Captain Beefheart was avant garde, but was always a cheap imitation of the
"best band you've never heard of"--Frank Zappa.  But that is only my humble
opinion.  But at least they're one up on Zappa--They're still alive.




Michal Young wrote:

> Sorry for continuing an off-topic thread, but I'm confused about this
> message and require enlightenment.  (Now! Just do it!)
>
>   Captain Beefheart and his Magical Band were a 60's/70's group, and
> definitely not a cover group.  Albums like "Trout Mask Replica" (the
> only title I can remember off-hand) we're on the very fringe of the
> avante garde, further out than Pink Floyd before P.F. went
> mainstream.   Trout Mask Replica came out in approximately the same
> time period of Pink Floyd's  Umagumma, which included the track
> "Several species of small furry creatures gathered in a cave and
> grooving on a pict."
>
> I had read somewhere that Captain Beefheart lived in a trailer in the
> Nevada desert.
>
> Has the band been reconstituted and moved to Sweden?  Has someone
> appropriated the name?  Is it a weird coincidence (twisted minds
> think alike)?
>
> --Michal
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