The Mothers Of Invention
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Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 30 May 1966
Gimmicky 'Explosion' ...
Albums by the Mothers of Invention, Rolling Stones et al
Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 1966
POPULAR RECORDS: PASS ASPIRIN, PLEASE ...
The Mothers of Invention: If You Get A Headache…
Report and Interview by Loraine Alterman, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 1966
MOTHERS AND fathers, you thought the Beatles were bad. You got up in arms about the Rolling Stones. Sonny and Cher made you cringe. Well, ...
Report and Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 22 October 1966
The latest West Coast way of life — rebels with a cause, & their music ...
Kim Fowley: Portrait of a Freak
Interview by uncredited writer, International Times, 31 October 1966
KIM FOWLEY is a hustler. He telephoned International Times and bombarded me with ideas. His main idea was that I should interview him and give ...
Mothers of Invention: Freak Out! (Verve)
Review by uncredited writer, Disc and Music Echo, 19 November 1966
FREAK OUT! by the fearsome-looking MOTHERS OF INVENTION hasn't been released over here yet, and if it is a lot of people are going to ...
The Mothers of Invention: The Balloon Farm, New York NY
Live Review by Richard Goldstein, The Village Voice, 1 December 1966
THE BALLOON Farm became much more than a discotheque last weekend, and the resident combo became much more than a pop-music ensemble. ...
Frank Zappa: "Son of Suzy Creamcheese"
Profile and Interview by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 25 December 1966
THE MOST original new group to simmer out of the steaming rock 'n' roll underground in the last hour and one-half is an audacious crew ...
Mothers Of Invention: Freak Out! (Verve)
Review by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 4 March 1967
Freak Out with the Mothers ...
LP Reviews: Sam & Dave, James Brown, Chet Atkins, and the Mothers of Invention
Review by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, April 1967
Sam And Dave: Double Dynamite (Stax 589003) ...
Report by Miles, International Times, 30 June 1967
"Two persons were shot dead and several others injured in a gun battle between shoplifters and store detectives in a Bronx supermarket today." ...
My Favorite Records: Frank Zappa, Boss Mother
Interview by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, August 1967
IF YOU WANT to learn how to play guitar, listen to Wes Montgomery. You also should go out and see if you can get a ...
The Mothers of Invention: Absolutely Free (Verve V6-5013)
Review by Greg Shaw, Mojo Navigator, August 1967
THIS ALBUM is a "first" in the rock genre, being basically an opera more than anything else. The record is divided into 13 tracks, each ...
Frank Zappa: Meet the Boss Mother, Sussing Out Britain...
Interview by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 26 August 1967
IF AFFLUENCE and power is the Great American Dream, Frank Zappa is the Great American Nightmare. ...
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 30 September 1967
MOTHERS — ALMOST A FREAK OUT, NOT A LOVE IN, DEFINITELY A SEND-UP! ...
The Mothers of Invention: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Hugh Nolan, Disc and Music Echo, 30 September 1967
MOTHERS of INVENTION: best rock sound since Beatles! ...
Platter Chatter: New Albums From The Beatles, Mothers Of Invention etc.
Review by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, October 1967
ABSOLUTELY FREE by the Mothers (Of Invention) must be heard to be believed and appreciated. The music is incredibly dynamic, the lyrics irresistibly memorable. ...
Mother's Rites: Freak Out/Absolutely Free
Review by Geoffrey Cannon, The Listener, 19 October 1967
2012 NOTE: Here below is the second column I wrote for The Listener in late 1967. It was the first of a number I ...
Frank Zappa: Head Mother Speaks
Interview by Loraine Alterman, Fifth Estate, 1 December 1967
HIS NAME has a certain zing to it. Zappa – a name you don't easily forget. Like the man, Frank Zappa, leader and creator of ...
The Mothers of Invention: Town Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 23 December 1967
TOWN HALL ROCKS TO A ZANY GROUP Mothers of Invention Also Offer Serious Music ...
Mothers of Invention, B.B. King, Booker T. & the MGs: Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco CA
Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 7 June 1968
America's Musical Soul Shines Through ...
Frank Zappa: Reviled, Revered Mother Superior
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 5 October 1968
FEAR OF THE abnormal isn't a trait confined to Americans, but they do seem to express their fears more vociferously than most. ...
Zappa, Vegetables And Uncle Meat...
Report and Interview by Hugh Nolan, Disc and Music Echo, 5 October 1968
THE FOLLOWING scene is not recommended for the squeamish, children below the age of three months, soldiers, policemen, politicians or vegetable-lovers (but may be seen ...
The Mothers of Invention: Royal Festival Hall, London
Live Review by Hugh Nolan, Disc and Music Echo, 2 November 1968
Mothers Superior ...
The Mothers of Invention: Royal Festival Hall, London
Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 2 November 1968
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE MOTHERS COULD BE BORING? ...
The Mothers of Invention: Cruising with Ruben and the Jets (Verve V6 5055S)
Review by Miles, International Times, 13 December 1968
The 1955 Zappa ...
The Mothers of Invention, Alice Cooper, Wild Man Fischer: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by John Mendelssohn, UCLA Daily Bruin, 15 January 1969
Frank Zappa and other frightening occurrences ...
The Mothers of Invention: Uncle Meat (Bizarre)
Review by Richard C. Walls, Creem, June 1969
(Most of the music is from the Mothers' movie of the same name which they haven't got enough money to finish yet.) ...
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention: The Truth Is, They're Not As Ugly As Their Pictures
Report and Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 7 June 1969
Watching With Mothers: Chris Welch survives a week with Frank Zappa ...
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 12 June 1969
Update, 2019. FRANK ZAPPA was always friendly when he and I met, between 1968 and 1970. This may have been because I took him seriously, ...
The Mothers of Invention: Uncle Meat (Transatlantic)
Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 14 June 1969
A DOUBLE volume set of madness, absurdity, serious music, rock and roll, electronics and sprecht stimme by Frank Zappa. Suzie Creamcheese and the Mothers presents ...
Newport Jazz Festival 1969: New Records & Not All That Jazz
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 19 July 1969
NEWPORT, R.I. — On paper at least the experiment of adding rock music to the Newport Jazz Festival 1969 came from the purest of motives. ...
Interview by Miles, International Times, 29 August 1969
FRANK: There are some things I'd like to clarify about my editing technique. The editing technique is an extension of the composition because, as I ...
The Mothers of Invention: Burnt Weeny Sandwich (Reprise)
Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 21 March 1970
IT WAS ONE of the great tragedies of modern music when the Mothers broke up last year, but they leave behind memories of success and ...
You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here: Frank Zappa
Profile and Interview by David G. Walley, Rock, 8 June 1970
"Always wondered whether I could make it in society because it's a drag when you're rejected..." ( Frank Zappa c. 1965) ...
Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Santana et al: Bath Festival — Hub Of World's Pop Talent
Live Review by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 4 July 1970
THE PROGRAMME for last weekend's Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music stated... "All times subject to possible change." And they weren't joking either. ...
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention: Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica CA
Live Review by John Mendelssohn, Los Angeles Times, 24 August 1970
WITH HIS latest assortment of the Mothers of Invention, which was on display Friday evening at the Santa Monica Civic, Frank Zappa, America's most beloved ...
Frank Zappa: A Frank Talk With Zappa On Being A "Rebel Chief"!
Interview by Caroline Boucher, Disc and Music Echo, 29 August 1970
AFTER A recent concert in Texas, Frank Zappa was accosted by a very smart elderly man, and three society women. "We want you to know ...
The Mothers of Invention: Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Review by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 12 September 1970
IF YOU'RE A Frank Zappa fan eagerly awaiting the album with the new line-up, don't be fooled into thinking that Weasels Ripped My Flesh is ...
The Mothers Of Invention: Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Bizarre)
Review by Richard C. Walls, Creem, October 1970
IT SHOULD BE widely known by now that Frank Zappa is more than just a master of bizarre but also a brilliant composer and arranger ...
The Mothers of Invention: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica CA
Live Review by Todd Everett, Creem, October 1970
New Mothers ...
The Mothers of Invention: Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Reprise/Bizarre 2028)
Review by Nick Tosches, Fusion, 2 October 1970
THIS ALBUM should be had for the cover art alone. Cal Schenkel's art direction has gone itself one better this time with Neon Park's acrylic ...
The Mothers Of Invention: Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Reprise MS 2028)
Review by Miles, Strange Days, 23 October 1970
"IT'S WEIRD, I like it" said Denise after hearing Weasels Ripped My Flesh. It is very important that you too should know about this latest ...
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention: The Coliseum, London
Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 5 December 1970
PROBABLY only Frank Zappa and his musicians could properly review their concerts at London's Coliseum on Sunday. So much happened in each two-hour segment, one ...
Report and Interview by Michael Watts, Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 5 December 1970
TELL ME, Mr. Zappa, what do you think of the critical reaction to your work over the past five years? ...
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 7 June 1971
Zappa's Musicians Rock Through Epic Of Stylized Traveler ...
Mothers Of Invention: Fillmore East — June, 1971 (Reprise, K44150; £2.05)
Review by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 21 August 1971
Outrageous Mothers at their best ...
Mothers Of Invention: Fillmore East — June 1971 (Kinney)
Review by Mick Farren, International Times, 26 August 1971
FOR THE most part this could be a live recording of the concert I saw at the Colosseum in January of this year. The band ...
Overview by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 26 November 1971
Update, 2020. "Perverted, outrageous, violent, repulsive, ugly, tasteless. A travesty. That's what's good about them". This was a quote about the Rolling Stones, recorded around ...
Kim Fowley: I'm The Most Phenomenal Man In Records!
Interview by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 25 November 1972
KIM FOWLEY'S looking for love. "Well," he says, snuffling into a wad of Kleenex, "I'm real entertaining and I have some nice human qualities...and I'm ...
The Mothers of Invention, Weather Report, Copperhead: Winterland, San Francisco CA
Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 16 December 1972
Unique Blend Of Styles at Winterland Show ...
Ugly, vulgar, insulting — Zappa scores!
Review by Simon Frith, Let It Rock, November 1973
The Mothers: Overnite Sensation (Discreet)Faust: Faust IV (Virgin) ...
Billy James on Columbia, Elektra and the L.A. music industry
Interview by Richie Unterberger, unpublished, 1986
Author’s note: This was based around one of the first significant historical interviews I did. The essay wasn't published anywhere, just typed out for a ...
The Rock & Roll Disc Interview: Frank Zappa
Interview by Tom Graves, Rock & Roll Disc, December 1987
FRANK ZAPPA is nothing if not an American original. As American youth swarmed to record stores in search of Monkees and Archies records (it ...
Frank Zappa: Frank's Wild Years
Retrospective and Interview by Neil Slaven, Record Hunter, July 1992
AFTER 25 YEARS of unique musical anarchy and as many confrontational albums, Frank Zappa is facing his greatest adversary – prostate cancer. Undulled, he relates ...
Mothers of Invention Don Preston and Bunk Gardner
Interview by Phil McMullen, Ptolemaic Terrascope, Winter 1992
DON PRESTON: a man whose career with Frank Zappa spanned the period 1966 to 1974 all told, with time off for good behaviour in between, ...
Obituary by Andy Gill, The Independent, 7 December 1993
A Life in Focus: Frank Zappa, genre-defying musician who was the epitome of noncomformity ...
Obituary by David Stubbs, Melody Maker, 18 December 1993
FRANK ZAPPA, who died last week at the age of 52, has long been regarded as one of the most important figures in rock, a ...
Obituary by Andy Gill, Q, February 1994
Francis Vincent Zappa II, 1940-1993 ...
Obituary by Alan Clayson, The Guardian, 4 November 2008
Drummer and sometimes lead vocalist who worked with Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart ...
Frank Zappa: The Freak-Out List (Chrome Dreams)
Film/DVD/TV Review by Gene Sculatti, Ugly Things, 2010
YOU GOTTA HAND it to the folks at Chrome Dreams. Recognizing a good thing, they've come up with yet another "unauthorized" Zappa title (their fifth, ...
Killer Riffs: A Guide to Parody in Popular Music
Essay by Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 19 October 2016
From the Residents' freakish Beatles sendups, to Spinal Tap's meta-metal escapades, to the gastronomic goofs of "Weird Al", a chronicle of those who have turned ...
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