/r/Zappa

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/r/Zappa - Dedicated to anything and everything related to composer and musician Frank Zappa (fl. 1940-1993)

/r/Zappa - Dedicated to anything and everything related to composer and musician Frank Zappa (fl. 1940-1993).


Rules

  • Don't post downloads of official material (bootlegs are great, just don't share CD rips and such)

  • Don't be an asshole

  • AAAFNRAA (Anything Anytime Anyplace For No Reason At All)

"I'm new here, what do I do?"

Past Events

Live Frank!

Musical Analysis

Want more info on Frank?

  • Kill Ugly Radio is a great source for facts, trivia, recording dates, you name it!

  • ZB Zappa Books offers written articles, books, and documents for all your research needs.

  • The Zappa Patio details everything from differences in releases to a complete list of bootlegs.

  • ZappaFrenzy - info about singles, EPs, and other rare goodies you never saw in your life.

  • /r/Zappa

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    28

    Also a Sheik Yerbouti poster!

    3 Comments
    2024/12/16
    22:45 UTC

    78

    Fifty-three years ago today, on December 16th, 1971, 200 Motels is released in the United Kingdom. The movie was released the month before in the United States.

    10 Comments
    2024/12/16
    19:29 UTC

    37

    Zappa birthday celebration!

    Birthday celebration for Zappa with members from Experience, Nester, Shamboogi, delightfully deranged and 5spot! Doors at 7pm Thursday!!!!!

    5 Comments
    2024/12/16
    16:27 UTC

    7

    Sharing pictures from recording sessions

    Title says it all: share every picture you got from recording sessions. Any period. We may try collectively to find when they were taken.

    1 Comment
    2024/12/15
    22:48 UTC

    90

    Poodle bites.

    18 Comments
    2024/12/15
    19:37 UTC

    28

    Frank Zappa-Zoot Allures

    2 Comments
    2024/12/15
    17:54 UTC

    3

    Once upon a Time...

    It was in Albuquerque New Mexico...

    12 Comments
    2024/12/15
    10:39 UTC

    153

    If you like Frank, listen to Billy

    Hi y'alls,

    I am a lifelong Zappa fan (well, for the last 45 years at least) and I recetly listened to Billy Cobham's 1973 release "Spectrum". I am not sure who was influenced by whom, but most (more than half) of the album sounds like it's hidden tracks from Over-Nite-Sensation - or vive versa. ;o)

    Yes, the arrangements are different (hey, it's a different band, playing different songs), but there are so many riffs, melody-lines and rhythms that SCREAM "Frank".

    40 Comments
    2024/12/14
    20:03 UTC

    79

    Frank Zappa - Approximate (1974)

    6 Comments
    2024/12/14
    19:13 UTC

    0

    Created a quick playlist

    0 Comments
    2024/12/14
    19:09 UTC

    9

    Let’s Move to Cleveland

    5 Comments
    2024/12/14
    18:27 UTC

    23

    I attempted to cover Florentine Pogen

    I’ve been getting back into playing drums more lately, and have decided to just jump right back into it with songs from Zappa, Genesis, King Crimson, and other similar bands that I love!

    This isn’t a note for note cover, but more of a “I’ve never really played this song but I have listened to it enough to know how to play along with it for the most part” cover.

    I love playing along with my favorite songs like this, and being able to learn about the production process as well :)

    6 Comments
    2024/12/14
    16:44 UTC

    142

    Yes

    6 Comments
    2024/12/14
    13:33 UTC

    357

    Had a lovely chat with Ray tonight.

    36 Comments
    2024/12/14
    07:03 UTC

    27

    If someone put a gun to your head and said to pick the music from any 5 year period of FZ's career and that was all you could ever listen to again, what years are you picking?

    Here is the best list to choose from I could find. Since we're all friends here I won't bust your nuggets if you skip a fifth or add a sixth year.

    I had the idea for the post and figured I'd come up with a quick expository blurb covering my choice, but I have been sitting here for about 20 minutes typing, deleting, revising, arguing with myself, convincing myself, blah blah blah. I have to go with '69-'73 and this was a much, much harder decision than I thought it would be.

    What are you picking?

    65 Comments
    2024/12/13
    22:30 UTC

    187

    Fucking love Watermelon in Easter Hay

    But who gives a fuck anyways

    23 Comments
    2024/12/13
    19:27 UTC

    13

    Frank Zappa - 1978 - The Sheik's Rehearsals- Record 1

    1 Comment
    2024/12/13
    17:53 UTC

    127

    Only Frank could pull this off😁

    33 Comments
    2024/12/13
    16:49 UTC

    19

    Your Favorite Band Sucks

    Finally! I've been waiting for this since they did The Beatles!

    25 Comments
    2024/12/13
    15:03 UTC

    75

    One of my favorite tunes.

    10 Comments
    2024/12/13
    03:23 UTC

    9

    Zappa / Beefheart influenced band Tin Huey from 1979 fer yer listening pleasure

    2 Comments
    2024/12/13
    03:15 UTC

    359

    Frank Zappa on American culture

    43 Comments
    2024/12/13
    00:39 UTC

    10

    Husbands birthday

    Hello everyone! My husband (34) is a huge Zappa/anything to do with fan.

    I wanted to gift him something special. Thought about a box set of some sort but am really not sure what would be “desired” and special. Any advice or recommendations are appreciated. I would ask him more questions but I don’t want to give my idea away. Thanks in advance friends!

    17 Comments
    2024/12/12
    21:31 UTC

    137

    Terry Bozzio's rant in Baby Snakes

    There is that scene in Baby Snakes where you can see Terry Bozzio backstage at The New York Palladium, next to Roy Estrada. Terry says it's hard to play two shows per night, two nights in a row, and that his hands hurts.

    Then, it gets dark. He says "the tour manager killed himself, my girlfriend fell out a window"... And then he cries and he is comforted by Roy.

    The thing is... It's all true:

    • Dale Bozzio, his girlfriend at the time, fell out of a window because someone disguised as a security guard tried to abuse and kill her. She fell 40 feet on concrete floor, it's a miracle she's alive. With hindsight, she says in interviews that it may very well have been the Hillside Strangler.
    • Ron Nehoda, Zappa's tour manager, killed himself in a gruesome way in Las Vegas after a gig. He blew Frank's earning for the night by gambling and has done way too much drugs. He has to be replaced urgently by Phil Kaufman.

    Now... This is where I'm uncomfortable.

    • Is Terry really having a meltdown on camera?
    • Is Terry just acting up, and is really that insensitive?
    • But most importantly, in both cases, Frank is absolutely insensitive and horrible to have included this bit in the film

    Is Terry serious?

    40 Comments
    2024/12/12
    16:51 UTC

    15

    Frank Zappa - 1973 - The Roxy Performances - 12-10-73 - Rehearsals

    0 Comments
    2024/12/12
    14:22 UTC

    34

    Mike Keneally and Chanan Hanspal in Finland

    4 Comments
    2024/12/12
    11:15 UTC

    43

    Peaches En Regalia bass cover (with tabs if you want to learn!)

    11 Comments
    2024/12/12
    04:54 UTC

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