/r/Zappa
/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!
Zappateers - Your one stop shop for (legal) bootlegs, concert recordings, and miscellaneous audio/video!
FZShows - List of all the circulating live recordings.
Life On the Road - detailed descriptions of most known live bootlegs! Also check out their YouTube channel for easy access to Zappateers material.
ZappaBASE - Find out how many times your favorite tune was played, when, where, and by whom!
The Circular Motion for an interactive map of every gig!
We're Only In It For The Touring - descriptions of the songs, features and solos of most Frank Zappa tours.
Touring Can Make You Crazy - contains a TON of details about tours, bands and live recordings.
Musical Analysis
Frank Zappa's Musical Language is a wonderful source. One man's research of our glorious 'stached leader!
An interactive guide to Conceptual Continuity, detailing all the in-jokes, references, and themes within the FZ canon!
Want more info on Frank?
The official Frank Zappa website, where you can purchase official albums and merchandise.
Zappa News (formerly the Idiot Bastard) - The latest on all things Zappa!
Information Is Not Knowledge - A discography, chronology and videography all rolled into one excellent source!
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.
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Birthday celebration for Zappa with members from Experience, Nester, Shamboogi, delightfully deranged and 5spot! Doors at 7pm Thursday!!!!!
Title says it all: share every picture you got from recording sessions. Any period. We may try collectively to find when they were taken.
It was in Albuquerque New Mexico...
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".
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 :)
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?
But who gives a fuck anyways
Finally! I've been waiting for this since they did The Beatles!
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!
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:
Now... This is where I'm uncomfortable.
Is Terry serious?