rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Chunga's Revenge was something of a transitional album for Frank Zappa. It was the eleventh Zappa album, originally released in October of 1970, and the first to feature his new band that included ex-members of the Turtles, notably vocalists Flo... Read Full Story
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Jazz From Hell is mainly music written for a synthesizer – a synclavier to be precise. Only one of the album's eight tracks is performed by human musicians. Zappa had always complained about the imprecision of the musicians with whom he... Read Full Story
A little nugget of silliness for a Sunday night, courtesy of the YouTube archives. Be sure to stick in there to the end. It might just make you a believer. Read Full Story
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Over the years, many Frank Zappa concerts, especially the European ones, found their way onto bootleg albums, from which Zappa derived no financial return. In an effort to frustrate the bootleggers and to get a least a modicum of income from these... Read Full Story
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - This album provides bits and pieces of anthropological material that details Zappa's early years, from 1959 to 1969, from the Studio Z years in Cucamonga through the formation and breakup of the original Mothers of Invention. This album will be... Read Full Story
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - In 1973, Zappa only released one album, which was half of his yearly average during his twenty-seven year recording career. The main reason, I suspect, was that much of that year must have been consumed putting together and rehearsing his new band,... Read Full Story
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author starcollector - (Disclaimer: Those looking for a brief description of the album will find what their looking for in the "Album Overview" section. The section titled "Detailed Track Discussion" is meant only for those who want to read detailed descriptions of... Read Full Story
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - The incident at the Rainbow Theatre in London on December 10th, 1971, in which Zappa was pushed off stage by an overzealous fan, forced a change in direction for the young, iconoclastic composer. For one thing, Zappa had to break up the band with which... Read Full Story
