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March 31, 1980

The Other Press

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by Rob Guzyk

Don’t believe that punk
rock began with The Sex
Pistols or The Clash.

It started with Frank
Zappa.

Wednesday at the Coli-
seum is like the Panosonic
company —he’s slightly
ahead of his time.

His hair is shorter now,
and he’s still an innovator.

There are not many
recording artists that are as
prolific as he is—since 1977
he has released seven
albums. And_ instead of
pushing his latest release,
the three disc Joe’s Garage
series he did something
new and played seventeen
new songs.

Zappa, who is pushing
40, has released almost 30
albums since founding the
Mothers in the mid-Sixties.
But somehow it seems that
time has stood still for
Zappa.

Included in his new set
was his new single ‘’I don’t
Wanna Be Drafted’’ which
is a reminiscent theme of
his previous work.

Zappa’s passion for
attacking anyone and
everyone is still alive. In
the Sixties he lampooned
the Beatles. with ‘’We’re

Zappa who played last

only in it for the money’’. |
his new album he poked fun
at the marketing ~ of

organized religion. and.

women. (1 wonder how he
feels about people paying
ten bucks to see him).

The 8000 or -so who
showed up for the concert
heard a new band and for
the Coliseum, a relatively
clear sound system. The
band was tight and played
constantly, stopping only a
few times to take a rest.

Between singing ~— or
playing guitar Zappa
stalked the stage, smoking
constantly and looking like
an absent-minded maestro
without an orchestra.

While some may say his
cynical, misanthropic view
of socity is a cop-out he
reports on what he sees in
society. And one of his
comments is that ‘‘rock
journalism is for people
who can’t write,  inter-
viewing people who can’t
talk, for people who can’t
read.”’

Love him or hate him,
there’s only one Frank
Zappa. And Zappa, being
Zappa, will continue to
satirize social _ trends,
politicians, Christian lead-
ers , —and journalists . . .

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Zappa smokes on stage

    
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
   
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
  
   
  
  
 
 
  
 
 

In this bar scene from the Douglas College production of ‘Ah, Wilderness’ Richard
Killer (Gordon Armstrong, of Surrey) is being seduced by Belle (Margreth Tolson, of
Delta). The bartender, in the background, is played by Dave DeVries of Surrey.

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