Frank Zappa - born 1940 together with his schoolmate DON VAN VLIET he founded a
first band called the BLACKOUT, back in the late 50s.
Around this time 50s & early 60s he wrote songs some recorded by his band The SOUL GIANTS.
In 1966 his new named band MOTHERS OF INVENTION signed to MGM-Verve and
released FREAK OUT (1966), a great psych influenced double album (must be one of..if not
the first double LP in Rock) produced by Tom Wilson.
This and the following albums, showed him as a musical forerunner ahead of his time.... mixing
psych-rock, Doo-Wop, orchester-parts, avantgarde uncluding jazz influences toped and
garnished by his great guitar playing and with his special lyrics.
In 1969 he established his own label Bizarre - Straight, producing and releasing other acts ,
like CAPTAIN BEEFHEART ; WILDMAN FISHER or ALICE COOPER .
In Dec. 1993 he died of cancer, what a loss for the music.
Style: Psych ; Progressive ; Avantgarde ;
Connection of the first 10 years..See :
Captain Beefheart ; Geronimo ; Jimmy Carl Black (one last appearance see: Boogie Stuff);
Fraternity Of Man ; Factory incl. Lowell George ; Buffalo Springfield ; Ruben & The Jets ;
Grandmothers ; Rhinoceros ; Turtles ; Flo & Eddie ; Don Preston ; George Duke ; J.L.Ponty ;
Sugar-Cane Harris ; John Mayall ; Aynsley Dunbar Ret. ; Journey ; Jeff Simmons ; U.K. ;
Monkees ; Grand Funk Railroad ; Terry Bozzio ; Jack Bruce ; Shuggy Otis ;
Musicians:
1966-1969 :
Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals; Elliott Ingber, Jim Fielder - guitars;
Roy Estrada - bass; Jim Carl Black, Bill Mundi - drums, perc., voc.;
Don Preston - keyboards; Bunk Gardner - horns; Ray Collins - voc.;
68: Ian Underwood - piano, sax; Jim Motorhead Sherwood - sax;
69: Arthur Tripp III - drums; Ruth Underwood (Komanoff) - marimba, vibes;
Mothers - 1972:
Frank Zappa + Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan - lead vocals;
Ian Underwood - winds, keyboards, voc.; Jim Pons- bass, voc.;
Aynsley Dunbar - drums, perc.; Don Preston - keyboard, mini-moog;
1976:
FZ - guitar, bass, synth, keyb.;lead- vocals; Ruth Underwood - synthy, marimba;
Roy Estrada, Dave Parlato, - bass, voc.; Andre Lewis - organ, voc.;
Terry Bozzio - drums; Davey Moire - lead voc.; Sparkie Parker - back-voc;
Don van Vliet - harmonica; Napoleon Murphy Brock - sax;Lu Ann Neil -harp;
1988:
FZ - lead guitar, vocals; Ike Willis, Mike Keneally - guitar, synth, voc.;
Bobby Martin - keyboards, voc.; Ed Mann - perc.; Paul Carman - alto sax;
Walt Fowler - trumpet; Bruce Fowler - trombone; Albert Wing - tenor sax;
Kurt McGettrick - baritone sax; Scott Thunes - bass; Chad Wackerman - drums;
Guest: Eric Buxton - vocals;
Side 1
Elvis has just left the Building 2:24
Planet of the Baritone Women 2:48
Any Kind of Pain 5:42
Jesus thinks Youre a Jerk 9:16
Side 2
Dickies such an Asshole 5:46
When the Lies so big 3:38
Rhymin Man 3:50
Promiscuous 2:02
The Untouchables 2:26
Zustandsbeschreibung / grading:
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with printed Innerbag
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