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Scott Carter Thunes, aka "Nektor", aka "Throkton", was raised in San Anselmo, CA, and took up the bass at age ten, when "his mother and guitar playing older brother decided the family needed a bassist". In 1981, Thunes contacted Frank Zappa at the behest of his brother, who had himself tried unsuccessfully to audition for Zappa's group.
 
Scott Carter Thunes, aka "Nektor", aka "Throkton", was raised in San Anselmo, CA, and took up the bass at age ten, when "his mother and guitar playing older brother decided the family needed a bassist". In 1981, Thunes contacted Frank Zappa at the behest of his brother, who had himself tried unsuccessfully to audition for Zappa's group.
  
Scott provided bass and/or mini-moog for [[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch]], [[The Man From Utopia]], [[Them Or Us]], [[Thing-Fish]], [[Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention]], [[Does Humor Belong In Music?]], [[Uncle Meat]] (87 re-release), [[Jazz From Hell]], [[Guitar]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]], [[Broadway The Hard Way]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]], [[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life]], [[Make A Jazz Noise Here]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5]], and [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]]; also on the [[Beat The Boots]] series disk [[As An Am (BTB)]] and the unreleased [[Trance-Fusion]].  
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Scott provided bass and/or mini-moog for [[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch]], [[The Man From Utopia]], [[Them Or Us]], [[Thing-Fish]], [[Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention]], [[Does Humor Belong In Music?]], [[Uncle Meat]] (87 re-release), [[Jazz From Hell]], [[Guitar]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]], [[Broadway The Hard Way]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]], [[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life]], [[Make A Jazz Noise Here]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]], [[Trance-Fusion]] and [[The Dub Room Special! (The Album)|The Dub Room Special]]; also on the [[Beat The Boots]] series disk [[As An Am (BTB)]].  
  
 
Scott can be seen in the Zappa movies [[Dub Room Special]], [[Does Humor Belong In Music?  (The Video)]], & [[Video From Hell]].
 
Scott can be seen in the Zappa movies [[Dub Room Special]], [[Does Humor Belong In Music?  (The Video)]], & [[Video From Hell]].
  
Happily married, living in Marin after a hiatus of several years in LA, and working for a software firm, Scott has no immenant plans to return to professional music. Thunes: "The music business treated me fairly poorly, and after Frank died, it's just been one unappreciating employer after another, so they can all go hang".
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Happily married, living in Marin after a hiatus of several years in LA, and working for a software firm, Scott has no imminent plans to return to professional music. Thunes: "The music business treated me fairly poorly, and after Frank died, it's just been one unappreciating employer after another, so they can all go hang".
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Scott Thunes was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref> He performed on and wrote liner notes for ''[[200 Motels - The Suites]] (2015)''.
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==Sources==
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==External Links==
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*[http://www.myspace.com/scottthunes Scott Thunes on MySpace]
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*[http://www.geoscott.com/ Scott Thunes Home Page]
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*[http://www.thescottthuneseffect.com/ The Scott Thunes Effect - Scott Thunes bass transcriptions]
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[[Category:Bandmembers|Thunes, Scott]]
 
[[Category:Bandmembers|Thunes, Scott]]
[[Category:Musicians|Thunes, Scott]]
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[[Category:Bassists|Thunes, Scott]]

Revision as of 17:07, 12 October 2020

Scott Carter Thunes, aka "Nektor", aka "Throkton", was raised in San Anselmo, CA, and took up the bass at age ten, when "his mother and guitar playing older brother decided the family needed a bassist". In 1981, Thunes contacted Frank Zappa at the behest of his brother, who had himself tried unsuccessfully to audition for Zappa's group.

Scott provided bass and/or mini-moog for Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch, The Man From Utopia, Them Or Us, Thing-Fish, Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention, Does Humor Belong In Music?, Uncle Meat (87 re-release), Jazz From Hell, Guitar, You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1, Broadway The Hard Way, You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3, The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life, Make A Jazz Noise Here, You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4, You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5, You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6, Trance-Fusion and The Dub Room Special; also on the Beat The Boots series disk As An Am (BTB).

Scott can be seen in the Zappa movies Dub Room Special, Does Humor Belong In Music? (The Video), & Video From Hell.

Happily married, living in Marin after a hiatus of several years in LA, and working for a software firm, Scott has no imminent plans to return to professional music. Thunes: "The music business treated me fairly poorly, and after Frank died, it's just been one unappreciating employer after another, so they can all go hang".

Scott Thunes was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of The MOFO Project/Object (2006) album. [1] He performed on and wrote liner notes for 200 Motels - The Suites (2015).

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