Frank Zappa-another genius of rock ala Patton

smasha · 24 Feb 2005, 16:46

Been listening to Joe's Garage lately -********ing awesome and funny.

The musician ship is second to none.

Vinnie on the drums lays down some incredible stuff.

Frank Zappa -genius -played guitar and sang but wrote most of the musical charts for his band as well-his high living lifestyle caught up with him though

When I listen to this album,I can't help but make comparisons to Patton and Mr. Bungle-Patton must have been a big fan of Zappa.

Any other Zappa fans out there?

SaintsSupporter · 24 Feb 2005, 16:51

I'm not a huge fan but I do like his work. But I think he's a little gone in the head, calling his kids Moonunit and some other funny name.

Sprayed · 24 Feb 2005, 16:53

I like Strictly Commercial

GhostofJimJess · 24 Feb 2005, 19:58

Francis Vincent Zappa is the epitome of genius.

**Jabso** · 24 Feb 2005, 20:42

His drummer is Chad Wackerman am I right?
Brother of Bad Religions drummer Brooks Wackerman

Carlos · 24 Feb 2005, 21:06

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Originally Posted by jabso

His drummer is Chad Wackerman am I right?
Brother of Bad Religions drummer Brooks Wackerman

One of.

Terry Bozzio is another who sat on the stool for him. Now
there is a drummer!!

Heard a fair bit of Zappa from an old mate i used to live with. Some very wacked out action happenin there. Impossible to basket him in any genre.

"Watch out where the huskies go, and dont you eat that yellow snow...."

utility · 4 Mar 2005, 10:00

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Originally Posted by jabso

His drummer is Chad Wackerman am I right?
Brother of Bad Religions drummer Brooks Wackerman

Brooks is ex-Suicidal Tendencies and ex-Hot Potty too.

moistie · 4 Mar 2005, 09:21

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Originally Posted by SaintsSupporter

I'm not a huge fan but I do like his work. But I think he's a little gone in the head, calling his kids Moonunit and some other funny name.

Dweezil. Good on him, I really have to buy some of his albums. What would people recommend as a good 'in' to Frank Zappa?

smasha · 7 Mar 2005, 19:52

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Dweezil. Good on him, I really have to buy some of his albums. What would people recommend as a good 'in' to Frank Zappa?

I'd probably get Strictly Commercial mate and then dig into stuff like Joes Garage-I've been doing some investigating on Amazon

and the general consensus there is that "One Size Fits All" is his best album.-are Amazonians good judges?

I love Zoot Allures and Apostrophe too.-I love those old seventies warm productions like sitting next to an open fire on a freezing night with a glass of red in one hand and a nice girl around your other hand-umm arm.

GhostofJimJess · 17 Mar 2005, 21:27

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Originally Posted by smasha

I'd probably get Strictly Commercial mate and then dig into stuff like Joes Garage-I've been doing some investigating on Amazon

and the general consensus there is that "One Size Fits All" is his best album.-are Amazonians good judges?

I love Zoot Allures and Apostrophe too.-I love those old seventies warm productions like sitting next to an open fire on a freezing night with a glass of red in one hand and a nice girl around your other hand-umm arm.

Yeah, decent advice for any newbies, smasha. And I reckon they'll know they've really "got" Zappa when they never play "Strictly Commercial" ever again.

To add to the above list, I'd have to include "Hot Rats" and "Sheik Yerbouti" for two distinctly divergent but lovable representations of different Zappa eras.

And then, of course, there's all of those mighty instrumentals like the "Shut Up And Play Your Guitar" triple album set, and the "Guitar" double disk set to overdose on amazing arrangements.

As well as a veritable plethora of live stuff - the six double-disks of "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore", "Just Another Band From LA", and the various "Filimore" bootlegs.

Literally hundreds of hours to explore ... and all still accessible.

smasha · 18 Mar 2005, 01:35

I think the first Zappa song I ever heard when I was a wee lad was Excentrifugal Force from a quadraphonic showcase sampler-still have that disc in my big old drum of vinyl - my sis stole the old quadraphonic hifi system.

That disc had some pearlers on it-quadraphonic versions of Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot,Muscle Of Love by Alice Cooper,The Slums -by I think Donny Hathaway(funky rhythm and blues song that is so cool that it makes todays rubbish look amateurish)and Quadrant 4 by Billy Cobham-this version you can hear them chatting away just before they start the song-that wasnt even on the Billy Cobham studio album.

gPhonque · 28 Feb 2005, 11:36

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his high living lifestyle caught up with him though

?

If you're talking about drugs, Zappa never took any.

Hard to believe, but true.

Stealth bomber · 28 Feb 2005, 14:38

You'll love it. It's a way of life.

smasha · 4 Mar 2005, 02:27

Haha Stealth -telefunken u 47 ...with leather LOL

Listening to Willie The Pimp off You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol.4-I urge you to listen to this jam loud-********en awesome song.

From 3 mins into the song,it takes off to new heights,the hairs start sitting up on the back of your neck hehe.

chimphawk28 · 17 Mar 2005, 08:36

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Originally Posted by smasha

When I listen to this album,I can't help but make comparisons to Patton and Mr. Bungle-Patton must have been a big fan of Zappa.

correct..there are some comparisons between the two creatively speaking.
I'm a huge fan of Patton and nearly every project he's ever worked on.
There is talk of the Ipecac Geek show touring Australia later this year too...fingers crossed