"You Are What You Is" Tour Factbook

 


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EXCITING STATISTICS
REGARDING BAND AND CREW

(utilizing statistics derived using the same ingenious methods employed by
the United States government for illustrating various facets of the national budget)

  • Ages range from 21 to 40 years
    Total age of the band is 417 years old
     

  • There are three Scorpios, three Capricorns, three Cancers, two Aries, one Sagittarius, one Pisces and one Gemini
     

  • They have been with the Frank Zappa band or crew for from two weeks to 17 years

    The total amount of time they have worked with Frank Zappa is approximately 49 years, two months and two weeks
     

  • Two come from California, one from Texas, one from Maryland, two from Pennsylvania, one from New York, one from Connecticut, one from Minnesota, one from Colorado, one from Missouri, one from Tennessee and one from Austria
     

  • They have played their respective instruments for from seven years to "forever"

    The total number of years they have been playing is somewhere between 159 years and "forever"


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ZAPPA FACTS

(to be used only in case you run out of other persons' articles and opinions)

REAL NAME:Frank Zappa
AGE:

40

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Sagittarius/Capricorn
SCHOOLS-ATTENDED:

Antelope Valley High School
Chaffey Junior College (6 weeks)

HOW LONG IN BAND:17 years
INSTRUMENTS:Guitar, drums, vocals
FORMER EMPLOYERS:Nile Running Greeting Card Co.

OTHER INFORMATION:

Has completed two films:

200 Motels
Baby Snakes

Has written a musical stage play entitled "Hunchentoot"

Discography:

Freak Out!
Absolutely Free
Lumpy Gravy
Mothermania
We're Only In It For the Money
Cruising With Ruben and the Jets
Uncle Meat
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Hot Rats
Chunga's Revenge
Fillmore East
Just Another Band From L.A.
Waka/Jawaka
Grand Wazoo
Over-nite Sensation
Apostrophe
Roxy and Elsewhere
One Size Fits All
Bongo Fury
Zoot Allures
Zappa in New York
200 Motels
Sheik Yerbouti
Joe's Garage Act I
Tinseltown Rebellion
Joe's Garage Acts II and III
Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar
Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar Some More
Return of the Son of Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar
You Are What You Is

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ZAPPA FACTS

Discography (continued)

Studio Tan
Orchestral Favorites
Sleep Dirt
REPACKAGED ALBUMS:
24 Carat From the Underground
Superstarshine, Vol. 26
The Best of the Mothers The Mothers of Invention
The #$@!* of the Mothers
The Worst of the Mothers
Pregnant
Pop History Vol. #7
Mothers Day
The ***** of the Mothers
Underground Superstarshine, Volume 13
Dolf Hartmann Präsentiert The Frank Zappa Story (Pop History Vol. 27)

Has composed four ballets:

Lumpy Gravy
Pedro's Dowry
Bob in Dacron
Sinister Footwear

Has composed many works for orchestras of various sizes:

Bogus Pomp
Centerville (Book 1)
Dance of the Just Plain Folks
Dance of the Rock & Roll Interviewers
Dog Meat
Envelopes
The Girl's Dream
The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth
The Adventures of Greggary Peccary
I'm Stealing the Room
Janet's Big Dance Number
The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts
Little Green Scratchy Sweaters and Corduroy Ponce
Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist and Postlude
Mo 'n Herb's Vacation
Motorhead's Midnight Ranch
Music for Electric Violin and Low Budget Symphony Orchestra
Mysterioso
Naval Aviation in Art
Ne Pas Deranger (work in progress commissioned by Pierre Boulez for his Ensemble InterContemporain)


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ZAPPA FACTS

Orchestral (cont.)

A Nun Suit Painted on Some Old Boxes
Sad Jane
The Sealed Tuna Bolero
Semi-Fraudulent Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
Penis Dimension
The Pleated Gazelle
Strictly Genteel
This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich Prologue and Reprise
Touring Can Mek You Crazy
Tuna Fish Promenade
200 Motels – Book 2
Would You Like a Snack?

Has composed many instrumental works:

Alien Orifice
Amnesia Vivace
Ancient Arnaments
Apostrophe
Aybe Sea
Be Bop Tango (Of the Old Jazzmen's Chuch)
Big Swifty
Black Napkins
Black Page Drum Solo & Black Page
Blessed Relief
Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Chunga's Revenge
The Clap
Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus
Cruising for Burgers
Deathless Horsie
Dew on the Newts We Got
Dog Breath Variations
Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?
Drowning Witch
Duck, Duck Goose
The Duke Regains His Chops
Dupree's Paradise
Dwarf Nebula Processional March and Dwarf Nebula
Easter Hay (aka Watermelon in Easter Hay)
Eat That Question
Echidna's Arf (Of You)

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ZAPPA FACTS

Instrumental (cont.)

Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue
Father O'Blivion
Filthy Habits
For Calvin And His Next Two Hitch-hikers
Friendly Little Finger
Get A Little
The Grand Wazoo
The Gumbo Variations
He Used To Cut the Grass
Holiday In Berlin
I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth
The Idiot Bastard Son
Igor's Boogie – Phases 1 & 2
Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin
It Must Be A Camel
Key of Q
King Kong
Legend of the Golden Arches
Little House I Used To Live In
Little Umbrellas
Lobster Girl
Lonesome Electric Turkey
Manx Needs Women
Medium Cool 52
More Streets and Roads
Mr. Green Genes
Nancy & Mary Music (Parts 1 – 3)
Nasal Retentive Calliope Music
Nine Types of Industrial Pollution
No More Mr. Nice Girl
Now You See It – Now You Don't
Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution
On the Bus (aka Toad-O-Line)
The Orange County Lumber Truck
Rollo
Rubber Shirt
The Sheik Yerbouti Tango
Sleep Dirt
Sofa No. 1
Son of Mr. Green Genes
Son of Orange County
Son of Wild Love

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ZAPPA FACTS

Instrumental (cont.)

Peaches En Regalia
Persona Non Grata
Prelude to the Afternoon of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask
Project X
The Purple Lagoon
Rat Tomago
Rdnzl
Regyptian Strut
Streets and Roads
Thirteen
T'mershi Duween
Toads of the Short Forest
Transylvania Boogie
Treacherous Cretins
Twenty Small Cigars
Uncle Meat
Uncle Meat Variations
Waka Jawaka
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
What's the Name of Your Group?
Zolar Czakl
Zoot Allures

Has composed over 200 other songs:

Absolutely Free
Advance Romance
The Air
America Drinks and Goes Home
Andy
Any Downers?
Any Kind of Pain
Any Way the Wind Blows
Babbette
Baby Snakes
Bamboozled By Love
Beauty Knows No Pain
Big Leg Emma
Big Surfer
Billy the Mountain
The Blue Light

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ZAPPA FACTS

Songs (cont.)

Bobby Brown
Bow Tie Daddy
Boy Wonder, I Love You
Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
Brown Shoes Don't Make It
Bwana Dik
Call Any Vegetable
Camarillo Brillo
Can't Afford No Shoes
Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy
Charlie's Enormous Mouth
Cheap Thrills
City of Tiny Lights
Cocaine Decisions
Concentration Moon
Conehead
Cosmik Debris
Cruising For Burgers
Cucamonga
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
Dancin' Fool
The Dangerous Kitchen
Dead Girls of London
Debra Kadabra
Dew on the Newts We Got
Dickie's Such An Asshole
Did you Get Any Onya?
Dinah-Moe Humm
Dirty Love
Disco Boy
Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting To You?
Dog Breath
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
Doreen
Drafted Again
Drowning Witch
Duke of Prunes
Dumb All Over
Easy Meat
Electric Aunt Jemima
Evelyn, A Modified Dog
Excentrifugal Forz

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ZAPPA FACTS

Songs (cont.)

Fifty-fifty
Find Her Finer
Fine Girl
Flakes
Florentine Pogen
Flower Punk
For the Young Sophisticate
Fountain of Love
Goblin Girl
Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder
Greggary Peccary
Half A Dozen Provocative Squats
Harder Than Your Husband
Harry, You're A Beast
Heavenly Bank Account
Help, I'm A Rock
Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
How Could I Be Such A Fool?
Hungry Freaks Daddy
I Ain't Got No Heart
I Come From Nowhere
I Have Been In You
The Idiot Bastard Son
If I Could Only Be Your Love Again
If Only She Woulda
Illinois Enema Bandit
I'm A Beautiful Guy
I'm Not Satisfied
I'm So Cute
I'm The Slime
In France
Inca Roads
Is There Life After MGM?
It Can't Happen Here
It Just Might Be A One Shot Deal
Jazz Discharge Party Hats
Jelly Roll Gum Drop
Jewish Princess
Joe's Garage
Jones Crusher
Jumbo Go Away
Kaiser Rolls
Knee Deep In Heaters

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ZAPPA FACTS

Songs (cont. )

Later That Night
Latex Solar Beef
Lemme Take You To the Beach
Let's Make the Water Turn Black
Lonely Little Girl
Lonesome Cowboy Burt
Love of My Life
Magdalena
Magic Fingers
The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
Mom and Dad
Monster Magnet
Montana
Moral Majority Blues
Mother People
Motherly Love
Mr. Green Genes
Mudd Club
Mudd Shark
Muffin Man
My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
Mystery Roach
Nanook Rubs It
Nigger Biznis
No. No. No.
No Not Now
Oh No
Penguin in Bondage
Penis Dimension
Pick Me, I'm Clean
Plastic People
Po-jama People
Portugese Lunar Landing
Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
The Red Throbber
Road Ladies
Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink
Saint Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
San Ber'dino
Sex
Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously
Sharleena
She Painted Up Her Face
Shove It Right In

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ZAPPA FACTS

Songs (cont.)

Sleeping In A Jar
Society Pages
Soft Cell Conclusions
Solitude
Son of Suzy Creamcheese
Status Back Baby
Stevie's Spanking
Stink Foot
Strictly Genteel
Stuff Up the Cracks
Suicide Chump
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
Tears Begin To Fall
Teen-Age Wind
Tell Me You Love Me
This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich
Tinsel Town Rebellion
Titties and Beer
The Torture Never Stops
Trouble Every Day
Truck Driver Divorce
Tryin' To Grow A Chin
200 Motels
Uncle Bernie's Farm
Uncle Remus
Village of the Sun
We're Turning Again
What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?
What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning?
What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening?
What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?
Who Are the Brain Police?
Who Needs the Peace Corps?
Why Don't You Do Me Right?
Wild Love
Willie the Pimp
Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Wind Up Working In A Gas Station
Wonderful Wino
World's Greatest Sinner
Would You Go All the Way?

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ZAPPA FACTS

Songs (cont.)

Wowie Zowie
Yo Cats
Yo Mama
You Are What You Is
You Didn't Try to Call Me
You Look Like A Dork
Your Mouth
You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here
Zomby Woof

(among others)

Note: As you might have noticed, some songs appear more than once in these categories. The reason for this is that certain instrumental or orchestral songs may contain lyrics and vica versa; therefore, such songs are listed in both places where they apply.


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ARTHUR BARROW

AGE:

29

PLACE OF BIRTH:San Antonio, Texas
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Pisces
SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

North Texas State University

HOW LONG IN BAND:Three years
INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYED:Bass, keyboards, guitar
NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYED:22
FORMER EMPLOYERS:The Doors, Loose Connection
OTHER INFORMATION:Currently not touring with the band but acting as "clone-meister" helping rehearse the band. Now writing and recording his own music as well as doing session work with Frank and other people.

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MARQUE COY

AGE:

27

PLACE OF BIRTH:Denver, Colorado
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Cancer
SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

Mullen Prep School Mesa College

HOW LONG IN CREW:1 1/2 months
INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYED:Piano
NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYED:10 years
FORMER EMPLOYERS:Boulder, Danny Kortchmar, Chris DeBorgh
OTHER INFORMATION:"The Son's Sounds Abound."

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GEORGE W. DOUGLAS

AGE:

30

PLACE OF BIRTH:Jellico, Tennessee
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Scorpio
SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

Daytona Junior College
San Francisco Junior College
University of Florida

HOW LONG IN CREW:One year
FORMER EMPLOYERS:Audio Tools, Quad Eight, Numerous Music Halls
REMARKS: Came at music from audio and technical side – 12 years as engineer./ mixer

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ED "LEROY" MANN

AGE:

26

PLACE OF BIRTH:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Capricorn
SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

Hartt College of Music
California Institute of the Arts

HOW LONG IN BAND:Three years
INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYED:Percussion, keyboards
NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYED:15
FORMER EMPLOYERS:Don Ellis

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TOMMY MARS (MARIANO)

AGE:

29

PLACE OF BIRTH:Waterbury, Connecticut
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Scorpio
SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

Naugatuck High
Hartt College of Music

HOW LONG IN BAND:5th year
INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYED:Piano, organ, vocoder, synthesizer, violin and recorder
NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYED:All his life
FORMER EMPLOYERS:Churches, hotels, rich women type-thing
OTHER INFORMATION:Strives for tone, nuns and animals

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BOBBY MARTIN

AGE:

33

PLACE OF BIRTH:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Cancer
SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

Curtis Institute of Music

HOW LONG IN BAND:Since 8/24/81
INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYED:Keyboards, french horn, saxes, vocals
NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYED:Keys – age 3; horn – age 9; sax – age 13
FORMER EMPLOYERS:Orleans, Eric Burdon, Etta James
OTHER INFORMATION:Played french horn on Gamble and Huff Productions hits such as "Love Train", "Backstabber", "Me and Mrs. Jones", "Love Won't Let Me Wait". Fanatical skier, athlete, health nut.

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THOMAS NORDEGG

AGE:

35

PLACE OF BIRTH:Austria
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Capricorn
SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

High School

HOW LONG IN CREW:Four and 1/2 years
INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYED:Guitar
FORMER EMPLOYERS:NA
OTHER INFORMATION:ZAPPA ZAPPA ZAPPA ZAPPA ZAPPA ZAPPA ZAPPA . . .

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MARK G. PINSKE

AGE:

31

PLACE OF BIRTH:Arlington, Minnesota
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Scorpio
SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

University of Minnesota
Santa Fe Junior College
University of Florida

HOW LONG IN CREW:Since February, 1980
INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYED:Recording engineer, live mixing engineer, bass guitar (formerly)
NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYED:12
FORMER EMPLOYERS:Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, Weather Report, Melissa Manchester, Steve Miller ("how far back do you wanna go?")

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BOB STONE

AGE:

38

PLACE OF BIRTH:Missouri
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Aries (Sun, Moon and rising for those into that sort of thing)
SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

Newport Harbor Orange Coast College

HOW LONG IN CREW:Since December, 1980
INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYED:Recording console, guitar
NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYED:12 years in professional audio
FORMER EMPLOYERS:Numerous – from aerospace electronics to recording studios to record producers
OTHER INFORMATION:Started as a P.A. mixer in 1969. This is his first tour mixing "live". "No other groups have had the musical and technical qualities to make it interesting before this." A Zappa fan since mid-60's.

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SCOTT THUNES

AGE:

21

PLACE OF BIRTH:Beverly Hills, California
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Capricorn or Aquarius, he's not sure
SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

College of Marin
Stan Kenton Summer Clinic

HOW LONG IN BAND:One month (since July 20)
INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYED:Electric bass, acoustic bass, guitar
NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYED:15 (two-year break when he was 10)
FORMER EMPLOYERS:Ready Mades (San Francisco dance band)
OTHER INFORMATION:Avid listener of 20th century classical music (Stravinsky, Bartok, Carter, Mahler and Messiaen) and modern dance music (Stranglers, Talking Heads, Gang of Four). Mother was a classical pianist and singer; brother Derek is an excellent guitarist.

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STEVE VAI

AGE:

21

PLACE OF BIRTH:New York
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Gemini
SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

Carle Place High
Berkley College of Music, unfortunately

HOW LONG IN BAND:Two years
INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYED:Strat abuse, guitar, accordian, aieee
NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYED:7
FORMER EMPLOYERS:Dolly Madison Ice Cream
OTHER INFORMATION:"I used to practice 15 hours a day, but don't worry, I'm not the devil."

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CHAD WACKERMAN

AGE:

21

PLACE OF BIRTH:Long Beach, California
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Aries
SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

Long Beach State

HOW LONG IN BAND:One month
INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYED:Drums
NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYED:15
FORMER EMPLOYERS:Bill Watrous, Leslie Uggams
OTHER INFORMATION:Influenced by father (he's a drummer and school band director). Teachers were Murray Spivack
(Louie Bellson's teacher) and Chuck Flores. Had much help from Louie Bellson and Peter Erskine. Played in the Bill Watrous Refuge West Big Band and small groups, fusion bands around L.A. and has travelled with the Leslie Uggams show for two years, including a tour of Australia.

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RAY S. WHITE

AGE:

36

PLACE OF BIRTH:Parksville, Michigan
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN:Cancer
SCHOOLS ATTENDED:

West Aurora High
City College, San Francisco

HOW LONG IN BAND:Three years
INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYED:Guitar, vocals
NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYED:Guitar – 21 years; vocal – forever
FORMER EMPLOYERS:Lee Oskar, Eloise Laws, Walter and Edwin Hawkins
OTHER INFORMATION:"I always thought music was supposed to be fun and entertaining . . . well, it's true! I salute the graduating classes that have gone before . . ."