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Results for Mothers of InventionFrank Zappa, from the Mojave Desert town of Lancaster, California, had a fondness for raw blues, R & B and doo-wop. Zappa moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s and linked up with a five-piece band called the Soul Giants, which later became the Mothers of Invention. Under Zappa's direction, the Mothers progressed from standard bar-band fare to compositions that combined modern classical music, jazz, R & B and rock. Zappa eventually positioned himself with freaks (genuinely weird and creative people) against hippies (whom he considered sheep) and became strongly anti-drug. He died of cancer in 1993....more
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by Keith Altham•October 1, 2008•
Marc Bolan is ready to take on the world following his incredible success with two maxi singles, “Ride a White Swan” almost indecently closely followed by “Hot Love” put confirmation of his present pop philosophy that 'energy' is what it is all about. "I've suddenly tuned into that mental channel which makes a record a hit and I feel at present as though I could go on writing number ones for ever," said Marc confidently. "Let's face it: The majority of pop hits
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by Paul Myers•September 17, 2008•
Conceptually, Remote Control deals with the all-encompassing, hypnotic effects of television culture and one man’s fetishistic desire to “enter” the seductive TV world
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by Richard Gehr•October 10, 2007•
If I may be so crass as to adjudge a rock icon by his fans, I'd say Frank Zappa might have a demographics problem. Admittedly, the lines to the gentlemen's lounges were incredibly long last Thursday at the Beacon, where he performed one of his first shows after a four-year never-going-to-tour-again hiatus.
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by Greg Gaston•October 3, 2007•
It is enough just to hear his laugh again—adenoidal, wracked rasp of Solomon sense and parched good times drifting over the static airwaves from California to New England and every burg in between. No idiot winds blowing here, just an old man cracking wise over the abyss that is America today.
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5/27/2008
Hey, WGV, do you have anything by Rhinoceros? They did three albums back in the late 60s that were great and then...
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5/2/2008
GoodAfternoon VaultKeepers, I would like to THANK YOU a million times for the Buddy Guy/Junior Wells Band shows!They...
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12/25/2007
I'd like to see some more Incredible String Band concerts. I'd also love to hear more early
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10/9/2007
Am I the only one who thinks there should be more Frank Zappa / Mothers of Invention material? Something from his mid...
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8/28/2007
[quote user="timesbeach"][quote user="pippo"]
[quote user="MR ROBOTO"]Are you referring to these Mothers: the...
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