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 > -- > ============= > Michal Young voice: (541) 346-4140 > University of Oregon fax: (541) 346-5373 > Dept. of Computer and Information Science > 120 Deschutes Hall http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/~michal > Eugene, OR 97403-1202 USA
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