Vincent, Thunder God
is a name people speak well of
Banned

It feels good to have a Thunder God as a friend.

No, didn't catch that. Shame on me.

Heh, yeah TMV can be quite loud. It's very frantic and experimental; guess that's why I like it so much.

A BELATED WELCOME TO PAGE 21. WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT UNCLE FRANK ZAPPA, AND OTHER PROG ROCK BANDS. PLEASE JOIN IN THE FUN.

Yeah, The Mars Volta are pretty good.

Yes, I am worthy of much praise.

I know you're quite into older progressive rock, but if you couldn't tell already I'm big into The Mars Volta. If you haven't already, definetly check them out. They might be right up your alley

I'm serious. I wouldn't be surprised if Uncle Frank was mentally ill.

It's not a laughing matter either Shiny.

I love how people always think musicians either have a mental illness, or are insane. Definite sarcasm right there.

You don't need drugs to create wierd music.

Think of all the creativity of people like Mozart, Beethoven and Rachmaninov. Heavy drugs didn't exist back then (at least, not in an accesible way.) A lot of their creativity came from being partially insane; more specifically, manic.

I wouldn't be surprised if Frank was manic. But he sure as hell wasn't drugged up. If you listen to the complexity of, say, "the Grand Wazoo," "Hot Rats," or any of his orchestral compositions, music with that much complexity and good production doesn't come from someone on a heroin high, or floating with weed.

His music was too weird to have been written by a sober person.

Silence, fool!

Frank never used any heavy drugs in his life. The most he did was smoke ciggarettes. I know this because he and all of his bandmates have assured time and time again that all he did was smoke.