Frank Zappa Appreciation Thread

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Originally Posted by boo boo

I'm sure you wouldn't care for his first five 80s albums, because of Steve Vai.

Steve Vai was in Public Image LTD y`know

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Blimey this thing is gonna take 8 weeks to download

Just download some of the albums i recomended, you don't have to download his whole catalog.

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I`m a completist

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Steve Vai was in Public Image LTD y`know

Haha, i never knew that.

I confess, i think Vai is great when he wants to be, he proved it with Zappa, and even on a few of his own albums.... But much too often, his ego just takes over and the finished product is just a big mess.

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

He played on their 'album' album and on the single Rise , which was P.I.L.`s biggest ever hit ironically.

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I`m a completist

The guy who thinks every band only has at least 1 or 2 good albums?... C'mon now.

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How do you think I know the rest are rubbish.

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

He played on their 'album' album and on the single Rise , which was P.I.L.`s biggest ever hit ironically.

Odd.

I know that one member used to be a roadie for Yes... Can't remember which one.

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

How do you think I know the rest are rubbish.

But why download 60 albums if you only think you will like 2 or 3?

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Odd.

I know that one member used to be a roadie for Yes... Can't remember which one.

That would be Keith Levene , who was the original guitarist in The Clash..

Levene’s infamous circular rhythms, he claims, indirectly come from things Yes guitarist Steve Howe taught him. "When I was fifteen I went to work for my favorite band as a roadie—which was Yes—and I was a terrible roadie. Yeah, so even though I play nothing like him, Steve Howe is still my favorite guitarist. I don’t copy him. I do get a lot of my internal knowledge, or feeling on guitar, or what you can do and what kinds of sounds you can make from Steve Howe. I think he is so damned good; he taught me a lot, when I worked for Yes, but he didn’t know he was my hero."