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4. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
5. ibid.
6. Guitarist, June 1993, "Unholy Mother", interview by David Mead.
7. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
8. Rolling Stone, July 20,1968, "The Rolling Stone Interview", by Jerry Hopkins.
9. See Note 6.
10. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
11. Zappa! (Miller Freeman, 1992), "The Mother Of All Interviews".
12. T'Mershi Duween
13. Society Pages, 10, "Corrections and Clarifications".
14. See Note 11.
15. Beat The Boots! Vol. 2 (Foo-eee Records) Scrapbook
16. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
17. ibid.
18. See Note 15.
19. See Note 11.
20. Colimine, January 27, 1989, "Moving On To Phase Three", interview by William Ruhlmann.
21. ibid.
22. ibid.
23. See Note 15.
24. ibid.
25. See Note 20.
26. T'Mershi Duween.
27. Puke? August 1993, "A Rare Interview With Pop's Philosopher-King", by Dan Ouellette.
28. Society Pages, 10, "Corrections and Clarifications", quote from a November 27, 1968 interview by Les Carter on KPPC radio.
29. No Commercial Potential, by David Walley (Dutton, 1972).
30. ibid.
31. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
32. ibid.
33. ibid.
34. ibid.
35. ibid.
36. ibid.
37. See Note 29.
38. ZigZag, 53, "The Earliest Days Of The Mothers: Just Another Band From L.A." Unattributed interview in Pete Frame Family Tree.
39. Rolling Stone, July 20,1968, "The Rolling Stone Interview", by Jerry Hopkins.
40. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
41. ibid.
CHAPTER 3 PROJECT/OBJECT
1. Rolling Stone, July 20, 1968, "The Rolling Stone Interview", by Jerry Hopkins.
2. ZigZag, 53, "The Earliest Days Of The Mothers: Just Another Band From L.A." Unattributed interview in Pete Frame Family Tree.
3. Beat The Boots! Vol. 2, Scrapbook.
4. See Note 2.
5. See Note 1.
6. See Note 2.
7. The Age Of Rock: Sounds of the American Cultural Revolution, edited by Jonathan Eisen, "Zappa And The Mothers: Ugly Can Be Beautiful", by Sally Kempton. Reprinted from Village Voice.
8. Q, December 1989, "Frank's Wild Year", interview by Andy Gill.
9. See Note 1.
10. See Note 2.
11. ibid.
12. No Commercial Potential, by David Walley Putton, 1972).
13. Psychedelic Psounds, written and compiled by Allan Vorda (Borderline Productions, 1994), Bryan Maclean interview February 22-24,1993, by Neal Skok.
14. Society Pages, 1, "Corrections and Clarifications", quoted from booklet notes to 77k Old Masters Box I.
15. Melody Maker interview.
16. 77ie Real Frank Zappa Book, by Frank Zappa with Peter Ochiogrosso (Poseidon Press, 1989).
17. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
18. ibid.
19. See Note 10.
20. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
21. See Note 1.
22. ibid.
23. ibid.
24. ibid.
25. ibid.
26. See Note 2
27. NME, January 26,1974, "Kicks In The Ear: Zappa On His Musical Motivation", interview by Jim Smith.
28. Victoria Winston interview, November 1994.
29. ibid.
30. See Note 2.
31. ibid.
32. ibid.
33. See Note 1.
34. See Note 2.
35. See Note 16.
36. Victoria Winston interview, November 1994.
37. Goldmine, November 26,1993, "Living and Dying in LA", by Steve Roeser.
38. The Rock Giants, edited by Pauline Rivelli and Robert Levin (World, 1970), "Jefferson Airplane", by Frank Kofsky, originally published January 1968.
39. See Note 1.
40. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
41. Victoria Winston interview, November 1994.
42. Rock Giants, edited by Pauline Rivelli and Robert Levin (World Publishing, 1970), "Frank Zappa: The Mothers Of Invention", interview by Frank Kofsky, September 1967.
43. See Note 2.
44. When The Music Mattered: Rock in the 1960s, by Bruce Pollock (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983).
45. Q, July 1993, "Party On, Dudes!", interview by Mat Snow.
46. Bill Graham Presents My Life Inside Rack And Out, by Bill Graham and Robert Greenfield (Delta, 1992).
47. ibid.
48. Los Angeles Free Press, 114, September 16, 1966, original review quoted in Mothers advertisement.
CHAPTER 4 FREAK OUT!
1. Beat The Boots! Vol. 2, Scrapbook.
2. ibid.
3. Los Angeles Times Calendar, August 7, 1966, "Popular Records: Pass Aspirin, Please", record review by Pete Johnson.
4. Los Angeles Free Press, 114, September 16, 1966, original review quoted in Mothers advertisement.
5. The Rock Giants, edited by Pauline Rivelli and Robert Levin, "Frank Zappa: The Mothers Of Invention", interview by Frank Kofsky, September 1967.
6. Uncovering The Sixties: The Life & Times Of The Underground Press, by Abe Peck (Pantheon, 1985).
7. ibid.
8. See Note 1.
9. ibid.
10. Los Angeles Free Press, 114, September 16, 1966, Washington Post, undated, "Top Tunes", interview by Ronnie Oberman, quoted in Mothers advertisement.
11. Bat Chain Puller Rock & Roll In The Age Of Celebrity, by Kurt Loder (St Martin's Press, 1990), interview in Philadelphia, February 1988.
12. Detroit Free Press, July 15,1966, "Look Out Plastic People The Mothers Have Arrived", interview by Reb Foster.
13. ibid.
14. Rock Wives, by Victoria Balfour (Beach Tree Books, 1986).
15. ibid.
16. ibid.
17. Billboard 25th Anniversary Supplement, May 19, 1990, "Just Plain Folks", by Drew Wheeler.
18. The Real Frank Zappa Book, by Frank Zappa with Peter Ochiogrosso (Poseidon, 1989).
19. Rock Odyssey: A Chronicle Of The Sixties, by Ian Whitcomb Polphin, 1983).
20. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
21. Record Mirror, December 16,1967, "Frank Zappa the Hitler of song, says Eric".
22. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
23. Los Angeles Free Press, 106, Jury 29, 1966, "Guambo Is An Act Of Love Mothers, Happenings, Dancing", by Jerry Hopkins.
24. ibid.
25. Los Angeles Free Press, 110, August 26, 1966.
26. Los Angeles Free Press, review quoted in Mothers advertisement.
27. ZigZag, "Huge Stars, Big Hearts And Little Feat, The Exploits Of Lowell George", interview by Andy Childs.
28. Los Angeles Free Press, 113, September 9, 1966.
29. Los Angeles Free Press, 117, October 14, 1966, "Tinsel Town", by Sean McGregor.
30. Los Angeles Free Press, 119, October 28, 1966, "M.O.I. Literary Review: Mothers Mourn McGregor's Cop Out".
31. Los Angeles Free Press, 130, January 13, 1967, "Why Kids Have Taken Protest Into Streets", interview by Raymond Gruenther.
32. Los Angeles Free Press, 128, December 30, 1966, "Zappa Zaps The Big Lie", interview by Lisa Williams.
33. ibid.
34. ZigZag, 53, "The Earliest Days Of The Mothers: Just Another Band From L.A.", unattributed interview in Pete Frame Family Tree.
35. ibid.
36. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
37. See Note 5.
38. Let It Rock, June 1975, "What Did You Do In The Revolution, Dada?", by Karl Dallas, quote from 1967 International Times article.
39. See Note 5.
40. Leatherette, 1972 radio interview with Martin Perlich.
41. 77k Lives & Times Of Zappa & The Mothers (Babylon Books).
42. ibid.
43. ibid.
CHAPTER 5 LUMPY GRAVY
1. Playboy, April 1993, "The Playboy Interview", by David Sheff.
2. Zappa! (Miller Freeman, 1992), "The Mother Of All Interviews".
3. Los Angeles Free Press, 134, February 10, 1967, "Zappa Freakers Return", concert review by Nat Freedland.
4. Rolling Stone, April 27, 1968, "Mothers' Lament: They Called Us Entertainment", by Sue C. Clark.
5. ibid.
6. Broken Record: The Inside Story Of The Grammy Awards by Henry Schipper (Birch Lane Press, 1992). The back of the dust jacket contains an alphabetical list of significant winners, including Alabama, Debby Boone (you remember), The Chipmunks and B.J. Thomas. The list ends with Yes and Pinchas Zukerman. Henry, shame on you.
7. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
8. The Independent On Sunday, July 7, 1991, "Blinded By The Hype", by Simon Garfield.
9. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
10. Bat Chain Roller: Rock & Roll In The Age Of Celebrity, by Kurt Loder (St. Martin's Press, 1990).
11. Billboard 25th Anniversary Supplement, May 19, 1990, "Just Plain Folks", by Drew Wheeler.
12. Guitarist, June 1994, "The Guitarist Interview", by David Mead.
13. Downbeat, October 30,1969, "Frank Zappa: The Mother of Us All", interview by Larry Kart.
14. The Rock Giants, edited by Pauline Rivelli and Robert Levin (World, 1970), "Frank Zappa: The Mothers Of Invention", interview by Frank Kofiky, September 1967.
15. The Wire, 34/5, "The All American Composer", interview by Steve Lyons and Batya Friedman.
16. The Age Of Rock: Sounds of the American Cultural Revolution, edited by Jonathan Eisen (Vintage, 1969), "In Person: The Mothers Of Invention", by Doon Arbus. Reprinted from an issue of Cheetah,
17. ibid.
18. Music Maker, October 1967, "Speaking Of Mothers, Meet Frank", by Valerie Wilmer.
19. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
20. ibid.
21. See Note 15.
22. When The Music Mattered: Rock In The 1960s, by Bruce Pollock (Holt, Rinehart Winston, 1983).
23. Rolling Stone, July 20, 1968, "The Rolling Stone Interview", by Jerry Hopkins.
24. See Note 13.
25. ibid.
26. See Note 22.
27. ibid.
28. Goldmine, January 27, 1989, "Moving On To Phase Three", interview by William Ruhlmann.
29. See Note 13.
30. See Note 27.
31. Music Technology, February 1987, "Father Of Invention", interview by Rick Davies.
32. See Note 9.
33. See Note 11.
CHAPTER 6 DEAD GIRLS IN LONDON
1. Melody Maker, June 24, 1967, "Mothers Here In October".
2. Melody Maker, August 26, 1967, "Meet the Boss Mother sussing out Britain", by Nick Jones.
3. Melody Maker, September 2, 1967, "Zappa Must Be Joking!"
4. ibid., "The Raver".
5. Daily Sketch, August 22, 1967, "My World of Pop", by Ann Nightingale. "Why this bearded Mother isn't flower powered".
6. 77k Observer Review, August 20, 1967, "Advertising is beautiful".
7. Intro, September 23,1967, "In It For The Money".
8. Record Mirror, September 2,1967, "Frank Zappa of the Mothers of Invention the Hard Guy who doesn't radiate love .. .", interview by David Griffiths.
9. Melody Maker, August 26, 1967, "Meet A Mother!"
10. Daily Sketch, September 19, 1967, "Musically It's A Freak-Out".
11. The Sun, September 18, 1967, "Wild".
12. Evening News, September 19, 1967, " 'Mother' Frank settles it Yes, his hair is real".
13. Sunday Mirror, September 24, 1967, "Mothers Stun 'Em", concert review by Bernard McElwaine.
14. Melody Maker, September 30, 1967, "Mothers Almost A Freak Out, Not A Love In, Definitely A Send Up!", concert review by Nick Jones.
15. NME, September 30, 1967, "Mothers Woo In-Crowd", concert review by 'J.W.'
16. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
17. ibid.
18. T'Mershi Duween, 38, "Miles Of Zappa: Interview 30.5.69, Part One", interview by Miles.
19. The Age Of Rock: Sounds of the American Cultural Revolution, edited by Jonathan Eisen, "Ugly Can Be Beautiful", by Sally Kempton. Reprinted from Village Voice.
20. ibid.
21. Saturday Evening Post, January 13, 1968, "Does This Mother Know Best?", by W.H. Manville.
22. Musician, February 1994, "Frank Zappa", interviews by Scott Isler, Jim Macnie, Kristine McKenna, Mark Rowland, Roy Trakin and Josef Woodard.
23. Late Show Special, BBC2, March 11,1993.
24. Los Angeles Times, March 18, 1968, "More Polemics From Pop Satirist", record review by Pete Johnson.
25. Melody Maker, June 15, 1968, "Zappa masterminds a Mothers' masterpiece", record review by Bob Houston.
26. The Rock Giants, edited by Pauline Rivelli and Robert Levin (World, 1970), "My Brother Is An Italian Mother", by C.R. Zappa, originally published August 1968.
27. ibid.
28. Newsweek, June 3, 1968, "Zapping With Zappa".
29. Rolling Stone, June 22, 1968, record review by Jim Miller.
30. Rolling Stone, July 20, 1968, "The Rolling Stone Interview", by Jerry Hopkins.
31. Beat The Boots! Vol. 2, Scrapbook.
CHAPTER 7 OUR BIZARRE RELATIONSHIP
1. Melody Maker, October 5, 1968, "Reviled, revered Mother Superior", interview by Chris Welch.
2. Rolling Stone, February 15,1969, "The Plaster Casters".
3. ibid.
4. Evening Standard, September 24,1968.
5. The Guardian, October 14, 1968, "Chief Mother of Invention", by Stacy Waddy.
6. Der Abend, October 17, 1968, "The Toys Are All Broken", by Helmut Kopetzky. Translated by Norman Darwen.
7. ZigZag, 3, "Zigzag Unzips Frank Zappa", interviewed by Dick Lawson at the Royal Albert Hall.
8. Daily Sketch, November 5, 1968. The review continued, "Or the Incredible String Band — two musicians incredible indeed, from Scotland. They're knocking everyone out here and in America."
9. Mojo, March 1994, "The Grand Wazoo", interview by Miles.
10. Beat The Boots! Vol. 2, Scrapbook.
11. Downbeat, October 30,1969, "Frank Zappa: The Mother Of Us All", by Larry Kart.
12. I'm With The Band: Confessions Of A Groupie, by Pamela Des Barres (William Morrow, 1987).
13. See Note 2.
14. ibid.
15. ibid.
16. See Note 11.
17. ZigZag, "The answer is blowing in the wind: I think they're going to have to get more kites", interview by Ben Edmunds.
18. ibid.
19. Zappa! (Miller Freeman, 1992), "The Mother Of All Interviews".
20. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
21. Unattributed interview, November 8, 1969.
22. See Note 7.
23. See Note 17.
24. See Note 9.
25. Days In The Life: Voices From the English Underground 1961-1911, by Jonathon Green (William Heinemann, 1988).
26. Daily Sketch, May 28, 1969, "Mr. Zappa didn't have the LSE tolling in the aisles, just Julie Felix sitting there." The opportunistic Miss Felix was a folk singer who claimed to be an old friend of Frank's. "I wanted to keep out of the limelight so I sat on the floor," she said.
27. Daily Mirror, June 7, 1969.
28. Daily Mail, June 5, 1969, "ZAPPA. Your mother couldn't be more wrong about him", by Virginia Ironside.
29. Beat Instrumental, July 1969, "Frank Zappa: Father Of The Mothers", interview by 'M.H.'.
30. ibid.
31. See Note 11.
32. See Note 7.
33. See Note 30.
34. See Note 7.
35. See Note 30.
36. See Note 11.
37. NME, December 5, 1970, "Metamorphosis
Of Frank Zappa", interview by Richard Green.
38. Goldmine, January 27, 1989, "Moving On To Phase Three", interview by William Ruhlmann.
CHAPTER 8 SHUT UP 'N PLAY YER GUITAR
1. NME, February 1, 1975, "This here's LOWELL GEORGE", "excited gibbering", by Pete Erskine.
2. ZigZag, 3, "Zigzag Unzips Zappa", interview by Dick Lawson.
3. Downbeat, May 1, 1969, "Caught In The Act", concert review by Alan Heineman.
4. Rolling Stone, October 18, 1969, "Mothers' Day Has Finally Come", by Jerry Hopkins.
5. Unattributed interview, published November 8, 1969.
6. Music Technology, February 1987, "Father Of Invention", interview by Rick Davies.
7. Rolling Stone, March 7, 1970, review of Hot Rats by Lester Bangs.
8. BBC-TV interview by Nigel Leigh.
9. No Commercial Potential (E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1972).
10. ibid.
11. Goldmine, January 27, 1989, "Moving On To Phase Three", interview by William Ruhlmann.
12. NME, February 27, 1970, "You Don't Always Eat If You Only Play For Fun", interview by Richard Green.
13. Unattributed interview, published November 8,1969.
14. The Hollywood Reporter, January 21, 1970, "Sound Track", by Kathy Orloff.
15. NME, December 5, 1970, "Metamorphosis Of Frank Zappa", interview by Richard Green.
16. Friends,July 10, 1970, "Hot Waxx!"
17. See Note 10.
18. See Note 14.
19. See Note 13.
20. Rolling Stone, July 9, 1970, "What Zappa Did To Zubin Mehta", concert review by David Felton.
21. Zappa! (Miller Freeman, 1992), "The Mother Of All Interviews".
22. ibid.
23. Rolling Stone, September 16, 1971, "Kaylan: Mother Was A Turtle", interview by Harold Bronson.
24. Society Pages, 10, "Happy Together, Part Two", interview by Co de Kloet.
25. Friends, July 10,1970, "Hot Waxx!"
26. See Note 13.
27. Evening News, July 1,1970, "Peter Cole's Beat".
28. NME, July 4, 1970, "Shrewd, But With A Lot Of Heart", interview by Richard Green and Allan McDougall.
29. Musician, November 1991, "Poetic Justice Frank Zappa Puts Us In Our Place", interview by Matt Resnicoff.
CHAPTER 9 WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH
1. Rolling Stone, November 14,1991, "100 Classic Album Covers".
2. Disc, November 28, 1970.
3. NME, December 5, 1970, "Metamorphosis Of Frank Zappa", interview by Richard Green.