We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank's songs that were recorded by the Mothers of Invention and I think a lot of those songs were complex.

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It was a wild time - a time that I don't miss anymore. But then...

It was a wild time - a time that I don't miss anymore. But then...

Watch MTV and you can see what the music scene is like in England. The...

Watch MTV and you can see what the music scene is like in England. The...

Frank was the BOSS and was not open to anything that was not from his...

Frank was the BOSS and was not open to anything that was not from his...

I'm doing it with a rock format and the words are about people living in...

I'm doing it with a rock format and the words are about people living in...

I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me...

I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me...

I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we...

I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we...

I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would...

I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would...

I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan,...

I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan,...

I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced,...

I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced,...

In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than...

In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than...

Hendrix was big in England. We all became good friends and I am still in...

Hendrix was big in England. We all became good friends and I am still in...

My drum sticks are in the Hall of Fame. I know that.

My drum sticks are in the Hall of Fame. I know that.

My webmaster lives in Munich and is a very dear friend of mine. He is...

My webmaster lives in Munich and is a very dear friend of mine. He is...

I got married about three years ago again to a wonderful German woman. Her name...

I got married about three years ago again to a wonderful German woman. Her name...

I would have told him that I appreciated his friendship through the years and that...

I would have told him that I appreciated his friendship through the years and that...

I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went...

I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went...

I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and...

I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and...

As far as me knowing if Frank was a genius - in those days, I...

As far as me knowing if Frank was a genius - in those days, I...

I know I didn't like that dress 'cause it didn't fit but I thought it...

I know I didn't like that dress 'cause it didn't fit but I thought it...

We never got anything out of the recordings. I'm still as broke as I was...

We never got anything out of the recordings. I'm still as broke as I was...