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<blockquote> ''"I prove to you that I am bad enough to get into hell, because I have been through it! I have seen it! It has happened to me! Remember: I was signed for Warner Brothers for eight fucking years!!"''</blockquote><div align=right>[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] during his ''[[Titties 'n Beer]]'' performance in [[Baby Snakes (The Film)]]</div> | <blockquote> ''"I prove to you that I am bad enough to get into hell, because I have been through it! I have seen it! It has happened to me! Remember: I was signed for Warner Brothers for eight fucking years!!"''</blockquote><div align=right>[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] during his ''[[Titties 'n Beer]]'' performance in [[Baby Snakes (The Film)]]</div> | ||
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| + | During the film ''Baby Snakes'', Zappa also brings several audience members (John, [[Donna U Wanna]], [[Angel]], Chris and [[Janet The Planet]]) on stage for [[Audience Participation]], during ''[[Titties 'N' Beer/"Audience Participation"/The Dance Contest/The Black Page 2]]'', who have to pretend being ''"the president of Warner Bros. Records, the head of the Warner Bros. legal department, and two famous attorneys from Gang, Tyre & Brown."'' while torturing an audience member with whips and a pitchfork, as part of hs contract. | ||
Zappa named a "star" in the [[One Size Fits All]] "universe" after Warner Bros. art department employee [[Alison Wickwire]]. | Zappa named a "star" in the [[One Size Fits All]] "universe" after Warner Bros. art department employee [[Alison Wickwire]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:42, 27 May 2026
Warner Bros. is a film company which also owns a record label.
Zappa and Warners
When MGM Records neglected to exercise a contract option in 1968, FZ founded Bizarre Productions with manager Herb Cohen. This company mutated into Bizarre Records (with distribution taken care of by Warner Bros.' Reprise label) by October 1968. "Sister" label Straight Records was formed by FZ in the spring of 1969 to release material by slightly off-center artists, but these artists were not nearly as extreme as those on Bizarre (hence, the name "Straight" versus "Bizarre"). After Straight finished its independent run with Reprise and Warner Bros.-distributed stints, the DiscReet label was created in 1973.
DiscReet existed until FZ filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros., its distributor and parent company. FZ then sought out Capitol Records for distribution assistance, but these plans fell through. Finally, Mercury Records stepped in, so FZ then created Zappa Records in 1977. When the "Läther" album slated for release by Zappa/Mercury on October 31, 1977 was blocked by Warner Bros., FZ had to wait until 1979 before he could release his own product on the Zappa Records label.
Zappa about Warner Brothers
"I prove to you that I am bad enough to get into hell, because I have been through it! I have seen it! It has happened to me! Remember: I was signed for Warner Brothers for eight fucking years!!"
During the film Baby Snakes, Zappa also brings several audience members (John, Donna U Wanna, Angel, Chris and Janet The Planet) on stage for Audience Participation, during Titties 'N' Beer/"Audience Participation"/The Dance Contest/The Black Page 2, who have to pretend being "the president of Warner Bros. Records, the head of the Warner Bros. legal department, and two famous attorneys from Gang, Tyre & Brown." while torturing an audience member with whips and a pitchfork, as part of hs contract.
Zappa named a "star" in the One Size Fits All "universe" after Warner Bros. art department employee Alison Wickwire.
See Also
Warner Brothers Records Story by Both Sides Now Publications
