry, You're a Beast
- What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?
- Absolutely Free
- Flower Punk
- Hot Poop
- Nasal Rententive Calliope Music
- Let's Make the Water Turn Black
- The Idiot Bastard Son
- Lonely Little Girl
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
- What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (reprise)
- Mother People
- The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny
- Peaches en Regalia
- I Am the Slime
- Purple Lagoon
- Dancin' Fool
- The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
- St Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast
- Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?
- The Illinois Enema Bandit
- Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
- Lonely Little Girl
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
- What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?
- Chunga's Revenge
- Zoot Allures
- And to Continue Now…
- It’s Just an Unflattering Angle
- Euro Law Reality
- Makes Its Own Sauce!
- Cat’s Nightmare
- Metropolis
- The Dissimilar Guest
- Promiscuity’s Finest Hour
- 1st on the Bill, Carved Up the Hill
- Peering into Dark Water
- No Smoking on Trailways
- Trick or Treat
- May Snap Shut on Closed Minds
- Spontaneous Combustion
- Under the Shitting Oyster
- In the Memory of Han Preston Blisterfield
- Look At Me Go!
- The 4th Lie
- Hageerk Olodnab
- Girl with the Laminated Resume
- Blue Bag Kenyons
- Caked Crab Reflections
- Epson Sauce
- Stone’s Been Chokin’
- The Virgin Judy
- Fifty‐Nine Morgan
- The Grand Wazoo
- For Calvin (and His Next Two Hitch‐Hikers)
- Cletus Awreetus‐Awrightus
- Eat That Question
- Blessed Relief
- Camarillo Brillo
- City of Tiny Lites
- Willy the Pimp
- Any Way the Wind Blows
- Stink‐Foot
- The Orange County Lumber Truck
- For Duane
- Stevie’s Spanking
- Ms. Pinky
- Bamboozled by Love
- A Token of My Extreme
- Who Needs the Peace Corps?
- Can’t Afford No Shoes
- Sam With the Showing Scalp Flat Top
- Teen‐Age Prostitute
- "It's OK to Be Smart..."
- Plastic People
- Don't Eat the Yellow Snow (single version)
- My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
- "Obscenity Is a Legal Term..."
- Let's Make the Water Turn Black
- Trouble Every Day
- Transylvania Boogie
- Once Upon a Time
- Be in My Video
- Fine Girl
- "I Think the First Thing That I Did..."
- Dancin' Fool
- Goblin Girl
- "I Go Out There and Give 'em Everything That I Can..."
- Echidna's Arf (Of You)
- Royal March From L'Histoire Du Soldat
- "The Horrible Part of It Is..."
- Montana (single version)
- Drowning Witch
- "You Have Any Last Words..."
- NYC Halloween Audience
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
- I Have Been in You
- Flakes
- Broken Hearts Are for Assholes
- I’m So Cute
- Jones Crusher
- What Ever Happened to All the Fun in the World
- Rat Tomago
- Wait a Minute
- Bobby Brown Goes Down
- Rubber Shirt
- The Sheik Yerbouti Tango
- Baby Snakes
- Tryin’ to Grow a Chin
- City of Tiny Lites
- Dancin’ Fool
- Jewish Princess
- Wild Love
- Yo’ Mama
- Chunga's Revenge
- Keep It Greasy
- Outside Now
- City of Tiny Lites
- Teenage Wind
- Bamboozeled by Love
- Pick Me I'm Clean
- Society Pages
- Beautiful Guy
- Beauty Knows No Pain
- Charlie's Enormous Mouth
- Dancin' Fool
- Bobby Brown
- Ms. Pinky
- I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
- The Illinois Enema Bandit
- In France
- Truck Driver Divorce
- Cocaine Decisions
- Sharleena
- Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
- Advance Romance
- Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
- Teenage Wind
- He's So Gay
- Keep It Greasy
- Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?
- Oh No
- More Trouble Every Day
- Penguine in Bondage
- Dancin' Fool
- Easy Meat
- Honey Don't You Want a Man Like Me?
- Keep It Greasy
- Village of the Sun
- The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
- City of Tiny Lites
- Pound for a Brown
- Bobby Brown
- Conehead
- Flakes
- Magic Fingers
- Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
- Nanook Rubs It
- Saint Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast
- Rollo
- Bamboozled by Love
- Chunga's Revenge
- Keep It Greasy
- Outside Now
- City of Tiny Lites
- Bamboozled by Love
- You Are What You Is
- Easy Meat
- Joe's Garage
- Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
- Bobby Brown
- Ms. Pinky
- I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
- The Illinois Enema Bandit
- Dancin' Fool
- Cocaine Decisions
- The Dangerous Kitchen
- Tink Walks Amok
- The Radio Is Broken
- Moggio
- The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (medley)
- Stick Together
- Sex
- The Jazz Discharge Party Hats
- We Are Not Alone
- No, Not Now
- Valley Girl
- I Come From Nowhere
- Drowning Witch
- Envelopes
- Teen‐Age Prostitute
- Are You Hung Up?
- Who Needs The Peace Corps?
- Concentration Moon
- Mom & Dad
- Telephone Conversation
- Bow Tie Daddy
- Harry, You're A Beast
- What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
- Absolutely Free
- Flower Punk
- Hot Poop
- Nasal Rententive Calliope Music
- Let's Make The Water Turn Black
- The Idiot Bastard Son
- Lonely Little Girl
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
- What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body (Reprise)
- Mother People
- The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny
- Lumpy Gravy I
- Lumpy Gravy II
- Sad Jane: 1st Movement
- Sad Jane: 2nd Movement
- Pedro’s Dowry (large orchestra version)
- Envelopes
- Mo ’n Herb’s Vacation: A. First Movement
- Mo ’n Herb’s Vacation: B. Second Movement
- Mo ’n Herb’s Vacation: C. Third Movement
- Chunga’s Revenge
- Mudd Club
- The Meek
- Joe’s Garage
- Golden Arches
- Cosmik Debris
- Keep It Greasey
- Pick Me, I’m Clean
- The Illinois Enema Bandit
- You Didn’t Try to Call Me
- No Heart
- Love of My Life
- City of Tiny Lights
- Tuning
- Heavy Duty Judy
- Packard Goose Medley
- Any Kind of Pain
- More Trouble Every Day
- Penguin in Bondage
- Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel
- Cosmik Debris
- Inca Roads
- Advance Romance
- Bobby Brown
- Keep It Greasey
- The Torture Never Stops Medley
- Big Swifty
- Joe's Garage
- Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
- Peaches En Regalia
- Stairway to Heaven
- Whippin' Post
- I Am the Walrus
- Loops Jam
- Sofa
- [introduction]
- Persona Non Grata
- Dead Girls of London
- Ain't Got No Heart
- Brown Shoes Don't Make It
- Cosmik Debris
- Tryin' to Grow a Chin
- City of Tiny Lights
- Dancin' Fool
- Easy Meat
- Jumbo Go Away
- Andy
- Inca Roads
- Florentin Pogen
- Honey Don't You Want a Man Like Me?
- Keep It Greasey
- The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
- For the Young Sophisticate
- Wet T-Shirt Nite
- Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
- Peaches En Regalia
- Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
- Nanook Rubs It
- St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
- Father O'Blivion
- Rollo
- Strictly Genteel
- Montana
- Pound for a Brown
- Mystery Rehearsal Piece
- Deathless Horsie
- Five-Five-Five
- [introduction]
- Dancin' Fool
- Peaches En Regalia
- Torture Never Stops
- Tryin' to Grow a Chin
- City of Tiny Lights
- Baby Snakes
- A Pound for a Brown
- I Have Been in You
- Flakes
- Broken Hearts Are for Assholes
- King Kong (includes Uncle Meat)
- Knick-Knack / [tuning]
- [introductions]
- Peaches En Regalia
- The Torture Never Stops
- Tryin' to Grow a Chin
- City of Tiny Lights
- Pound for a Brown
- Preamble
- Flakes (cut)
- Big Leg Emma (cuts in)
- Envelopes
- Drum Solo
- Disco Boy
- I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth
- Wild Love
- Titties & Beer
- Preamble
- Black Page #2
- Jones Crusher
- Broken Hearts Are for Assholes
- Punky's Whips
- Dinah Moe Humm
- Preamble
- Illinois Enema Bandit
- The Deathless Horsie
- [band introductions]
- Dancin' Fool
- Easy Meat
- Honey Don't You Want a Man Like Me?
- Keep It Greasey
- Village of the Sun
- The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
- City of Tiny Lights (cut)
- Pound for a Brown (cuts in)
- Bobby Brown
- Conehead
- Mo's Vacation
- The Black Page
- [band introductions] / [drum soundcheck]
- Something, Anything a.k.a. Andy
- Florentine Pogen
- Kung Fu
- Penguin in Bondage
- T'Mershi Duween "A Bongo Number"
- Dog Meat
- Montana
- Dupree's Paradise
- Cosmik Debris
- Pygmy Twylyte
- That Arrogant Dick Nixon a.k.a. Idiot Bastard Son
- Cheepnis
- Approximate
- Inca Roads
- Heavy Duty Judy
- [introduction]
- City of Tiny Lights
- You Are What You Is
- Mudd Club
- The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
- Truck Driver Divorce (includes Octandre)
- Goblin Girl
- The Black Page #2
- Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy
- Advance Romance
- He's So Gay
- A Token of My Extreme (Tush Tush Tush) / [introduction]
- Stinkfoot
- RDNZL
- Village of the Sun
- Cosmik Debris
- Camarillo Brillo
- Montana
- The Booger Man
- Preamble
- 200 Years Old
- Crowd Noise/Tuning
- Dinah-Moe Humm
- RDNZL
- Dog Meat
- Fifty-Fifty
- Montana
- Dupree's Paradise
- Eat That Question
- Yellow Snow Suite
- Farther Oblivion
- Deathless Horsie
- Dancin' Fool
- Easy Meat
- Honey Don't You Want a Man Like Me?
- Keep It Greasey
- Village of the Sun
- The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
- City of Tiny Lights
- Pound for a Brown
- Bobby Brown
- Conehead
- Mo's Vacation
- The Black Page
- Is That Guy Kidding or What?
- I Have Been in You
- Flakes
- Magic Fingers
- Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
- Nanook Rubs It
- St Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
- Father O'Blivion
- Rollo
- Little House I Used to Live In
- Tell Me You Love Me
- Yo Mama
- Black Napkins
- Hungry Freaks, Daddy
- I Ain’t Got No Heart
- Who Are the Brain Police?
- Go Cry on Somebody Else’s Shoulder
- Motherly Love
- How Could I Be Such a Fool
- Wowie Zowie
- You Didn’t Try to Call Me
- Any Way the Wind Blows
- I’m Not Satisfied
- You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here
- Trouble Every Day
- Help, I’m a Rock
- It Can’t Happen Here
- The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet
- Intro
- Dancin' Fool
- Peaches en Regalia
- The Torture Never Stops
- Tryin' to Grow a Chin
- City of Tiny Lites
- Baby Snakes
- A Pound for a Brown
- Boutique Girl
- I Have Been in You
- Flakes
- Broken Hearts Are for Assholes
- [instrumental]
- Fine Girl
- Easy Meat
- For the Young Sophisticate
- Love of My Life
- I Ain't Got No Heart
- Panty Rap
- Tell Me You Love Me
- Now You See It - Now You Don't
- Intro
- Black Page
- Tinseltown Rebellion
- Oh No
- Son of Orange County
- More Trouble Every Day
- Penguin in Bondage
- Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel
- Dumb All Over
- The Evil Prince
- Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy
- Advance Romance
- He's So Gay
- Bobby Brown
- Keep It Greasey
- Honey Don't You Want a Man Like Me
- Carol You Fool
- Chana vs. The Dangerous Kitchen
- Chana in De Bushwop
- Let's Move to Cleveland
- Why Don't You Like Me
- Preamble to Encores
- Stick It Out
- Truck Driver Divorce
- In France
- Chunga's Revenge
- [crowd noise] / [tuning] / It Ain't Necessarily So
- Chunga's Revenge
- Panty Rap
- Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
- Cosmik Debris
- Keep It Greasey
- The Blue Light
- Tinsel Town Rebellion
- Pick Me I'm Clean
- Dead Girls of London
- Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?
- City of Tiny Lites / She's Not There
- I Ain't Got No Heart
- The Torture Never Stops
- Heavy Duty Judy
- Broken Hearts Are for Assholes
- I'm So Cute
- Andy
- [encore break] / Sweet Leilani
- Joe's Garage
- Dancin' Fool
- Bobby Brown
- Ms. Pinky
- [crowd noise] / [tuning] (unpatched) [track 1]
- City of Tiny Lites (unpatched) [track 12]
- [encore break] (unpatched) [track 19]
- Crowd Noise
- Black Napkins
- Panty Rap
- You Are What You Is
- Love of My Life
- Flakes
- Magic Fingers
- The Blue Light
- Tinseltown Rebellion
- Goblin Girl
- Heavenly Bank Account
- Suicide Chump
- Jumbo Go Away
- If Only She Woulda
- Whisky Bottle Incident
- If Only She Woulda (Conclusion)
- I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
- Easy Meat
- Encore Break
- Stick It Out
- Tell Me You Love Me
- Encore Break #2
- The Illinois Enema Bandit
- Crowd Noise (unpatched)
- Suicide Chump (unpatched)
- Easy Meat (unpatched)
- Intro (The Purple Lagoon)
- Stinkfoot
- Poodle Lecture
- Dirty Love
- Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station
- Tryin' to Grow a Chin
- The Torture Never Stops
- City of Tiny Lites
- You Didn't Try to Call Me
- Mars Needs Yo Mama
- Titties 'n' Beer
- Cucamonga (intro)
- Orange Claw Hammer
- Debra Kadabra
- Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy
- Will You Drink My Water
- Pachuco Cadaver
- I Was a Teenage Maltshop Suite
- Toads of the Short Forest (interlude)
- The Uncle Frankie Show (excerpt)
- Charva
- Speedfreak Boogie
- Metal Man Won His Wings
- Power Trio From the Saints & Sinners
- Bossa Nova Pervertamento
- Original Mothers at the Broadside
- Mondo Hollywood (excerpt)
- Sandwich Song (Studio rehearsal)
- How Could I Be Such a Fool? (Studio rehearsal)
- Boogie for Berkeley
- Neon Metal Dream of an Octafish
- Muffin Man
- The Black Page (New Age version) Incl. Band Introduction
- Dickie's Such an Asshole
- Stick Together
- My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
- Willie the Pimp
- Montana
- City of Tiny Lites
- A Pound for a Brown on the Bus Incl. Make a Sex Noise
- When the Lie's So Big
- Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk
- Florentine Pogen
- Chunga's Revenge
- City of Tiny Lites
- You Are What You Is / Mudd Club [Partial]
- Teenage Wind
- Truck Driver Divorce
- Ride My Face to Chicago
- Trouble Every Day / Penguin in Bondage
- Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel
- I'm the Slime
- Sharleena, Part 1
- Sharleena, Part 2
- Camarillo Brillo, Part 1
- Camarillo Brillo, Part 2 / Muffin Man
- Cosmic Debris
- Dancin' Fool
- Whippin' Post
- Suicide Chump
- The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
- City of Tiny Lites
- A Pound for a Brown on the Bus
- Improvisation (Incl. Tommy Mars solo)
- Preamble
- Pygmy Twylyte / Dummy Up
- Dupree's Paradise
- Dog Breath Variations / Uncle Meat
- Penguin in Bondage
- Nanook Rubs It
- St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
- Peaches en Regalia
- Tears Began to Fall
- She Painted Up Her Face
- Who Are the Brain Police
- Sofa
- Stick It Out
- You Are What You Is
- Easy Meat
- Joe's Garage
- Why Does It Hurt When I Pee
- [crowd]
- Dancin' Fool
- Bobby Brown
- Ms. Pinky
- [crowd]
- Drafted
- The Illinois Enema Bandit
- Cocaine Decisions
- The Dangerous Kitchen
- Tink Walks Amok
- The Radio Is Broken
- Mõggio
- The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou
- Stick Together
- SEX
- The Jazz Discharge Party Hats
- We Are Not Alone
- Intro
- Stinkfoot
- Dirty Love
- Filthy Habits
- How Could I Be Such a Fool?
- I Ain't Got No Heart
- I'm Not Satisfied
- Black Napkins
- Advance Romance
- Prologue Improvisation
- A Token of My Extreme
- Stink-Foot
- I'm Not Satisfied
- Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy, Part 1
- Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy, Part 2
- Summer-Night Blues
- A Pound for a Brown on the Bus
- Frog Improvisation
- Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
- Improvisation
- Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?
- Advance Romance
- Transylvania Boogie
- Road Ladies
- Twenty Small Cigars
- The Nancy & Mary Music
- Tell Me You Love Me
- Would You Go All the Way?
- Chunga’s Revenge
- The Clap
- Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink
- Sharleena
- Exercise Four
- Dog Breath
- Dog Breath Variations
- Uncle Meat
- Montana
- Fifty-Fifty
- [Mudshark intro]
- Mudshark
- Farther Oblivion
Born: 1940-12-21
Died: 1993-12-04
Send this Playlist by SMS
Email this Page
Frank Zappa on Crossfire
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:17
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
Zappa on CNN's Crossfire in 1986. Discussing copyright. Zappa's the man!
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_on_Crossfire
Zappa on CNN's Crossfire in 1986. Discussing copyright. Zappa's the man!
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:07
- Updated: 04 Feb 2013
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS MOTHERS OF INVENTION JEAN LUC PONTY GEORGE DUKE TOM FOWLER BRUCE FOWLER RUTH UNDERWOOD IAN UNDERWOOD RALPH HUMPHREY - LIVE
http://wn.com/FRANK_ZAPPA_COSMIK_DEBRIS
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS MOTHERS OF INVENTION JEAN LUC PONTY GEORGE DUKE TOM FOWLER BRUCE FOWLER RUTH UNDERWOOD IAN UNDERWOOD RALPH HUMPHREY - LIVE
- published: 09 Mar 2010
- views: 378307
- author: vv0422
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:10
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Joe's_Garage
Frank Zappa explains the decline of the music business
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:17
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
Frank Zappa explains the decline and fall of the music business and comes to a surprising conclusion that the older generation was better for pushing new wave music that they didn't understand than the supposedly younger/hipper music executives.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_explains_the_decline_of_the_music_business
Frank Zappa explains the decline and fall of the music business and comes to a surprising conclusion that the older generation was better for pushing new wave music that they didn't understand than the supposedly younger/hipper music executives.
- published: 04 Sep 2007
- views: 413344
- author: schavira
Frank Zappa (VIDEO) A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 106:09
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
Frank Zappa A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary) A Frank Scheffers documentary, as broadcast by VPRO in the Netherlands April 2007. ( visit zappa official site to know the new CDs edition! ) ( visit zappateers! )
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_VIDEO_A_pioneer_of_Future_Music_video_documentary
Frank Zappa A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary) A Frank Scheffers documentary, as broadcast by VPRO in the Netherlands April 2007. ( visit zappa official site to know the new CDs edition! ) ( visit zappateers! )
- published: 26 Sep 2012
- views: 34153
- author: br1tag
Frank Zappa - Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
Just play my music - Frank Zappa Sorry to break everyones hearts with sync issues... Check my channel for more live zappa audio uploads.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Broken_Hearts_Are_For_Assholes
Just play my music - Frank Zappa Sorry to break everyones hearts with sync issues... Check my channel for more live zappa audio uploads.
- published: 18 Sep 2010
- views: 794382
- author: Whoaduderighteous
Part 1 - Frank Zappa at PMRC Senate Hearing on Rock Lyrics
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:41
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
http://wn.com/Part_1_Frank_Zappa_at_PMRC_Senate_Hearing_on_Rock_Lyrics
Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops (From the DVD)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:52
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
www.eagle-rock.com Frank Zappa's New York Halloween 1981 concerts were filmed Live at The Palladium. This 'thing' entitled "The Torture Never Stops" was created in its entirety by FZ from the original concert production and intended by the Artist as one of 3 Television Specials. This is the longest version of the three - the others, "You Are What You Is" and "Dumb All Over", having actually aired. Halloween was Frank Zappa's favourite holiday, and New York was the site of Frank Zappa Halloween concerts for years! The billion and a half airings by MTV of the concerts (non-edited) followed on closely from the release of the double album "You Are What You Is" in September of that year on Frank Zappa's own recently founded and thoroughly independent label, Barking Pumpkin. Much of the set list is drawn from that work. All Frank Zappa shows were unique experiences with Zappa on guitar and baton, leading his band on flights of improvisation and drawing ever more intense performances from them. "The Torture Never Stops" cements Zappa's reputation as one of the most innovative and challenging composers and performers of the 20th century. Tracklist: 1) Black Napkins 2) Montana 3) Easy Meat 4) Beauty Knows No Pain 5) Charlie's Enormous Mouth 6) Fine Girl 7) Teen-Age Wind 8) Harder Than Your Husband 9) Bamboozled By Love 10) We're Turning Again 11) Alien Orifice 12) Flakes 13) Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 14) You Are What You Is 15) Mudd Club 16) The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 17 ...
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_The_Torture_Never_Stops_From_the_DVD
www.eagle-rock.com Frank Zappa's New York Halloween 1981 concerts were filmed Live at The Palladium. This 'thing' entitled "The Torture Never Stops" was created in its entirety by FZ from the original concert production and intended by the Artist as one of 3 Television Specials. This is the longest version of the three - the others, "You Are What You Is" and "Dumb All Over", having actually aired. Halloween was Frank Zappa's favourite holiday, and New York was the site of Frank Zappa Halloween concerts for years! The billion and a half airings by MTV of the concerts (non-edited) followed on closely from the release of the double album "You Are What You Is" in September of that year on Frank Zappa's own recently founded and thoroughly independent label, Barking Pumpkin. Much of the set list is drawn from that work. All Frank Zappa shows were unique experiences with Zappa on guitar and baton, leading his band on flights of improvisation and drawing ever more intense performances from them. "The Torture Never Stops" cements Zappa's reputation as one of the most innovative and challenging composers and performers of the 20th century. Tracklist: 1) Black Napkins 2) Montana 3) Easy Meat 4) Beauty Knows No Pain 5) Charlie's Enormous Mouth 6) Fine Girl 7) Teen-Age Wind 8) Harder Than Your Husband 9) Bamboozled By Love 10) We're Turning Again 11) Alien Orifice 12) Flakes 13) Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 14) You Are What You Is 15) Mudd Club 16) The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 17 ...
- published: 11 Nov 2010
- views: 212146
- author: eaglerocktv
Zappa Interview Today Show 1993
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:21
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
One of Frank's last interviews, conducted by NBC's Jamie Gangel for the Today Show.
http://wn.com/Zappa_Interview_Today_Show_1993
One of Frank's last interviews, conducted by NBC's Jamie Gangel for the Today Show.
- published: 22 Nov 2007
- views: 1257222
- author: rohmer50
Frank Zappa on Dick Cavett 1/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:54
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
One of my favourite interviews with Frank Zappa.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_on_Dick_Cavett_1_3
One of my favourite interviews with Frank Zappa.
- published: 04 Jun 2008
- views: 74196
- author: buruglen
Frank Zappa - Peefeeyatko Documentary
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 58:58
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
1989 - 1991
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Peefeeyatko_Documentary
Frank Zappa - Barcelona 1988 (Full Show)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 132:21
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
This is an extremley interesting filmed concert, Zappa's last tour, great songs never seen before, such as "Baritone woman" and also the classic "sharleena". It´sa two hours of uninterrupted live footage of a complete show. 1988 05 17 - Palacio de Deportes, Barcelona, Spain: Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. 1. THE BLACK PAGE 2. PACKARD GOOSE & (MEDLEY) 3. SHARLEENA 4. BAMBOOZLED BY LOVE 5. BLACK NAPKINS 6. WHEN THE LIE'S SO BIG 7. PLANET OF THE BARITONE WOMEN 8. ANY KIND OF PAIN 9. JESUS THINKS YOU'RE A JERK 10. SOFA 11. FIND HER FINER 12. BIG SWIFTY 13. I AINT'GOT NO HEART 14. LOVE OF MY LIFE 15. THE TORTURE NEVER STOPS 16. BOLERO 17. WATERMELON IN EASTER HAY 18. WHIPPING POST 19. I AM THE WALRUS 20. THE ILLINOIS ENEMA BANDIT 21. STRICTLY GENTEEL Dont forget to subscribe! www.facebook.com www.brainphreak.net
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Barcelona_1988_Full_Show
This is an extremley interesting filmed concert, Zappa's last tour, great songs never seen before, such as "Baritone woman" and also the classic "sharleena". It´sa two hours of uninterrupted live footage of a complete show. 1988 05 17 - Palacio de Deportes, Barcelona, Spain: Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. 1. THE BLACK PAGE 2. PACKARD GOOSE & (MEDLEY) 3. SHARLEENA 4. BAMBOOZLED BY LOVE 5. BLACK NAPKINS 6. WHEN THE LIE'S SO BIG 7. PLANET OF THE BARITONE WOMEN 8. ANY KIND OF PAIN 9. JESUS THINKS YOU'RE A JERK 10. SOFA 11. FIND HER FINER 12. BIG SWIFTY 13. I AINT'GOT NO HEART 14. LOVE OF MY LIFE 15. THE TORTURE NEVER STOPS 16. BOLERO 17. WATERMELON IN EASTER HAY 18. WHIPPING POST 19. I AM THE WALRUS 20. THE ILLINOIS ENEMA BANDIT 21. STRICTLY GENTEEL Dont forget to subscribe! www.facebook.com www.brainphreak.net
- published: 20 Jan 2012
- views: 344636
- author: brainphreaky
Frank Zappa & Steve Vai
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:40
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
Stevie's spanking - Roma - 1982
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Steve_Vai
Frank Zappa on the Steve Allen show. part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:50
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
Frank Zappa on the Steve Allen show.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_on_the_Steve_Allen_show_part_1
Steve Allen show, Frank Zappa Playing music on a Bicycle 1963
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 16:25
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
Frank is on the Steve Allen show, playing music using a bi-cycle.
http://wn.com/Steve_Allen_show,_Frank_Zappa_Playing_music_on_a_Bicycle_1963
Frank is on the Steve Allen show, playing music using a bi-cycle.
- published: 28 Apr 2008
- views: 370744
- author: kenwahman
Mike Nesmith and Frank Zappa on "The Monkees"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:59
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
Mike Nesmith and Frank Zappa switched places on "The Monkees"
http://wn.com/Mike_Nesmith_and_Frank_Zappa_on_The_Monkees
Mike Nesmith and Frank Zappa switched places on "The Monkees"
- published: 17 Feb 2006
- views: 618264
- author: OrangeTabbyCat3
Frank Zappa - Does humor belongs in Music? (1984)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 56:33
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
Does Humor Belong in Music? is a one-hour Frank Zappa concert video composed of live performances at The Pier in New York City (August 26, 1984) along with a few interview segments. It was released on VHS by MPI Home Video in 1985 and reissued on DVD in 2003 by EMI. The video has no recorded material in common with the album of the same name, but some of the tracks were released (in whole or in part) on Volumes One, Three and Six of the You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore series. Players: Frank Zappa - lead guitar, vocals Ray White - guitar, vocals Ike Willis - guitar, vocals Bobby Martin - keyboards, French horn, sax, vocals Allan Zavod - keyboards Scott Thunes - bass, vocals Chad Wackerman - drums Tracks: 01. Zoot Allures 02. Tinsel Town Rebellion --- City of Tiny Lites (beginning) / interview segment 03. Trouble Every Day 04. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (edited, and including more interview segments) --- Goblin Girl (beginning) / interview segment --- The Deathless Horsie (ending) 05. The Dangerous Kitchen 06. He's So Gay 07. Bobby Brown 08. Keep It Greasey 09. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? --- Carol, You Fool (beginning) / interview segment 10. Dinah-Moe Humm 11. Cosmik Debris --- (Encore) 12. Be In My Video 13. Dancin' Fool 14. Whippin' Post
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Does_humor_belongs_in_Music?_1984
Does Humor Belong in Music? is a one-hour Frank Zappa concert video composed of live performances at The Pier in New York City (August 26, 1984) along with a few interview segments. It was released on VHS by MPI Home Video in 1985 and reissued on DVD in 2003 by EMI. The video has no recorded material in common with the album of the same name, but some of the tracks were released (in whole or in part) on Volumes One, Three and Six of the You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore series. Players: Frank Zappa - lead guitar, vocals Ray White - guitar, vocals Ike Willis - guitar, vocals Bobby Martin - keyboards, French horn, sax, vocals Allan Zavod - keyboards Scott Thunes - bass, vocals Chad Wackerman - drums Tracks: 01. Zoot Allures 02. Tinsel Town Rebellion --- City of Tiny Lites (beginning) / interview segment 03. Trouble Every Day 04. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (edited, and including more interview segments) --- Goblin Girl (beginning) / interview segment --- The Deathless Horsie (ending) 05. The Dangerous Kitchen 06. He's So Gay 07. Bobby Brown 08. Keep It Greasey 09. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? --- Carol, You Fool (beginning) / interview segment 10. Dinah-Moe Humm 11. Cosmik Debris --- (Encore) 12. Be In My Video 13. Dancin' Fool 14. Whippin' Post
- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 16011
- author: jimzcoi
Frank Zappa - Titties and beer (with subtitles)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:39
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
The Palladium, NYC, NY, October 31, 1977 Baby Snakes DVD Frank Zappa -- lead guitar, vocals Adrian Belew -- guitar, vocals Peter Wolf -- keyboards Tommy Mars -- keyboards, vocals Ed Mann -- percussion, vocals Patrick O'Hearn -- bass Terry Bozzio -- drums, vocals
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Titties_and_beer_with_subtitles
The Palladium, NYC, NY, October 31, 1977 Baby Snakes DVD Frank Zappa -- lead guitar, vocals Adrian Belew -- guitar, vocals Peter Wolf -- keyboards Tommy Mars -- keyboards, vocals Ed Mann -- percussion, vocals Patrick O'Hearn -- bass Terry Bozzio -- drums, vocals
- published: 15 Mar 2011
- views: 55453
- author: bolimozak
Pierre Boulez on Frank Zappa
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:29
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
Pierre Boulez talks about Frank and about his relationship with Zappa and his music. This is content from Dutch VPRO TV Zappa documentary. DISCLAIMER: All rights reserved to the production companies and music labels that distributed and produced the music and performance respectively. I do not own the rights to the music nor the footage. I only uploaded this video as an entertainment and creative purposes with no financial gain. Copyright infringement not intended.
http://wn.com/Pierre_Boulez_on_Frank_Zappa
Pierre Boulez talks about Frank and about his relationship with Zappa and his music. This is content from Dutch VPRO TV Zappa documentary. DISCLAIMER: All rights reserved to the production companies and music labels that distributed and produced the music and performance respectively. I do not own the rights to the music nor the footage. I only uploaded this video as an entertainment and creative purposes with no financial gain. Copyright infringement not intended.
- published: 25 Aug 2011
- views: 35400
- author: barun432
Frank Zappa - Interview With "The Zappas"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:52
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
Interview with Frank, Moon Unit and Dweezil, Halloween 1983, CBS Nightwatch.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Interview_With_The_Zappas
Interview with Frank, Moon Unit and Dweezil, Halloween 1983, CBS Nightwatch.
- published: 03 Oct 2012
- views: 17672
- author: tomtiddler1
Frank Zappa - Baltimore Interview, August 1985
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 25:57
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
Baltimore, USA,. August 1985. (Unaired Footage)
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Baltimore_Interview,_August_1985
Baltimore, USA,. August 1985. (Unaired Footage)
- published: 04 Dec 2011
- views: 29858
- author: tomtiddler1
Frank Zappa: Inca Roads
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:54
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
A visual tribute to the masterpiece "Inca Roads" by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. High resolution picture of the front cover of this album at Flickr: www.flickr.com
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Inca_Roads
A visual tribute to the masterpiece "Inca Roads" by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. High resolution picture of the front cover of this album at Flickr: www.flickr.com
- published: 18 Oct 2008
- views: 207668
- author: gvmota
Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay - 1988
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:47
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay - Live 1988
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Watermelon_In_Easter_Hay_1988
Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay - Live 1988
- published: 24 Dec 2010
- views: 204773
- author: lubuskie
Send this Playlist by SMS
Email this Page
FRANK ZAPPA: THE COMPLETE LIVE NEW YORK PALLADIUM 1981
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 117:15
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
For All Informations,Including The Line-Up Of The Band,You Can Find On The Ending Of The Movie.
http://wn.com/FRANK_ZAPPA_THE_COMPLETE_LIVE_NEW_YORK_PALLADIUM_1981
For All Informations,Including The Line-Up Of The Band,You Can Find On The Ending Of The Movie.
- published: 11 Sep 2012
- views: 26103
- author: ivano g casamonti
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:07
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS MOTHERS OF INVENTION JEAN LUC PONTY GEORGE DUKE TOM FOWLER BRUCE FOWLER RUTH UNDERWOOD IAN UNDERWOOD RALPH HUMPHREY - LIVE
http://wn.com/FRANK_ZAPPA_COSMIK_DEBRIS
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS MOTHERS OF INVENTION JEAN LUC PONTY GEORGE DUKE TOM FOWLER BRUCE FOWLER RUTH UNDERWOOD IAN UNDERWOOD RALPH HUMPHREY - LIVE
- published: 09 Mar 2010
- views: 374325
- author: vv0422
Frank Zappa live
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:49
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
An other messy song from the great Frank Zappa !
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_live
An other messy song from the great Frank Zappa !
- published: 22 Dec 2007
- views: 135537
- author: Lord Funkelstein
Frank Zappa - Barcelona 1988 (Full Show)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 132:21
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
This is an extremley interesting filmed concert, Zappa's last tour, great songs never seen before, such as "Baritone woman" and also the classic "sharleena". It´sa two hours of uninterrupted live footage of a complete show. 1988 05 17 - Palacio de Deportes, Barcelona, Spain: Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. 1. THE BLACK PAGE 2. PACKARD GOOSE & (MEDLEY) 3. SHARLEENA 4. BAMBOOZLED BY LOVE 5. BLACK NAPKINS 6. WHEN THE LIE'S SO BIG 7. PLANET OF THE BARITONE WOMEN 8. ANY KIND OF PAIN 9. JESUS THINKS YOU'RE A JERK 10. SOFA 11. FIND HER FINER 12. BIG SWIFTY 13. I AINT'GOT NO HEART 14. LOVE OF MY LIFE 15. THE TORTURE NEVER STOPS 16. BOLERO 17. WATERMELON IN EASTER HAY 18. WHIPPING POST 19. I AM THE WALRUS 20. THE ILLINOIS ENEMA BANDIT 21. STRICTLY GENTEEL Dont forget to subscribe! www.facebook.com www.brainphreak.net
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Barcelona_1988_Full_Show
This is an extremley interesting filmed concert, Zappa's last tour, great songs never seen before, such as "Baritone woman" and also the classic "sharleena". It´sa two hours of uninterrupted live footage of a complete show. 1988 05 17 - Palacio de Deportes, Barcelona, Spain: Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. 1. THE BLACK PAGE 2. PACKARD GOOSE & (MEDLEY) 3. SHARLEENA 4. BAMBOOZLED BY LOVE 5. BLACK NAPKINS 6. WHEN THE LIE'S SO BIG 7. PLANET OF THE BARITONE WOMEN 8. ANY KIND OF PAIN 9. JESUS THINKS YOU'RE A JERK 10. SOFA 11. FIND HER FINER 12. BIG SWIFTY 13. I AINT'GOT NO HEART 14. LOVE OF MY LIFE 15. THE TORTURE NEVER STOPS 16. BOLERO 17. WATERMELON IN EASTER HAY 18. WHIPPING POST 19. I AM THE WALRUS 20. THE ILLINOIS ENEMA BANDIT 21. STRICTLY GENTEEL Dont forget to subscribe! www.facebook.com www.brainphreak.net
- published: 20 Jan 2012
- views: 341862
- author: brainphreaky
Frank Zappa on Larry King Live August 13, 1985 Part 1 of 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:14
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
Frank Zappa interviewed on Larry King Live, August 13, 1985. This is part 1 of 2. No part of the interview was cut beyond the commercial bumpers to make the video fit You Tube lengths standards. Part 1 of 2. Enjoy
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_on_Larry_King_Live_August_13,_1985_Part_1_of_2
Frank Zappa interviewed on Larry King Live, August 13, 1985. This is part 1 of 2. No part of the interview was cut beyond the commercial bumpers to make the video fit You Tube lengths standards. Part 1 of 2. Enjoy
- published: 06 Apr 2008
- views: 174955
- author: koolstrike
Frank Zappa Muffin Man Live 1977 HD
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:48
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
"Muffin Man" is a song recorded live by Frank Zappa. It appears on his 1975 mostly live album Bongo Fury made with the late Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet). The song begins with studio-recorded spoken word lyrics delivered by Zappa and is followed by the chorus. Directly after this, a lengthy guitar solo is performed by Frank Zappa and a repeat of the chorus with backing vocals from Captain Beefheart.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Muffin_Man_Live_1977_HD
"Muffin Man" is a song recorded live by Frank Zappa. It appears on his 1975 mostly live album Bongo Fury made with the late Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet). The song begins with studio-recorded spoken word lyrics delivered by Zappa and is followed by the chorus. Directly after this, a lengthy guitar solo is performed by Frank Zappa and a repeat of the chorus with backing vocals from Captain Beefheart.
- published: 18 Jun 2011
- views: 11813
- author: schuerbuikske
Frank Zappa - Stevie's spanking (Featuring Steve Vai) Live duet version
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:40
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
Frank Zappa Stevie's spanking featuring Steve Vai live duet version Rome, Italy, July 10, 1982
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Stevie's_spanking_Featuring_Steve_Vai_Live_duet_version
Frank Zappa Stevie's spanking featuring Steve Vai live duet version Rome, Italy, July 10, 1982
- published: 14 Oct 2009
- views: 38261
- author: florindoyjulian
FRANK ZAPPA,JEAN-LUC PONTY Sweden 1973 rare live dvd GREGGERY PECCARY
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 15:04
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
Send email to watchyourmusic@yahoo.com for my HUGE rare live dvd list! Segments from a rare 56 min. DVD. Filmed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1973 this is a great show! A very impressive line-up of players, featuring blistering solo's from Jean-Luc Ponty. This is an amazing composition, possibly known by a different tittle at the time of this show. Is there a FZ historian out there that may know the proper title? We miss you Frank!! Get this DVD!
http://wn.com/FRANK_ZAPPA,JEAN-LUC_PONTY_Sweden_1973_rare_live_dvd_GREGGERY_PECCARY
Send email to watchyourmusic@yahoo.com for my HUGE rare live dvd list! Segments from a rare 56 min. DVD. Filmed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1973 this is a great show! A very impressive line-up of players, featuring blistering solo's from Jean-Luc Ponty. This is an amazing composition, possibly known by a different tittle at the time of this show. Is there a FZ historian out there that may know the proper title? We miss you Frank!! Get this DVD!
- published: 30 Jun 2011
- views: 135416
- author: watchyourmusic1
Frank Zappa - Live Saratoga 1984
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 120:56
- Updated: 19 Jan 2013
1984-09-01, Saratoga, NY. 01 - warm-up and crowd noise [00:00] 02 - Heavy Duty Judy [00:46] 03 - band intros [03:33] 04 - Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy [04:24] 05 - Advance Romance [10:58] 06 - I'm The Slime [18:18] 07 - Be In My Video [22:48] 08 - What's New In Baltimore [26:09] 09...
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Live_Saratoga_1984
1984-09-01, Saratoga, NY. 01 - warm-up and crowd noise [00:00] 02 - Heavy Duty Judy [00:46] 03 - band intros [03:33] 04 - Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy [04:24] 05 - Advance Romance [10:58] 06 - I'm The Slime [18:18] 07 - Be In My Video [22:48] 08 - What's New In Baltimore [26:09] 09...
- published: 17 Feb 2012
- views: 15621
- author: zappovednik
Frank Zappa - Whippin' Post (live)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:09
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
Frank Zappa and band live at "The Pier", New York City, 26th August 1984.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Whippin'_Post_live
Frank Zappa and band live at "The Pier", New York City, 26th August 1984.
- published: 05 May 2007
- views: 350051
- author: KaZm
Frank Zappa - Montana (live in NYC, 1981)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:48
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
Frank Zappa and his band playing Montana at the Palladium in NYC, during the Halloween show, 1981-10-31. Frank Zappa - lead guitar, lead vocals, band leader Ray White - rhythm guitar, vocals Steve Vai - guitar, sitar Tommy Mars - keyboards Robert Martin - keyboards, tenor saxophone, vocals Ed Mann - percussion Scott Thunes - bass Chad Wackerman - drums
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Montana_live_in_NYC,_1981
Frank Zappa and his band playing Montana at the Palladium in NYC, during the Halloween show, 1981-10-31. Frank Zappa - lead guitar, lead vocals, band leader Ray White - rhythm guitar, vocals Steve Vai - guitar, sitar Tommy Mars - keyboards Robert Martin - keyboards, tenor saxophone, vocals Ed Mann - percussion Scott Thunes - bass Chad Wackerman - drums
- published: 05 Dec 2008
- views: 96260
- author: YourArf
Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes (live in Munich, 1978)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:36
- Updated: 29 Jan 2013
Frank Zappa and his band playing Baby Snakes at Circus Krone, Munich, 1978-09-08. Frank Zappa - lead guitar, lead vocals, band leader Ike Willis - rhythm guitar, vocals Denny Walley - guitar, slide guitar, vocals Tommy Mars - keyboards, vocals Peter Wolf - keyboards Ed Mann - percussion...
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Baby_Snakes_live_in_Munich,_1978
Frank Zappa and his band playing Baby Snakes at Circus Krone, Munich, 1978-09-08. Frank Zappa - lead guitar, lead vocals, band leader Ike Willis - rhythm guitar, vocals Denny Walley - guitar, slide guitar, vocals Tommy Mars - keyboards, vocals Peter Wolf - keyboards Ed Mann - percussion...
- published: 06 Oct 2008
- views: 188367
- author: YourArf
FRANK ZAPPA - muffin man - Live 1977
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:50
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
FRANK ZAPPA - muffin man - Live 1977
http://wn.com/FRANK_ZAPPA_muffin_man_Live_1977
Frank Zappa - live in NYC, 1974-10-31 (audio) - part 1/2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 59:40
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
INFO: In order to accommodate Frank's 70th birthday and the recently passed away Beefheart, I'm uploading three of my favorite FZ shows from my three favorite FZ tours in their entirety. Enjoy! _____________________ NYC, Felt Forum, 1974-10-31. Audience recording. Frank Zappa - lead guitar, lead vocals, band leader Napoleon Murphy Brock - tenor saxophone, flute, vocals George Duke - keyboards, vocals Ruth Underwood - percussion Tom Fowler - bass Chester Thompson - drums SETLIST: 01. Tush Tush Tush 02. Stinkfoot 03. RDNZL 04. Village Of The Sun 05. Echidna's Arf 06. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? 07. Babbette 08. Approximate 09. I'm Not Satisfied 10. Po-jama People 11. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 12. Nanook Rubs It 13. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast 14. Father O'Blivion 15. Cosmik Debris 16. Nite Owl (with Lance Loud on vocals) 17. Big Swifty (with Bruce Fowler on trombone) 18. Apostrophe 19. Pygmy Twylyte 20. Room Service 21. Tush Tush Tush
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_live_in_NYC,_1974-10-31_audio_part_1_2
INFO: In order to accommodate Frank's 70th birthday and the recently passed away Beefheart, I'm uploading three of my favorite FZ shows from my three favorite FZ tours in their entirety. Enjoy! _____________________ NYC, Felt Forum, 1974-10-31. Audience recording. Frank Zappa - lead guitar, lead vocals, band leader Napoleon Murphy Brock - tenor saxophone, flute, vocals George Duke - keyboards, vocals Ruth Underwood - percussion Tom Fowler - bass Chester Thompson - drums SETLIST: 01. Tush Tush Tush 02. Stinkfoot 03. RDNZL 04. Village Of The Sun 05. Echidna's Arf 06. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? 07. Babbette 08. Approximate 09. I'm Not Satisfied 10. Po-jama People 11. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 12. Nanook Rubs It 13. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast 14. Father O'Blivion 15. Cosmik Debris 16. Nite Owl (with Lance Loud on vocals) 17. Big Swifty (with Bruce Fowler on trombone) 18. Apostrophe 19. Pygmy Twylyte 20. Room Service 21. Tush Tush Tush
- published: 30 Dec 2010
- views: 11654
- author: YourArf
Frank Zappa - Dumb All Over (live)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:48
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
Dumb All Over live from The Palladium 1981. -Lyrics- Whoever we are Wherever we're from We shoulda noticed by now Our behavior is dumb And if our chances Expect to improve It's gonna take a lot more Than tryin' to remove The other race Or the other whatever From the face Of...
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Dumb_All_Over_live
Dumb All Over live from The Palladium 1981. -Lyrics- Whoever we are Wherever we're from We shoulda noticed by now Our behavior is dumb And if our chances Expect to improve It's gonna take a lot more Than tryin' to remove The other race Or the other whatever From the face Of...
- published: 04 May 2008
- views: 16371
- author: kkanalen
Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops (From the DVD)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:52
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
www.eagle-rock.com Frank Zappa's New York Halloween 1981 concerts were filmed Live at The Palladium. This 'thing' entitled "The Torture Never Stops" was created in its entirety by FZ from the original concert production and intended by the Artist as one of 3 Television Specials. This is the longest version of the three - the others, "You Are What You Is" and "Dumb All Over", having actually aired. Halloween was Frank Zappa's favourite holiday, and New York was the site of Frank Zappa Halloween concerts for years! The billion and a half airings by MTV of the concerts (non-edited) followed on closely from the release of the double album "You Are What You Is" in September of that year on Frank Zappa's own recently founded and thoroughly independent label, Barking Pumpkin. Much of the set list is drawn from that work. All Frank Zappa shows were unique experiences with Zappa on guitar and baton, leading his band on flights of improvisation and drawing ever more intense performances from them. "The Torture Never Stops" cements Zappa's reputation as one of the most innovative and challenging composers and performers of the 20th century. Tracklist: 1) Black Napkins 2) Montana 3) Easy Meat 4) Beauty Knows No Pain 5) Charlie's Enormous Mouth 6) Fine Girl 7) Teen-Age Wind 8) Harder Than Your Husband 9) Bamboozled By Love 10) We're Turning Again 11) Alien Orifice 12) Flakes 13) Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 14) You Are What You Is 15) Mudd Club 16) The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 17 ...
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_The_Torture_Never_Stops_From_the_DVD
www.eagle-rock.com Frank Zappa's New York Halloween 1981 concerts were filmed Live at The Palladium. This 'thing' entitled "The Torture Never Stops" was created in its entirety by FZ from the original concert production and intended by the Artist as one of 3 Television Specials. This is the longest version of the three - the others, "You Are What You Is" and "Dumb All Over", having actually aired. Halloween was Frank Zappa's favourite holiday, and New York was the site of Frank Zappa Halloween concerts for years! The billion and a half airings by MTV of the concerts (non-edited) followed on closely from the release of the double album "You Are What You Is" in September of that year on Frank Zappa's own recently founded and thoroughly independent label, Barking Pumpkin. Much of the set list is drawn from that work. All Frank Zappa shows were unique experiences with Zappa on guitar and baton, leading his band on flights of improvisation and drawing ever more intense performances from them. "The Torture Never Stops" cements Zappa's reputation as one of the most innovative and challenging composers and performers of the 20th century. Tracklist: 1) Black Napkins 2) Montana 3) Easy Meat 4) Beauty Knows No Pain 5) Charlie's Enormous Mouth 6) Fine Girl 7) Teen-Age Wind 8) Harder Than Your Husband 9) Bamboozled By Love 10) We're Turning Again 11) Alien Orifice 12) Flakes 13) Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 14) You Are What You Is 15) Mudd Club 16) The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 17 ...
- published: 11 Nov 2010
- views: 210764
- author: eaglerocktv
Frank Zappa -Terry Bozzio's Stunning Drum solo LIVE
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:05
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
Frank Zappa -Terry Bozzio's Stunning Drum solo LIVE
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_-Terry_Bozzio's_Stunning_Drum_solo_LIVE
Frank Zappa -Terry Bozzio's Stunning Drum solo LIVE
- published: 09 Dec 2006
- views: 253071
- author: igmote
Frank Zappa - Broken Hearts are for Assholes (Live)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
Clip from a movie about people who do stuff that is not normal - Baby Snakes. Starring Frank Zappa. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Broken_Hearts_are_for_Assholes_Live
Clip from a movie about people who do stuff that is not normal - Baby Snakes. Starring Frank Zappa. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
- published: 10 Dec 2011
- views: 41798
- author: Pizi69
Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:39
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
Live performance of Fran Zappa's Hit 'Bobby Brown'
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Bobby_Brown
Live performance of Fran Zappa's Hit 'Bobby Brown'
- published: 30 Sep 2006
- views: 214395
- author: Christian Müller
Frank Zappa LIVE Village of the Sun
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:21
- Updated: 29 Jan 2013
Frank Zappa Recorded Live Germany 1978 Fair Use
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_LIVE_Village_of_the_Sun
Frank Zappa Recorded Live Germany 1978 Fair Use
- published: 19 Dec 2009
- views: 20821
- author: Steve Sparx
Frank Zappa on Larry King Live Part 2 August 13, 1985
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:00
- Updated: 23 Jan 2013
Frank Zappa on Larry King Live August 13, 1985 Part 2 of 2. Please note: No questions on this interview were edited out, however in order to keep the video under the You Tube mandated 10 minute limit, I was forced to remove the commercial bumpers. Enjoy!
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_on_Larry_King_Live_Part_2_August_13,_1985
Frank Zappa on Larry King Live August 13, 1985 Part 2 of 2. Please note: No questions on this interview were edited out, however in order to keep the video under the You Tube mandated 10 minute limit, I was forced to remove the commercial bumpers. Enjoy!
- published: 04 Apr 2008
- views: 74411
- author: koolstrike
Frank Zappa - live in NYC, 1974-10-31 (audio) - part 2/2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 66:13
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
INFO: In order to accommodate Frank's 70th birthday and the recently passed away Beefheart, I'm uploading three of my favorite FZ shows from my three favorite FZ tours in their entirety. Enjoy! _____________________ NYC, Felt Forum, 1974-10-31. Audience recording. Frank Zappa - lead guitar, lead vocals, band leader Napoleon Murphy Brock - tenor saxophone, flute, vocals George Duke - keyboards, vocals Ruth Underwood - percussion Tom Fowler - bass Chester Thompson - drums SETLIST: 01. Tush Tush Tush 02. Stinkfoot 03. RDNZL 04. Village Of The Sun 05. Echidna's Arf 06. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? 07. Babbette 08. Approximate 09. I'm Not Satisfied 10. Po-jama People 11. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 12. Nanook Rubs It 13. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast 14. Father O'Blivion 15. Cosmik Debris 16. Nite Owl (with Lance Loud on vocals) 17. Big Swifty (with Bruce Fowler on trombone) 18. Apostrophe 19. Pygmy Twylyte 20. Room Service 21. Tush Tush Tush
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_live_in_NYC,_1974-10-31_audio_part_2_2
INFO: In order to accommodate Frank's 70th birthday and the recently passed away Beefheart, I'm uploading three of my favorite FZ shows from my three favorite FZ tours in their entirety. Enjoy! _____________________ NYC, Felt Forum, 1974-10-31. Audience recording. Frank Zappa - lead guitar, lead vocals, band leader Napoleon Murphy Brock - tenor saxophone, flute, vocals George Duke - keyboards, vocals Ruth Underwood - percussion Tom Fowler - bass Chester Thompson - drums SETLIST: 01. Tush Tush Tush 02. Stinkfoot 03. RDNZL 04. Village Of The Sun 05. Echidna's Arf 06. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? 07. Babbette 08. Approximate 09. I'm Not Satisfied 10. Po-jama People 11. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 12. Nanook Rubs It 13. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast 14. Father O'Blivion 15. Cosmik Debris 16. Nite Owl (with Lance Loud on vocals) 17. Big Swifty (with Bruce Fowler on trombone) 18. Apostrophe 19. Pygmy Twylyte 20. Room Service 21. Tush Tush Tush
- published: 30 Dec 2010
- views: 14708
- author: YourArf
Frank Zappa - Beatles Medley (Live)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:07
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
Beatles Songs given the Frank Zappa treatment. *Update* - Thanks to a viewer, I have been informed this was recorded in Helsinki (Finland) in 1988. And the picture is a random Zappa picture I found in the internet as I have no videos of Zappa.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Beatles_Medley_Live
Beatles Songs given the Frank Zappa treatment. *Update* - Thanks to a viewer, I have been informed this was recorded in Helsinki (Finland) in 1988. And the picture is a random Zappa picture I found in the internet as I have no videos of Zappa.
- published: 19 Aug 2009
- views: 280735
- author: illusions2006
Send this Playlist by SMS
Email this Page
Frank Zappa on Crossfire
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:17
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
Zappa on CNN's Crossfire in 1986. Discussing copyright. Zappa's the man!
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_on_Crossfire
Zappa on CNN's Crossfire in 1986. Discussing copyright. Zappa's the man!
- published: 06 Oct 2006
- views: 2109548
- author: WorldRevolutionTV
Frank Zappa (VIDEO) A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 106:09
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
Frank Zappa A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary) A Frank Scheffers documentary, as broadcast by VPRO in the Netherlands April 2007. ( visit zappa official site to know the new CDs edition! ) ( visit zappateers! )
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_VIDEO_A_pioneer_of_Future_Music_video_documentary
Frank Zappa A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary) A Frank Scheffers documentary, as broadcast by VPRO in the Netherlands April 2007. ( visit zappa official site to know the new CDs edition! ) ( visit zappateers! )
- published: 26 Sep 2012
- views: 34153
- author: br1tag
Frank Zappa - Peefeeyatko Documentary
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 58:58
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
1989 - 1991
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Peefeeyatko_Documentary
Frank Zappa - Barcelona 1988 (Full Show)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 132:21
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
This is an extremley interesting filmed concert, Zappa's last tour, great songs never seen before, such as "Baritone woman" and also the classic "sharleena". It´sa two hours of uninterrupted live footage of a complete show. 1988 05 17 - Palacio de Deportes, Barcelona, Spain: Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. 1. THE BLACK PAGE 2. PACKARD GOOSE & (MEDLEY) 3. SHARLEENA 4. BAMBOOZLED BY LOVE 5. BLACK NAPKINS 6. WHEN THE LIE'S SO BIG 7. PLANET OF THE BARITONE WOMEN 8. ANY KIND OF PAIN 9. JESUS THINKS YOU'RE A JERK 10. SOFA 11. FIND HER FINER 12. BIG SWIFTY 13. I AINT'GOT NO HEART 14. LOVE OF MY LIFE 15. THE TORTURE NEVER STOPS 16. BOLERO 17. WATERMELON IN EASTER HAY 18. WHIPPING POST 19. I AM THE WALRUS 20. THE ILLINOIS ENEMA BANDIT 21. STRICTLY GENTEEL Dont forget to subscribe! www.facebook.com www.brainphreak.net
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Barcelona_1988_Full_Show
This is an extremley interesting filmed concert, Zappa's last tour, great songs never seen before, such as "Baritone woman" and also the classic "sharleena". It´sa two hours of uninterrupted live footage of a complete show. 1988 05 17 - Palacio de Deportes, Barcelona, Spain: Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. 1. THE BLACK PAGE 2. PACKARD GOOSE & (MEDLEY) 3. SHARLEENA 4. BAMBOOZLED BY LOVE 5. BLACK NAPKINS 6. WHEN THE LIE'S SO BIG 7. PLANET OF THE BARITONE WOMEN 8. ANY KIND OF PAIN 9. JESUS THINKS YOU'RE A JERK 10. SOFA 11. FIND HER FINER 12. BIG SWIFTY 13. I AINT'GOT NO HEART 14. LOVE OF MY LIFE 15. THE TORTURE NEVER STOPS 16. BOLERO 17. WATERMELON IN EASTER HAY 18. WHIPPING POST 19. I AM THE WALRUS 20. THE ILLINOIS ENEMA BANDIT 21. STRICTLY GENTEEL Dont forget to subscribe! www.facebook.com www.brainphreak.net
- published: 20 Jan 2012
- views: 344636
- author: brainphreaky
Frank Zappa - Does humor belongs in Music? (1984)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 56:33
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
Does Humor Belong in Music? is a one-hour Frank Zappa concert video composed of live performances at The Pier in New York City (August 26, 1984) along with a few interview segments. It was released on VHS by MPI Home Video in 1985 and reissued on DVD in 2003 by EMI. The video has no recorded material in common with the album of the same name, but some of the tracks were released (in whole or in part) on Volumes One, Three and Six of the You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore series. Players: Frank Zappa - lead guitar, vocals Ray White - guitar, vocals Ike Willis - guitar, vocals Bobby Martin - keyboards, French horn, sax, vocals Allan Zavod - keyboards Scott Thunes - bass, vocals Chad Wackerman - drums Tracks: 01. Zoot Allures 02. Tinsel Town Rebellion --- City of Tiny Lites (beginning) / interview segment 03. Trouble Every Day 04. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (edited, and including more interview segments) --- Goblin Girl (beginning) / interview segment --- The Deathless Horsie (ending) 05. The Dangerous Kitchen 06. He's So Gay 07. Bobby Brown 08. Keep It Greasey 09. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? --- Carol, You Fool (beginning) / interview segment 10. Dinah-Moe Humm 11. Cosmik Debris --- (Encore) 12. Be In My Video 13. Dancin' Fool 14. Whippin' Post
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Does_humor_belongs_in_Music?_1984
Does Humor Belong in Music? is a one-hour Frank Zappa concert video composed of live performances at The Pier in New York City (August 26, 1984) along with a few interview segments. It was released on VHS by MPI Home Video in 1985 and reissued on DVD in 2003 by EMI. The video has no recorded material in common with the album of the same name, but some of the tracks were released (in whole or in part) on Volumes One, Three and Six of the You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore series. Players: Frank Zappa - lead guitar, vocals Ray White - guitar, vocals Ike Willis - guitar, vocals Bobby Martin - keyboards, French horn, sax, vocals Allan Zavod - keyboards Scott Thunes - bass, vocals Chad Wackerman - drums Tracks: 01. Zoot Allures 02. Tinsel Town Rebellion --- City of Tiny Lites (beginning) / interview segment 03. Trouble Every Day 04. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (edited, and including more interview segments) --- Goblin Girl (beginning) / interview segment --- The Deathless Horsie (ending) 05. The Dangerous Kitchen 06. He's So Gay 07. Bobby Brown 08. Keep It Greasey 09. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? --- Carol, You Fool (beginning) / interview segment 10. Dinah-Moe Humm 11. Cosmik Debris --- (Encore) 12. Be In My Video 13. Dancin' Fool 14. Whippin' Post
- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 16011
- author: jimzcoi
Frank Zappa - Baltimore Interview, August 1985
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 25:57
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
Baltimore, USA,. August 1985. (Unaired Footage)
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Baltimore_Interview,_August_1985
Baltimore, USA,. August 1985. (Unaired Footage)
- published: 04 Dec 2011
- views: 29858
- author: tomtiddler1
Frank Zappa & Mothers w/ Zubin Mehta & the LA Philharmonic ("200 Motels" live UCLA, 05/15/1970)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 102:44
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
(!!WARNING!! Huge feedback at 1:07:08) This is probably the most unique of all Zappa/Mothers shows and the most unique line up. The recording is distant but clear. This one is in my top 3. Line up/Set list: FZ: guitar, vocals, conductor Ray Collins: vocals Ian Underwood: fender rhodes, alto sax Don Preston: synthesizer, stage fright Jeff "swoovette" Simmons: bass, vocals Motorhead Sherwood: baritone sax, tambourine Billy Mundi: drums Aynsley Dunbar: drums + Zubin Mehta conducts the LA Philharmonic Orchestra. 01. Intro 02. My Boyfriend's Back - I'm Gonna Bust His Head (02:25) 03: Tiny Sick Tears (5:09) 05: Agon (Stravinsky) (11:25) 04: Call Any Vegetable - Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin (12:13) 05: Intégrales (Varèse) (16:16) 06: Soft-Cell Conclusion (20:16) 06: "blowing discordant sounds and tuning" (22:50) 200 MOTELS SUITE FOR ROCK BAND & ORCHESTRA 07: A Pound For A Brown (rock band version) (26:41) 08: exerpts from Oh No, Envelopes and other cool stuff from 200 Motels (31:27) 09: Little House I Used To Live In - Bogus Pomp - World's Greatest Sinner (38:15) 10: Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown/Inca Roads - Strictly Genteel (45:22) 11: The Duke Of Prunes (51:54) 12: Who Needs The Peace Corps (instr.) (52:56) 13: A Pound For A Brown (orchestral version) - What's The Name Of Your Group - Bogus Pomp (reprise) (1:00:28) 14: Oh No - The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (1:11:01) 15:"we need a cello" (1:19:02) 16: King Kong (1:20:01) encores 15: Plastic People (1:27 ...
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Mothers_w_Zubin_Mehta_the_LA_Philharmonic_200_Motels_live_UCLA,_05_15_1970
(!!WARNING!! Huge feedback at 1:07:08) This is probably the most unique of all Zappa/Mothers shows and the most unique line up. The recording is distant but clear. This one is in my top 3. Line up/Set list: FZ: guitar, vocals, conductor Ray Collins: vocals Ian Underwood: fender rhodes, alto sax Don Preston: synthesizer, stage fright Jeff "swoovette" Simmons: bass, vocals Motorhead Sherwood: baritone sax, tambourine Billy Mundi: drums Aynsley Dunbar: drums + Zubin Mehta conducts the LA Philharmonic Orchestra. 01. Intro 02. My Boyfriend's Back - I'm Gonna Bust His Head (02:25) 03: Tiny Sick Tears (5:09) 05: Agon (Stravinsky) (11:25) 04: Call Any Vegetable - Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin (12:13) 05: Intégrales (Varèse) (16:16) 06: Soft-Cell Conclusion (20:16) 06: "blowing discordant sounds and tuning" (22:50) 200 MOTELS SUITE FOR ROCK BAND & ORCHESTRA 07: A Pound For A Brown (rock band version) (26:41) 08: exerpts from Oh No, Envelopes and other cool stuff from 200 Motels (31:27) 09: Little House I Used To Live In - Bogus Pomp - World's Greatest Sinner (38:15) 10: Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown/Inca Roads - Strictly Genteel (45:22) 11: The Duke Of Prunes (51:54) 12: Who Needs The Peace Corps (instr.) (52:56) 13: A Pound For A Brown (orchestral version) - What's The Name Of Your Group - Bogus Pomp (reprise) (1:00:28) 14: Oh No - The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (1:11:01) 15:"we need a cello" (1:19:02) 16: King Kong (1:20:01) encores 15: Plastic People (1:27 ...
- published: 28 Jan 2013
- views: 146
- author: foutupourfoutu
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Full Album
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 34:32
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
www.facebook.com Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Uploading November 19, 2012 Track Listing 01 00:00 "Camarillo Brillo" 02 03:58 "I'm the Slime" 03 07:32 "Dirty Love" 04 10:30 "Fifty-Fifty" 05 16:40 "Zomby Woof" 06 21:50 "Dinah-Moe Humm" 07 27:53 "Montana" All Music Review (Rating: 4.5/5, Album Pick) www.allmusic.com Wiki en.wikipedia.org RateYourMusic (Rating: 3.94/5) rateyourmusic.com
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_and_The_Mothers_of_Invention_Over-Nite_Sensation_1973_Full_Album
www.facebook.com Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Uploading November 19, 2012 Track Listing 01 00:00 "Camarillo Brillo" 02 03:58 "I'm the Slime" 03 07:32 "Dirty Love" 04 10:30 "Fifty-Fifty" 05 16:40 "Zomby Woof" 06 21:50 "Dinah-Moe Humm" 07 27:53 "Montana" All Music Review (Rating: 4.5/5, Album Pick) www.allmusic.com Wiki en.wikipedia.org RateYourMusic (Rating: 3.94/5) rateyourmusic.com
- published: 19 Nov 2012
- views: 12726
- author: kritikospa11
Frank Zappa (VIDEO) The Last Performances (The 1991 Prague & Budapest Concerts)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 40:25
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
1991: LAST PUBLIC PERFORMANCES 1991 06 24 - Zappa In Prague Sports Hall, Prague, Czechoslovakia Zappa with The Prazsky Vyber: Frank Zappa: guitar Michael Kocab: vocals, keyboards, trumpet Michal Pavlicek: guitar Vilem Cok: bass guitar, vocals David Koller: drums Stanislav Jelinek: guitar Franta Honig: percussions Milo Vacik: percussions Ladislav Faktor: keyboards The Roucek Brass Band 1.Improvizace VA Dur S Frankem Zappou (10 min) 1991 06 30 - Zappa In Budapest Búcsú Fesztivál, Tabán - Budapest, Hungary (means: "Farewell Festival" - celebrating the withrawal of the russian troops from Hungary, 1991.) Zappa with The Gypsy Friends: Frank Zappa: guitar Gyula Babos: guitar János Egri: bass Béla "Szakcsi" Lakatos: keyboards Imre Kőszegi: drums 2. Full TV Broadcast (30 min) (visit zappa official site - new edition CDs!) (visit zappateers!)
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_VIDEO_The_Last_Performances_The_1991_Prague_Budapest_Concerts
1991: LAST PUBLIC PERFORMANCES 1991 06 24 - Zappa In Prague Sports Hall, Prague, Czechoslovakia Zappa with The Prazsky Vyber: Frank Zappa: guitar Michael Kocab: vocals, keyboards, trumpet Michal Pavlicek: guitar Vilem Cok: bass guitar, vocals David Koller: drums Stanislav Jelinek: guitar Franta Honig: percussions Milo Vacik: percussions Ladislav Faktor: keyboards The Roucek Brass Band 1.Improvizace VA Dur S Frankem Zappou (10 min) 1991 06 30 - Zappa In Budapest Búcsú Fesztivál, Tabán - Budapest, Hungary (means: "Farewell Festival" - celebrating the withrawal of the russian troops from Hungary, 1991.) Zappa with The Gypsy Friends: Frank Zappa: guitar Gyula Babos: guitar János Egri: bass Béla "Szakcsi" Lakatos: keyboards Imre Kőszegi: drums 2. Full TV Broadcast (30 min) (visit zappa official site - new edition CDs!) (visit zappateers!)
- published: 14 Oct 2012
- views: 13135
- author: br1tag
Frank Zappa's Favorite Tunes Circa 1968
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 39:03
- Updated: 29 Jan 2013
This radio program consists of Frank speaking with DJ Tom Donahue and playing his favorite tunes and a couple of songs from his album. The following are the list of songs which were played but they can't be put on Youtube for copyright reasons but the rest of the session is present in this video. This video is for ardent Zappa fans who love to know about Frank's music background before and during the start of his teenage years when he started playing in different bands in Lancaster California. This interview was done to promote Frank's New album at that time "Cruising With The Ruben and Jets" which was mostly inspired by the following songs played in this interview session, mostly rhythm n blues, Doo-wop, Vocal Groups and Jazz groups. Enjoy. 1. Agency Man - Frank Zappa and The Mothers 2. The Handsome Cabin Boy - Ewan MacColl & AL Lloyd 3. Grunion Run- The Persuaders 4. Le marteau sans maître - Pierre Boulez 5. When we get married- The Dreamlovers 6. Memories From El Monte - The Penguins ( Written by Ray Collins & Frank Zappa) 7. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus 8. Lucy Mae blues - Frankie Lee Sims 9. The Letter- Vernon Green and The Medallions 10. Daddy Daddy - Richard Berry and the Dreamers 11. Twilight - The Paragons 12. Florence- The Paragons 13. Florence Don't Leave Me- The Paragons 14. Later That Night- Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention 15. I'll be Forever Loving You- El Dorados 16. Cheap Thrills- Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention 17. Stuff Up The ...
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa's_Favorite_Tunes_Circa_1968
This radio program consists of Frank speaking with DJ Tom Donahue and playing his favorite tunes and a couple of songs from his album. The following are the list of songs which were played but they can't be put on Youtube for copyright reasons but the rest of the session is present in this video. This video is for ardent Zappa fans who love to know about Frank's music background before and during the start of his teenage years when he started playing in different bands in Lancaster California. This interview was done to promote Frank's New album at that time "Cruising With The Ruben and Jets" which was mostly inspired by the following songs played in this interview session, mostly rhythm n blues, Doo-wop, Vocal Groups and Jazz groups. Enjoy. 1. Agency Man - Frank Zappa and The Mothers 2. The Handsome Cabin Boy - Ewan MacColl & AL Lloyd 3. Grunion Run- The Persuaders 4. Le marteau sans maître - Pierre Boulez 5. When we get married- The Dreamlovers 6. Memories From El Monte - The Penguins ( Written by Ray Collins & Frank Zappa) 7. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus 8. Lucy Mae blues - Frankie Lee Sims 9. The Letter- Vernon Green and The Medallions 10. Daddy Daddy - Richard Berry and the Dreamers 11. Twilight - The Paragons 12. Florence- The Paragons 13. Florence Don't Leave Me- The Paragons 14. Later That Night- Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention 15. I'll be Forever Loving You- El Dorados 16. Cheap Thrills- Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention 17. Stuff Up The ...
- published: 15 Dec 2012
- views: 583
- author: barun432
Frank Zappa - 1978 Project-Object (Live, NY) Bootleg)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 41:46
- Updated: 15 Jan 2013
Frank Zappa - Project-Object - Bootleg (Live recordings from the 21 September 1978 concert at Mair Hall, MHCC, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA). 00:00 Prelude To Bobby Brown 2:50 02:50 Bobby Brown 2:56 05:46 Conehead 6:08 11:54 Moe's Vacation 1:18 13:12 I Have Been in You 7:57 21:09 The Little House I Used to Live In 8:52 30:01 Tell Me You Love Me 2:42 32:43 Yo Mama 9:04 1978 musicians: Frank Zappa, Denny Walley, Ike Willis, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann and Arthur Barrow The "instrumental" track from these bootlegs is some kind of piano/keyboard solo from "A Pound for a Brown on the Bus", some of which is probably compsed by Peter Wolf. "Moe's Vacation" track is the early stages of "Mo & Herb's Vacation", a shorter version for drums, bass and marimba (exquisite!). "I Have Been in You" has a long intro like the one on Stage #6, "Is This Guy Kidding or What". "Little House I Used to Live In" is the orchestrated intro from "Little House I Used to Live in" followed by a vocal improvisation by Tommy Mars, a bit of a drum solo and a fade-out. The Project-Obejct bootleg claims to be "phase two of Conceptual Continuity". It has a cover very similar to the Conceptual Continuity bootleg, and may have been made by the same people, but phase two of that bootleg is actually issued as Marvellous Stunner. Project-Object was released in 1980 (pressed in 3200 copies) and re-released on CD in 1991. The cover is a black & white insert. The disc has "Project Object" on it ...
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_1978_Project-Object_Live,_NY_Bootleg
Frank Zappa - Project-Object - Bootleg (Live recordings from the 21 September 1978 concert at Mair Hall, MHCC, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA). 00:00 Prelude To Bobby Brown 2:50 02:50 Bobby Brown 2:56 05:46 Conehead 6:08 11:54 Moe's Vacation 1:18 13:12 I Have Been in You 7:57 21:09 The Little House I Used to Live In 8:52 30:01 Tell Me You Love Me 2:42 32:43 Yo Mama 9:04 1978 musicians: Frank Zappa, Denny Walley, Ike Willis, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann and Arthur Barrow The "instrumental" track from these bootlegs is some kind of piano/keyboard solo from "A Pound for a Brown on the Bus", some of which is probably compsed by Peter Wolf. "Moe's Vacation" track is the early stages of "Mo & Herb's Vacation", a shorter version for drums, bass and marimba (exquisite!). "I Have Been in You" has a long intro like the one on Stage #6, "Is This Guy Kidding or What". "Little House I Used to Live In" is the orchestrated intro from "Little House I Used to Live in" followed by a vocal improvisation by Tommy Mars, a bit of a drum solo and a fade-out. The Project-Obejct bootleg claims to be "phase two of Conceptual Continuity". It has a cover very similar to the Conceptual Continuity bootleg, and may have been made by the same people, but phase two of that bootleg is actually issued as Marvellous Stunner. Project-Object was released in 1980 (pressed in 3200 copies) and re-released on CD in 1991. The cover is a black & white insert. The disc has "Project Object" on it ...
- published: 10 Jul 2012
- views: 4320
- author: DarcoEddie
Zappa Plays Zappa - Son Of Orange County-More Trouble Every Day
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 30:08
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
A chip off the ol' block!
http://wn.com/Zappa_Plays_Zappa_Son_Of_Orange_County-More_Trouble_Every_Day
Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart - El Paso 1975
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 92:13
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart Live at the County Coliseum El Paso, Texas 23.5.75 Tracklisting : 01 intro and tune-up improvisations 02 Apostrophe[5:22] 03 Stinkfoot[9:38] 04 I'm Not Satisfied[15:04] 05 Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy[17:17] 06 Velvet Sunrise[26:38] 07 A Pound For A Brown[31:56] 08 You're So Fine[47:20] 09 Those Lonely Lonely Nights[48:47] 10 Debra Kadabra[51:43] 11 Montana[56:00] 12 improvisations[01:03:01] 13 Advance Romance[01:11:46] 14 Florentine Pogen[01:24:19] Zappa/Beefheart/Mothers: Frank Zappa--guitar, vocals Don Van Vliet [Captain Beefheart]--harp, vocals Denny Walley--slide guitar, vocals George Duke--keyboards, vocals Napoleon Murphy Brock--sax, vocals Bruce Fowler--trombone Tom Fowler--bass Terry Bozzio--drums Guest: Jimmy Carl Black--vocals in tracks 08, 09 ENJOY!
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Captain_Beefheart_El_Paso_1975
Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart Live at the County Coliseum El Paso, Texas 23.5.75 Tracklisting : 01 intro and tune-up improvisations 02 Apostrophe[5:22] 03 Stinkfoot[9:38] 04 I'm Not Satisfied[15:04] 05 Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy[17:17] 06 Velvet Sunrise[26:38] 07 A Pound For A Brown[31:56] 08 You're So Fine[47:20] 09 Those Lonely Lonely Nights[48:47] 10 Debra Kadabra[51:43] 11 Montana[56:00] 12 improvisations[01:03:01] 13 Advance Romance[01:11:46] 14 Florentine Pogen[01:24:19] Zappa/Beefheart/Mothers: Frank Zappa--guitar, vocals Don Van Vliet [Captain Beefheart]--harp, vocals Denny Walley--slide guitar, vocals George Duke--keyboards, vocals Napoleon Murphy Brock--sax, vocals Bruce Fowler--trombone Tom Fowler--bass Terry Bozzio--drums Guest: Jimmy Carl Black--vocals in tracks 08, 09 ENJOY!
- published: 10 Apr 2011
- views: 160981
- author: zappovednik
![Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish [Audio]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130204181552im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pfD2_tXiXeo/default.jpg "Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish [Audio]")
Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish [Audio]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 91:43
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish (1984) 01 - Prologue 02 - The Mammy Nuns 03 - Harry & Rhonda 04 - Galoot Up-Date 05 - The 'Torchum' Never Stops 06 - That Evel Prince 07 - You Are What You Is 08 - The Mudd Club 09 - The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 10 - Clowns On Velvet 11 - Harry-As-A-Boy 12 - He's So Gay 13 - The Massive Improve 'Lence 14 - Artificial Rhonda 15 - The Crabb-Grass Baby 16 - The White Boy Troubles 17 - No Not Now 18 - Briefcase Boogie 19 - Brown Moses 20 - Wistful Wit A Fist Full 21 - Drop Dead 22 - Won Ton On
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Thing-Fish_Audio_
Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish (1984) 01 - Prologue 02 - The Mammy Nuns 03 - Harry & Rhonda 04 - Galoot Up-Date 05 - The 'Torchum' Never Stops 06 - That Evel Prince 07 - You Are What You Is 08 - The Mudd Club 09 - The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 10 - Clowns On Velvet 11 - Harry-As-A-Boy 12 - He's So Gay 13 - The Massive Improve 'Lence 14 - Artificial Rhonda 15 - The Crabb-Grass Baby 16 - The White Boy Troubles 17 - No Not Now 18 - Briefcase Boogie 19 - Brown Moses 20 - Wistful Wit A Fist Full 21 - Drop Dead 22 - Won Ton On
- published: 21 Jun 2012
- views: 9576
- author: TheCoilFan
Frank Zappa Detroit 1976-11-19 (complete concert)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 110:30
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
Wonderful music, great solos, great sound quality (amatorial rec). Part of this concert (a few songs) were published in the Conceptual Continuity album 1976-11-19 Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI FZ, Ray White, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Eddie Jobson, plus guests (on the encores): Flo & Eddie on vocals, Ralphe Armstrong on bass, Don Brewer on drums. Purple Lagoon Intro, Stinkfoot, The Poodle Lecture, Dirty Love, Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station, Tryin' To Grow A Chin, The Torture Never Stops, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown, Titties 'n Beer, Black Napkins, Purple Lagoon Outro, encores: Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink, Would You Go All The Way?, Daddy Daddy Daddy, What Kind Of Girl?, Dinah-Moe Humm, Stranded In The Jungle, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man. (visit zappa official site to know the new cds) (visit zappateers) (visit mama zappa) (visit zappainfrance blog)
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Detroit_1976-11-19_complete_concert
Wonderful music, great solos, great sound quality (amatorial rec). Part of this concert (a few songs) were published in the Conceptual Continuity album 1976-11-19 Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI FZ, Ray White, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Eddie Jobson, plus guests (on the encores): Flo & Eddie on vocals, Ralphe Armstrong on bass, Don Brewer on drums. Purple Lagoon Intro, Stinkfoot, The Poodle Lecture, Dirty Love, Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station, Tryin' To Grow A Chin, The Torture Never Stops, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown, Titties 'n Beer, Black Napkins, Purple Lagoon Outro, encores: Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink, Would You Go All The Way?, Daddy Daddy Daddy, What Kind Of Girl?, Dinah-Moe Humm, Stranded In The Jungle, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man. (visit zappa official site to know the new cds) (visit zappateers) (visit mama zappa) (visit zappainfrance blog)
- published: 31 Dec 2012
- views: 2217
- author: br1tag
FRANK ZAPPA :THE COMPLETE YELLOW SHARK LIVE FRANKFURT,SEPTEMBER,17th,1992
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 84:31
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
(Input Codec :Mp4 Dvd Image from Ripping A 1994 Unkown Generation VHS) (Output Codec :DViX Plus HD 640 x 480 Edit whit Canopus Edius V)
http://wn.com/FRANK_ZAPPA_THE_COMPLETE_YELLOW_SHARK_LIVE_FRANKFURT,SEPTEMBER,17th,1992
(Input Codec :Mp4 Dvd Image from Ripping A 1994 Unkown Generation VHS) (Output Codec :DViX Plus HD 640 x 480 Edit whit Canopus Edius V)
- published: 27 Aug 2012
- views: 3816
- author: ivano g casamonti
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong In Music?
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 56:48
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
This live album of highlights from one of rock legend Frank Zappa's final tours was filmed in New York in the summer of 1984. One of the most prolific artists of his time, Zappa was a satirist who wrote lyrics of questionable taste and whose music paid homage to every genre, from contemporary classical music to the guitar-heavy rock of the '70s. Tracks include "Zoot Allures," "Keep It Greasey," "Tinsel-Town Rebellion" and more.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Does_Humor_Belong_In_Music?
This live album of highlights from one of rock legend Frank Zappa's final tours was filmed in New York in the summer of 1984. One of the most prolific artists of his time, Zappa was a satirist who wrote lyrics of questionable taste and whose music paid homage to every genre, from contemporary classical music to the guitar-heavy rock of the '70s. Tracks include "Zoot Allures," "Keep It Greasey," "Tinsel-Town Rebellion" and more.
- published: 18 Mar 2011
- views: 31213
- author: MrRomanoWood
Frank Zappa 1974-11-06 Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 59:59
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
Live concert (soundboard recording) 1974-11-06 Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Tom Fowler, George Duke, Ruth Underwood, Chester Thompson. 1. Tush Tush Tush 2. Stinkfoot 3. Inca Roads 4. Yellow Snow Medley 5. Cosmic Debris 6. Florentine Pogen 7. I'm Not Satisfied (visit zappa official site to know the new cds) (visit zappateers) (visit mama zappa) (visit zappainfrance blog)
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_1974-11-06_Syria_Mosque,_Pittsburgh,_PA
Live concert (soundboard recording) 1974-11-06 Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Tom Fowler, George Duke, Ruth Underwood, Chester Thompson. 1. Tush Tush Tush 2. Stinkfoot 3. Inca Roads 4. Yellow Snow Medley 5. Cosmic Debris 6. Florentine Pogen 7. I'm Not Satisfied (visit zappa official site to know the new cds) (visit zappateers) (visit mama zappa) (visit zappainfrance blog)
- published: 19 Jan 2013
- views: 821
- author: br1tag
Frank Zappa College Lecture 1975
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 129:50
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
Frank Zappa Lecturing at the Gifford Auditorium, Syracuse University on 23rd April 1975 along with George Duke and Captain Beefhart about the Music Business and Music in general.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_College_Lecture_1975
Frank Zappa Lecturing at the Gifford Auditorium, Syracuse University on 23rd April 1975 along with George Duke and Captain Beefhart about the Music Business and Music in general.
- published: 03 Aug 2011
- views: 81441
- author: barun432
Frank Zappa 1978-10-27 Palladium, NY (the floating tape)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 126:08
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
Live at Palladium, New York City 1978-10-27 (late show) A beautiful concert of the 1978 Halloween series. The original recording was made available by Zappateers (thanks friends!). The sound was good, but disturbed by a very annoying fluctuation of the stereo image. The instruments were crushed all on the extreme right, then all on the extreme left, and so on all the time. I have altered the sound to stabilize it. I did not want to make it mono. Here is the result of my work - more than 700 (!) corrections and adjustments of image. I hope you enjoy it! Frank Zappa, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Patrick O Hearn, Denny Walley, Peter Wolf, L. Shankar (guest). Persona Non Grata (Sinister Footwere), Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, Pound For A Brown, Thirteen (w/ Shankar), Suicide Chump, Improvisations In Q (w/ Shankar), Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Magic Fingers, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It, St Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast, Father O'Blivion, Rollo, Yo' Mama, Strictly Genteel. (visit zappa official site to know the new cds) (visit zappateers) (visit mama zappa) (visit zappainfrance blog)
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_1978-10-27_Palladium,_NY_the_floating_tape
Live at Palladium, New York City 1978-10-27 (late show) A beautiful concert of the 1978 Halloween series. The original recording was made available by Zappateers (thanks friends!). The sound was good, but disturbed by a very annoying fluctuation of the stereo image. The instruments were crushed all on the extreme right, then all on the extreme left, and so on all the time. I have altered the sound to stabilize it. I did not want to make it mono. Here is the result of my work - more than 700 (!) corrections and adjustments of image. I hope you enjoy it! Frank Zappa, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Patrick O Hearn, Denny Walley, Peter Wolf, L. Shankar (guest). Persona Non Grata (Sinister Footwere), Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, Pound For A Brown, Thirteen (w/ Shankar), Suicide Chump, Improvisations In Q (w/ Shankar), Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Magic Fingers, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It, St Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast, Father O'Blivion, Rollo, Yo' Mama, Strictly Genteel. (visit zappa official site to know the new cds) (visit zappateers) (visit mama zappa) (visit zappainfrance blog)
- published: 07 Jan 2013
- views: 869
- author: br1tag
Frank Zappa - Various TV Interviews
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 36:37
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
1. The Arsenio Hall Show, February 1st, 1989. 2. Nightlife, with David Brenner, 23rd September, 1986. 3. Joan Rivers, The late Show, November 21st, 1986. 4. The Today Sow, June 7th, 1989.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Various_TV_Interviews
1. The Arsenio Hall Show, February 1st, 1989. 2. Nightlife, with David Brenner, 23rd September, 1986. 3. Joan Rivers, The late Show, November 21st, 1986. 4. The Today Sow, June 7th, 1989.
- published: 10 Feb 2012
- views: 19136
- author: tomtiddler1
Frank Zappa Montreux 1971 (the famous concert with the fire)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 83:02
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
1971-12-04 Montreux Casino, Switzerland - This is the complete recording of the entire concert, from the intro to the sounds of the fire burning the casino and the band's equipment. The song "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple is about the incident. band: Frank Zappa, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Jim Pons, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Aynsley Dunbar. tracks: Intro, Peaches En Regalia, Tears Began To Fall, She Painted Up Her Face, Half A Dozen Provocative Squats, Call Any Vegetable, Anyway The Wind Blows, Magdalena, Dog Breath, Sofa Suite, Pound For A Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Wonderful Wino, Sharleena, Cruisin' For Burgers, King Kong (interrupted by fire).
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Montreux_1971_the_famous_concert_with_the_fire
1971-12-04 Montreux Casino, Switzerland - This is the complete recording of the entire concert, from the intro to the sounds of the fire burning the casino and the band's equipment. The song "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple is about the incident. band: Frank Zappa, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Jim Pons, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Aynsley Dunbar. tracks: Intro, Peaches En Regalia, Tears Began To Fall, She Painted Up Her Face, Half A Dozen Provocative Squats, Call Any Vegetable, Anyway The Wind Blows, Magdalena, Dog Breath, Sofa Suite, Pound For A Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Wonderful Wino, Sharleena, Cruisin' For Burgers, King Kong (interrupted by fire).
- published: 08 May 2012
- views: 69928
- author: br1tag
Frank ZAPPA's 200 Motels (Full Film)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 95:31
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.
http://wn.com/Frank_ZAPPA's_200_Motels_Full_Film
"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.
- published: 23 Aug 2011
- views: 208969
- author: KingRabbit
Send this Playlist by SMS
Email this Page
Frank Zappa on Larry King Live August 13, 1985 Part 1 of 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:14
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Frank Zappa interviewed on Larry King Live, August 13, 1985. This is part 1 of 2. No part of the interview was cut beyond the commercial bumpers to make the video fit You Tube lengths standards. Part 1 of 2. Enjoy
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_on_Larry_King_Live_August_13,_1985_Part_1_of_2
Frank Zappa interviewed on Larry King Live, August 13, 1985. This is part 1 of 2. No part of the interview was cut beyond the commercial bumpers to make the video fit You Tube lengths standards. Part 1 of 2. Enjoy
- published: 06 Apr 2008
- views: 172232
- author: koolstrike
Frank Zappa on Dr. Demento - Part I
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:12
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
FRank Zappa interviewed by Dr. Demento.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_on_Dr_Demento_Part_I
Zappa Interview Today Show 1993
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:21
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
One of Frank's last interviews, conducted by NBC's Jamie Gangel for the Today Show.
http://wn.com/Zappa_Interview_Today_Show_1993
One of Frank's last interviews, conducted by NBC's Jamie Gangel for the Today Show.
- published: 22 Nov 2007
- views: 1247485
- author: rohmer50
Kay Rush Interviews Frank Zappa for Italian TV 1980's
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:12
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Frank Zappa interviewed by Kay Rush for Television Italy
http://wn.com/Kay_Rush_Interviews_Frank_Zappa_for_Italian_TV_1980's
Frank Zappa interviewed by Kay Rush for Television Italy
- published: 10 Jun 2007
- views: 102131
- author: Kay Rush
Frank Zappa (VIDEO) A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 106:09
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Frank Zappa A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary) A Frank Scheffers documentary, as broadcast by VPRO in the Netherlands April 2007. ( visit zappa official site to know the new CDs edition! ) ( visit zappateers! )
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_VIDEO_A_pioneer_of_Future_Music_video_documentary
Frank Zappa A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary) A Frank Scheffers documentary, as broadcast by VPRO in the Netherlands April 2007. ( visit zappa official site to know the new CDs edition! ) ( visit zappateers! )
- published: 26 Sep 2012
- views: 28536
- author: br1tag
Frank Zappa - Various TV Interviews
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 36:37
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
1. The Arsenio Hall Show, February 1st, 1989. 2. Nightlife, with David Brenner, 23rd September, 1986. 3. Joan Rivers, The late Show, November 21st, 1986. 4. The Today Sow, June 7th, 1989.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Various_TV_Interviews
1. The Arsenio Hall Show, February 1st, 1989. 2. Nightlife, with David Brenner, 23rd September, 1986. 3. Joan Rivers, The late Show, November 21st, 1986. 4. The Today Sow, June 7th, 1989.
- published: 10 Feb 2012
- views: 17934
- author: tomtiddler1
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:07
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS MOTHERS OF INVENTION JEAN LUC PONTY GEORGE DUKE TOM FOWLER BRUCE FOWLER RUTH UNDERWOOD IAN UNDERWOOD RALPH HUMPHREY - LIVE
http://wn.com/FRANK_ZAPPA_COSMIK_DEBRIS
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS MOTHERS OF INVENTION JEAN LUC PONTY GEORGE DUKE TOM FOWLER BRUCE FOWLER RUTH UNDERWOOD IAN UNDERWOOD RALPH HUMPHREY - LIVE
- published: 09 Mar 2010
- views: 354950
- author: vv0422
Frank Zappa - Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Just play my music - Frank Zappa Sorry to break everyones hearts with sync issues... Check my channel for more live zappa audio uploads.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Broken_Hearts_Are_For_Assholes
Just play my music - Frank Zappa Sorry to break everyones hearts with sync issues... Check my channel for more live zappa audio uploads.
- published: 18 Sep 2010
- views: 767262
- author: Whoaduderighteous
Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops (From the DVD)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:52
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
www.eagle-rock.com Frank Zappa's New York Halloween 1981 concerts were filmed Live at The Palladium. This 'thing' entitled "The Torture Never Stops" was created in its entirety by FZ from the original concert production and intended by the Artist as one of 3 Television Specials. This is the longest version of the three - the others, "You Are What You Is" and "Dumb All Over", having actually aired. Halloween was Frank Zappa's favourite holiday, and New York was the site of Frank Zappa Halloween concerts for years! The billion and a half airings by MTV of the concerts (non-edited) followed on closely from the release of the double album "You Are What You Is" in September of that year on Frank Zappa's own recently founded and thoroughly independent label, Barking Pumpkin. Much of the set list is drawn from that work. All Frank Zappa shows were unique experiences with Zappa on guitar and baton, leading his band on flights of improvisation and drawing ever more intense performances from them. "The Torture Never Stops" cements Zappa's reputation as one of the most innovative and challenging composers and performers of the 20th century. Tracklist: 1) Black Napkins 2) Montana 3) Easy Meat 4) Beauty Knows No Pain 5) Charlie's Enormous Mouth 6) Fine Girl 7) Teen-Age Wind 8) Harder Than Your Husband 9) Bamboozled By Love 10) We're Turning Again 11) Alien Orifice 12) Flakes 13) Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 14) You Are What You Is 15) Mudd Club 16) The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 17 ...
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_The_Torture_Never_Stops_From_the_DVD
www.eagle-rock.com Frank Zappa's New York Halloween 1981 concerts were filmed Live at The Palladium. This 'thing' entitled "The Torture Never Stops" was created in its entirety by FZ from the original concert production and intended by the Artist as one of 3 Television Specials. This is the longest version of the three - the others, "You Are What You Is" and "Dumb All Over", having actually aired. Halloween was Frank Zappa's favourite holiday, and New York was the site of Frank Zappa Halloween concerts for years! The billion and a half airings by MTV of the concerts (non-edited) followed on closely from the release of the double album "You Are What You Is" in September of that year on Frank Zappa's own recently founded and thoroughly independent label, Barking Pumpkin. Much of the set list is drawn from that work. All Frank Zappa shows were unique experiences with Zappa on guitar and baton, leading his band on flights of improvisation and drawing ever more intense performances from them. "The Torture Never Stops" cements Zappa's reputation as one of the most innovative and challenging composers and performers of the 20th century. Tracklist: 1) Black Napkins 2) Montana 3) Easy Meat 4) Beauty Knows No Pain 5) Charlie's Enormous Mouth 6) Fine Girl 7) Teen-Age Wind 8) Harder Than Your Husband 9) Bamboozled By Love 10) We're Turning Again 11) Alien Orifice 12) Flakes 13) Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 14) You Are What You Is 15) Mudd Club 16) The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 17 ...
- published: 11 Nov 2010
- views: 202901
- author: eaglerocktv
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969) Full Album
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 47:02
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
www.facebook.com Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969) Re Uploading September 14, 2012 Track Listing 01 00:00 "Peaches en Regalia" 02 03:35 "Willie the Pimp" 03 12:50 "Son of Mr. Green Genes" 04 21:48 "Little Umbrellas" 05 24:50 "The Gumbo Variations" 06 41:45 "It Must Be a Camel" All Music Review (Rating: 4.5/5, Album Pick) allmusic.com Wiki en.wikipedia.org RateYourMusic (Rating: 4.15/5) rateyourmusic.com
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Hot_Rats_1969_Full_Album
www.facebook.com Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969) Re Uploading September 14, 2012 Track Listing 01 00:00 "Peaches en Regalia" 02 03:35 "Willie the Pimp" 03 12:50 "Son of Mr. Green Genes" 04 21:48 "Little Umbrellas" 05 24:50 "The Gumbo Variations" 06 41:45 "It Must Be a Camel" All Music Review (Rating: 4.5/5, Album Pick) allmusic.com Wiki en.wikipedia.org RateYourMusic (Rating: 4.15/5) rateyourmusic.com
- published: 14 Sep 2012
- views: 58439
- author: kritikospa10
Frank Zappa explains the decline of the music business
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:17
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Frank Zappa explains the decline and fall of the music business and comes to a surprising conclusion that the older generation was better for pushing new wave music that they didn't understand than the supposedly younger/hipper music executives.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_explains_the_decline_of_the_music_business
Frank Zappa explains the decline and fall of the music business and comes to a surprising conclusion that the older generation was better for pushing new wave music that they didn't understand than the supposedly younger/hipper music executives.
- published: 04 Sep 2007
- views: 406900
- author: schavira
Frank Zappa - Peefeeyatko Documentary
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 58:58
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
1989 - 1991
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Peefeeyatko_Documentary
Frank Zappa - Does humor belongs in Music? (1984)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 56:33
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Does Humor Belong in Music? is a one-hour Frank Zappa concert video composed of live performances at The Pier in New York City (August 26, 1984) along with a few interview segments. It was released on VHS by MPI Home Video in 1985 and reissued on DVD in 2003 by EMI. The video has no recorded material in common with the album of the same name, but some of the tracks were released (in whole or in part) on Volumes One, Three and Six of the You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore series. Players: Frank Zappa - lead guitar, vocals Ray White - guitar, vocals Ike Willis - guitar, vocals Bobby Martin - keyboards, French horn, sax, vocals Allan Zavod - keyboards Scott Thunes - bass, vocals Chad Wackerman - drums Tracks: 01. Zoot Allures 02. Tinsel Town Rebellion --- City of Tiny Lites (beginning) / interview segment 03. Trouble Every Day 04. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (edited, and including more interview segments) --- Goblin Girl (beginning) / interview segment --- The Deathless Horsie (ending) 05. The Dangerous Kitchen 06. He's So Gay 07. Bobby Brown 08. Keep It Greasey 09. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? --- Carol, You Fool (beginning) / interview segment 10. Dinah-Moe Humm 11. Cosmik Debris --- (Encore) 12. Be In My Video 13. Dancin' Fool 14. Whippin' Post
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Does_humor_belongs_in_Music?_1984
Does Humor Belong in Music? is a one-hour Frank Zappa concert video composed of live performances at The Pier in New York City (August 26, 1984) along with a few interview segments. It was released on VHS by MPI Home Video in 1985 and reissued on DVD in 2003 by EMI. The video has no recorded material in common with the album of the same name, but some of the tracks were released (in whole or in part) on Volumes One, Three and Six of the You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore series. Players: Frank Zappa - lead guitar, vocals Ray White - guitar, vocals Ike Willis - guitar, vocals Bobby Martin - keyboards, French horn, sax, vocals Allan Zavod - keyboards Scott Thunes - bass, vocals Chad Wackerman - drums Tracks: 01. Zoot Allures 02. Tinsel Town Rebellion --- City of Tiny Lites (beginning) / interview segment 03. Trouble Every Day 04. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (edited, and including more interview segments) --- Goblin Girl (beginning) / interview segment --- The Deathless Horsie (ending) 05. The Dangerous Kitchen 06. He's So Gay 07. Bobby Brown 08. Keep It Greasey 09. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? --- Carol, You Fool (beginning) / interview segment 10. Dinah-Moe Humm 11. Cosmik Debris --- (Encore) 12. Be In My Video 13. Dancin' Fool 14. Whippin' Post
- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 13495
- author: jimzcoi
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:10
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Joe's_Garage
Frank Zappa - Playboy Interviews
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:59
- Updated: 01 Oct 2012
Frank Zappa / Playboy Interviiews
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Playboy_Interviews
Frank Zappa interview 1974
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:52
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Zappa again interviewed by the Finnish national tv. He is answering in his brilliant style.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_interview_1974
Zappa again interviewed by the Finnish national tv. He is answering in his brilliant style.
- published: 17 Sep 2006
- views: 417060
- author: cosmicrat
Frank Zappa & Steve Vai
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:40
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Stevie's spanking - Roma - 1982
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Steve_Vai
Frank Zappa on Crossfire
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:17
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Zappa on CNN's Crossfire in 1986. Discussing copyright. Zappa's the man!
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_on_Crossfire
Zappa on CNN's Crossfire in 1986. Discussing copyright. Zappa's the man!
- published: 06 Oct 2006
- views: 2101213
- author: WorldRevolutionTV
Part 1 - Frank Zappa at PMRC Senate Hearing on Rock Lyrics
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:41
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
http://wn.com/Part_1_Frank_Zappa_at_PMRC_Senate_Hearing_on_Rock_Lyrics
Frank Zappa - Titties and beer (with subtitles)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:39
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
The Palladium, NYC, NY, October 31, 1977 Baby Snakes DVD Frank Zappa -- lead guitar, vocals Adrian Belew -- guitar, vocals Peter Wolf -- keyboards Tommy Mars -- keyboards, vocals Ed Mann -- percussion, vocals Patrick O'Hearn -- bass Terry Bozzio -- drums, vocals
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Titties_and_beer_with_subtitles
The Palladium, NYC, NY, October 31, 1977 Baby Snakes DVD Frank Zappa -- lead guitar, vocals Adrian Belew -- guitar, vocals Peter Wolf -- keyboards Tommy Mars -- keyboards, vocals Ed Mann -- percussion, vocals Patrick O'Hearn -- bass Terry Bozzio -- drums, vocals
- published: 15 Mar 2011
- views: 52069
- author: bolimozak
Frank Zappa - Barcelona 1988 (Full Show)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 132:21
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
This is an extremley interesting filmed concert, Zappa's last tour, great songs never seen before, such as "Baritone woman" and also the classic "sharleena". It´sa two hours of uninterrupted live footage of a complete show. 1988 05 17 - Palacio de Deportes, Barcelona, Spain: Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. 1. THE BLACK PAGE 2. PACKARD GOOSE & (MEDLEY) 3. SHARLEENA 4. BAMBOOZLED BY LOVE 5. BLACK NAPKINS 6. WHEN THE LIE'S SO BIG 7. PLANET OF THE BARITONE WOMEN 8. ANY KIND OF PAIN 9. JESUS THINKS YOU'RE A JERK 10. SOFA 11. FIND HER FINER 12. BIG SWIFTY 13. I AINT'GOT NO HEART 14. LOVE OF MY LIFE 15. THE TORTURE NEVER STOPS 16. BOLERO 17. WATERMELON IN EASTER HAY 18. WHIPPING POST 19. I AM THE WALRUS 20. THE ILLINOIS ENEMA BANDIT 21. STRICTLY GENTEEL Dont forget to subscribe! www.facebook.com www.brainphreak.net
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Barcelona_1988_Full_Show
This is an extremley interesting filmed concert, Zappa's last tour, great songs never seen before, such as "Baritone woman" and also the classic "sharleena". It´sa two hours of uninterrupted live footage of a complete show. 1988 05 17 - Palacio de Deportes, Barcelona, Spain: Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. 1. THE BLACK PAGE 2. PACKARD GOOSE & (MEDLEY) 3. SHARLEENA 4. BAMBOOZLED BY LOVE 5. BLACK NAPKINS 6. WHEN THE LIE'S SO BIG 7. PLANET OF THE BARITONE WOMEN 8. ANY KIND OF PAIN 9. JESUS THINKS YOU'RE A JERK 10. SOFA 11. FIND HER FINER 12. BIG SWIFTY 13. I AINT'GOT NO HEART 14. LOVE OF MY LIFE 15. THE TORTURE NEVER STOPS 16. BOLERO 17. WATERMELON IN EASTER HAY 18. WHIPPING POST 19. I AM THE WALRUS 20. THE ILLINOIS ENEMA BANDIT 21. STRICTLY GENTEEL Dont forget to subscribe! www.facebook.com www.brainphreak.net
- published: 20 Jan 2012
- views: 328763
- author: brainphreaky
Part 2 - Frank Zappa at PMRC Senate Hearing on Rock Lyrics
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:34
- Updated: 12 Jan 2013
http://wn.com/Part_2_Frank_Zappa_at_PMRC_Senate_Hearing_on_Rock_Lyrics
Frank Zappa - Interview With "The Zappas"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:52
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Interview with Frank, Moon Unit and Dweezil, Halloween 1983, CBS Nightwatch.
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa_Interview_With_The_Zappas
Interview with Frank, Moon Unit and Dweezil, Halloween 1983, CBS Nightwatch.
- published: 03 Oct 2012
- views: 14463
- author: tomtiddler1
117:15
FRANK ZAPPA: THE COMPLETE LIVE NEW YORK PALLADIUM 1981
For All Informations,Including The Line-Up Of The Band,You Can Find On The Ending Of The M...
published: 11 Sep 2012
author: ivano g casamonti
FRANK ZAPPA: THE COMPLETE LIVE NEW YORK PALLADIUM 1981
For All Informations,Including The Line-Up Of The Band,You Can Find On The Ending Of The Movie.
- published: 11 Sep 2012
- views: 26103
- author: ivano g casamonti
8:07
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS MOTHERS OF INVENTION JEAN LUC PONTY GEORGE DUKE TOM FOWLER BRUCE...
published: 09 Mar 2010
author: vv0422
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS MOTHERS OF INVENTION JEAN LUC PONTY GEORGE DUKE TOM FOWLER BRUCE FOWLER RUTH UNDERWOOD IAN UNDERWOOD RALPH HUMPHREY - LIVE
- published: 09 Mar 2010
- views: 374325
- author: vv0422
4:49
Frank Zappa live
An other messy song from the great Frank Zappa !...
published: 22 Dec 2007
author: Lord Funkelstein
Frank Zappa live
An other messy song from the great Frank Zappa !
- published: 22 Dec 2007
- views: 135537
- author: Lord Funkelstein
132:21
Frank Zappa - Barcelona 1988 (Full Show)
This is an extremley interesting filmed concert, Zappa's last tour, great songs never seen...
published: 20 Jan 2012
author: brainphreaky
Frank Zappa - Barcelona 1988 (Full Show)
This is an extremley interesting filmed concert, Zappa's last tour, great songs never seen before, such as "Baritone woman" and also the classic "sharleena". It´sa two hours of uninterrupted live footage of a complete show. 1988 05 17 - Palacio de Deportes, Barcelona, Spain: Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. 1. THE BLACK PAGE 2. PACKARD GOOSE & (MEDLEY) 3. SHARLEENA 4. BAMBOOZLED BY LOVE 5. BLACK NAPKINS 6. WHEN THE LIE'S SO BIG 7. PLANET OF THE BARITONE WOMEN 8. ANY KIND OF PAIN 9. JESUS THINKS YOU'RE A JERK 10. SOFA 11. FIND HER FINER 12. BIG SWIFTY 13. I AINT'GOT NO HEART 14. LOVE OF MY LIFE 15. THE TORTURE NEVER STOPS 16. BOLERO 17. WATERMELON IN EASTER HAY 18. WHIPPING POST 19. I AM THE WALRUS 20. THE ILLINOIS ENEMA BANDIT 21. STRICTLY GENTEEL Dont forget to subscribe! www.facebook.com www.brainphreak.net
- published: 20 Jan 2012
- views: 341862
- author: brainphreaky
9:14
Frank Zappa on Larry King Live August 13, 1985 Part 1 of 2
Frank Zappa interviewed on Larry King Live, August 13, 1985. This is part 1 of 2. No part ...
published: 06 Apr 2008
author: koolstrike
Frank Zappa on Larry King Live August 13, 1985 Part 1 of 2
Frank Zappa interviewed on Larry King Live, August 13, 1985. This is part 1 of 2. No part of the interview was cut beyond the commercial bumpers to make the video fit You Tube lengths standards. Part 1 of 2. Enjoy
- published: 06 Apr 2008
- views: 174955
- author: koolstrike
4:48
Frank Zappa Muffin Man Live 1977 HD
"Muffin Man" is a song recorded live by Frank Zappa. It appears on his 1975 mostly live al...
published: 18 Jun 2011
author: schuerbuikske
Frank Zappa Muffin Man Live 1977 HD
"Muffin Man" is a song recorded live by Frank Zappa. It appears on his 1975 mostly live album Bongo Fury made with the late Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet). The song begins with studio-recorded spoken word lyrics delivered by Zappa and is followed by the chorus. Directly after this, a lengthy guitar solo is performed by Frank Zappa and a repeat of the chorus with backing vocals from Captain Beefheart.
- published: 18 Jun 2011
- views: 11813
- author: schuerbuikske
8:40
Frank Zappa - Stevie's spanking (Featuring Steve Vai) Live duet version
Frank Zappa Stevie's spanking featuring Steve Vai live duet version Rome, Italy, July 10, ...
published: 14 Oct 2009
author: florindoyjulian
Frank Zappa - Stevie's spanking (Featuring Steve Vai) Live duet version
Frank Zappa Stevie's spanking featuring Steve Vai live duet version Rome, Italy, July 10, 1982
- published: 14 Oct 2009
- views: 38261
- author: florindoyjulian
15:04
FRANK ZAPPA,JEAN-LUC PONTY Sweden 1973 rare live dvd GREGGERY PECCARY
Send email to watchyourmusic@yahoo.com for my HUGE rare live dvd list! Segments from a rar...
published: 30 Jun 2011
author: watchyourmusic1
FRANK ZAPPA,JEAN-LUC PONTY Sweden 1973 rare live dvd GREGGERY PECCARY
Send email to watchyourmusic@yahoo.com for my HUGE rare live dvd list! Segments from a rare 56 min. DVD. Filmed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1973 this is a great show! A very impressive line-up of players, featuring blistering solo's from Jean-Luc Ponty. This is an amazing composition, possibly known by a different tittle at the time of this show. Is there a FZ historian out there that may know the proper title? We miss you Frank!! Get this DVD!
- published: 30 Jun 2011
- views: 135416
- author: watchyourmusic1
120:56
Frank Zappa - Live Saratoga 1984
1984-09-01, Saratoga, NY. 01 - warm-up and crowd noise [00:00] 02 - Heavy Duty Judy [00:46...
published: 17 Feb 2012
author: zappovednik
Frank Zappa - Live Saratoga 1984
1984-09-01, Saratoga, NY. 01 - warm-up and crowd noise [00:00] 02 - Heavy Duty Judy [00:46] 03 - band intros [03:33] 04 - Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy [04:24] 05 - Advance Romance [10:58] 06 - I'm The Slime [18:18] 07 - Be In My Video [22:48] 08 - What's New In Baltimore [26:09] 09...
- published: 17 Feb 2012
- views: 15621
- author: zappovednik
7:09
Frank Zappa - Whippin' Post (live)
Frank Zappa and band live at "The Pier", New York City, 26th August 1984....
published: 05 May 2007
author: KaZm
Frank Zappa - Whippin' Post (live)
Frank Zappa and band live at "The Pier", New York City, 26th August 1984.
- published: 05 May 2007
- views: 350051
- author: KaZm
3:48
Frank Zappa - Montana (live in NYC, 1981)
Frank Zappa and his band playing Montana at the Palladium in NYC, during the Halloween sho...
published: 05 Dec 2008
author: YourArf
Frank Zappa - Montana (live in NYC, 1981)
Frank Zappa and his band playing Montana at the Palladium in NYC, during the Halloween show, 1981-10-31. Frank Zappa - lead guitar, lead vocals, band leader Ray White - rhythm guitar, vocals Steve Vai - guitar, sitar Tommy Mars - keyboards Robert Martin - keyboards, tenor saxophone, vocals Ed Mann - percussion Scott Thunes - bass Chad Wackerman - drums
- published: 05 Dec 2008
- views: 96260
- author: YourArf
1:36
Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes (live in Munich, 1978)
Frank Zappa and his band playing Baby Snakes at Circus Krone, Munich, 1978-09-08. Frank Za...
published: 06 Oct 2008
author: YourArf
Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes (live in Munich, 1978)
Frank Zappa and his band playing Baby Snakes at Circus Krone, Munich, 1978-09-08. Frank Zappa - lead guitar, lead vocals, band leader Ike Willis - rhythm guitar, vocals Denny Walley - guitar, slide guitar, vocals Tommy Mars - keyboards, vocals Peter Wolf - keyboards Ed Mann - percussion...
- published: 06 Oct 2008
- views: 188367
- author: YourArf
4:50
FRANK ZAPPA - muffin man - Live 1977
FRANK ZAPPA - muffin man - Live 1977...
published: 05 May 2010
author: caiOOization
FRANK ZAPPA - muffin man - Live 1977
FRANK ZAPPA - muffin man - Live 1977
- published: 05 May 2010
- views: 377500
- author: caiOOization
59:40
Frank Zappa - live in NYC, 1974-10-31 (audio) - part 1/2
INFO: In order to accommodate Frank's 70th birthday and the recently passed away Beefheart...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: YourArf
Frank Zappa - live in NYC, 1974-10-31 (audio) - part 1/2
INFO: In order to accommodate Frank's 70th birthday and the recently passed away Beefheart, I'm uploading three of my favorite FZ shows from my three favorite FZ tours in their entirety. Enjoy! _____________________ NYC, Felt Forum, 1974-10-31. Audience recording. Frank Zappa - lead guitar, lead vocals, band leader Napoleon Murphy Brock - tenor saxophone, flute, vocals George Duke - keyboards, vocals Ruth Underwood - percussion Tom Fowler - bass Chester Thompson - drums SETLIST: 01. Tush Tush Tush 02. Stinkfoot 03. RDNZL 04. Village Of The Sun 05. Echidna's Arf 06. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? 07. Babbette 08. Approximate 09. I'm Not Satisfied 10. Po-jama People 11. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 12. Nanook Rubs It 13. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast 14. Father O'Blivion 15. Cosmik Debris 16. Nite Owl (with Lance Loud on vocals) 17. Big Swifty (with Bruce Fowler on trombone) 18. Apostrophe 19. Pygmy Twylyte 20. Room Service 21. Tush Tush Tush
- published: 30 Dec 2010
- views: 11654
- author: YourArf
Vimeo results:
4:39
Frank Zappa - Tengo na minchia tanta
Frank Zappa - Tengo na minchia tanta (from Uncle Meat VHS)...
published: 24 Nov 2009
author: alternaTV
Frank Zappa - Tengo na minchia tanta
Frank Zappa - Tengo na minchia tanta (from Uncle Meat VHS)
0:27
Frank Zappa
DVD Menus designed and created by Promo Scape...
published: 26 Apr 2010
author: Promo Scape
Frank Zappa
DVD Menus designed and created by Promo Scape
3:42
Frank Zappa "Peaches En Regalia"
Frank Zappa...
published: 02 May 2008
author: mari
Frank Zappa "Peaches En Regalia"
Frank Zappa
Youtube results:
5:48
Frank Zappa - Dumb All Over (live)
Dumb All Over live from The Palladium 1981. -Lyrics- Whoever we are Wherever we're from We...
published: 04 May 2008
author: kkanalen
Frank Zappa - Dumb All Over (live)
Dumb All Over live from The Palladium 1981. -Lyrics- Whoever we are Wherever we're from We shoulda noticed by now Our behavior is dumb And if our chances Expect to improve It's gonna take a lot more Than tryin' to remove The other race Or the other whatever From the face Of...
- published: 04 May 2008
- views: 16371
- author: kkanalen
11:52
Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops (From the DVD)
www.eagle-rock.com Frank Zappa's New York Halloween 1981 concerts were filmed Live at The ...
published: 11 Nov 2010
author: eaglerocktv
Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops (From the DVD)
www.eagle-rock.com Frank Zappa's New York Halloween 1981 concerts were filmed Live at The Palladium. This 'thing' entitled "The Torture Never Stops" was created in its entirety by FZ from the original concert production and intended by the Artist as one of 3 Television Specials. This is the longest version of the three - the others, "You Are What You Is" and "Dumb All Over", having actually aired. Halloween was Frank Zappa's favourite holiday, and New York was the site of Frank Zappa Halloween concerts for years! The billion and a half airings by MTV of the concerts (non-edited) followed on closely from the release of the double album "You Are What You Is" in September of that year on Frank Zappa's own recently founded and thoroughly independent label, Barking Pumpkin. Much of the set list is drawn from that work. All Frank Zappa shows were unique experiences with Zappa on guitar and baton, leading his band on flights of improvisation and drawing ever more intense performances from them. "The Torture Never Stops" cements Zappa's reputation as one of the most innovative and challenging composers and performers of the 20th century. Tracklist: 1) Black Napkins 2) Montana 3) Easy Meat 4) Beauty Knows No Pain 5) Charlie's Enormous Mouth 6) Fine Girl 7) Teen-Age Wind 8) Harder Than Your Husband 9) Bamboozled By Love 10) We're Turning Again 11) Alien Orifice 12) Flakes 13) Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 14) You Are What You Is 15) Mudd Club 16) The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 17 ...
- published: 11 Nov 2010
- views: 210764
- author: eaglerocktv
3:05
Frank Zappa -Terry Bozzio's Stunning Drum solo LIVE
Frank Zappa -Terry Bozzio's Stunning Drum solo LIVE...
published: 09 Dec 2006
author: igmote
Frank Zappa -Terry Bozzio's Stunning Drum solo LIVE
Frank Zappa -Terry Bozzio's Stunning Drum solo LIVE
- published: 09 Dec 2006
- views: 253071
- author: igmote
3:52
Frank Zappa - Broken Hearts are for Assholes (Live)
Clip from a movie about people who do stuff that is not normal - Baby Snakes. Starring Fra...
published: 10 Dec 2011
author: Pizi69
Frank Zappa - Broken Hearts are for Assholes (Live)
Clip from a movie about people who do stuff that is not normal - Baby Snakes. Starring Frank Zappa. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
- published: 10 Dec 2011
- views: 41798
- author: Pizi69
21:17
Frank Zappa on Crossfire
Zappa on CNN's Crossfire in 1986. Discussing copyright. Zappa's the man!...
published: 06 Oct 2006
author: WorldRevolutionTV
Frank Zappa on Crossfire
Zappa on CNN's Crossfire in 1986. Discussing copyright. Zappa's the man!
- published: 06 Oct 2006
- views: 2109548
- author: WorldRevolutionTV
106:09
Frank Zappa (VIDEO) A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary)
Frank Zappa A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary) A Frank Scheffers documentary, a...
published: 26 Sep 2012
author: br1tag
Frank Zappa (VIDEO) A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary)
Frank Zappa A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary) A Frank Scheffers documentary, as broadcast by VPRO in the Netherlands April 2007. ( visit zappa official site to know the new CDs edition! ) ( visit zappateers! )
- published: 26 Sep 2012
- views: 34153
- author: br1tag
58:58
Frank Zappa - Peefeeyatko Documentary
1989 - 1991...
published: 28 Feb 2012
author: tomtiddler1
Frank Zappa - Peefeeyatko Documentary
1989 - 1991
- published: 28 Feb 2012
- views: 46844
- author: tomtiddler1
132:21
Frank Zappa - Barcelona 1988 (Full Show)
This is an extremley interesting filmed concert, Zappa's last tour, great songs never seen...
published: 20 Jan 2012
author: brainphreaky
Frank Zappa - Barcelona 1988 (Full Show)
This is an extremley interesting filmed concert, Zappa's last tour, great songs never seen before, such as "Baritone woman" and also the classic "sharleena". It´sa two hours of uninterrupted live footage of a complete show. 1988 05 17 - Palacio de Deportes, Barcelona, Spain: Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. 1. THE BLACK PAGE 2. PACKARD GOOSE & (MEDLEY) 3. SHARLEENA 4. BAMBOOZLED BY LOVE 5. BLACK NAPKINS 6. WHEN THE LIE'S SO BIG 7. PLANET OF THE BARITONE WOMEN 8. ANY KIND OF PAIN 9. JESUS THINKS YOU'RE A JERK 10. SOFA 11. FIND HER FINER 12. BIG SWIFTY 13. I AINT'GOT NO HEART 14. LOVE OF MY LIFE 15. THE TORTURE NEVER STOPS 16. BOLERO 17. WATERMELON IN EASTER HAY 18. WHIPPING POST 19. I AM THE WALRUS 20. THE ILLINOIS ENEMA BANDIT 21. STRICTLY GENTEEL Dont forget to subscribe! www.facebook.com www.brainphreak.net
- published: 20 Jan 2012
- views: 344636
- author: brainphreaky
56:33
Frank Zappa - Does humor belongs in Music? (1984)
Does Humor Belong in Music? is a one-hour Frank Zappa concert video composed of live perfo...
published: 14 Jun 2012
author: jimzcoi
Frank Zappa - Does humor belongs in Music? (1984)
Does Humor Belong in Music? is a one-hour Frank Zappa concert video composed of live performances at The Pier in New York City (August 26, 1984) along with a few interview segments. It was released on VHS by MPI Home Video in 1985 and reissued on DVD in 2003 by EMI. The video has no recorded material in common with the album of the same name, but some of the tracks were released (in whole or in part) on Volumes One, Three and Six of the You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore series. Players: Frank Zappa - lead guitar, vocals Ray White - guitar, vocals Ike Willis - guitar, vocals Bobby Martin - keyboards, French horn, sax, vocals Allan Zavod - keyboards Scott Thunes - bass, vocals Chad Wackerman - drums Tracks: 01. Zoot Allures 02. Tinsel Town Rebellion --- City of Tiny Lites (beginning) / interview segment 03. Trouble Every Day 04. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (edited, and including more interview segments) --- Goblin Girl (beginning) / interview segment --- The Deathless Horsie (ending) 05. The Dangerous Kitchen 06. He's So Gay 07. Bobby Brown 08. Keep It Greasey 09. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? --- Carol, You Fool (beginning) / interview segment 10. Dinah-Moe Humm 11. Cosmik Debris --- (Encore) 12. Be In My Video 13. Dancin' Fool 14. Whippin' Post
- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 16011
- author: jimzcoi
25:57
Frank Zappa - Baltimore Interview, August 1985
Baltimore, USA,. August 1985. (Unaired Footage)...
published: 04 Dec 2011
author: tomtiddler1
Frank Zappa - Baltimore Interview, August 1985
Baltimore, USA,. August 1985. (Unaired Footage)
- published: 04 Dec 2011
- views: 29858
- author: tomtiddler1
102:44
Frank Zappa & Mothers w/ Zubin Mehta & the LA Philharmonic ("200 Motels" live UCLA, 05/15/1970)
(!!WARNING!! Huge feedback at 1:07:08) This is probably the most unique of all Zappa/Mothe...
published: 28 Jan 2013
author: foutupourfoutu
Frank Zappa & Mothers w/ Zubin Mehta & the LA Philharmonic ("200 Motels" live UCLA, 05/15/1970)
(!!WARNING!! Huge feedback at 1:07:08) This is probably the most unique of all Zappa/Mothers shows and the most unique line up. The recording is distant but clear. This one is in my top 3. Line up/Set list: FZ: guitar, vocals, conductor Ray Collins: vocals Ian Underwood: fender rhodes, alto sax Don Preston: synthesizer, stage fright Jeff "swoovette" Simmons: bass, vocals Motorhead Sherwood: baritone sax, tambourine Billy Mundi: drums Aynsley Dunbar: drums + Zubin Mehta conducts the LA Philharmonic Orchestra. 01. Intro 02. My Boyfriend's Back - I'm Gonna Bust His Head (02:25) 03: Tiny Sick Tears (5:09) 05: Agon (Stravinsky) (11:25) 04: Call Any Vegetable - Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin (12:13) 05: Intégrales (Varèse) (16:16) 06: Soft-Cell Conclusion (20:16) 06: "blowing discordant sounds and tuning" (22:50) 200 MOTELS SUITE FOR ROCK BAND & ORCHESTRA 07: A Pound For A Brown (rock band version) (26:41) 08: exerpts from Oh No, Envelopes and other cool stuff from 200 Motels (31:27) 09: Little House I Used To Live In - Bogus Pomp - World's Greatest Sinner (38:15) 10: Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown/Inca Roads - Strictly Genteel (45:22) 11: The Duke Of Prunes (51:54) 12: Who Needs The Peace Corps (instr.) (52:56) 13: A Pound For A Brown (orchestral version) - What's The Name Of Your Group - Bogus Pomp (reprise) (1:00:28) 14: Oh No - The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (1:11:01) 15:"we need a cello" (1:19:02) 16: King Kong (1:20:01) encores 15: Plastic People (1:27 ...
- published: 28 Jan 2013
- views: 146
- author: foutupourfoutu
34:32
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Full Album
www.facebook.com Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Upl...
published: 19 Nov 2012
author: kritikospa11
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Full Album
www.facebook.com Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - Over-Nite Sensation (1973) Uploading November 19, 2012 Track Listing 01 00:00 "Camarillo Brillo" 02 03:58 "I'm the Slime" 03 07:32 "Dirty Love" 04 10:30 "Fifty-Fifty" 05 16:40 "Zomby Woof" 06 21:50 "Dinah-Moe Humm" 07 27:53 "Montana" All Music Review (Rating: 4.5/5, Album Pick) www.allmusic.com Wiki en.wikipedia.org RateYourMusic (Rating: 3.94/5) rateyourmusic.com
- published: 19 Nov 2012
- views: 12726
- author: kritikospa11
40:25
Frank Zappa (VIDEO) The Last Performances (The 1991 Prague & Budapest Concerts)
1991: LAST PUBLIC PERFORMANCES 1991 06 24 - Zappa In Prague Sports Hall, Prague, Czechoslo...
published: 14 Oct 2012
author: br1tag
Frank Zappa (VIDEO) The Last Performances (The 1991 Prague & Budapest Concerts)
1991: LAST PUBLIC PERFORMANCES 1991 06 24 - Zappa In Prague Sports Hall, Prague, Czechoslovakia Zappa with The Prazsky Vyber: Frank Zappa: guitar Michael Kocab: vocals, keyboards, trumpet Michal Pavlicek: guitar Vilem Cok: bass guitar, vocals David Koller: drums Stanislav Jelinek: guitar Franta Honig: percussions Milo Vacik: percussions Ladislav Faktor: keyboards The Roucek Brass Band 1.Improvizace VA Dur S Frankem Zappou (10 min) 1991 06 30 - Zappa In Budapest Búcsú Fesztivál, Tabán - Budapest, Hungary (means: "Farewell Festival" - celebrating the withrawal of the russian troops from Hungary, 1991.) Zappa with The Gypsy Friends: Frank Zappa: guitar Gyula Babos: guitar János Egri: bass Béla "Szakcsi" Lakatos: keyboards Imre Kőszegi: drums 2. Full TV Broadcast (30 min) (visit zappa official site - new edition CDs!) (visit zappateers!)
- published: 14 Oct 2012
- views: 13135
- author: br1tag
39:03
Frank Zappa's Favorite Tunes Circa 1968
This radio program consists of Frank speaking with DJ Tom Donahue and playing his favorite...
published: 15 Dec 2012
author: barun432
Frank Zappa's Favorite Tunes Circa 1968
This radio program consists of Frank speaking with DJ Tom Donahue and playing his favorite tunes and a couple of songs from his album. The following are the list of songs which were played but they can't be put on Youtube for copyright reasons but the rest of the session is present in this video. This video is for ardent Zappa fans who love to know about Frank's music background before and during the start of his teenage years when he started playing in different bands in Lancaster California. This interview was done to promote Frank's New album at that time "Cruising With The Ruben and Jets" which was mostly inspired by the following songs played in this interview session, mostly rhythm n blues, Doo-wop, Vocal Groups and Jazz groups. Enjoy. 1. Agency Man - Frank Zappa and The Mothers 2. The Handsome Cabin Boy - Ewan MacColl & AL Lloyd 3. Grunion Run- The Persuaders 4. Le marteau sans maître - Pierre Boulez 5. When we get married- The Dreamlovers 6. Memories From El Monte - The Penguins ( Written by Ray Collins & Frank Zappa) 7. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus 8. Lucy Mae blues - Frankie Lee Sims 9. The Letter- Vernon Green and The Medallions 10. Daddy Daddy - Richard Berry and the Dreamers 11. Twilight - The Paragons 12. Florence- The Paragons 13. Florence Don't Leave Me- The Paragons 14. Later That Night- Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention 15. I'll be Forever Loving You- El Dorados 16. Cheap Thrills- Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention 17. Stuff Up The ...
- published: 15 Dec 2012
- views: 583
- author: barun432
41:46
Frank Zappa - 1978 Project-Object (Live, NY) Bootleg)
Frank Zappa - Project-Object - Bootleg (Live recordings from the 21 September 1978 concert...
published: 10 Jul 2012
author: DarcoEddie
Frank Zappa - 1978 Project-Object (Live, NY) Bootleg)
Frank Zappa - Project-Object - Bootleg (Live recordings from the 21 September 1978 concert at Mair Hall, MHCC, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA). 00:00 Prelude To Bobby Brown 2:50 02:50 Bobby Brown 2:56 05:46 Conehead 6:08 11:54 Moe's Vacation 1:18 13:12 I Have Been in You 7:57 21:09 The Little House I Used to Live In 8:52 30:01 Tell Me You Love Me 2:42 32:43 Yo Mama 9:04 1978 musicians: Frank Zappa, Denny Walley, Ike Willis, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann and Arthur Barrow The "instrumental" track from these bootlegs is some kind of piano/keyboard solo from "A Pound for a Brown on the Bus", some of which is probably compsed by Peter Wolf. "Moe's Vacation" track is the early stages of "Mo & Herb's Vacation", a shorter version for drums, bass and marimba (exquisite!). "I Have Been in You" has a long intro like the one on Stage #6, "Is This Guy Kidding or What". "Little House I Used to Live In" is the orchestrated intro from "Little House I Used to Live in" followed by a vocal improvisation by Tommy Mars, a bit of a drum solo and a fade-out. The Project-Obejct bootleg claims to be "phase two of Conceptual Continuity". It has a cover very similar to the Conceptual Continuity bootleg, and may have been made by the same people, but phase two of that bootleg is actually issued as Marvellous Stunner. Project-Object was released in 1980 (pressed in 3200 copies) and re-released on CD in 1991. The cover is a black & white insert. The disc has "Project Object" on it ...
- published: 10 Jul 2012
- views: 4320
- author: DarcoEddie
30:08
Zappa Plays Zappa - Son Of Orange County-More Trouble Every Day
A chip off the ol' block!...
published: 15 Dec 2011
author: pippinsdad
Zappa Plays Zappa - Son Of Orange County-More Trouble Every Day
A chip off the ol' block!
- published: 15 Dec 2011
- views: 100507
- author: pippinsdad
92:13
Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart - El Paso 1975
Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart Live at the County Coliseum El Paso, Texas 23.5.75 Trackli...
published: 10 Apr 2011
author: zappovednik
Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart - El Paso 1975
Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart Live at the County Coliseum El Paso, Texas 23.5.75 Tracklisting : 01 intro and tune-up improvisations 02 Apostrophe[5:22] 03 Stinkfoot[9:38] 04 I'm Not Satisfied[15:04] 05 Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy[17:17] 06 Velvet Sunrise[26:38] 07 A Pound For A Brown[31:56] 08 You're So Fine[47:20] 09 Those Lonely Lonely Nights[48:47] 10 Debra Kadabra[51:43] 11 Montana[56:00] 12 improvisations[01:03:01] 13 Advance Romance[01:11:46] 14 Florentine Pogen[01:24:19] Zappa/Beefheart/Mothers: Frank Zappa--guitar, vocals Don Van Vliet [Captain Beefheart]--harp, vocals Denny Walley--slide guitar, vocals George Duke--keyboards, vocals Napoleon Murphy Brock--sax, vocals Bruce Fowler--trombone Tom Fowler--bass Terry Bozzio--drums Guest: Jimmy Carl Black--vocals in tracks 08, 09 ENJOY!
- published: 10 Apr 2011
- views: 160981
- author: zappovednik
91:43
Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish [Audio]
Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish (1984) 01 - Prologue 02 - The Mammy Nuns 03 - Harry & Rhonda 04 -...
published: 21 Jun 2012
author: TheCoilFan
Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish [Audio]
Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish (1984) 01 - Prologue 02 - The Mammy Nuns 03 - Harry & Rhonda 04 - Galoot Up-Date 05 - The 'Torchum' Never Stops 06 - That Evel Prince 07 - You Are What You Is 08 - The Mudd Club 09 - The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 10 - Clowns On Velvet 11 - Harry-As-A-Boy 12 - He's So Gay 13 - The Massive Improve 'Lence 14 - Artificial Rhonda 15 - The Crabb-Grass Baby 16 - The White Boy Troubles 17 - No Not Now 18 - Briefcase Boogie 19 - Brown Moses 20 - Wistful Wit A Fist Full 21 - Drop Dead 22 - Won Ton On
- published: 21 Jun 2012
- views: 9576
- author: TheCoilFan
Vimeo results:
4:39
Frank Zappa - Tengo na minchia tanta
Frank Zappa - Tengo na minchia tanta (from Uncle Meat VHS)...
published: 24 Nov 2009
author: alternaTV
Frank Zappa - Tengo na minchia tanta
Frank Zappa - Tengo na minchia tanta (from Uncle Meat VHS)
0:27
Frank Zappa
DVD Menus designed and created by Promo Scape...
published: 26 Apr 2010
author: Promo Scape
Frank Zappa
DVD Menus designed and created by Promo Scape
3:42
Frank Zappa "Peaches En Regalia"
Frank Zappa...
published: 02 May 2008
author: mari
Frank Zappa "Peaches En Regalia"
Frank Zappa
Youtube results:
110:30
Frank Zappa Detroit 1976-11-19 (complete concert)
Wonderful music, great solos, great sound quality (amatorial rec). Part of this concert (a...
published: 31 Dec 2012
author: br1tag
Frank Zappa Detroit 1976-11-19 (complete concert)
Wonderful music, great solos, great sound quality (amatorial rec). Part of this concert (a few songs) were published in the Conceptual Continuity album 1976-11-19 Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI FZ, Ray White, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Eddie Jobson, plus guests (on the encores): Flo & Eddie on vocals, Ralphe Armstrong on bass, Don Brewer on drums. Purple Lagoon Intro, Stinkfoot, The Poodle Lecture, Dirty Love, Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station, Tryin' To Grow A Chin, The Torture Never Stops, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown, Titties 'n Beer, Black Napkins, Purple Lagoon Outro, encores: Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink, Would You Go All The Way?, Daddy Daddy Daddy, What Kind Of Girl?, Dinah-Moe Humm, Stranded In The Jungle, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man. (visit zappa official site to know the new cds) (visit zappateers) (visit mama zappa) (visit zappainfrance blog)
- published: 31 Dec 2012
- views: 2217
- author: br1tag
84:31
FRANK ZAPPA :THE COMPLETE YELLOW SHARK LIVE FRANKFURT,SEPTEMBER,17th,1992
(Input Codec :Mp4 Dvd Image from Ripping A 1994 Unkown Generation VHS) (Output Codec :DViX...
published: 27 Aug 2012
author: ivano g casamonti
FRANK ZAPPA :THE COMPLETE YELLOW SHARK LIVE FRANKFURT,SEPTEMBER,17th,1992
(Input Codec :Mp4 Dvd Image from Ripping A 1994 Unkown Generation VHS) (Output Codec :DViX Plus HD 640 x 480 Edit whit Canopus Edius V)
- published: 27 Aug 2012
- views: 3816
- author: ivano g casamonti
56:48
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong In Music?
This live album of highlights from one of rock legend Frank Zappa's final tours was filmed...
published: 18 Mar 2011
author: MrRomanoWood
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong In Music?
This live album of highlights from one of rock legend Frank Zappa's final tours was filmed in New York in the summer of 1984. One of the most prolific artists of his time, Zappa was a satirist who wrote lyrics of questionable taste and whose music paid homage to every genre, from contemporary classical music to the guitar-heavy rock of the '70s. Tracks include "Zoot Allures," "Keep It Greasey," "Tinsel-Town Rebellion" and more.
- published: 18 Mar 2011
- views: 31213
- author: MrRomanoWood
59:59
Frank Zappa 1974-11-06 Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA
Live concert (soundboard recording) 1974-11-06 Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA Frank Zappa, N...
published: 19 Jan 2013
author: br1tag
Frank Zappa 1974-11-06 Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA
Live concert (soundboard recording) 1974-11-06 Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Tom Fowler, George Duke, Ruth Underwood, Chester Thompson. 1. Tush Tush Tush 2. Stinkfoot 3. Inca Roads 4. Yellow Snow Medley 5. Cosmic Debris 6. Florentine Pogen 7. I'm Not Satisfied (visit zappa official site to know the new cds) (visit zappateers) (visit mama zappa) (visit zappainfrance blog)
- published: 19 Jan 2013
- views: 821
- author: br1tag
9:14
Frank Zappa on Larry King Live August 13, 1985 Part 1 of 2
Frank Zappa interviewed on Larry King Live, August 13, 1985. This is part 1 of 2. No part ...
published: 06 Apr 2008
author: koolstrike
Frank Zappa on Larry King Live August 13, 1985 Part 1 of 2
Frank Zappa interviewed on Larry King Live, August 13, 1985. This is part 1 of 2. No part of the interview was cut beyond the commercial bumpers to make the video fit You Tube lengths standards. Part 1 of 2. Enjoy
- published: 06 Apr 2008
- views: 172232
- author: koolstrike
6:12
Frank Zappa on Dr. Demento - Part I
FRank Zappa interviewed by Dr. Demento....
published: 14 Dec 2008
author: Paul Hinrichs
Frank Zappa on Dr. Demento - Part I
FRank Zappa interviewed by Dr. Demento.
- published: 14 Dec 2008
- views: 47314
- author: Paul Hinrichs
10:21
Zappa Interview Today Show 1993
One of Frank's last interviews, conducted by NBC's Jamie Gangel for the Today Show....
published: 22 Nov 2007
author: rohmer50
Zappa Interview Today Show 1993
One of Frank's last interviews, conducted by NBC's Jamie Gangel for the Today Show.
- published: 22 Nov 2007
- views: 1247485
- author: rohmer50
9:12
Kay Rush Interviews Frank Zappa for Italian TV 1980's
Frank Zappa interviewed by Kay Rush for Television Italy...
published: 10 Jun 2007
author: Kay Rush
Kay Rush Interviews Frank Zappa for Italian TV 1980's
Frank Zappa interviewed by Kay Rush for Television Italy
- published: 10 Jun 2007
- views: 102131
- author: Kay Rush
106:09
Frank Zappa (VIDEO) A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary)
Frank Zappa A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary) A Frank Scheffers documentary, a...
published: 26 Sep 2012
author: br1tag
Frank Zappa (VIDEO) A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary)
Frank Zappa A pioneer of Future Music (video documentary) A Frank Scheffers documentary, as broadcast by VPRO in the Netherlands April 2007. ( visit zappa official site to know the new CDs edition! ) ( visit zappateers! )
- published: 26 Sep 2012
- views: 28536
- author: br1tag
36:37
Frank Zappa - Various TV Interviews
1. The Arsenio Hall Show, February 1st, 1989. 2. Nightlife, with David Brenner, 23rd Septe...
published: 10 Feb 2012
author: tomtiddler1
Frank Zappa - Various TV Interviews
1. The Arsenio Hall Show, February 1st, 1989. 2. Nightlife, with David Brenner, 23rd September, 1986. 3. Joan Rivers, The late Show, November 21st, 1986. 4. The Today Sow, June 7th, 1989.
- published: 10 Feb 2012
- views: 17934
- author: tomtiddler1
8:07
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS MOTHERS OF INVENTION JEAN LUC PONTY GEORGE DUKE TOM FOWLER BRUCE...
published: 09 Mar 2010
author: vv0422
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS
FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS MOTHERS OF INVENTION JEAN LUC PONTY GEORGE DUKE TOM FOWLER BRUCE FOWLER RUTH UNDERWOOD IAN UNDERWOOD RALPH HUMPHREY - LIVE
- published: 09 Mar 2010
- views: 354950
- author: vv0422
3:52
Frank Zappa - Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
Just play my music - Frank Zappa Sorry to break everyones hearts with sync issues... Check...
published: 18 Sep 2010
author: Whoaduderighteous
Frank Zappa - Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
Just play my music - Frank Zappa Sorry to break everyones hearts with sync issues... Check my channel for more live zappa audio uploads.
- published: 18 Sep 2010
- views: 767262
- author: Whoaduderighteous
11:52
Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops (From the DVD)
www.eagle-rock.com Frank Zappa's New York Halloween 1981 concerts were filmed Live at The ...
published: 11 Nov 2010
author: eaglerocktv
Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops (From the DVD)
www.eagle-rock.com Frank Zappa's New York Halloween 1981 concerts were filmed Live at The Palladium. This 'thing' entitled "The Torture Never Stops" was created in its entirety by FZ from the original concert production and intended by the Artist as one of 3 Television Specials. This is the longest version of the three - the others, "You Are What You Is" and "Dumb All Over", having actually aired. Halloween was Frank Zappa's favourite holiday, and New York was the site of Frank Zappa Halloween concerts for years! The billion and a half airings by MTV of the concerts (non-edited) followed on closely from the release of the double album "You Are What You Is" in September of that year on Frank Zappa's own recently founded and thoroughly independent label, Barking Pumpkin. Much of the set list is drawn from that work. All Frank Zappa shows were unique experiences with Zappa on guitar and baton, leading his band on flights of improvisation and drawing ever more intense performances from them. "The Torture Never Stops" cements Zappa's reputation as one of the most innovative and challenging composers and performers of the 20th century. Tracklist: 1) Black Napkins 2) Montana 3) Easy Meat 4) Beauty Knows No Pain 5) Charlie's Enormous Mouth 6) Fine Girl 7) Teen-Age Wind 8) Harder Than Your Husband 9) Bamboozled By Love 10) We're Turning Again 11) Alien Orifice 12) Flakes 13) Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 14) You Are What You Is 15) Mudd Club 16) The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 17 ...
- published: 11 Nov 2010
- views: 202901
- author: eaglerocktv
47:02
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969) Full Album
www.facebook.com Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969) Re Uploading September 14, 2012 Track Listi...
published: 14 Sep 2012
author: kritikospa10
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969) Full Album
www.facebook.com Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969) Re Uploading September 14, 2012 Track Listing 01 00:00 "Peaches en Regalia" 02 03:35 "Willie the Pimp" 03 12:50 "Son of Mr. Green Genes" 04 21:48 "Little Umbrellas" 05 24:50 "The Gumbo Variations" 06 41:45 "It Must Be a Camel" All Music Review (Rating: 4.5/5, Album Pick) allmusic.com Wiki en.wikipedia.org RateYourMusic (Rating: 4.15/5) rateyourmusic.com
- published: 14 Sep 2012
- views: 58439
- author: kritikospa10
4:17
Frank Zappa explains the decline of the music business
Frank Zappa explains the decline and fall of the music business and comes to a surprising ...
published: 04 Sep 2007
author: schavira
Frank Zappa explains the decline of the music business
Frank Zappa explains the decline and fall of the music business and comes to a surprising conclusion that the older generation was better for pushing new wave music that they didn't understand than the supposedly younger/hipper music executives.
- published: 04 Sep 2007
- views: 406900
- author: schavira
58:58
Frank Zappa - Peefeeyatko Documentary
1989 - 1991...
published: 28 Feb 2012
author: tomtiddler1
Frank Zappa - Peefeeyatko Documentary
1989 - 1991
- published: 28 Feb 2012
- views: 43545
- author: tomtiddler1
56:33
Frank Zappa - Does humor belongs in Music? (1984)
Does Humor Belong in Music? is a one-hour Frank Zappa concert video composed of live perfo...
published: 14 Jun 2012
author: jimzcoi
Frank Zappa - Does humor belongs in Music? (1984)
Does Humor Belong in Music? is a one-hour Frank Zappa concert video composed of live performances at The Pier in New York City (August 26, 1984) along with a few interview segments. It was released on VHS by MPI Home Video in 1985 and reissued on DVD in 2003 by EMI. The video has no recorded material in common with the album of the same name, but some of the tracks were released (in whole or in part) on Volumes One, Three and Six of the You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore series. Players: Frank Zappa - lead guitar, vocals Ray White - guitar, vocals Ike Willis - guitar, vocals Bobby Martin - keyboards, French horn, sax, vocals Allan Zavod - keyboards Scott Thunes - bass, vocals Chad Wackerman - drums Tracks: 01. Zoot Allures 02. Tinsel Town Rebellion --- City of Tiny Lites (beginning) / interview segment 03. Trouble Every Day 04. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (edited, and including more interview segments) --- Goblin Girl (beginning) / interview segment --- The Deathless Horsie (ending) 05. The Dangerous Kitchen 06. He's So Gay 07. Bobby Brown 08. Keep It Greasey 09. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? --- Carol, You Fool (beginning) / interview segment 10. Dinah-Moe Humm 11. Cosmik Debris --- (Encore) 12. Be In My Video 13. Dancin' Fool 14. Whippin' Post
- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 13495
- author: jimzcoi
6:10
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
...
published: 26 Mar 2011
author: Ηλεκτρονικό Τσιγάρο
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
- published: 26 Mar 2011
- views: 609385
- author: Ηλεκτρονικό Τσιγάρο
Vimeo results:
4:39
Frank Zappa - Tengo na minchia tanta
Frank Zappa - Tengo na minchia tanta (from Uncle Meat VHS)...
published: 24 Nov 2009
author: alternaTV
Frank Zappa - Tengo na minchia tanta
Frank Zappa - Tengo na minchia tanta (from Uncle Meat VHS)
0:27
Frank Zappa
DVD Menus designed and created by Promo Scape...
published: 26 Apr 2010
author: Promo Scape
Frank Zappa
DVD Menus designed and created by Promo Scape
3:42
Frank Zappa "Peaches En Regalia"
Frank Zappa...
published: 02 May 2008
author: mari
Frank Zappa "Peaches En Regalia"
Frank Zappa
Youtube results:
5:59
Frank Zappa - Playboy Interviews
Frank Zappa / Playboy Interviiews...
published: 09 Sep 2009
author: manchinman2929
Frank Zappa - Playboy Interviews
Frank Zappa / Playboy Interviiews
- published: 09 Sep 2009
- views: 1506
- author: manchinman2929
8:52
Frank Zappa interview 1974
Zappa again interviewed by the Finnish national tv. He is answering in his brilliant style...
published: 17 Sep 2006
author: cosmicrat
Frank Zappa interview 1974
Zappa again interviewed by the Finnish national tv. He is answering in his brilliant style.
- published: 17 Sep 2006
- views: 417060
- author: cosmicrat
21:17
Frank Zappa on Crossfire
Zappa on CNN's Crossfire in 1986. Discussing copyright. Zappa's the man!...
published: 06 Oct 2006
author: WorldRevolutionTV
Frank Zappa on Crossfire
Zappa on CNN's Crossfire in 1986. Discussing copyright. Zappa's the man!
- published: 06 Oct 2006
- views: 2101213
- author: WorldRevolutionTV
photo: AP / Manish
02 Feb 2013
NEW DELHI — A crowd of Tibetans came here to India’s capital last week, bearing flags and political banners and a bittersweet admixture of hope and despair. A grim countdown was under way. The number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule in Tibet had reached 99, one short of an anguished milestone. Enlarge This Image. Freetibet.org, via Associated Press ... Related ... Connect With Us on Twitter ... (Mr ... Mr ... ....(size: 10.7Kb)
photo: AP / SANA
04 Feb 2013
Tweet. London, Feb. 4 (ANI). Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused Israel of trying to 'destabilise' his country. Assad's comments came as he claimed that last week's airstrike showed the Jewish state was behind the revolution seeking to overthrow his regime ... Assad insisted however, that his country could still meet 'current threats and aggression' ... (ANI) ... Israel ... ... ) .. ). ... . . . . . .. . . .. ....(size: 3.0Kb)
photo: UN / John Isaac
04 Feb 2013
About 800,000 people died during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. ....(size: 0.5Kb)
photo: US Navy / MCS2 Matthew D. Leistikow
03 Feb 2013
At least 33 people were killed on Sunday after a suicide bomber and two gunmen attacked a police headquarters in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, official sources said, the third major attack in the region in several weeks. By News Wires (text). . A suicide bomber driving a car and gunmen disguised in police uniforms killed at least 33 people in the Iraqi city Kirkuk on Sunday when they tried to storm the police headquarters ... (REUTERS). IRAQ....(size: 8.5Kb)
photo: AP / Elise Amendola
02 Feb 2013
BOSTON. Harvard University said Friday it issued academic sanctions against about 60 students who were forced to withdraw from school for a period of time in a cheating scandal that involved the final exam in a class on Congress, drawing criticism from a high-profile alumnus. The school implicated as many as 125 students in the scandal when officials first addressed the issue last year. . ... . ... . ... ....(size: 5.1Kb)
BBC News
02 Feb 2013
By Nick Serpell Obituary Editor, BBC News. Continue reading the main story In today's Magazine. The history of the future in 10 images Hillary Clinton's long journey Should people be off on Fridays? Quiz of the week's news ... In 1971, the Montreaux casino caught fire during a performance by Frank Zappa after an audience member fired a flare gun at the ceiling ... Born the son of a baker, Nobs developed an early love of jazz ... ....(size: 6.6Kb)
The Jazz Mann
01 Feb 2013
Bungle, John Zorn, Frank Zappa, Tyshawn Sorey and a broad range of rock and electronica; and with a combined experience that includes eastern European folk, Hindustani music, Brazilian music, straight ahead and free jazz, reggae, metal, contemporary classical and musique concrete; Shatners Bassoon have developed a unique collective sound based on ......(size: 4.0Kb)
U~T San Diego
31 Jan 2013
inline-left " >Local Flavor. > “Sounds Like San Diego”. Who. Jack Tempchin, Joey Harris, Patric Petrie, Kevin Martin, Neon Cough, Marie Haddad, True Stories, Scott Mathiasen, Kelsea Rae Little and The Comeuppance. When. 7 p.m. Friday. Where. Museum of Making Music, 5790 Armada Drive, Carlsbad. Tickets. $20. Phone. (760) 438-5996. Online. museumofmakingmusic.org ... Cale, Frank Zappa, Michael Franks, Nickel Creek, Mojo Nixon, J.J ... george.varga ... ....(size: 3.2Kb)
The Roanoke Times
31 Jan 2013
Courtesy Press Here Publicity. Taddy Porter. Courtesy Doug Marion. The Flying Davenports. Courtesy Ruth Moody. Ruth Moody. Courtesy rpm entertainment. Yarn. Podcasts. TONIGHT. Taddy Porter. With Filligar ... But Taddy Porter is doing something much different ... Details ... $8 ... $15 ... Ugly Radio Rebellion Presents the Music of Frank Zappa. This is a band so credible that iconic Zappa sideman Ike Willis often joins it. No Willis this time, but good Zappa covers ... ....(size: 9.5Kb)
noodls
31 Jan 2013
(Source. BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation) ... Harnessing digital technology ... From big festivals to intimate studio sessions our aim is to bring music alive for people whenever and wherever they want it ... More information. JH ... JL ... The BBC Concert Orchestra is an artisitic partner in The Rest is Noise festival and will perform nine concerts across the year at London's Southbank Centre with programmes ranging from Kurt Weill to Frank Zappa....(size: 10.2Kb)
IMDb
30 Jan 2013
Over time the Shaggs would come to be admired and acclaimed by such notable fans as Frank Zappa and Kurt Cobain. ». - Clark Collis. ....(size: 0.7Kb)
IMDb
29 Jan 2013
... Philosophy of the World, the group's unconventional and atonal music eventually found appreciators in the likes of such groundbreaking musicians as Kurt Cobain and Frank Zappa....(size: 0.9Kb)
Rollingstone
29 Jan 2013
Ruban Nielson's 2011 went by in a blur ... It was late ... The supple low end on cuts like "One at a Time" and "Monki" provided the perfect foundation for Nielson's confident warble and the serpentine contour of his chord progressions and guitar solos, a style initially inspired by secret practice sessions with Ry Cooder and Frank Zappa recordings while he was a member of the punk group the Mint Chicks ... ... None of that stuff matters....(size: 4.7Kb)
U~T San Diego
28 Jan 2013
South China Morning Post
28 Jan 2013
Hopkins pours two glasses of iced tea, changes the battery in his hearing aid and sits to reminisce on sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll; of offbeat rocker Frank Zappa's "musical bicycle", of the blame the writer gets for the conspiracy theories surrounding Morrison's perplexing death in Paris at the age of 27, and of his personal taste for trans-sexual street hookers ... Then, years later [in 1966], suddenly here comes Frank Zappa....(size: 16.1Kb)
The Examiner
28 Jan 2013
Next month will see Heras-Casado back on the Davies podium ... The result, “Seht die Sonne” was performed in June of 2008 with Sakari Oramo on the podium and seemed to be rich with influences from the Ensemble InterContemporain, not only from Pierre Boulez himself but also from one of Boulez’ own favorite composers, Frank Zappa. Location. Davies Symphony Hall ... Tweet. 0 Email ... Chris Brown investigated for assaulting Frank Ocean.Get the scoop ... ....(size: 7.9Kb)
U~T San Diego
27 Jan 2013
inline-left " >Frank Zappa on San Diego. Frank Zappa lived in San Diego for just a few years in the mid-1950s, but it was a pivotal time in his creative evolution ... Unlike The Beatles, Frank Zappa never had a hit single called “Revolution.” But this erstwhile San Diego music visionary and cultural provocateur did help inspire a nonviolent revolution that, in 1989, brought down the communist regime in Czechoslovakia....(size: 3.3Kb)
U~T San Diego
26 Jan 2013
Unlike The Beatles, Frank Zappa never had a hit single called “Revolution.” But this erstwhile San Diego music visionary and cultural provocateur did help inspire a nonviolent revolution that, in 1989, brought down the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. “Frank Zappa was one of the gods of the Czech underground ... As innovative as he was prolific, Zappa may have inspired several revolutions ... ‘Frank was our Elvis’ ... “Frank was our Elvis....(size: 3.0Kb)
| Frank Zappa | |
|---|---|
 Zappa performing in Ekeberghallen, Oslo, on January 16, 1977 |
|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Frank Vincent Zappa |
| Born | (1940-12-21)December 21, 1940 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | December 4, 1993(1993-12-04) (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, U.S. due to prostate cancer |
| Genres | Rock, experimental, jazz, classical |
| Occupations | Composer, musician, conductor, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, synclavier, bicycle, drums |
| Years active | 1955–1993 |
| Labels | Verve, Bizarre, Straight, DiscReet, Zappa, Barking Pumpkin |
| Associated acts | The Mothers of Invention Captain Beefheart Steve Vai |
| Website | zappa.com |
| Notable instruments | |
Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, recording engineer, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band The Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. While in his teens, he acquired a taste for percussion-based avant-garde composers such as Edgard Varèse and 1950s rhythm and blues music. He began writing classical music in high school, while at the same time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands; he later switched to electric guitar.
He was a self-taught composer and performer, and his diverse musical influences led him to create music that was often impossible to categorize. His 1966 debut album with The Mothers of Invention, Freak Out!, combined songs in conventional rock and roll format with collective improvisations and studio-generated sound collages. His later albums shared this eclectic and experimental approach, irrespective of whether the fundamental format was one of rock, jazz or classical. His lyrics—often humorously—reflected his iconoclastic view of established social and political processes, structures and movements. He was a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion, and a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech, self-education, political participation and the abolition of censorship.
Zappa was a highly productive and prolific artist and gained widespread critical acclaim. He had some commercial success, particularly in Europe, and for most of his career was able to work as an independent artist. He also remains a major influence on musicians and composers. Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. Zappa was married to Kathryn J. "Kay" Sherman from 1960 to 1964. In 1967, he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, with whom he remained until his death from prostate cancer in 1993. They had four children: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen. Gail Zappa manages the businesses of her late husband under the name the Zappa Family Trust.
Contents |
Early life[link]
Frank Zappa was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 21, 1940. His mother, Rose Marie Colimore, was of Italian and French ancestry; his father, Francesco Vincente Zappa, was an immigrant from Partinico, Sicily, and was of Greek and Arab ancestry.[2] Zappa was the eldest of four children.[3] The family moved often because his father, a chemist and mathematician, worked in the defense industry. After a time in Florida in the 1940s, the family returned to Maryland, where Zappa's father worked at the Edgewood Arsenal chemical warfare facility of the Aberdeen Proving Ground. Due to their home's proximity to the arsenal, which stored mustard gas, gas masks were kept in the home.[4] This had a profound effect on Zappa, and references to germs, germ warfare and the defense industry occur throughout his work.[5]
Zappa was often sick as a child, suffering from asthma, earaches and sinus problems. A doctor treated his sinusitis by inserting a pellet of radium into each of Zappa's nostrils; little was known about the potential dangers of even small amounts of therapeutic radiation.[6] Nasal imagery and references appear in his music and lyrics, as well as in the collage album covers created by his long-time collaborator Cal Schenkel.
Many of Zappa's childhood diseases may have been due to exposure to mustard gas. His health worsened when he lived in Baltimore.[4][6] In 1952, his family relocated for reasons of health.[7] They moved, next, to Monterey, California, where his father taught metallurgy at the Naval Postgraduate School. They soon moved to Claremont, then to El Cajon, before finally settling in San Diego.[8]
Musical influences[link]
"Since I didn't have any kind of formal training, it didn't make any difference to me if I was listening to Lightnin' Slim, or a vocal group called the Jewels ... , or Webern, or Varèse, or Stravinsky. To me it was all good music."
—Frank Zappa, 1989[9]
Zappa joined his first band at Mission Bay High School in San Diego. He was the band's drummer.[10] About the same time his parents bought a phonograph, which allowed him to develop his interest in music, and to begin building his record collection.[11] R&B singles were early purchases, starting a large collection he kept for the rest of his life.[12] He was interested in sounds for their own sake, particularly the sounds of drums and other percussion instruments. By age 12, he had obtained a snare drum and began learning the basics of orchestral percussion.[10] Zappa's deep interest in modern classical music began[13] when he read a LOOK magazine article about the Sam Goody record store chain that lauded its ability to sell an LP as obscure as The Complete Works of Edgard Varèse, Volume One.[14] The article described Varèse's percussion composition Ionisation, produced by EMS Recordings, as "a weird jumble of drums and other unpleasant sounds". Zappa decided to seek out Varèse's music. After searching for over a year, Zappa found a copy (he noticed the LP because of the "mad scientist" looking photo of Varèse on the cover). Not having enough money with him, he persuaded the salesman to sell him the record at a discount.[14] Thus began his lifelong passion for Varèse's music and that of other modern classical composers.
"The things that were happening in 1955 were cosmic ... in terms of music history."
—Frank Zappa, 1969 Pop Chronicles interview.[15]
Zappa grew up influenced by avant-garde composers such as Varèse, Halim El-Dabh,[16] Igor Stravinsky, and Anton Webern, R&B and doo-wop groups (including the Medallions[15] and local pachuco groups), and modern jazz. His own heterogeneous ethnic background, and the diverse social and cultural mix in and around greater Los Angeles, were crucial in the formation of Zappa as a practitioner of underground music and of his later distrustful and openly critical attitude towards "mainstream" social, political and musical movements. He frequently lampooned musical fads like psychedelia, rock opera and disco.[17][18] Television also exerted a strong influence, as demonstrated by quotations from show themes and advertising jingles found in his later works.[19]
Youth and beginning of career (1955–1960)[link]
By 1956, the Zappa family had moved to Lancaster, a small aerospace and farming town in the Antelope Valley of the Mojave Desert close to Edwards Air Force Base, in northern Los Angeles County. Zappa's mother encouraged him in his musical interests. Although she disliked Varèse's music, she was indulgent enough to give her son a long distance call to the composer as a 15th birthday present.[14] Unfortunately, Varèse was in Europe at the time, so Zappa spoke to the composer's wife. He later received a letter from Varèse thanking him for his interest, and telling him about a composition he was working on called "Déserts". Living in the desert town of Lancaster, Zappa found this very exciting. Varèse invited him to visit if he ever came to New York. The meeting never took place (Varèse died in 1965), but Zappa framed the letter and kept it on display for the rest of his life.[13][20]
At Antelope Valley High School, Zappa met Don Vliet (who later expanded his name to Don Van Vliet and adopted the stage name Captain Beefheart). Zappa and Vliet became close friends, sharing an interest in R&B records and influencing each other musically throughout their careers.[21] Around the same time, Zappa started playing drums in a local band, The Blackouts.[17] The band was racially diverse, and included Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood who later became a member of The Mothers of Invention. Zappa's interest in the guitar grew, and in 1957 he was given his first guitar. Among his early influences were Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Howlin' Wolf and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown.[22] (In the 1970s and '80s, he invited Watson to perform on several albums.) Zappa considered soloing as the equivalent of forming "air sculptures",[23] and developed an eclectic, innovative and highly personal style.
Zappa's interest in composing and arranging proliferated in his last high-school years. By his final year, he was writing, arranging and conducting avant-garde performance pieces for the school orchestra.[24] He graduated from Antelope Valley High School in 1958, and later acknowledged two of his music teachers on the sleeve of the 1966 album Freak Out![25] Due to his family's frequent moves, Zappa attended at least six different high schools, and as a student he was often bored and given to distracting the rest of the class with juvenile antics.[26] He left community college after one semester, and maintained thereafter a disdain for formal education, taking his children out of school at age 15 and refusing to pay for their college.[27]
Zappa left home in 1959, and moved into a small apartment in Echo Park, Los Angeles. After meeting Kathryn J. "Kay" Sherman during his short stay at Pomona College, they moved in together in Ontario, and were married December 28, 1960.[28] Zappa worked for a short period in advertising. His sojourn in the commercial world was brief, but gave him valuable insights into how it works.[29] Throughout his career, he took a keen interest in the visual presentation of his work, designing some of his album covers and directing his own films and videos.
Early 1960s: Studio Z[link]
Zappa attempted to earn a living as a musician and composer, and played different nightclub gigs, some with a new version of The Blackouts.[30] Financially more rewarding were Zappa's earliest professional recordings, two soundtracks for the low-budget films The World's Greatest Sinner (1962) and Run Home Slow (1965). The former score was commissioned by actor-producer Timothy Carey and recorded in 1961. It contains many themes that appeared on later Zappa records.[31] The latter soundtrack was recorded in 1963 after the film was completed, but it was commissioned by one of Zappa's former high school teachers in 1959 and Zappa may have worked on it before the film was shot.[32] Excerpts from the soundtrack can be heard on the posthumous album The Lost Episodes (1996).
During the early 1960s, Zappa wrote and produced songs for other local artists, often working with singer-songwriter Ray Collins and producer Paul Buff. Their "Memories of El Monte" was recorded by The Penguins, although only Cleve Duncan of the original group was featured.[33] Buff owned the small Pal Recording Studio in Cucamonga, which included a unique five-track tape recorder he had built. At that time, only a handful of the most sophisticated commercial studios had multi-track facilities; the industry standard for smaller studios was still mono or two-track.[34] Although none of the recordings from the period achieved major commercial success, Zappa earned enough money to allow him to stage a concert of his orchestral music in 1963 and to broadcast and record it.[35] He appeared on Steve Allen's syndicated late night show the same year, in which he played a bicycle as a musical instrument.[36] With Captain Beefheart, Zappa recorded some songs under the name of The Soots. They were rejected by Dot Records for having "no commercial potential", a verdict Zappa subsequently quoted on the sleeve of Freak Out![37]
In 1964, after his marriage started to break up, he moved into the Pal studio and began routinely working 12 hours or more per day recording and experimenting with overdubbing and audio tape manipulation. This set a work pattern that endured for most of his life.[38] Aided by his income from film composing, Zappa took over the studio from Paul Buff, who was now working with Art Laboe at Original Sound. It was renamed Studio Z.[39] Studio Z was rarely booked for recordings by other musicians. Instead, friends moved in, notably James "Motorhead" Sherwood.[40] Zappa started performing as guitarist with a power trio, The Muthers, in local bars in order to support himself.[41]
An article in the local press describing Zappa as "the Movie King of Cucamonga" prompted the local police to suspect that he was making pornographic films.[42] In March 1965, Zappa was approached by a vice squad undercover officer, and accepted an offer of $100 to produce a suggestive audio tape for an alleged stag party. Zappa and a female friend recorded a faked erotic episode. When Zappa was about to hand over the tape, he was arrested, and the police stripped the studio of all recorded material.[42] The press was tipped off beforehand, and next day's The Daily Report wrote that "Vice Squad investigators stilled the tape recorders of a free-swinging, a-go-go film and recording studio here Friday and arrested a self-styled movie producer".[43] Zappa was charged with "conspiracy to commit pornography".[44] This felony charge was reduced and he was sentenced to six months in jail on a misdemeanor, with all but ten days suspended.[45] His brief imprisonment left a permanent mark, and was key in the formation of his anti-authoritarian stance.[46] Zappa lost several recordings made at Studio Z in the process, as the police only returned 30 out of 80 hours of tape seized.[47] Eventually, he could no longer afford to pay the rent on the studio and was evicted.[48] Zappa managed to recover some of his possessions before the studio was torn down in 1966.[49]
Late 1960s: The Mothers of Invention[link]
In 1965, Zappa was approached by Ray Collins who asked him to take over as the guitarist in local R&B band The Soul Giants, following a fight between Collins and the group's original guitarist.[3] Zappa accepted, and soon he assumed leadership and the role as co-lead singer (even though he never considered himself a singer[50]). He convinced the other members that they should play his music to increase the chances of getting a record contract.[51] The band was renamed The Mothers, coincidentally on Mother's Day.[52] The group increased their bookings after beginning an association with manager Herb Cohen, while they gradually gained attention on the burgeoning Los Angeles underground music scene.[53] In early 1966, they were spotted by leading record producer Tom Wilson when playing "Trouble Every Day", a song about the Watts Riots.[54] Wilson had earned acclaim as the producer for singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and the folk-rock act Simon & Garfunkel, and was notable as one of the few African Americans working as a major label pop music producer at this time.
Wilson signed The Mothers to the Verve Records division of MGM Records, which had built up a strong reputation in the music industry for its releases of modern jazz recordings in the 1940s and 1950s, but was attempting to diversify into pop and rock audiences. Verve insisted that the band officially rename themselves because "Mother", in slang terminology, was short for "motherfucker" — a term that apart from its profane meanings can denote a skilled musician.[55] The label suggested the name "The Mothers Auxiliary", which prompted Zappa to come up with the name "The Mothers of Invention."
[edit] Debut album: Freak Out! (1966)
With Wilson credited as producer, The Mothers of Invention, augmented by a studio orchestra, recorded the groundbreaking Freak Out! (1966) which, preceded by Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, was the second rock double album ever released. It mixed R&B, doo-wop, musique concrète,[56] and experimental sound collages that captured the "freak" subculture of Los Angeles at that time.[57] Although he was dissatisfied with the final product—in a late '60s radio interview (included in the posthumous MOFO Project/Object compilation) Zappa recounted that the side-long closing track "Return of the Son of Monster Magnet" was intended to be the basic track for a much more complex work which Verve did not allow him to complete—Freak Out immediately established Zappa as a radical new voice in rock music, providing an antidote to the "relentless consumer culture of America".[58] The sound was raw, but the arrangements were sophisticated. While recording in the studio, some of the additional session musicians were shocked that they were expected to read the notes on sheet music from charts with Zappa conducting them, since it was not standard when recording rock music.[59] The lyrics praised non-conformity, disparaged authorities, and had dadaist elements. Yet, there was a place for seemingly conventional love songs.[60] Most compositions are Zappa's, which set a precedent for the rest of his recording career. He had full control over the arrangements and musical decisions and did most overdubs. Wilson provided the industry clout and connections to get the group the financial resources needed.[61]
|
|
The opening track on Freak Out!. The album has "consistently been voted as one of top 100 greatest albums ever made".[58]
|
| Problems listening to this file? See media help. | |
During the recording of Freak Out!, Zappa moved into a house in Laurel Canyon with friend Pamela Zarubica, who appeared on the album.[59] The house became a meeting (and living) place for many LA musicians and groupies of the time, despite Zappa's disapproval of their illicit drug use.[62] He labeled people on drugs "assholes in action", and he tried cannabis only a few times, but without any pleasure.[63] He was a regular tobacco smoker for most of his life, and strongly critical of anti-tobacco campaigns.[64] After a short promotional tour following the release of Freak Out!, Zappa met Adelaide Gail Sloatman. He fell in love within "a couple of minutes", and she moved into the house over the summer.[51] They married in 1967, had four children and remained together until Zappa's death.
Wilson nominally produced The Mothers' second album Absolutely Free (1967), which was recorded in November 1966, and later mixed in New York, although by this time Zappa was in de facto control of most facets of the production. It featured extended playing by The Mothers of Invention and focused on songs that defined Zappa's compositional style of introducing abrupt, rhythmical changes into songs that were built from diverse elements.[65] Examples are "Plastic People" and "Brown Shoes Don't Make It", which contained lyrics critical of the hypocrisy and conformity of American society, but also of the counterculture of the 1960s.[66] As Zappa put it, "[W]e're satirists, and we are out to satirize everything."[67] At the same time, Zappa had recorded material for a album of orchestral works to be released under his own name, Lumpy Gravy, released by Capitol Records in 1967. Due to contractual problems, the album was pulled. Zappa took the opportunity to radically restructure the contents, adding newly recorded, improvised dialogue. After the contractual problems were resolved, the album was reissued by Verve in 1968.[68] It is an "incredible ambitious musical project",[69] a "monument to John Cage",[70] which intertwines orchestral themes, spoken words and electronic noises through radical audio editing techniques.[71][72]
New York period (1966–1968)[link]
The Mothers of Invention played in New York in late 1966 and were offered a contract at the Garrick Theater during Easter 1967. This proved successful and Herb Cohen extended the booking, which eventually lasted half a year.[73] As a result, Zappa and his wife, along with The Mothers of Invention, moved to New York.[68] Their shows became a combination of improvised acts showcasing individual talents of the band as well as tight performances of Zappa's music. Everything was directed by Zappa's famous hand signals.[74] Guest performers and audience participation became a regular part of the Garrick Theater shows. One evening, Zappa managed to entice some U.S. Marines from the audience onto the stage, where they proceeded to dismember a big baby doll, having been told by Zappa to pretend that it was a "gook baby".[75]
Situated in New York, and only interrupted by the band's first European tour, The Mothers of Invention recorded the album widely regarded as the peak of the group's late 1960s work, We're Only in It for the Money (released 1968).[76] It was produced by Zappa, with Wilson credited as executive producer. From then on, Zappa produced all albums released by The Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. We're Only in It for the Money featured some of the most creative audio editing and production yet heard in pop music, and the songs ruthlessly satirized the hippie and flower power phenomena.[77] The cover photo parodied that of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.[78] The cover art was provided by Cal Schenkel whom Zappa met in New York. This initiated a life-long collaboration in which Schenkel designed covers for numerous Zappa and Mothers albums.[79]
Reflecting Zappa's eclectic approach to music, the next album, Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (1968), was very different. It represented a collection of doo-wop songs; listeners and critics were not sure whether the album was a satire or a tribute.[80] Zappa has noted that the album was conceived in the way Stravinsky's compositions were in his neo-classical period: "If he could take the forms and clichés of the classical era and pervert them, why not do the same ... to doo-wop in the fifties?"[81] A theme from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is heard during one song.
In New York, Zappa increasingly used tape editing as a compositional tool.[82] A prime example is found on the double album Uncle Meat (1969),[83] where the track "King Kong" is edited from various studio and live performances. Zappa had begun regularly recording concerts,[84] and because of his insistence on precise tuning and timing, he was able to augment his studio productions with excerpts from live shows, and vice versa.[85] Later, he combined recordings of different compositions into new pieces, irrespective of the tempo or meter of the sources. He dubbed this process "xenochrony" (strange synchronizations[86]) — reflecting the Greek "xeno" (alien or strange) and "chrono" (time).[85] Zappa also evolved a compositional approach which he called "conceptual continuity," meaning that any project or album was part of a larger project. Everything was connected, and musical themes and lyrics reappeared in different form on later albums. Conceptual continuity clues are found throughout Zappa's entire œuvre.[19][82]
During the late 1960s, Zappa continued to develop the business sides of his career. He and Herb Cohen formed the Bizarre Records and Straight Records labels, distributed by Warner Bros. Records, as ventures to aid the funding of projects and to increase creative control. Zappa produced the double album Trout Mask Replica for Captain Beefheart, and releases by Alice Cooper, Wild Man Fischer, and The GTOs, as well as Lenny Bruce's last live performance.[87]
Disbanding the original Mothers of Invention (1969)[link]
|
|
|
| Problems listening to this file? See media help. | |
Zappa and The Mothers of Invention returned to Los Angeles in the summer of 1968, and the Zappas moved into a house on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, only to move again to one on Woodrow Wilson Drive in the autumn.[91] This was to be Zappa's home for the rest of his life. Despite being a success with fans in Europe, The Mothers of Invention were not faring well financially.[92] Their first records were vocally oriented, but Zappa wrote more instrumental jazz and classical oriented music for the band's concerts, which confused audiences. Zappa felt that audiences failed to appreciate his "electrical chamber music".[93][94]
In 1969 there were nine band members and Zappa was supporting the group himself from his publishing royalties whether they played or not.[92] 1969 was also the year Zappa, fed up with MGM's interference, left MGM Records for Warner Bros. Records' Reprise Records subsidiary where Zappa/Mothers recordings would bear the Bizarre Records imprint. In late 1969, Zappa broke up the band. He often cited the financial strain as the main reason,[95] but also commented on the band members' lack of sufficient effort.[96] Many band members were bitter about Zappa's decision, and some took it as a sign of Zappa's concern for perfection at the expense of human feeling.[94] Others were irritated by 'his autocratic ways',[61] exemplified by Zappa's never staying at the same hotel as the band members.[97] Several members would, however, play for Zappa in years to come. Remaining recordings with the band from this period were collected on Weasels Ripped My Flesh and Burnt Weeny Sandwich (both released in 1970).
After he disbanded The Mothers of Invention, Zappa released the acclaimed solo album Hot Rats (1969).[98][99] It features, for the first time on record, Zappa playing extended guitar solos and contains one of his most enduring compositions, "Peaches en Regalia", which reappeared several times on future recordings.[88] It was backed by jazz, blues and R&B session players including violinist Don "Sugarcane" Harris, drummers John Guerin and Paul Humphrey, multi-instrumentalist and previous member of Mothers of Invention Ian Underwood, and multi-instrumentalist Shuggie Otis on bass, along with a guest appearance by Captain Beefheart (providing vocals to the only non-instrumental track, "Willie the Pimp"). It became a popular album in England,[100] and had a major influence on the development of the jazz-rock fusion genre.[88][99]
1970s: From The Mothers to Zappa[link]
In 1970 Zappa met conductor Zubin Mehta. They arranged a May 1970 concert where Mehta conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic augmented by a rock band. According to Zappa, the music was mostly written in motel rooms while on tour with The Mothers of Invention. Some of it was later featured in the movie 200 Motels.[100] Although the concert was a success, Zappa's experience working with a symphony orchestra was not a happy one.[81] His dissatisfaction became a recurring theme throughout his career; he often felt that the quality of performance of his material delivered by orchestras was not commensurate with the money he spent on orchestral concerts and recordings.[101]
Rebirth of The Mothers and filmmaking (1970)[link]
Later in 1970, Zappa formed a new version of The Mothers (from then on, he mostly dropped the "of Invention"). It included British drummer Aynsley Dunbar, jazz keyboardist George Duke, Ian Underwood, Jeff Simmons (bass, rhythm guitar), and three members of The Turtles: bass player Jim Pons, and singers Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan, who, due to persistent legal and contractual problems, adopted the stage name "The Phlorescent Leech and Eddie", or "Flo & Eddie".[102]
This version of The Mothers debuted on Zappa's next solo album Chunga's Revenge (1970),[103] which was followed by the double-album soundtrack to the movie 200 Motels (1971), featuring The Mothers, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ringo Starr, Theodore Bikel, and Keith Moon. Co-directed by Zappa and Tony Palmer, it was filmed in a week at Pinewood Studios outside London.[104] Tensions between Zappa and several cast and crew members arose before and during shooting.[104] The film deals loosely with life on the road as a rock musician.[105] It was the first feature film photographed on videotape and transferred to 35 mm film, a process which allowed for novel visual effects.[106] It was released to mixed reviews.[107] The score relied extensively on orchestral music, and Zappa's dissatisfaction with the classical music world intensified when a concert, scheduled at the Royal Albert Hall after filming, was canceled because a representative of the venue found some of the lyrics obscene. In 1975, he lost a lawsuit against the Royal Albert Hall for breach of contract.[108]
After 200 Motels, the band went on tour, which resulted in two live albums, Fillmore East - June 1971 and Just Another Band From L.A.; the latter included the 20-minute track "Billy the Mountain", Zappa's satire on rock opera set in Southern California. This track was representative of the band's theatrical performances in which songs were used to build up sketches based on 200 Motels scenes as well as new situations often portraying the band members' sexual encounters on the road.[109][110]
Accident, attack and their aftermath (1971–1972)[link]
|
|
|
| Problems listening to this file? See media help. | |
In December 1971, there were two serious setbacks. While performing at Casino de Montreux in Switzerland, The Mothers' equipment was destroyed when a flare set off by an audience member started a fire that burned down the casino.[111] Immortalized in Deep Purple's song "Smoke on the Water", the event and immediate aftermath can be heard on the bootleg album Swiss Cheese/Fire, released legally as part of Zappa's Beat the Boots II compilation. After a week's break, The Mothers played at the Rainbow Theatre, London, with rented gear. During the encore, an audience member pushed Zappa off the stage and into the concrete-floored orchestra pit. The band thought Zappa had been killed—he had suffered serious fractures, head trauma and injuries to his back, leg, and neck, as well as a crushed larynx, which ultimately caused his voice to drop a third after healing.[111] This accident resulted in him using a wheelchair for an extended period, forcing him off the road for over half a year. Upon his return to the stage in September 1972, he was still wearing a leg brace, had a noticeable limp and could not stand for very long while on stage. Zappa noted that one leg healed "shorter than the other" (a reference later found in the lyrics of songs "Zomby Woof" and "Dancin' Fool"), resulting in chronic back pain.[111] Meanwhile, The Mothers were left in limbo and eventually formed the core of Flo and Eddie's band as they set out on their own.
During 1971–1972 Zappa released two strongly jazz-oriented solo LPs, Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo, which were recorded during the forced layoff from concert touring, using floating line-ups of session players and Mothers alumni.[112] Musically, the albums were akin to Hot Rats.[113] Zappa began touring again in late 1972.[113] His first effort was a series of concerts in September 1972 with a 20-piece big band referred to as the Grand Wazoo. This was followed by a scaled-down version known as the Petit Wazoo that toured the U.S. for five weeks from October to December 1972.[114]
Top 10 album (1973–1975)[link]
Zappa then formed and toured with smaller groups that variously included Ian Underwood (reeds, keyboards), Ruth Underwood (vibes, marimba), Sal Marquez (trumpet, vocals), Napoleon Murphy Brock (sax, flute and vocals), Bruce Fowler (trombone), Tom Fowler (bass), Chester Thompson (drums), Ralph Humphrey (drums), George Duke (keyboards, vocals), and Jean-Luc Ponty (violin).
By 1973 the Bizarre and Straight labels were discontinued. In their place, Zappa and Cohen created DiscReet Records, also distributed by Warner Bros.[115] Zappa continued a high rate of production through the first half of the 1970s, including the solo album Apostrophe (') (1974), which reached a career-high No. 10 on the Billboard pop album charts[116] helped by the chart single "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow".[117] Other albums from the period are Over-Nite Sensation (1973), which contained several future concert favorites, such as "Dinah-Moe Humm" and "Montana", and the albums Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) and One Size Fits All (1975) which feature ever-changing versions of a band still called The Mothers, and are notable for the tight renditions of highly difficult jazz fusion songs in such pieces as "Inca Roads", "Echidna's Arf (Of You)" and "Be-Bop Tango (Of the Old Jazzmen's Church)".[118] A live recording from 1974, You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 (1988), captures "the full spirit and excellence of the 1973–75 band".[118] Zappa released Bongo Fury (1975), which featured live recordings from a tour the same year that reunited him with Captain Beefheart for a brief period.[119] They later became estranged for a period of years, but were in contact at the end of Zappa's life.[120]
Business breakups and touring (1976–1979)[link]
Zappa's relationship with long-time manager Herb Cohen ended in 1976. Zappa sued Cohen for skimming more than he was allocated from DiscReet Records, as well as for signing acts of which Zappa did not approve.[121] Cohen filed a lawsuit against Zappa in return, which froze the money Zappa and Cohen had gained from an out-of-court settlement with MGM over the rights of the early Mothers of Invention recordings. It also prevented Zappa having access to any of his previously recorded material during the trials. Zappa therefore took his personal master copies of the rock-oriented Zoot Allures (1976) directly to Warner Bros., thereby bypassing DiscReet.[122]
In the mid-1970s Zappa prepared material for Läther (pronounced "leather"), a four-LP project. Läther encapsulated all the aspects of Zappa's musical styles — rock tunes, orchestral works, complex instrumentals, and Zappa's own trademark distortion-drenched guitar solos. Wary of a quadruple-LP, Warner Bros. Records refused to release it.[123] Zappa managed to get an agreement with Phonogram, and test pressings were made targeted at a Halloween 1977 release, but Warner Bros. prevented the release by claiming rights over the material.[124] Zappa responded by appearing on the Pasadena, California radio station KROQ, allowing them to broadcast Läther and encouraging listeners to make their own tape recordings.[125] A lawsuit between Zappa and Warner Bros. followed, during which no Zappa material was released for more than a year. Eventually, Warner Bros. issued different versions of much of the Läther material in 1978 and 1979 as four individual albums (five full length LPs) with limited promotion.[126] The four individual albums were not included in the third Old Masters box set released in 1987.[127] When the music was first released on CD in 1991, Zappa chose to release the four individual albums. Läther was released posthumously in 1996.[128]
Although Zappa eventually gained the rights to all his material created under the MGM and Warner Bros. contracts,[129] the various lawsuits meant that for a period Zappa's only income came from touring, which he therefore did extensively in 1975–1977 with relatively small, mainly rock-oriented, bands.[124] Drummer Terry Bozzio became a regular band member, Napoleon Murphy Brock stayed on for a while, and original Mothers of Invention bassist Roy Estrada joined. Among other musicians were bassist Patrick O'Hearn, singer-guitarist Ray White and keyboardist Eddie Jobson. In December 1976, Zappa appeared as a featured musical guest on the NBC television show Saturday Night Live.[130][131] The performances included an impromptu musical collaboration with cast member John Belushi during the instrumental piece "The Purple Lagoon". Belushi appeared as his Samurai Futaba character playing the tenor sax with Zappa conducting.[132] Zappa's song, "I'm the Slime", was performed with a voice-over by SNL booth announcer Don Pardo, who also introduced "Peaches En Regalia" on the same airing.
Zappa's band at the time, with the additions of Ruth Underwood and a horn section (featuring Michael and Randy Brecker), performed during Christmas in New York, recordings of which appear on one of the albums Warner Bros. culled from the Läther project, Zappa in New York (1978). It mixes intense instrumentals such as "The Black Page" and humorous songs like "Titties and Beer".[133] The former composition, written originally for drum kit but later developed for larger bands, is notorious for its complexity in rhythmic structure and short, densely arranged passages.[134][135]
|
|
One of Zappa's complex, percussion-based compositions featured on Zappa in New York.
|
| Problems listening to this file? See media help. | |
Zappa in New York featured a song about sex criminal Michael H. Kenyon, "The Illinois Enema Bandit", which featured Don Pardo providing the opening narrative in the song. Like many songs on the album, it contained numerous sexual references,[133] leading to many critics objecting and being offended by the content.[136] Zappa dismissed the criticism by noting that he was a journalist reporting on life as he saw it.[137] Predating his later fight against censorship, he remarked: "What do you make of a society that is so primitive that it clings to the belief that certain words in its language are so powerful that they could corrupt you the moment you hear them?"[50] The remaining albums released by Warner Bros. Records without Zappa's consent were Studio Tan in 1978 and Sleep Dirt in 1979, which contained complex suites of instrumentally-based tunes recorded between 1973 and 1976, and whose release was overlooked in the midst of the legal problems.[138] Also released by the label without the artist's consent was Orchestral Favorites in 1979, which featured recordings of a concert with orchestral music from 1975.
Zappa as an independent artist (1979)[link]
|
|
The single became a hit in non-English speaking countries and helped Sheik Yerbouti become a best-seller.[139]
|
| Problems listening to this file? See media help. | |
Resolving the lawsuits successfully, Zappa ended the 1970s "stronger than ever",[140] by releasing two of his most successful albums in 1979: the best selling album of his career, Sheik Yerbouti,[141] and the "bona fide masterpiece",[140] Joe's Garage.[142] The double album Sheik Yerbouti was the first release on Zappa Records, and contained the Grammy-nominated single "Dancin' Fool", which reached No. 45 on the Billboard charts,[143] and "Jewish Princess", which received attention when a Jewish group, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), attempted to prevent the song from receiving radio airplay due to its alleged anti-Semitic lyrics.[137] Zappa vehemently denied any anti-Semitic sentiments and dismissed the ADL as a "noisemaking organization that tries to apply pressure on people in order to manufacture a stereotype image of Jews that suits their idea of a good time".[144] The album's commercial success was attributable in part to "Bobby Brown". Due to its explicit lyrics about a young man's encounter with a "dyke by the name of Freddie", the song did not get airplay in the U.S., but it topped the charts in several European countries where English is not the primary language.[139] The triple LP Joe's Garage featured lead singer Ike Willis as the voice of the character "Joe" in a rock opera about the danger of political systems,[140] the suppression of freedom of speech and music — inspired in part by the Islamic revolution that had made music illegal within its jurisdiction at the time[145] — and about the "strange relationship Americans have with sex and sexual frankness".[140] The album contains rock songs like "Catholic Girls" (a riposte to the controversies of "Jewish Princess"),[146] "Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up", and the title track, as well as extended live-recorded guitar improvisations combined with a studio backup band dominated by drummer Vinnie Colaiuta (with whom Zappa had a particularly good musical rapport)[147] adopting the xenochrony process. The album contains one of Zappa's most famous guitar "signature pieces", "Watermelon in Easter Hay".[23][148]
On December 21, 1979, Zappa's movie Baby Snakes premiered in New York. The movie's tagline was "A movie about people who do stuff that is not normal".[149] The 2 hour and 40 minutes movie was based on footage from concerts in New York around Halloween 1977, with a band featuring keyboardist Tommy Mars and percussionist Ed Mann (who would both return on later tours) as well as guitarist Adrian Belew. It also contained several extraordinary sequences of clay animation by Bruce Bickford who had earlier provided animation sequences to Zappa for a 1974 TV special (which later become available on the video The Dub Room Special (1982)).[150] The movie did not do well in theatrical distribution,[151] but won the Premier Grand Prix at the First International Music Festival in Paris in 1981. The Zappa Family Trust released it on DVD, and it has been available since 2003.[150]
Zappa later expanded on his television appearances in a non-musical role. He was an actor or voice artist in episodes of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre,[152] Miami Vice[153] and The Ren and Stimpy Show.[152] A voice part in The Simpsons never materialized, to creator Matt Groening's disappointment (Groening was a neighbor of Zappa's, and a lifelong fan).[154]
1980s: Productive as ever[link]
In 1980, Zappa cut his ties with Mercury Records after the label refused to release his song "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted."[155] It was picked up by CBS Records and released on the Zappa label in North America and the CBS label internationally.[156] After spending most of 1980 on the road, Zappa released Tinsel Town Rebellion in 1981. It was the first release on his own Barking Pumpkin Records,[157] and it contains songs taken from a 1979 tour, one studio track and material from the 1980 tours. The album is a mixture of complicated instrumentals and Zappa's use of sprechstimme (speaking song or voice)—a compositional technique utilized by such composers as Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg — showcasing some of the most accomplished bands Zappa ever had (mostly featuring drummer Vinnie Colaiuta).[157] While some lyrics still raised controversy among critics, in the sense that some found them sexist,[158] the political and sociological satire in songs like the title track and "The Blue Light" have been described as a "hilarious critique of the willingness of the American people to believe anything".[159] The album is also notable for the presence of guitarist Steve Vai, who joined Zappa's touring band in the fall of 1980.[160]
The same year the double album You Are What You Is was released. Most of it was recorded in Zappa's brand new Utility Muffin Research Kitchen (UMRK) studios, which were located at his house,[85] thereby giving him complete freedom to work.[161] The album included one complex instrumental, "Theme from the 3rd Movement of Sinister Footwear", but focused mainly on rock songs with Zappa's sardonic social commentary—satirical lyrics targeted at teenagers, the media, and religious and political hypocrisy.[162] "Dumb All Over" is a tirade on religion, as is "Heavenly Bank Account", wherein Zappa rails against TV evangelists such as Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson for their purported influence on the U.S. administration as well as their use of religion as a means of raising money.[163] Songs like "Society Pages" and "I'm a Beautiful Guy" show Zappa's dismay with the Reagan era and its "obscene pursuit of wealth and happiness".[163]
|
|
The title track on Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar features Zappa's guitar improvisations.
|
| Problems listening to this file? See media help. | |
In 1981, Zappa also released three instrumental albums, Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar, Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More, and The Return of the Son of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar, which were initially sold via mail order, but later released through the CBS label due to popular demand.[164] The albums focus exclusively on Frank Zappa as a guitar soloist, and the tracks are predominantly live recordings from 1979–1980; they highlight Zappa's improvisational skills with "beautiful performances from the backing group as well".[165] Another guitar-only album, Guitar, was released in 1988, and a third, Trance-Fusion, which Zappa completed shortly before his death, was released in 2006.
From hit single to classical performances[link]
In May 1982, Zappa released Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch, which featured his biggest selling single ever, the Grammy Award-nominated song "Valley Girl" (topping out at No. 32 on the Billboard charts).[143] In her improvised lyrics to the song, Zappa's daughter Moon Unit satirized the vapid speech of teenage girls from the San Fernando Valley, which popularized many "Valspeak" expressions such as "gag me with a spoon," "fer sure, fer sure," "grody" (gross), and "barf out".[166] Most Americans who only knew Zappa from his few singles successes now thought of him as a person writing "novelty songs", even though the rest of the album contained highly challenging music.[167] Zappa was irritated by this[168] and never played the song live.[167]
In 1983, two different projects were released, beginning with The Man from Utopia, a rock-oriented work. The album is eclectic, featuring the vocal-led "Dangerous Kitchen" and "The Jazz Discharge Party Hats", both continuations of the sprechstimme excursions on Tinseltown Rebellion. The second album, London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1, contained orchestral Zappa compositions conducted by Kent Nagano and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO). A second record of these sessions, London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2 was released in 1987. The material was recorded under a tight schedule with Zappa providing all funding, helped by the commercial success of "Valley Girl".[169] Zappa was not satisfied with the LSO recordings. One reason is "Strictly Genteel", which was recorded after the trumpet section had been out for drinks on a break: the track took 40 edits to hide out-of-tune notes.[169] Conductor Nagano, who was pleased with the experience, noted that in "fairness to the orchestra, the music is humanly very, very difficult".[170] Some reviews noted that the recordings were the best representation of Zappa's orchestral work so far.[171] In 1984 Zappa teamed again with Nagano and the Berkeley Symphony for a live performance of A Zappa Affair with augmented orchestra, life-size puppets, and moving stage sets. Although critically acclaimed the work was a financial failure, and only performed twice. Zappa was invited by conference organizer Thomas Wells to be the keynote speaker at the American Society of University Composers at the Ohio State University. It was there Zappa delivered his famous "Bingo! There Goes Your Tenure" address,[172] and had two of his orchestra pieces, "Dupree's Paradise" and "Naval Aviation in Art?" performed by the Columbus Symphony and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus.[173][174]
Synclavier[link]
|
|
A Zappa composition for classical ensemble from Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger.
|
| Problems listening to this file? See media help. | |
For the remainder of his career, much of Zappa's work was influenced by his use of the Synclavier as a compositional and performance tool. Even considering the complexity of the music he wrote, the Synclavier could realize anything he could dream up.[175] The Synclavier could be programmed to play almost anything conceivable, to perfection: "With the Synclavier, any group of imaginary instruments can be invited to play the most difficult passages ... with one-millisecond accuracy—every time".[175] Even though it essentially did away with the need for musicians,[176] Zappa viewed the Synclavier and real-life musicians as separate.[175] In 1984, he released four albums. Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger, contains orchestral works commissioned and conducted by world-renowned conductor Pierre Boulez (who was listed as an influence on Freak Out!) and performed by his Ensemble InterContemporain, juxtaposed with premiere Synclavier pieces. Again, Zappa was not satisfied with the performances of his orchestral works as he found them under-rehearsed, but in the album liner notes he respectfully thanks Boulez's demands for precision.[177] The Synclavier pieces stood in contrast to the orchestral works, as the sounds were electronically generated and not, as became possible shortly thereafter, sampled.
The album Thing-Fish was an ambitious three-record set in the style of a Broadway play dealing with a dystopian "what-if" scenario involving feminism, homosexuality, manufacturing and distribution of the AIDS virus, and a eugenics program conducted by the United States government.[178] New vocals were combined with previously released tracks and new Synclavier music; "the work is an extraordinary example of bricolage".[179] Finally, in 1984, Zappa released Francesco Zappa, a Synclavier rendition of works by 18th century composer Francesco Zappa (no known relation), and Them or Us, a two-record set of heavily edited live and session pieces.
Senate testimony[link]
On September 19, 1985, Zappa testified before the United States Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee, attacking the Parents Music Resource Center or PMRC, a music organization co-founded by Tipper Gore, wife of then-senator Al Gore. The PMRC consisted of many wives of politicians, including the wives of five members of the committee, and was founded to address the issue of song lyrics with sexual or satanic content.[180] Zappa saw their activities as on a path towards censorship,[181] and called their proposal for voluntary labelling of records with explicit content "extortion" of the music industry.[182] In his prepared statement, he said:
The PMRC proposal is an ill-conceived piece of nonsense which fails to deliver any real benefits to children, infringes the civil liberties of people who are not children, and promises to keep the courts busy for years dealing with the interpretational and enforcemental problems inherent in the proposal's design. It is my understanding that, in law, First Amendment issues are decided with a preference for the least restrictive alternative. In this context, the PMRC's demands are the equivalent of treating dandruff by decapitation ... The establishment of a rating system, voluntary or otherwise, opens the door to an endless parade of moral quality control programs based on things certain Christians do not like. What if the next bunch of Washington wives demands a large yellow "J" on all material written or performed by Jews, in order to save helpless children from exposure to concealed Zionist doctrine?[183]
Zappa set excerpts from the PMRC hearings to Synclavier music in his composition "Porn Wars" on the 1985 album Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention, and the full recording was released in 2010 as Congress Shall Make No Law.... Zappa is heard interacting with Senators Fritz Hollings, Slade Gorton, Al Gore (who claimed, at the hearing, to be a Zappa fan), and in an exchange with Florida Senator Paula Hawkins over what toys Zappa's children played with. Zappa expressed opinions on censorship when he appeared on CNN's Crossfire TV series and debated issues with Washington Times commentator John Lofton in 1986.[184] Zappa's passion for US politics was becoming a bigger part of his life. He had always encouraged his fans to register to vote on album covers, and throughout 1988 he had registration booths at his concerts.[185] He even considered running for President of the United States.[186]
Digital medium and last tour[link]
Around 1986, Zappa undertook a comprehensive re-release program of his earlier vinyl recordings.[187] He personally oversaw the remastering of all his 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s albums for the new digital compact disc medium.[188] Certain aspects of these re-issues were, however, criticized by some fans as being unfaithful to the original recordings.[189] Nearly twenty years before the advent of online music stores, Zappa had proposed to replace "phonographic record merchandising" of music by "direct digital-to-digital transfer" through phone or cable TV (with royalty payments and consumer billing automatically built into the accompanying software).[190] In 1989, Zappa considered his idea a "miserable flop".[190]
The album Jazz from Hell, released in 1986, earned Zappa his first Grammy Award in 1987 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Except for one live guitar solo (St. Etienne), the album exclusively featured compositions brought to life by the Synclavier. Although an instrumental album, containing no lyrics whatsoever, Meyer Music Markets sold Jazz from Hell featuring an "explicit lyrics" sticker—a warning label introduced by the Recording Industry Association of America in an agreement with the PMRC.[191]
Zappa's last tour in a rock and jazz band format took place in 1988 with a 12-piece group which had a repertoire of over 100 (mostly Zappa) compositions, but which split under acrimonious circumstances before the tour was completed.[192] The tour was documented on the albums Broadway the Hard Way (new material featuring songs with strong political emphasis), The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life (Zappa "standards" and an eclectic collection of cover tunes, ranging from Maurice Ravel's Boléro to Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven"), and Make a Jazz Noise Here (mostly instrumental and avant-garde music). Parts are also found on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, volumes 4 and 6.
1990s: Classical music and death[link]
In early 1990, Zappa visited Czechoslovakia at the request of President Václav Havel, and was asked to serve as consultant for the government on trade, cultural matters and tourism. Havel was a lifelong fan of Zappa who had great influence in the avant-garde and underground scene in Central Europe in the 1970s and 1980s (a Czech rock group that was imprisoned in 1976 took its name from Zappa's 1968 song "Plastic People").[193] Zappa enthusiastically agreed and began meeting with corporate officials interested in investing in Czechoslovakia. Within a few weeks, however, the U.S. administration put pressure on the Czech government to withdraw the appointment. Havel made Zappa an unofficial cultural attaché instead.[194] Zappa also planned to develop an international consulting enterprise to facilitate trade between the former Eastern Bloc and Western businesses.[195] On June 24, 1991, Zappa took part at the concert "Adieu Soviet Army", organised in Prague, as the farewell to the last soldiers of Soviet Red Army, leaving Czechoslovakia (the Red Army had occupied Czechoslovakia since the Prague spring). This was probably Zappa's last rock appearance on stage and it is recorded on the album Adieu C. A. (Soviet Army).[196]
|
|
One of Zappa's works for Synclavier on Civilization, Phaze III, cited as his "last great work."[197]
|
| Problems listening to this file? See media help. | |
Most of Zappa's projects came to a halt in 1990, when he was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer. The disease had been developing unnoticed for ten years and was considered inoperable.[195] After his diagnosis, Zappa devoted most of his energy to modern orchestral and Synclavier works. Shortly before his death in 1993 he completed Civilization, Phaze III, a major Synclavier work which he had begun in the 1980s.[198][199]
In 1991, Zappa was chosen to be one of four featured composers at the Frankfurt Festival in 1992 (the others were John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Alexander Knaifel).[200] Zappa was approached by the German chamber ensemble, Ensemble Modern, which was interested in playing his music for the event. Although ill, Zappa invited them to Los Angeles for rehearsals of new compositions and new arrangements of older material.[201] In addition to being satisfied with the ensemble's performances of his music, Zappa also got along with the musicians, and the concerts in Germany and Austria were set up for the fall.[201] In September 1992, the concerts went ahead as scheduled, but Zappa could only appear at two in Frankfurt due to illness. At the first concert, he conducted the opening "Overture", and the final "G-Spot Tornado" as well as the theatrical "Food Gathering in Post-Industrial America, 1992" and "Welcome to the United States" (the remainder of the program was conducted by the ensemble's regular conductor Peter Rundel). Zappa received a 20-minute ovation.[202] It would become his last professional public appearance, as the cancer was spreading to such an extent that he was in too much pain to enjoy an event that he otherwise found "exhilarating".[202] Recordings from the concerts appeared on The Yellow Shark (1993), Zappa's last release during his lifetime, and some material from studio rehearsals appeared on the posthumous Everything Is Healing Nicely (1999).
Frank Zappa died on Saturday, December 4, 1993 in his home with his wife and children. At a private ceremony the following day, Zappa was interred in an unmarked grave at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles,[203][204] next to the eventual (1996) grave of actor Lew Ayres.[205] On Monday, December 6 his family publicly announced that "Composer Frank Zappa left for his final tour just before 6:00 pm on Saturday".[206]
Legacy[link]
Acclaim and honors[link]
Frank Zappa was one of the first to try tearing down the barriers between rock, jazz, and classical music. In the late Sixties his Mothers of Invention would slip from Stravinsky's "Petroushka" into The Dovells' "Bristol Stomp" before breaking down into saxophone squeals inspired by Albert Ayler
The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll
Zappa earned widespread critical acclaim in his lifetime and after his death. The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004) writes: "Frank Zappa dabbled in virtually all kinds of music — and, whether guised as a satirical rocker, jazz-rock fusionist, guitar virtuoso, electronics wizard, or orchestral innovator, his eccentric genius was undeniable".[207] Even though his work drew inspiration from many different genres, Zappa was seen establishing a coherent and personal expression. In 1971, biographer David Walley noted that "The whole structure of his music is unified, not neatly divided by dates or time sequences and it is all building into a composite".[208] On commenting on Zappa's music, politics and philosophy, Barry Miles noted in 2004 that they cannot be separated: "It was all one; all part of his 'conceptual continuity'".[209]
Guitar Player devoted a special issue to Zappa in 1992, and asked on the cover "Is FZ America's Best Kept Musical Secret?" Editor Don Menn remarked that the issue was about "The most important composer to come out of modern popular music".[210] Among those contributing to the issue was composer and musicologist Nicolas Slonimsky, who conducted premiere performances of works of Ives and Varèse in the 1930s.[211] He became friends with Zappa in the 1980s,[212] and said "I admire everything Frank does, because he practically created the new musical millennium. He does beautiful, beautiful work ... It has been my luck to have lived to see the emergence of this totally new type of music."[213] Conductor Kent Nagano remarked in the same issue that "Frank is a genius. That's a word I don't use often ... In Frank's case it is not too strong ... He is extremely literate musically. I'm not sure if the general public knows that".[214] Pierre Boulez stated in Musician magazine's posthumous Zappa tribute article that Zappa "was an exceptional figure because he was part of the worlds of rock and classical music and that both types of his work would survive."[215] Many music scholars acknowledge Zappa as one of the most influential composers of his generation.[216][217][218] As an electric guitarist, he has become highly regarded.[219][220][221]
In 1994, jazz magazine Down Beat's critics poll placed Zappa in its Hall of Fame.[222] Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. There, it was written that "Frank Zappa was rock and roll's sharpest musical mind and most astute social critic. He was the most prolific composer of his age, and he bridged genres — rock, jazz, classical, avant-garde and even novelty music — with masterful ease".[223] He received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.[224] In 2005, the U.S. National Recording Preservation Board included We're Only in It for the Money in the National Recording Registry as "Frank Zappa's inventive and iconoclastic album presents a unique political stance, both anti-conservative and anti-counterculture, and features a scathing satire on hippiedom and America's reactions to it".[225] The same year, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 71 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[226] In 2011, he was ranked at No. 22 on the list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time by the same magazine.[227]
Artists influenced by Zappa[link]
A number of notable musicians, bands and orchestras from diverse genres have been influenced by Frank Zappa's music. Rock artists like Alice Cooper,[228] Primus,[229] Fee Waybill of The Tubes[230] all cite Zappa's influence, as do progressive rock artists like Henry Cow,[231] Trey Anastasio of Phish,[226] and John Frusciante.[232] Paul McCartney regarded Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as The Beatles' Freak Out![233] Heavy rock and metal acts like Black Sabbath,[234] Mike Portnoy,[235] Warren DeMartini,[236] Steve Vai,[237] Strapping Young Lad,[238] System of a Down,[239] Clawfinger,[240] and Devin Townsend[241] acknowledge Zappa's inspiration. On the classical music scene, Tomas Ulrich,[242] Meridian Arts Ensemble,[243] Ensemble Ambrosius[244] and the Fireworks Ensemble[245] regularly perform Zappa's compositions and quote his influence. Contemporary jazz musicians and composers Bill Frisell[246] and John Zorn[247] are inspired by Zappa, as is funk legend George Clinton.[248] Other artists whose work is affected by Zappa include new age pianist George Winston,[249] electronic composer Bob Gluck,[250] parodist and novelty composer "Weird Al" Yankovic,[251] industrial music pioneer Genesis P-Orridge,[252] and noise music artist Masami Akita of Merzbow.[253]
References in arts and sciences[link]
Scientists from various fields have honored Zappa by naming new discoveries after him. In 1967, paleontologist Leo P. Plas, Jr. identified an extinct mollusc in Nevada and named it Amaurotoma zappa with the motivation that, "The specific name, zappa, honors Frank Zappa".[254] In the 1980s, biologist Ed Murdy named a genus of gobiid fishes of New Guinea Zappa, with a species named Zappa confluentus.[255] Biologist Ferdinando Boero named a Californian jellyfish Phialella zappai (1987), noting that he had "pleasure in naming this species after the modern music composer".[256] Belgian biologists Bosmans and Bosselaers discovered in the early 1980s a Cameroonese spider, which they in 1994 named Pachygnatha zappa because "the ventral side of the abdomen of the female of this species strikingly resembles the artist's legendary moustache".[257] A gene of the bacterium Proteus mirabilis that causes urinary tract infections was in 1995 named zapA by three biologists from Maryland. In their scientific article, they "especially thank the late Frank Zappa for inspiration and assistance with genetic nomenclature".[258] In the late 1990s, American paleontologists Marc Salak and Halard L. Lescinsky discovered a metazoan fossil, and named it Spygori zappania to honor "the late Frank Zappa ... whose mission paralleled that of the earliest paleontologists: to challenge conventional and traditional beliefs when such beliefs lacked roots in logic and reason".[259]
In 1994, lobbying efforts initiated by psychiatrist John Scialli led the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center to name an asteroid in Zappa's honor: 3834 Zappafrank.[260] The asteroid was discovered in 1980 by Czechoslovakian astronomer Ladislav Brozek, and the citation for its naming says that "Zappa was an eclectic, self-trained artist and composer ... Before 1989 he was regarded as a symbol of democracy and freedom by many people in Czechoslovakia".[261]
In 1995, a bust of Zappa by sculptor Konstantinas Bogdanas was installed in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. A replica was offered to the city of Baltimore in 2008, and on September 19, 2010 — the twenty-fifth anniversary of Zappa's testimony to the U.S. Senate — a ceremony dedicating the replica was held, with the bust installed at the Southeast Anchor Branch Library in Baltimore's Highlandtown. Speakers at the event included Gail Zappa and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake[262][263] In 2002, a bronze bust was installed in German city Bad Doberan, since 1990 location of the Zappanale, an annual music festival celebrating Zappa.[264] At the initiative of musicians community ORWOhaus, the city of Berlin named a street in the Marzahn district "Frank-Zappa-Straße" in 2007.[265] The same year, Baltimore's mayor Sheila Dixon proclaimed August 9 as the city's official "Frank Zappa Day" citing Zappa's musical accomplishments as well as his defense of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.[266]
Discography[link]
References[link]
- Day, Nancy (2001). Censorship: Or Freedom of Expression?. Minneapolis: Twenty-First Century Books, Lerner Publications. ISBN 0-8225-2628-X.
- Delville, Michel; Norris, Andrew (2005). Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and the Secret History of Maximalism. Oxford: Salt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84471-059-1.
- DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James with Holly George-Warren, ed. (1992). The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll. Jim Miller (Original Editor) (3rd ed.). New York: Random House. ISBN 0-679-73728-6.
- Gray, Michael (1984). Mother! Is the Story of Frank Zappa. London: Proteus Books. ISBN 0-86276-146-8.
- James, Billy (2000). Necessity Is ...: The Early Years of Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention. London: SAF Publishing Ltd.. ISBN 0-946719-51-9.
- Lowe, Kelly Fisher (2006). The Words and Music of Frank Zappa. Westport: Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-98779-5.
- Martin, Bill (2002). Avant Rock: Experimental Music from the Beatles to Björk. Peru, Illinois: Open Court Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8126-9500-3.
- MacDonald, Ian (1994). Revolution in the head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties. Fourth Estate Ltd.. ISBN 1-85702-099-5.
- Miles, Barry (2004). Frank Zappa. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 1-84354-092-4.
- Slaven, Neil (2003). Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story of Frank Zappa. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9436-6.
- Sparks, Michael (1982). Cocaine Fiends and Reefer Madness: An Illustrated History of Drugs in the Movies. New York: Cornwall Books. ISBN 0-8453-4504-4.
- Walley, David (1980). No Commercial Potential. The Saga of Frank Zappa. Then and Now. New York: E. P. Dutton. ISBN 0-525-93153-8.
- Watson, Ben (1996). Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-14124-6.
- Watson, Ben (2005). Frank Zappa. The Complete Guide to His Music. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-865-4.
- Zappa, Frank with Occhiogrosso, Peter (1989). The Real Frank Zappa Book. New York: Poseidon Press. ISBN 0-671-63870-X.
- "Frank Zappa", The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, New York: Simon & Schuster Inc, 1993, ISBN 0-684-81044-1
Notes[link]
- ^ Until discovering his birth certificate as an adult, Zappa believed he had been christened "Francis", and he is credited as Francis on some of his early albums. His legal name was always "Frank", however, never "Francis." Cf. Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 15.
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 15.
- ^ a b The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, 1993.
- ^ a b Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, pp. 20–23.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 8–9.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 10.
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 22.
- ^ Mendoza, Bart (November, 2005). "Counter Culture Coincidence". San Diego Troubadour. The San Diego Troubadour. http://www.sandiegotroubadour.com/content/features/fullcircle.aspx?issue=nov_2005. Retrieved September 11, 2010. [dead link]
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 34.
- ^ a b Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 29.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 22.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 36.
- ^ a b Zappa, Frank (June 1971). "Edgard Varese: The Idol of My Youth". Stereo Review: 61–62..
- ^ a b c Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, pp. 30–33.
- ^ a b Show 14 – Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. [Part 4] : UNT Digital Library
- ^ Holmes, Thom (2008). "Early Synthesizers and Experimenters". Electronic and experimental music: technology, music, and culture (3rd ed.). Taylor & Francis. pp. 153–4. ISBN 0-415-95781-8. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hCthQ-bec-QC&pg=PA153. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ^ a b Watson, 1996, Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play, p. 13.
- ^ Among his many musical satires are the 1967 songs "Flower Punk" (which parodies the song "Hey Joe") and "Who Needs The Peace Corps?", which are critiques of the late-Sixties commercialization of the hippie phenomenon.
- ^ a b For a comprehensive list of the appearance of parts of "old" compositions or quotes from others' music in Zappa's catalogue, see Albertos, Román García, FZ Musical Quotes, Information is Not Knowledge, globia.net/donlope, http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/quotes.html . Retrieved on January 21, 2008.
- ^ On several of his earlier albums, Zappa paid tribute to Varèse by quoting his: "The present-day composer refuses to die."
- ^ Slaven, 2003, Electric Don Quixote, pp. 29–30.
- ^ The Mike Douglas Show, NBC [TV Show], November 1976
- ^ a b The other signature pieces are "Zoot Allures" and "Black Napkins" from Zoot Allures. See Zappa, Dweezil (1996), Greetings music lovers, Dweezil here, Liner Notes, Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 40.
- ^ Walley, 1980, No Commercial Potential, p. 23.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 48.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 345.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 58.
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 40.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 59.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 63.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 55.
- ^ Gray, 1984, Mother!, p. 29.
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 42.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 74.
- ^ Slaven, 1996, Electric Don Quixote, pp. 35–36.
- ^ Watson, 1996, Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play, p. 27.
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 43.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 80–81.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa. pp. 82–83.
- ^ Watson, 1996, Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play, p. 26.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 85.
- ^ Harp, Ted (March, 1965), "Vice Squad Raids Local Film Studio", The Daily Report (Ontario, California)
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 57.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 86–87.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. XV.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 87.
- ^ Slaven, 1996, Electric Don Quixote, p. 40.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 90–91.
- ^ a b Swenson, John (March 1980), Frank Zappa: America's Weirdest Rock Star Comes Clean, High Times
- ^ a b Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, pp. 65–66.
- ^ Slaven, 2003, Electric Don Quixote, p. 42.
- ^ Walley, 1980, No Commercial Potential, p. 58.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 103.
- ^ Interview with Frank Zappa, UMRK, Los Angeles, CA: BBC [TV Show], March 1993
- ^ Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 25.
- ^ Walley, 1980, No Commercial Potential, pp. 60–61.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 115.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 112.
- ^ Watson, 2005, Frank Zappa. The Complete Guide to His Music, pp. 10–11.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 123.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 122.
- ^ Loder, Kurt (1988), "Rolling Stone Interview", Rolling Stone
- ^ He considered such campaigns as yuppie inventions and noted that "Some people like garlic ... I like pepper, tobacco and coffee. That's my metabolism". Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, pp. 234–235.
- ^ Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 5.
- ^ Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, pp. 38–43.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 135–138.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 140–141.
- ^ Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 56.
- ^ Walley, 1980, No Commercial Potential, p. 86.
- ^ Couture, François, Lumpy Gravy. Review, Allmusic.com, http://www.allmusic.com/album/r22630 . Retrieved on January 2, 2008; Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 56.
- ^ The initial orchestra-only recordings were released posthumously on the box set Lumpy Money (2009). See Dolan, Casey (December 8, 2008), "The Resurrection of Frank Zappa's Soul", LA Weekly (Village Voice Media), http://www.laweekly.com/2008-12-11/music/the-resurrection-of-frank-zappa-8217-s-soul/1 . Retrieved on February 2, 2009.
- ^ James, 2000, Necessity Is ... , pp. 62–69.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 147.
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 94.
- ^ Huey, Steve, We're Only in It for the Money. Review, Allmusic.com, http://www.allmusic.com/album/r22631 . Retrieved on January 2, 2008.
- ^ Watson, 2005, Frank Zappa. The Complete Guide to His Music, p. 15. Walley, 1980, No Commercial Potential, p. 90.
- ^ As the legal aspects of using the Sgt Pepper concept were unsettled, the album was released with the cover and back on the inside of the gatefold, while the actual cover and back were a picture of the group in a pose parodying the inside of the Beatles album. Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 151.
- ^ Watson, 1996, Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play, p. 88.
- ^ Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 58.
- ^ a b Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 88.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 160.
- ^ James, 2000, Necessity Is ..., p. 104.
- ^ In the process, he built up a vast archive of live recordings. In the late 1980s some of these recordings were collected for the 12-CD set You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore.
- ^ a b c Chris Michie (January 2003), We are The Mothers...and This Is What We Sound Like!, MixOnline.com, http://mixonline.com/recording/business/audio_mothers_sound/ . Retrieved on January 4, 2008.
- ^ Bob Marshall, "Interview with Frank Zappa," October 22, 1988.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 173–175.
- ^ a b c Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 74.
- ^ Couture, François. "Peaches en Regalia [Song Review"]. Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/song/t2677929. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
- ^ Notable covers include: Jon Poole, What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?; Meridian Arts Ensemble, Prime Meridian; Dixie Dregs, California Screamin'; Dweezil Zappa, Go with What You Know; Phish, Vegas 96; The Roots, How I Got Over
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 178.
- ^ a b Walley, 1980, No Commercial Potential, p. 116.
- ^ Slaven, 2003, Electric Don Quixote, pp. 119–120.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 185–187.
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 107.
- ^ Slaven, 2003, Electric Don Quixote, p. 120.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 116.
- ^ Huey, Steve, Hot Rats. Review, Allmusic.com, http://www.allmusic.com/album/r22632 . Retrieved on January 2, 2008.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 194.
- ^ a b Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 109.
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, pp. 142–156.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 201.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 205.
- ^ a b Watson, 1996, Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play, p. 183.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 207.
- ^ Starks, 1982, Cocaine Fiends and Reefer Madness, p. 153.
- ^ Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 94.
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, pp. 119–137.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 203–204.
- ^ During the June 1971 Fillmore concerts Zappa was joined on stage by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. This performance was recorded, and Lennon released excerpts on his album Some Time In New York City in 1972. Zappa later released his version of excerpts from the concert on Playground Psychotics in 1992, including the jam track "Scumbag" and an extended avant-garde vocal piece by Ono (originally called "Au"), which Zappa renamed "A Small Eternity with Yoko Ono".
- ^ a b c Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, pp. 112–115.
- ^ Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 101.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 225–226.
- ^ Official recordings of these bands did not emerge until more than 30 years later on Wazoo (2007) and Imaginary Diseases (2006), respectively.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 231.
- ^ Frank Zappa > Charts and Awards > Billboard Albums, Allmusic.com, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p74796 . Retrieved on January 3, 2008.
- ^ Huey, Steve, Apostrophe ('). Review, Allmusic.com, http://www.allmusic.com/album/r53148 . Retrieved on January 3, 2008.
- ^ a b Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, pp. 114–122.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 248.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 372.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 250.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 253; pp. 258–259.
- ^ Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 131.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 261.
- ^ Slaven, 2003, Electric Don Quixote, p. 248.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 267.
- ^ Ruhlmann, W. (2011 [last update]). "The Old Masters Box 3 [PQRSTUVW] - Frank Zappa & the Mothers | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r53145. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ It remains debated whether Zappa had conceived the material as a four-LP set from the beginning, or only when approaching Mercury-Phonogram; see, e.g., Watson, 2005, Frank Zappa. The Complete Guide to His Music, p. 49. In the liner notes to the 1996 release, however, Gail Zappa states that "As originally conceived by Frank, Läther was always a 4-record box set."
- ^ Watson, 2005, Frank Zappa. The Complete Guide to His Music, p. 49.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 262.
- ^ In 1978, Zappa served both as host and musical act on the show, and as an actor in various sketches.
- ^ Zappa, Frank, 1978, Zappa in New York, Liner Notes.
- ^ a b Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 132.
- ^ Clement, Brett (2004), "Little dots: A study of the melodies of the guitarist / composer Frank Zappa (pdf file)" (PDF), Master Thesis (The Florida State University, School of Music): pp. 25–48, http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04122004-114345/unrestricted/zappathesis3.pdf . Retrieved on December 29, 2007.
- ^ Hemmings, Richard (2006), Ever wonder why your daughter looked so sad? Non-danceable beats: getting to grips with rhythmical unpredictability in Project/Object, richardhemmings.co.uk, http://www.richardhemmings.co.uk/001/research/zappology/saddaughter.html . Retrieved on July 24, 2008.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 261–262; Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 134.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 234.
- ^ Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 138.
- ^ a b Watson, 1996, Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play, p. 351.
- ^ a b c d Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 140.
- ^ Groening, Matt; Menn, Don (1992), "The Mother of All Interviews. Act II: Matt Groening joins in on the scrutiny of the central decentralizer", in Menn, Don (ed.), Zappa! Guitar Player Presents, San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman, p. 61, ISSN 1063-4533
- ^ Both albums made it onto the Billboard top 30. Frank Zappa > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums, Allmusic.com, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p74796 . Retrieved on January 6, 2008.
- ^ a b Frank Zappa > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles, Allmusic.com, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p74796 . Retrieved on January 6, 2008.
- ^ Peterson, Chris (November 1979), He's Only 38 and He Knows How to Nasty, Relix Magazine
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 277.
- ^ Watson, 2005, Frank Zappa. The Complete Guide to His Music, p. 59.
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 180.
- ^ Watson, 2005, Frank Zappa. The Complete Guide to His Music, p. 61.
- ^ Baby Snakes, 2003, DVD cover, Eagle Vision.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 282.
- ^ Sohmer, Adam (June 8, 2005), Baby Snakes – DVD, Big Picture Big Sound, http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/article_501.shtml . Retrieved on January 7, 2008.
- ^ a b Frank Zappa, IMDb – The Internet Movie Database, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953261/ . Retrieved on July 30, 2008.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 343.
- ^ Eliscu, Jenny (November 8, 2002), "Homer and Me", Rolling Stone Magazine
- ^ "Times The New York - Google Books". Books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=1_i5f3jhD9UC&pg=PA3054&dq=%22zappa+records%22+%2B+mercury+%2B+drafted&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22zappa%20records%22%20%2B%20mercury%20%2B%20drafted&f=false. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- ^ "Frank Zappa - I Don't Wanna Get Drafted! (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Frank-Zappa-I-Dont-Wanna-Get-Drafted/release/807608. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- ^ a b Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 161.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 284.
- ^ Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 165.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 283.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 269.
- ^ Huey, Steve, You Are What You Is. Review, Allmusic.com, http://www.allmusic.com/album/r53163 . Retrieved on January 7, 2008.
- ^ a b Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, pp. 169–175.
- ^ Zappa, Frank (November 1982), Absolutely Frank. First Steps in Odd Meters, Guitar Player Magazine, p. 116.
- ^ Swenson, John (November, 1981), Frank Zappa: Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar, Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More, The Return of the Son of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar, Guitar World
- ^ Huey, Steve, Valley Girl. Frank Zappa. Song Review, Allmusic.com, http://www.allmusic.com/song/t2677879 . Retrieved on January 7, 2008.
- ^ a b Lowe, 2006, The Words and Music of Frank Zappa, p. 178.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 304.
- ^ a b Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, pp. 146–156.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 315.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William, London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1. Review, Allmusic.com, http://www.allmusic.com/album/r53172 . Retrieved on January 7, 2008.
- ^ "Bingo! There Goes Your Tenure" by Frank Zappa, 1984
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 323.
- ^ Kelp, Larry (June 18, 1984), "Zappa Pokes Into The Fine Arts", The Oakland Tribune, http://www.afka.net/Articles/1984-06_Tribune.htm, retrieved July 5, 2009
- ^ a b c Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, pp. 172–173.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 319.
- ^ Watson, 2005, Frank Zappa. The Complete Guide to His Music, p. 73.
- ^ The musical was eventually produced for the stage in 2003. See Thing-Fish – The Return of Frank Zappa, The British Theatre Guide, http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/interviews/Thing-Fish.htm . Retrieved on December 11, 2007.
- ^ Carr, Paul; Hand, Richard J. (2007), "Frank Zappa and musical theatre: ugly ugly o'phan Annie and really deep, intense, thought-provoking Broadway symbolism", Studies in Musical Theatre 1 (1): 44–51., DOI:10.1386/smt.1.1.41/1, http://www.atypon-link.com/INT/doi/abs/10.1386/smt.1.1.41_1?cookieSet=1&journalCode=smt Full article available by free login only. Retrieved on July 28, 2008.
- ^ Day, 2000, Censorship, p. 53.
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 267.
- ^ Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 262.
- ^ Record Labeling. Hearing before the committee on commerce, science and transportation, U.S. Government printing office, September 19, 1985, http://www.joesapt.net/superlink/shrg99-529/p51.html . Retrieved on December 31, 2007.
- ^ Crossfire with Frank Zappa and John Lofton, CNN [TV Debate], March 1986, http://www.archive.org/details/FrankZappaOnCrossfire
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 348.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 365.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 340.
- ^ For a comprehensive comparison of vinyl of CD releases, see The Frank Zappa Album Versions Guide – Index, The Zappa Patio, www.lukpac.org/~handmade/patio, http://www.lukpac.org/~handmade/patio/vinylvscds/index.html . Retrieved on January 7, 2008.
- ^ For example, new drum and bass parts were used on the 1960s albums We're Only in It for the Money and Cruising with Ruben & the Jets. See Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 327.
- ^ a b Zappa with Occhiogrosso, 1989, The Real Frank Zappa Book, pp. 337–339.
- ^ Nuzum, Eric (2001), Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America, HarperCollins, pp. 39, 255, ISBN 0-688-16772-1
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 346–350.
- ^ Mitchell, Tony (May, 1992), "Mixing Pop and Politics: Rock Music in Czechoslovakia before and after the Velvet Revolution", Popular Music. A Changing Europe (Cambridge University Press) 11: 187–203
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 357–361.
- ^ a b Ouellette, Dan (August 1993), Frank Zappa, Pulse! Magazine, pp. 48–56.
- ^ "Pražský Výběr at the Knitting Factory". http://new-york.czechcentres.cz/program/event-details/prazsky-vyber-at-the-knitting-factory1/.
- ^ Watson, 2005, Frank Zappa. The Complete Guide to His Music, p. 100.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 374–375.
- ^ It brought him a posthumous Grammy Award (with Gail Zappa) for Best Recording Package – Boxed in 1994. GRAMMY Winners, GRAMMY.com, http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search . Retrieved on August 18, 2008.
- ^ Menn, Don, ed. (1992), "Andreas Mölich-Zebhauser — Preparing the Ensemble Modern for the Frankfurt Festival", Zappa! Guitar Player Presents, San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman, pp. 12–13, ISSN 1063-4533
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 369.
- ^ a b Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 371.
- ^ Watson, 2005, Frank Zappa. The Complete Guide to His Music, p. 552.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, pp. 379–380.
- ^ Frank Zappa (1940–1993) – Find A Grave Memorial
- ^ Slaven, 2003, Electric Don Quixote, p. 320.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004), The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely Revised and Updated 4th Edition, New York, NY: Fireside, p. 903, ISBN 0-7432-0169-8
- ^ Walley, 1980, No Commercial Potential, p. 3.
- ^ Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 383.
- ^ Menn, Don (1992), "From the Editor", in Menn, Don, Zappa! Guitar Player Presents, San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman, p. 3, ISSN 1063-4533
- ^ Kozinn, Allan (December 27, 1996), "Nicolas Slonimsky, Author of Widely Used Reference Works on Music, Dies at 101", The New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E6D61539F934A15751C1A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all . Retrieved on August 17, 2008.
- ^ In December 1981, the then 87 year old Slonimsky made a guest appearance on piano at a Zappa concert. Miles, 2004, Frank Zappa, p. 295–296.
- ^ Menn, Don, ed. (1992), "Nicolas Slonimsky — The Century's Preeminent Lexicographer Nails Zappa Down", Zappa! Guitar Player Presents, San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman, pp. 6–7, ISSN 1063-4533
- ^ Menn, Don, ed. (1992), "Kent Nagano — Premiering Zappa with the London Symphony Orchestra", Zappa! Guitar Player Presents, San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman, pp. 8–11, ISSN 1063-4533
- ^ Isler, Scott (February, 1994), Frank Zappa, Musician Magazine
- ^ Ashby, Arved (1999), "Frank Zappa and the Anti-Fetishist Orchestra", The Musical Quarterly (Oxford University Press) 83 (4): 557–606, DOI:10.1093/mq/83.4.557
- ^ Grier, James (2001), "The Mothers of Invention and "Uncle Meat": Alienation, Anachronism and a Double Variation", Acta Musicologica (International Musicological Society) 73 (1): 77–95, DOI:10.2307/932810, JSTOR 932810
- ^ Cotter, Jim (2002), "Frank Zappa (1940–1993)", in Sitsky, Larry, Music of the Twentieth-century Avant-garde. A Biocritical Sourcebook, Westfort, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 597, ISBN 0-313-29689-8
- ^ He is ranked 45th in "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time", Rolling Stone, August 27, 2003
- ^ He is ranked 51st in The 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes, Classic Rock Magazine, April 2007
- ^ He is ranked 39th in Gibson.com Top 50 Guitarists of All Time, May 25, 2010, http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Top-50-Guitarists-525/ . Retrieved on June 27, 2010.
- ^ 1994 Down Beat Critics Poll, Down Beat Magazine, http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=720 . Retrieved on August 12, 2008.
- ^ Frank Zappa, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., http://rockhall.com/inductees/frank-zappa . Retrieved on August 14, 2008.
- ^ Lifetime achievement award, GRAMMY.org, http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards . Retrieved on February 14, 2012.
- ^ The National Recording Registry 2005, National Recording Preservation Board, The Library of Congress, May 24, 2005, http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/registry/nrpb-2005reg.html . Retrieved on August 18, 2008.
- ^ a b "The Immortals", Rolling Stone Magazine, Issue 972
- ^ "45 Frank Zappa". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-19691231/frank-zappa-19691231. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ^ Quigley, Mike (September 1969), Interview with Alice Cooper, Poppin, Issue #5
- ^ Elfman, Doug (October 15, 2003), "Primus plays Hard Rock", Las Vegas Review-Journal, http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Oct-15-Wed-2003/news/22374264.html . Retrieved on March 14, 2009.
- ^ Randall, David (2004), Get Ready to ROCK! Interview with singer and frontman of American rock band The Tubes, Fee Waybill, getreadytorock.com, http://www.getreadytorock.com/10questions/fee_waybill.htm . Retrieved on August 13, 2008.
- ^ Boisen, Myles, allmusic ((( Henry Cow > Biography ))), allmusic.com, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4475 . Retrieved on August 13, 2008.
- ^ Cleveland, Barry (September 2006), Exclusive Outtakes from GP's Interview with John Frusciante!, Guitar Player, http://www.eqmag.com/article/exclusive-outtakes-from/sep-06/23282 . Retrieved on August 12, 2008.
- ^ MacDonald, 1994, Revolution in the Head, p. 171.
- ^ Black Sabbath Online: Tony Iommi & Geezer Butler Interview, black-sabbath.com, May 1994, http://www.black-sabbath.com/interviews/tonygeez_0594.html . Retrieved on August 12, 2008.
- ^ about mike, mikeportnoy.com, http://www.mikeportnoy.com/aboutmike/bio.aspx . Retrieved on April 22, 2009.
- ^ Menn, Don, ed. (1992), "Warren De Martini—Ratt Guitarist Turns Zappa Stylist", Zappa! Guitar Player Presents, San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman, p. 14, ISSN 1063-4533
- ^ Vai.com > All About Steve > Vaiography, Vai.com, http://www.vai.com/vaiography/ . Retrieved on August 12, 2008.
- ^ SOS, Mike (August 2005). "Interview: Strapping Young Lad: An extreme metal all-star squad". In Music We Trust. http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/71h16.html. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Sinclair, Tom (May 16, 2005), "Mezmerize (2005): System of a Down", Entertainment Weekly, http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1060789,00.html . Retrieved on June 28, 2010.
- ^ The official Pages, clawfinger.net, http://www.clawfinger.net/main.php?band . Retrieved on August 12, 2008.
- ^ SOS, Mike, INTERVIEW: Strapping Young Lad, inmusicwetrust.com, http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/71h16.html . Retrieved on December 18, 2010.
- ^ Tomas Ulrich at All about Jazz, All About Jazz, http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=15347 Retrieved on November 13, 2008.
- ^ Meridian Arts Ensemble – About Us, meridianartsensemble.com, http://www.meridianartsensemble.com/about.htm . Retrieved on August 12, 2008.
- ^ Academic Zappa: Seriously Taken Musical Study of Frank Zappa's Music — At Last, ensembleambrosius.com, http://www.ensembleambrosius.com/node/2 . Retrieved December 17, 2010.
- ^ About fireworks, fireworksensemble.org, http://fireworksensemble.org/about/ . Retrieved on August 25, 2008.
- ^ Bill Frisell Biography, Songline/Tonefield Productions, http://www.songtone.com/artists/Frisell/default.html . Retrieved on August 12, 2008.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2004), The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD, Seventh Edition, London: Penguin Books, p. 1721, ISBN 0-14-101416-4
- ^ Bush, John, allmusic ((( George Clinton > Biography ))), allmusic.com, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p65136 . Retrieved on August 13, 2008.
- ^ George Winston Biography, georgewinston.com, http://www.georgewinston.com/us/biography . Retrieved on June 27, 2010.
- ^ gluckbio.html, electricsongs.com, http://www.electricsongs.com/gluckbio.html . Retrieved on September 1, 2008.
- ^ "Weird Al" Yankovic: Frequently Asked Questions, weirdal.com, http://www.weirdal.com/faq.htm . Retrieved on August 12, 2008.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (2005). Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984, p. 255.
- ^ Martin, 2002, Avant Rock, p. 160.
- ^ Plas, Jr., Leo P. (March, 1972), "Upper Wolfcampian (?) Mollusca from the Arrow Canyon Range, Clark County, Nevada", Journal of Paleontology (SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology) 46: 249–260.
- ^ Murdy, E. O. (1989), A Taxonomic Revision and Cladistic Analysis of the Oxudercine Gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae), Records of the Australian Museum, ISBN 0-7305-6374-X
- ^ Boero, Ferdinando (April, 1987), "Life cycles of Phialella zappai n. sp., Phialella fragilis and Phialella sp. (Cnidaria, Leptomedusae, Phialellidae) from central California", Journal of Natural History (Taylor & Francis Groups) 21 (2): 465–480, DOI:10.1080/00222938700771131
- ^ Bosmans, Robert; Bosselaers, Jan (October 1995), "Spiders of the genera Pachygnatha, Dyschiriognatha and Glenognatha (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), with a revision of the Afrotropical species", Zoologica Scripta (The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters) 23 (4): 325–352, DOI:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1994.tb00392.x
- ^ Wassif, Christopher; Cheek, Diana; Belas, Robert (October 1995), "Molecular Analysis of a Metalloprotease from Proteus mirabilis", Journal of Bacteriology (American Society for Microbiology) 177 (20): 5790–8, PMC 177400, PMID 7592325
- ^ Salak, Marc; Lescinsky, Halard L. (July, 1999), "Spygoria zappania New Genus and Species, a Cloudina-like Biohermal Metazoan from the Lower Cambrian of Central Nevada", Journal of Paleontology (Paleontological Society) 73: 571–576.
- ^ Seachrist, Lisa (August 12, 1994), "Random Samples", Science. New Series (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 265: 870–871.
- ^ (3834) Zappafrank, IAU: Minor Planet Center (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory), http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/special/rocknroll/0003834.html . Retrieved on August 15, 2008.
- ^ The Baltimore Sun (September 16, 2010), Zappa comes home, The Baltimore Sun, http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-09-16/entertainment/bs-ae-zappa-cover-0917-20100916_1_gail-zappa-southeast-anchor-library-lithuania . Dweezil and Zappa Plays Zappa played a free three-hour show to a crowd estimated at more than 3,000. Retrieved on September 19, 2010.
- ^ The Baltimore Sun (September 16, 2010), Zappa-looza: A full guide to the weekend's events, The Baltimore Sun, http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-09-16/news/bs-ae-zappa-rail-0917-2-20100916_1_southeast-anchor-library-zappa-plays-zappa-zappa-related . Retrieved on September 19, 2010.
- ^ Zappanale – Startseite, zappanale.de, http://zappanale.de/ . Retrieved on August 14, 2008.
- ^ The Associated Press (July 30, 2007), "Berlin Names Street After Frank Zappa", The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/30/AR2007073000690.html . Retrieved on August 15, 2008.
- ^ Zappa.com > What's New in Baltimore?, zappa.com, http://www.zappa.com/whatsnew/news/baltimore.html . Retrieved on August 15, 2008.
External links[link]
Media related to Frank Zappa at Wikimedia Commons 
Quotations related to Frank Zappa at Wikiquote
- The official Frank Zappa website
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Frank Zappa at the Internet Movie Database
- Works by or about Frank Zappa in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Frank Zappa collected news and commentary at The Guardian
- Frank Zappa collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Frank Zappa at the Notable Names Database
- Frank Zappa interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969).
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| Name | Zappa, Frank |
| Alternative names | Zappa, Frank Vincent |
| Short description | Composer, musician, bandleader, conductor, record producer |
| Date of birth | 1940-12-21 |
| Place of birth | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Date of death | 1993-12-04 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles, California, United States |
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa
Related pages:
http://it.wn.com/Frank Zappa
http://cs.wn.com/Frank Zappa
http://id.wn.com/Frank Zappa
http://es.wn.com/Frank Zappa
http://ru.wn.com/Заппа, Фрэнк
http://pl.wn.com/Frank Zappa
http://fr.wn.com/Frank Zappa
http://de.wn.com/Frank Zappa
http://pt.wn.com/Frank Zappa
http://nl.wn.com/Frank Zappa
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa
This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, which means that you can copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license.
This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, which means that you can copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license.
