Mott The Hoople
Mott The Hoople was a British glam rock band, active between 1969 and 1980. They are most famous for their song All The Young Dudes (1972), which was written by David Bowie, who was a fan of the band. The song became their biggest hit.
Zappa and Mott The Hoople
In the article Frank Zappa: 'Frenk! Frenk! Ees Aynsley playeeng?', 5 October 1974, Zappa said: "Mott The Hoople have three songs on their last album that I like a whole lot", referring to their final album The Hoople, 1974. A year later he named this same album one of his favorite records in Faves, Raves And Composers In Their Graves, June 1975.
In the interview I Hate Playing In England by Hugh Fielder for Sounds, 9 September 1978, Zappa said Mott The Hoople was one of the groups he was currently listening to. [1]
On 21 November 1979, as a guest DJ on WPIX, New York, Zappa played Mott The Hoople's Roll Away The Stone.
During Baby Snakes Rehearsal, Zappa refers to one of the attempts to play one of his compositions as: "your Mott The Hoople extravaganza."
