Erland Bekkelund
Erland Bekkelund is a Norwegian graphic designer and rock journalist who has written several articles and books about rock and pop acts.
Frank Zappa
On 28 April 1988, Bekkelund interviewed Frank Zappa for TV Oslo at the Sheraton Hotel in Sandvika [1], since the editors knew he was a huge Zappa fan and therefore more knowledgeable than them on the subject.
In 2014, he co-edited the photo book Zappa I Norge (Zappa in Norway (2014), along with Jon Larsen, Ulf Hoberg and Erlend Sundin. During a concert in Oslo (2015), Dweezil Zappa showed Zappa I Norge to the audience and called it a "cool book". [2]
In 2020, he contributed the chapters about Zappa's concerts in Norway to the book Frank Zappa - The Nordic Stories.
On 4 December 2023, Bekkelund compiled a list of Zappa's 25 best songs:
2.) King Kong (the Lumpy Gravy version)
3.) A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)
6.) Willie The Pimp
7.) Chunga's Revenge (The Track)
8.) Montana
9.) Dinah-Moe Humm
10.) Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
12.) Be-Bop Tango
13.) Inca Roads
14.) Sofa
15.) The Black Page
16.) City Of Tiny Lites
17.) Sinister Footwear (the You Are What You Is version)
18.) Drowning Witch
20.) Envelopes
21.) Porn Wars
22.) The Dog Breath Variations
23.) G-Spot Tornado
24.) Times Beach
