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| − | + | '''Chaffey Junior College''' is a college at Alta Loma, [[California]], where Frank Zappa attended in 1959-1960 for one semester, but dropped out. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1958-1961.html</ref> | |
| − | About his experience at Chaffey, Zappa told interviewer [[John Gilliland]], <blockquote> | + | About his experience at Chaffey, Zappa told interviewer [[Pop Chronicles|John Gilliland]], <blockquote> |
| − | I approached some people while I was attending Chafee (?) (sic) Jr. College in Ontario, California, about doing research into the relationship between parallel fifths and teen-age hysteria. And the guy said, "What, you out of your mind? You don't have a degree." And I said, "Look, I'm still young enough where I can talk to kids, you know, and I can find things out and it might mean something later on." "You crazy? What do you think this would cost?" And I said, "Oh it won't cost but about 700 dollars. Just enough for me to eat for a few months while I was, you know, doing the work. Get myself a tape recorder. Goin' out. Ask people a few questions." He said, "Look, why don't you go through school, get yourself a few degrees, and then maybe you can get a grant from a foundation and go out and find out about that stuff." And that's when I quit school.<ref>[[Pop Chronicles interview]], p. 2.</ref> | + | ''"I approached some people while I was attending Chafee (?) (sic) Jr. College in [[Ontario]], California, about doing research into the relationship between parallel fifths and teen-age hysteria. And the guy said, "What, you out of your mind? You don't have a degree." And I said, "Look, I'm still young enough where I can talk to kids, you know, and I can find things out and it might mean something later on." "You crazy? What do you think this would cost?" And I said, "Oh it won't cost but about 700 dollars. Just enough for me to eat for a few months while I was, you know, doing the work. Get myself a tape recorder. Goin' out. Ask people a few questions." He said, "Look, why don't you go through school, get yourself a few degrees, and then maybe you can get a grant from a foundation and go out and find out about that stuff." And that's when I quit school."'' <ref>[[Pop Chronicles interview]], p. 2.</ref> |
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| + | At this school, Zappa did meet his first wife, [[Kay Sherman]], with whom he later moved to [[Ontario]]. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1958-1961.html</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:59, 8 August 2026
Chaffey Junior College is a college at Alta Loma, California, where Frank Zappa attended in 1959-1960 for one semester, but dropped out. [1]
About his experience at Chaffey, Zappa told interviewer John Gilliland,
"I approached some people while I was attending Chafee (?) (sic) Jr. College in Ontario, California, about doing research into the relationship between parallel fifths and teen-age hysteria. And the guy said, "What, you out of your mind? You don't have a degree." And I said, "Look, I'm still young enough where I can talk to kids, you know, and I can find things out and it might mean something later on." "You crazy? What do you think this would cost?" And I said, "Oh it won't cost but about 700 dollars. Just enough for me to eat for a few months while I was, you know, doing the work. Get myself a tape recorder. Goin' out. Ask people a few questions." He said, "Look, why don't you go through school, get yourself a few degrees, and then maybe you can get a grant from a foundation and go out and find out about that stuff." And that's when I quit school." [2]
At this school, Zappa did meet his first wife, Kay Sherman, with whom he later moved to Ontario. [3]
