Difference between revisions of "The Frank Zappa Companion"
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'''You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore'''<br> | '''You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore'''<br> | ||
The '60s produced many creative new musicians, but none was more inspirational, controversional, scatological, or creative than Frank Zappa. Beginning with his band, The Mothers of Invention, Zappa created music in a wide range of styles, from tape montage to light jazz to heavy metal rock to lovingly recreated doo-wop to satirical operas ... all in his own unique style. Zappa was an agent provocateur – always pushing the envelope, amazing his fans while infuriating his critics. This book collects articles, reviews, interviews, and thze full text of Zappa's famous testimony against labeling records before the United States Senate. It is a must for fan and foe alike!<br> | The '60s produced many creative new musicians, but none was more inspirational, controversional, scatological, or creative than Frank Zappa. Beginning with his band, The Mothers of Invention, Zappa created music in a wide range of styles, from tape montage to light jazz to heavy metal rock to lovingly recreated doo-wop to satirical operas ... all in his own unique style. Zappa was an agent provocateur – always pushing the envelope, amazing his fans while infuriating his critics. This book collects articles, reviews, interviews, and thze full text of Zappa's famous testimony against labeling records before the United States Senate. It is a must for fan and foe alike!<br> | ||
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| − | Includes: | + | Includes:''' |
* "Are You Hung Up?" by Dave Marsh<br> | * "Are You Hung Up?" by Dave Marsh<br> | ||
| − | * "In Respect of Rubbish" | + | * "In Respect of Rubbish" by Ben Watson<br> |
* Frank Zappa's complete Congressional testimony against censorship as recorded in "Record Labelling: Hearing before tzhe Comittee on Commerce, Science and Transportation | * Frank Zappa's complete Congressional testimony against censorship as recorded in "Record Labelling: Hearing before tzhe Comittee on Commerce, Science and Transportation | ||
* "Revolutionary" by Vàclav Havel; | * "Revolutionary" by Vàclav Havel; | ||
* and nineteen other articles, a selected discography, bibliography, and chronolgy. | * and nineteen other articles, a selected discography, bibliography, and chronolgy. | ||
| − | The editor:<br> | + | '''The editor:'''<br> |
Richard Kostelanitz has been writing about rock and roll since 1968. He is the author of more than forty books on music and the avant-garde, and has edited ''The B.B. King Companion'' for Schirmer Books. | Richard Kostelanitz has been writing about rock and roll since 1968. He is the author of more than forty books on music and the avant-garde, and has edited ''The B.B. King Companion'' for Schirmer Books. | ||
[[Category: Books about Zappa]] | [[Category: Books about Zappa]] | ||
Revision as of 06:34, 12 March 2007
By Richard Kostelanetz, 1997
Schirmer Books
1633 Broadway, Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10019
ISBN 0-02-864628-2
Library Congress Catalog Card Number 96–41352
Four decades of commentary, edited by Richard Kostelanetz; assistant editor John Rocco
Back cover:
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore
The '60s produced many creative new musicians, but none was more inspirational, controversional, scatological, or creative than Frank Zappa. Beginning with his band, The Mothers of Invention, Zappa created music in a wide range of styles, from tape montage to light jazz to heavy metal rock to lovingly recreated doo-wop to satirical operas ... all in his own unique style. Zappa was an agent provocateur – always pushing the envelope, amazing his fans while infuriating his critics. This book collects articles, reviews, interviews, and thze full text of Zappa's famous testimony against labeling records before the United States Senate. It is a must for fan and foe alike!
Includes:
- "Are You Hung Up?" by Dave Marsh
- "In Respect of Rubbish" by Ben Watson
- Frank Zappa's complete Congressional testimony against censorship as recorded in "Record Labelling: Hearing before tzhe Comittee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
- "Revolutionary" by Vàclav Havel;
- and nineteen other articles, a selected discography, bibliography, and chronolgy.
The editor:
Richard Kostelanitz has been writing about rock and roll since 1968. He is the author of more than forty books on music and the avant-garde, and has edited The B.B. King Companion for Schirmer Books.
