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[[Chad Wackerman]] was born 23 May 1960 in Long Beach, CA of drummer parents (his father was a music educator and mother has played the rudiments in drum & bugle corps). Chad auditioned for [[Frank Zappa]] in 1981. Wackerman: "I heard about [it] through a bass player friend who had auditioned. He didn't work out, but Zappa was looking for a bass player and a drummer. Throughout junior high school, I was studying drums with teachers who were very good, and very hard on me. I learned to read quite well from doing that, although nothing prepares you for Frank's music."
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[[Chad Wackerman]] was born 23 May 1960 in Long Beach, CA of drummer parents (his father was a music educator and mother has played the rudiments in drum & bugle corps). Chad auditioned for [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] in 1981. Wackerman: "I heard about [it] through a bass player friend who had auditioned. He didn't work out, but Zappa was looking for a bass player and a drummer. Throughout junior high school, I was studying drums with teachers who were very good, and very hard on me. I learned to read quite well from doing that, although nothing prepares you for Frank's music."
  
 
Chad Wackerman was one of FZ's longest standing drummers. He provided drums for:
 
Chad Wackerman was one of FZ's longest standing drummers. He provided drums for:
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*[[Jazz From Hell]]
 
*[[Jazz From Hell]]
 
*[[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. II]]
 
*[[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. II]]
*[[Guitar]]
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*[[Frank Zappa: Guitar]]
 
*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]]
 
*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]]
 
*[[Broadway The Hard Way]]
 
*[[Broadway The Hard Way]]
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*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]]
 
*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]]
 
*[[Läther]] (1996) drum overdubs
 
*[[Läther]] (1996) drum overdubs
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*[[The Dub Room Special! (The Album)|The Dub Room Special]]
 
*[[Beat The Boots]] series disks [[As An Am (BTB)]] & [[Trance-Fusion]]
 
*[[Beat The Boots]] series disks [[As An Am (BTB)]] & [[Trance-Fusion]]
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*[[Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show]]
  
Chad can be seen in the Zappa movies [[Dub Room Special]], [[Does Humor Belong In Music? (The Film)]], [[Uncle Meat (The Film)]], [[The Amazing Mr. Bickford]], [[Video From Hell]], and [[The True Story Of 200 Motels]].
 
  
Chad Wackerman is a band member of [[The Band From Utopia]].
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Chad can be seen in the following Zappa movies, as well:
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*[[Dub Room Special]]
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*[[Does Humor Belong In Music? (The Film)]]
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*[[Uncle Meat (The Film)]]
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*[[The Amazing Mr. Bickford]]
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*[[Video From Hell]]
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*[[The True Story Of 200 Motels]]
  
[[Category:Bandmembers|Wackerman, Chad]]
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Chad Wackerman is a band member of [[The Band From Utopia]]. He was interviewed in the documentary ''[[The Drummers Of Frank Zappa]]'' (2010).
[[Category:Musicians|Wackerman, Chad]]
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Wackerman, Chad]]
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[[Category:Bandmembers|Wackerman]]
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[[Category:Drums|Wackerman]]
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Wackerman]]

Revision as of 11:48, 2 August 2021

Chad Wackerman was born 23 May 1960 in Long Beach, CA of drummer parents (his father was a music educator and mother has played the rudiments in drum & bugle corps). Chad auditioned for Frank Zappa in 1981. Wackerman: "I heard about [it] through a bass player friend who had auditioned. He didn't work out, but Zappa was looking for a bass player and a drummer. Throughout junior high school, I was studying drums with teachers who were very good, and very hard on me. I learned to read quite well from doing that, although nothing prepares you for Frank's music."

Chad Wackerman was one of FZ's longest standing drummers. He provided drums for:


Chad can be seen in the following Zappa movies, as well:

Chad Wackerman is a band member of The Band From Utopia. He was interviewed in the documentary The Drummers Of Frank Zappa (2010).