I'm not referring to the interview published in the January 1977 issue
(which must have been conducted in 1976).
This one was conducted in summer 1979, when Joe's Garage was completed
but not yet released. FZ talked about his custom-built pedalboard, his
Acoustic Black Widow, xenochrony (even spelling and defining the term),
Warts And All, Jewish Princess and the ADL, and which guitar he played
which Joe's Garage solos on.
The audio of these two interviews is in circulation, and was apparently
also released on a CD, possibly authorized by Rosen. Does the booklet of
that CD give any indication of where or whether the second interview was
published?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
--Charles
> Trouser Press?
They ran an FZ interview by Michael Bloom in their February 1980 issue.
Anyway, the Rosen interview is way too technical for Trouser Press. With
all that discussion of gear, it must have been intended for a guitar
magazine.
Rosen's previous FZ interview was published in Guitar Player. And a
press release for the CD
<http://www.killuglyradio.com/hot-poop/2004/06/05/frank-zappa-the-classic
-interviews> refers to him as "Guitar Magazine journalist Stephen
Rosen". So those sound like two strong possibilities, if anyone has an
index of either publication.
--Charles
Andrew
> In the booklet to the Chrome Dreams CD, Rosen mentions that he first
> spoke to Frank as a journalist for Sounds in the "early 70s". He then
> mentions the subsequent Guitar Player interview (in 1977, "several
> years later"; his second interview), and then a third and final
> meeting in "the early 80s" (1982, according to the notes elsewhere).
The *very* early 80s.
If, as I assume, it's the interview I described earlier, then it was
undeniably conducted in 1979.
> Sadly, there's no indication that this latter interview was ever
> published, but it's there on the CD.
We should be grateful for that; it's a very interesting interview.
--Charles
These may or may not help or jog someone else's memory cells ...
There was a cover story in Musician from about that time (latter half of
1979, August? October?). I'm not familiar with the audio interview you
mention, but from what I recall of the print interview, he discussed
composition and used the contents of an ashtray as a prop/point of
discussion.
A few months later (within the first 3 months of 1980), Record Review
had a cover story interview with FZ (cover had red background/white
lettering, FZ's hair cut short, combed backwards off his face) where he
discussed Warts and All, Joe's Garage, JP and other items.
> In article <ulrich-7D17FE.14013815032007@shawnews>,
> Charles Ulrich <ulr...@sfu.ca> wrote:
>
> There was a cover story in Musician from about that time (latter half of
> 1979, August? October?). I'm not familiar with the audio interview you
> mention, but from what I recall of the print interview, he discussed
> composition and used the contents of an ashtray as a prop/point of
> discussion.
August 1979. By Dan Forte
<http://www.afka.net/Articles/1979-08_Musician.htm>. Another good one.
> A few months later (within the first 3 months of 1980), Record Review
> had a cover story interview with FZ (cover had red background/white
> lettering, FZ's hair cut short, combed backwards off his face) where he
> discussed Warts and All, Joe's Garage, JP and other items.
February 1980. By Michael Davis.
Good memory. But neither of those is the Steve Rosen interview in
question.
--Charles
This 3rd interview is published in German, as "Pappa Zappa" in
Fachblatt Music Magazine, June 1982. The publication in English is not
known for me.
This is not the interview Charles is looking for. The main topic is
the coming Drowning Witch album. Of course a lot more topics, about
this time already 1,5 years old home studio, guitar playing and
recording, Belushi and Blues Brothers etc.
BTW. Even the remark about Muthers.
Q: In the very beginning the Mothers of Inventions were Muthers with
"u" ?
FZ: Yeah, we had "u" in the name. It was when we worked at The Trip
(former club at the Sunset Strip).
( Yeah, eine Zeit lang war ein "u" in dem Namen. Das war zu der Zeit,
als wir im The Trip (ein früherer Club auf dem Sunset Strip)
arbeiteten.)
> On Mar 16, 1:42 am, "The Idiot" <disco....@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > .. and then a third and final
> > meeting in "the early 80s" (1982, according to the notes elsewhere).
> > Sadly, there's no indication that this latter interview was ever
> > published, but it's there on the CD.
>
> This 3rd interview is published in German, as "Pappa Zappa" in
> Fachblatt Music Magazine, June 1982. The publication in English is not
> known for me.
>
> This is not the interview Charles is looking for. The main topic is
> the coming Drowning Witch album. Of course a lot more topics, about
> this time already 1,5 years old home studio, guitar playing and
> recording, Belushi and Blues Brothers etc.
So which interviews are on the Chrome Dreams CD? What is the total
length of the disc?
--Charles
This interview #3 is the interview you described in your 1st post!
The CD liner notes have excerpts from interview published in Fachblatt
Music Magazine. This is said to be the interview #3. And it's made in
82. But recorded on the CD is some other interview! Exactly that, what
you are looking for. I'm confused now.
Avo
BTW. I posted this interview in German:
http://www.afka.net/Articles/1982-06_FMM.htm
> On Mar 16, 11:23 pm, Charles Ulrich <ulr...@sfu.ca> wrote:
> > So which interviews are on the Chrome Dreams CD? What is the total
> > length of the disc?
> 3 interviews:
> 1. Interview 1 - 9:36
> 2. Interview 2 - 9:17
> 3. Interview 3, Part 1 - 25:20
> 4. Interview 3, Part 2 - 18:44
>
> This interview #3 is the interview you described in your 1st post!
That's what I thought in the first place. But when you mentioned an
actual 1982 interview, I thought I'd better make sure.
> The CD liner notes have excerpts from interview published in Fachblatt
> Music Magazine. This is said to be the interview #3. And it's made in
> 82. But recorded on the CD is some other interview! Exactly that, what
> you are looking for. I'm confused now.
Interview 1 and Interview 2 are actually two parts of the interview
published in Guitar Player (1/77). See
<http://home.online.no/~corneliu/gp77interview.htm>.
Interview 3 (on the disc) is from 1979. And perhaps it was never
published in print form. In any case, when I quote it, I can cite the CD.
Thanks to all who helped with this question.
--Charles
There's an interview by Steve Rosen published in Record Review, June
1982, mentioned here: <http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.frank-
zappa/browse_thread/thread/28d5abf9330ea2cb/8f3c8723613905c6?
rnum=1#8f3c8723613905c6>
And in fact that is the English version of the German interview that Avo
mentioned!
But we still haven't figured out where the 1979 interview was published.
--Charles