PETULANT FRENZY

THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA AS PERFORMED BY RANK AMATEURS, FOOLS & POSEURS

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Ok, here's the deal. Apparently one of Frank's dying requests was that the music be kept alive. Well, that's what we're trying to do, simply 'cos we think people should hear it. If we thought for a minute that we were denigrating FZ's art, or ripping off someone's livelihood by popping a few free tunes on this lil' ol' site, then we wouldn't do it. Frank's passed-on and he doesn't need the money. Gail and the kids don't need the money, and if they released cool stuff like the Roxy movie, they'd have even more money. So...

... every month or so we'll feature randomly-selected tracks that don't sound too bad and have most of the right notes and words. Most of these will be straight soundboard tapes, and as such will have an un-lovely, flat feel that accentuates certain things (usually the snare and the vocals), and buries other things (usually the bass). Others may be from random mic'ing or video footage, and as such will usually have a bit of hiss and audience background noise. You have been warned.

In keeping with one of Frank's key tennets, the element of surprise, this section will only feature a number which represents the date and sequence of the recording. Right-click (mac users can suit yourselves) on the number and click on "save target as" to download. For those of you who just can't stand the idea of randomonium and want to find out exactly what you're getting, live a little. Feel free to rename the thing if you wanna keep it. On a 56k modem the average download time will be roughly twice as long as the song.

Posted April 2005 20041223112 5:03 / 2meg

Posted November 2004 2000000008 2:30 / 2meg

Posted August 2004 2004091814 4:45 / 5meg

Posted June 2004 20031203305 4:36 / 5meg