God is not Frank, Frank is God.
Jamie
On 3 Nov 2000, at 10:39, Darren C Vyff wrote:
> 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.
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> Michal Young wrote:
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> > 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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