http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=What_Ever_Happened_To_The_Mothers_Of_Invention%3F&feed=atom&action=historyWhat Ever Happened To The Mothers Of Invention? - Revision history2024-03-28T15:26:45ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.34.2http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=What_Ever_Happened_To_The_Mothers_Of_Invention%3F&diff=53663&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 13:24, 4 October 20212021-10-04T13:24:30Z<p></p>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=What_Ever_Happened_To_The_Mothers_Of_Invention%3F&diff=53297&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 14:38, 30 September 20212021-09-30T14:38:45Z<p></p>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=What_Ever_Happened_To_The_Mothers_Of_Invention%3F&diff=49103&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 15:55, 4 August 20212021-08-04T15:55:23Z<p></p>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=What_Ever_Happened_To_The_Mothers_Of_Invention%3F&diff=48334&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 19:54, 31 July 20212021-07-31T19:54:41Z<p></p>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=What_Ever_Happened_To_The_Mothers_Of_Invention%3F&diff=45674&oldid=prevSpider of Destiny at 20:50, 19 November 20202020-11-19T20:50:34Z<p></p>
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</table>Spider of Destinyhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=What_Ever_Happened_To_The_Mothers_Of_Invention%3F&diff=21828&oldid=prevMaroual at 23:51, 7 May 20072007-05-07T23:51:28Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is possible that, at a later date, when audiences have properly assimilated the recorded work of the group, a reformation might take place. The following is a brief summary of The Mothers' first five years of musical experimentation & development.<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is possible that, at a later date, when audiences have properly assimilated the recorded work of the group, a reformation might take place. The following is a brief summary of The Mothers' first five years of musical experimentation & development.<br></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1967 (April through August), [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The </del>Garrick Theater]] on Bleecker Street in New York was devastated by cherry bombs, mouldering vegetables, whipped cream, stuffed giraffes & depraved plastic frogs ... the whole range of expressive Americana...all of it neatly organized into what people today would probably call a "Love Rock Long-Hair Tribal Musical". The Mothers called it "Pigs & Repugnant: Absolutely Free" (an off-Broadway musical) ... it was in its third month when "Hair" first opened.<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1967 (April through August), <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The </ins>[[Garrick Theater]] on Bleecker Street in New York was devastated by cherry bombs, mouldering vegetables, whipped cream, stuffed giraffes & depraved plastic frogs ... the whole range of expressive Americana...all of it neatly organized into what people today would probably call a "Love Rock Long-Hair Tribal Musical". The Mothers called it "Pigs & Repugnant: Absolutely Free" (an off-Broadway musical) ... it was in its third month when "Hair" first opened.<br></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mothers was the first big electric band. They pioneered the use of amplified and/or electronically modified woodwind instruments ... everything from piccolo to bassoon. They were the first to use the wah wah pedal on guitar as well as horns and electric keyboard instruments. They laid some of the theoretical groundwork which influenced the design of many commercially manufactured electro-musical devices.<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Mothers was the first big electric band. They pioneered the use of amplified and/or electronically modified woodwind instruments ... everything from piccolo to bassoon. They were the first to use the wah wah pedal on guitar as well as horns and electric keyboard instruments. They laid some of the theoretical groundwork which influenced the design of many commercially manufactured electro-musical devices.<br></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1968, Ruben Sano lifted his immense white-gloved hand, made his fingers go "snat!" and instantly Neo-Greaser Rock was born. A single was released from Ruben's boss album (remember "[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Cruisin' </del>With Ruben & The Jets]]"?) called "[[Deseri]]". It was played on many AM stations (actually rising to #39 on the Top Forty at KIOA in Des Moines, Iowa) until programmers discovered Ruben & The Jets was really The Mothers under a disguise.<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1968, Ruben Sano lifted his immense white-gloved hand, made his fingers go "snat!" and instantly Neo-Greaser Rock was born. A single was released from Ruben's boss album (remember "[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Cruising </ins>With Ruben & The Jets]]"?) called "[[Deseri]]". It was played on many AM stations (actually rising to #39 on the Top Forty at KIOA in Des Moines, Iowa) until programmers discovered Ruben & The Jets was really The Mothers under a disguise.<br></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Meanwhile, the so called Underground FM stations could boast (because they were so cool and far out) that they actually went so far as to play The Mothers of Invention albums on their stations. Yes. Boldly they'd whip a few cuts from "[[Freak Out!]]" on their listeners between the steady stream of important blues numbers.<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Meanwhile, the so called Underground FM stations could boast (because they were so cool and far out) that they actually went so far as to play The Mothers of Invention albums on their stations. Yes. Boldly they'd whip a few cuts from "[[Freak Out!]]" on their listeners between the steady stream of important blues numbers.<br></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And then of course, there was "[[Uncle Meat]]", recorded back to back with "[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Cruisin' </del>With Ruben & The Jets|Ruben & The Jets]]" (a somewhat unusual production procedure). In spite of the musical merit of the album, the only thing that drew any attention was the fact that several words, in common usage, were included in candid dialogue sections.<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And then of course, there was "[[Uncle Meat]]", recorded back to back with "[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Cruising </ins>With Ruben & The Jets|Ruben & The Jets]]" (a somewhat unusual production procedure). In spite of the musical merit of the album, the only thing that drew any attention was the fact that several words, in common usage, were included in candid dialogue sections.<br></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Awaiting release is a [[The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention|collection of 12 complete albums]] of Mothers' music, a retrospective exhibition of the group's most interesting work, covering a span from two years prior to the actual formation of the ensemble, through August 1969. Included in the collection is documentary material from first rehearsals, tracing the development of the group through to its most recent live performances in the U.S. and Europe, some of which have become almost legendary. To those people who cared at all about The Mothers' musical explorations (and also those who didn't care & who wish to be merely entertained), this collection will prove of great interest.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Awaiting release is a [[The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention|collection of 12 complete albums]] of Mothers' music, a retrospective exhibition of the group's most interesting work, covering a span from two years prior to the actual formation of the ensemble, through August 1969. Included in the collection is documentary material from first rehearsals, tracing the development of the group through to its most recent live performances in the U.S. and Europe, some of which have become almost legendary. To those people who cared at all about The Mothers' musical explorations (and also those who didn't care & who wish to be merely entertained), this collection will prove of great interest.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Maroualhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=What_Ever_Happened_To_The_Mothers_Of_Invention%3F&diff=17075&oldid=prevPropellerkuh at 05:34, 23 January 20072007-01-23T05:34:27Z<p></p>
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</table>Propellerkuhhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=What_Ever_Happened_To_The_Mothers_Of_Invention%3F&diff=14472&oldid=prevPropellerkuh at 15:37, 21 January 20072007-01-21T15:37:57Z<p></p>
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</table>Propellerkuhhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=What_Ever_Happened_To_The_Mothers_Of_Invention%3F&diff=14424&oldid=prevPropellerkuh at 15:37, 21 January 20072007-01-21T15:37:42Z<p></p>
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</table>Propellerkuhhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=What_Ever_Happened_To_The_Mothers_Of_Invention%3F&diff=14423&oldid=prevPropellerkuh at 16:39, 20 January 20072007-01-20T16:39:03Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And then of course, there was "[[Uncle Meat]]", recorded back to back with "[[Cruisin' With Ruben & The Jets|Ruben & The Jets]]" (a somewhat unusual production procedure). In spite of the musical merit of the album, the only thing that drew any attention was the fact that several words, in common usage, were included in candid dialogue sections.<br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And then of course, there was "[[Uncle Meat]]", recorded back to back with "[[Cruisin' With Ruben & The Jets|Ruben & The Jets]]" (a somewhat unusual production procedure). In spite of the musical merit of the album, the only thing that drew any attention was the fact that several words, in common usage, were included in candid dialogue sections.<br></div></td></tr>
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