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'''Hans Annellsson''' (October 7, 1957) is a Swedish composer, guitarist and musical educator. In the 1970s, he played in a band called Press, who changed their names in Mobile, then Mob and finally Savoy. In 1985, he went solo. Together with John Tobacco, he forms the band The Vegetarians.

==Frank Zappa==

In 1993, shortly before Zappa's death, Annellsson asked and received permission to cover Frank Zappa's ''[[Penis Dimension]]'' in Swedish, under the title ''Penisens Storlek'' on his album ''Tra-la-Larsson'' (1993). The album also features covers of ''[[Oh No]]'' and ''[[The Black Page]]''. <ref>https://www.united-mutations.com/a/annellsson_tra.htm/</ref>

Annellsson's band The Vegetarians played at the [[Zappanale]] concert in 2011. <ref>https://dmme.net/hans-annellsson-recreates-zappas-unreleased-ballet/</ref> They also collaborated with [[Napoleon Murphy Brock]] and [[Mats Öberg]] on the track ''[[Amnerika]]'' from the album ''Let's Have A Good Time'' (2016). They covered ''[[Touch Me There]]'' on the compilation album ''Lost Meat'' (2019). <ref>https://www.united-mutations.com/v/vegetarians.htm/</ref>
A cover of ''[[The Torture Never Stops]]'' by Annellsson and The Vegetarians can be heard on the compilation album ''ZappaRap'' (2024). <ref>https://www.zappanews.co.uk/product/zapparap/</ref>

In 2013, Annellsson recorded the single ''En Kvinna i Gränna'', with [[Mats Öberg]]. He also produced Öberg's Zappa cover album ''Frankful'' (2020).

He is interviewed in ''[[Frank Zappa - The Nordic Stories]]'' (2020). In 2026, he also released the album ''Sinister Footwear'', based on Zappa's ''[[Sinister Footwear]]'' performance in Berkeley, California (June 1984), which had never been released on CD before. <ref>https://dmme.net/hans-annellsson-recreates-zappas-unreleased-ballet/</ref>

In 2025, he released the album ''Frank Zappa For Prepared Piano'', featuring covers of Zappa music for prepared piano. <ref>https://hansannellsson.bandcamp.com/album/frank-zappa-for-prepared-piano</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Annellsson Swedish Wikipedia page.]
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/1173286-Hans-Annellsson?srsltid=AfmBOopjKhA8uskerpbB2LhXm9cNFeoUx6SBwJxvVDBsjNFpZVEvkpyh Discogs page.]
* [https://www.united-mutations.com/a/annellsson_tra.htm United Mutations page.]
* [https://www.united-mutations.com/v/vegetarians.htm United Mutations page about The Vegetarians]
* [https://www.annellssongs.com/syds_okt07.htm Biography]

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