Cosmik Debris

Records On Which This Song Has Appeared

Singles

• Don't Eat The Yellow Snow / Cosmik Debris - Frank Zappa (1974)
  1. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (02:07)
  2. Cosmic Debris (05:14)

• Cosmik Debris / Uncle Remus - Frank Zappa (1974)
  1. Cosmic Debris (05:14)
  2. Uncle Remus (02:44)

Zappa Albums

In order of recording.

• Apostrophe ('). Same take on
  • Strictly Commercial
• Anyway The Wind Blows as Cosmic Debris
• What's New In Loreley?
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3
• The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life

Tributes & Cover Albums

• Various Artists: Berglers Balz, excerpt as Cosmic Debris included in track Eternal Motherly Goodbye Collage
• The Muffin Men: Say Cheese And Thank You
• Pierrejean Gaucher: Zappe Zappa as track 2 and included in track 13 Medley

Notes About This Song

On The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life, Ike Willis and Zappa throw in references to Johnny Cash and Ring Of Fire. Johnny was supposed to sing Ring of Fire with Zappa at the show, but was unable to make the show. References include:

It'll cure that Ring of Fire for you, too...

But I got the Ring of Fire!

Your Ring of Fire has just gone down...

Now exactly what kind of a Ring of Fire are we talking about here... in reference to hemorrhoids (Anusol is a treatment for such ailment).

Look here Johnny...

Zappa used to throw in several references to The Lone Ranger as well, stemming from a Lenny Bruce skit in which the Lone Ranger was portrayed as having repressed homosexual feelings.