Episode 183 – Frank Zappa vs Captain Beefheart

The guys get a listener inquiry asking for the history of rock n rollers getting entangled in “gross out contests.”

Support the show on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/rocknrollbedtimestories

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/03/the-dirt-movie-ozzy-osbourne

https://loudwire.com/ozzy-osbourne-snorting-ants-story-fake/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/tommy-lee-challenged-ozzy-osbourne-gross-out/

Motley Crue on Howard Stern clip: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=629778755450180

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/frank-zappa-wins-gross-out-contest-gruesome-rock-legends/

https://consequence.net/2021/11/gross-concert-moments-shocking-list/2/

https://consequence.net/2021/11/brass-against-urination-incident-police-report-more-details/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgard_Var%C3%A8se

Letter to Varese: https://orchestra2001.org/inner.php?pageid=1468

Zappa writing about Varese in Stereo Review in 1971: https://www.afka.net/Articles/1971-06_Stereo_Review.htm

https://www.loudersound.com/features/frank-zappa-the-torture-never-stops

https://www.grunge.com/785426/the-unexpected-reason-frank-zappa-was-arrested/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-gross-out-contest/

https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/get_out/outrageous-stage-antics-made-alice-cooper-a-superstar/article_7f7509e0-0dcc-522f-8fc8-b06f23da4158.html

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/frank-zappa-alice-cooper-relationship/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Beefheart

Beefheart as a child sculptor: http://www.beefheart.com/don-vliet-and-agostinho-rodrigues-by-steve-froy/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/five-wild-moments-frank-zappa/

https://newrepublic.com/article/160383/weird-frank-zappa-documentary-review

Blind Melon Live at the Metro 9/27/95: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkbLMj060SI

Review of the Blind Melon pee incident: https://www.straight.com/blogra/526086/20-years-ago-shannon-hoon-blind-melon-pees-stage-vancouver

https://consequence.net/2021/11/brass-against-singer-urinates-on-fan-onstage/

Blind Melon at Woodstock 94

Blind Melon (08/13/94) Woodstock 94 (Full Show) (youtube.com)Z