Joe's Garage
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Joe's Garage is a 1979 rock opera
by Frank Zappa
. Zappa stated that along with Lumpy Gravy
, this album was one of his finest achievements. It was originally released as two separate albums, the first comprising Act I, and the second part as a double-album which made up Acts II & III. All three acts were later issued together as a box set, and on compact disc
as a double-CD. These two albums are particularly noteworthy for their use of Zappa's xenochrony
technique, in which guitar solos from older, completely unrelated recordings were extracted and overdubbed onto new songs.
The albums feature Ike Willis
as the voice of "Joe", a stereotypical garage band
youth who unwittingly journeys through the miasma of the music business. As well as various other characters, Zappa provides the voice of the "Central Scrutinizer"—a mechanical voice that narrates the story and haunts Joe's psyche with McCarthyistic
50s-era discouragement and "scrutiny." In his liner notes Zappa also states that the story was inspired by the 1979 Iranian Revolution
, which outlawed public musical expression. The story incorporates humorous examinations of various topics, such as groupie
migration, sexual repression imposed by the Catholic Church, Scientology
, fetishism
, struggling musicians and the censorship of music.
Joe, from Canoga Park, Los Angeles used to be a "nice boy" and cut his neighbors' grass. When he discovered rock music
, he would spend all his time playing loud music in his garage, where the neighbors would often call the cops on him. His garage band plays a successful gig at a "go-go bar" and is approached by a guy "from a company we can't name" who offers them a contract. However, the deal is not what it seems, and the band breaks up. As the years progress, Joe watches the various popular styles of music flitter by, and he feels that the time "had come for that old song we used to play in Joe's Garage". During one such practice, Joe is arrested when Mrs. Borg, his neighbor, calls the police on him. A "friendly counselor" at the police department gives him a donut
and tells Joe he should "stick closer to church-oriented social activities."
Joe finds a new girlfriend named Mary, with whom he would "hold hands and think pure thoughts." However, Mary, a Roman Catholic girl, abandons Joe in order to get a pass to see a band called "Toad-O
" with whom she goes on the road—having sex with the band's roadies. Eventually, they abandon her in Miami when she is too tired to do their laundry on a regular basis. Mary enters a wet t-shirt contest
, fronted by her old pastor, to try to make enough money to get back home. She wins the competition, and Warren, Joe's old bandmate, witnesses the events and writes to Joe about her exploits. Joe becomes depressed, falls in with a fast crowd, and has sex with a girl who works at the Jack-In-The-Box named Lucille, who gives him an "unpronounceable disease
", although he believes that it came from a toilet seat
.
at the First Church of Appliantology (a parody of The Church of Scientology
). There, Hoover identifies Joe as a "latent appliance fetishist". When Joe asks if he should "come out of the closet
" he is instead instructed to "go into the closet" to achieve "sexual gratification through the use of machines". In the next song, we learn "The Closet" is the name of a club where humans can copulate with appliances. Joe locates a machine he likes, named Sy Borg, and they return to Sy's apartment. There Joe and Sy have a "groovy orgy" with Sy's roommate, a "modified Gay Bob
doll."
Joe ends up destroying Sy (whom the Central Scrutinizer calls an "XQJ-37 Nuclear-Powered Pansexual Roto-Plooker") with a golden shower
. Joe, who gave all of his money to the Church of Appliantology and is thus unable to pay for the damage, is thrown into a special prison. The prison is painted all green on the inside and filled with criminals from the music business. While in jail, Joe is repeatedly gang raped ("plooked") by former musicians and record executives when they're not snorting lines of detergent
. This gang is led by a shockingly endowed former promotional agent of a major record company, known as "Bald-Headed John: King of the Plookers". During his incarceration, Joe decides to be "sullen and withdrawn", to "dwindle off into the twilight realm" of his "own secret thoughts" and spend his time in prison dreaming up guitar notes that would irritate an "executive kinda guy". He then dreams up guitar leads and solos all throughout the years of his imprisonment (an incident rumored to have been inspired by how Zappa spent his own jail imprisonment in 1965)
, frosting muffin
s and is a...HAPPY guy now. The Central Scrutinizer then goes on to say that if Joe's story wasn't enough to convince the listener that music was evil, he decides to sing the last song in his regular voice. He then shuts off his contraption and reveals that his real voice is that of Zappa.
The last song "A Little Green Rosetta" lampoons the status of Steve Gadd
as one of the highest paid session drummers in popular music. Zappa jokingly claims to hire "Steve Gadd's clone" at three times union scale to play the out chorus on the song. Unlike Gadd's style, the drums sound almost completely at odds with the song itself. The actual drummer on the song is Vinnie Colaiuta
. His performance is completely off the "click track
" (which Zappa at one point also mixes into the recording.) Eventually, the song starts to completely fall apart and the story ends.
On September 26, 2008, it was premiered as a stage play at the Open Fist Theatre
in Los Angeles
, CA. The production featured a live band, choreography, video projection, and performances that told the story, song-by-song, from beginning to end. This adaptation marked the first time The Zappa Family Trust released the rights to Frank Zappa's music on such a scale. The play performed for fourteen sold out weeks.
Rock opera
A rock opera is a work of rock music that presents a storyline told over multiple parts, songs or sections in the manner of opera. A rock opera differs from a conventional rock album, which usually includes songs that are not unified by a common theme or narrative. More recent developments include...
by Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
. Zappa stated that along with Lumpy Gravy
Lumpy Gravy
Lumpy Gravy is the first solo album by Frank Zappa, originally released in 1967, but not generally available until May 1968. Zappa was credited as conductor on the album cover and he described the contents as "a curiously inconsistent piece, which started out to be a BALLET, but probably didn't...
, this album was one of his finest achievements. It was originally released as two separate albums, the first comprising Act I, and the second part as a double-album which made up Acts II & III. All three acts were later issued together as a box set, and on compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
as a double-CD. These two albums are particularly noteworthy for their use of Zappa's xenochrony
Xenochrony
Xenochrony is a studio-based musical technique developed at an unknown date, but possibly as early as the early 1960s, by Frank Zappa, who used it on several albums. Xenochrony is executed by extracting a guitar solo or other musical part from its original context and placing it into a completely...
technique, in which guitar solos from older, completely unrelated recordings were extracted and overdubbed onto new songs.
The albums feature Ike Willis
Ike Willis
Ike Willis is a singer and guitarist who was a regular sideman for Frank Zappa, first joining Zappa's band for the fall 1978 tour and remaining in the band for several years. He did not tour with Zappa in 1981 and 1982 for personal reasons, but returned to touring with Zappa for his final two...
as the voice of "Joe", a stereotypical garage band
Garage band
The term garage band can refer to:* A band that performs garage rock* GarageBand, audio production software published by Apple Inc.* GarageBand.com, a website that helps publicize emerging bands...
youth who unwittingly journeys through the miasma of the music business. As well as various other characters, Zappa provides the voice of the "Central Scrutinizer"—a mechanical voice that narrates the story and haunts Joe's psyche with McCarthyistic
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s and characterized by...
50s-era discouragement and "scrutiny." In his liner notes Zappa also states that the story was inspired by the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...
, which outlawed public musical expression. The story incorporates humorous examinations of various topics, such as groupie
Groupie
A groupie is a person who seeks emotional and sexual intimacy with a musician or other celebrity. "Groupie" is derived from group in reference to a musical group, but the word is also used in a more general sense, especially in casual conversation....
migration, sexual repression imposed by the Catholic Church, Scientology
Scientology
Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...
, fetishism
Mechanophilia
Mechaphilia or Mechanophilia is a paraphilia involving a sexual attraction to machines such as bicycles, motor vehicles, helicopters, and aeroplanes. It is treated as a crime in some nations with perpetrators being placed on a sex offenders’ register after prosecution...
, struggling musicians and the censorship of music.
Act I
The opera begins with the Central Scrutinizer's introduction. He is described as being some kind of disc-shaped machine positioned on spindly legs and small wheels with a wind sock and an exhaust tube that belches dark green smoke on top, wheeled around on a chain by a mysterious business man eating a sandwich on the roof of nearby buildings. He goes on to explain that his job is to enforce laws which will be passed in the forthcoming illegalization of music. The Scrutinizer offers a "special presentation to show what can happen to you if you choose a career in music," introducing the opera's protagonist, Joe.Joe, from Canoga Park, Los Angeles used to be a "nice boy" and cut his neighbors' grass. When he discovered rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, he would spend all his time playing loud music in his garage, where the neighbors would often call the cops on him. His garage band plays a successful gig at a "go-go bar" and is approached by a guy "from a company we can't name" who offers them a contract. However, the deal is not what it seems, and the band breaks up. As the years progress, Joe watches the various popular styles of music flitter by, and he feels that the time "had come for that old song we used to play in Joe's Garage". During one such practice, Joe is arrested when Mrs. Borg, his neighbor, calls the police on him. A "friendly counselor" at the police department gives him a donut
Doughnut
A doughnut or donut is a fried dough food and is popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty outlets...
and tells Joe he should "stick closer to church-oriented social activities."
Joe finds a new girlfriend named Mary, with whom he would "hold hands and think pure thoughts." However, Mary, a Roman Catholic girl, abandons Joe in order to get a pass to see a band called "Toad-O
Toto (band)
Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The group currently consists of Joseph Williams , David Paich , Steve Porcaro , Steve Lukather , Mike Porcaro , and Simon Phillips . Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard...
" with whom she goes on the road—having sex with the band's roadies. Eventually, they abandon her in Miami when she is too tired to do their laundry on a regular basis. Mary enters a wet t-shirt contest
Wet T-shirt contest
A wet T-shirt contest is an exhibitionistic beauty contest that typically features young women performing at a nightclub, bar, or resort. They have traditionally been a staple of college spring break celebrations at locations such as Daytona Beach and Cancún.Contest participants generally wear...
, fronted by her old pastor, to try to make enough money to get back home. She wins the competition, and Warren, Joe's old bandmate, witnesses the events and writes to Joe about her exploits. Joe becomes depressed, falls in with a fast crowd, and has sex with a girl who works at the Jack-In-The-Box named Lucille, who gives him an "unpronounceable disease
Sexually transmitted disease
Sexually transmitted disease , also known as a sexually transmitted infection or venereal disease , is an illness that has a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of human sexual behavior, including vaginal intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex...
", although he believes that it came from a toilet seat
Toilet seat
A toilet seat is a hinged unit consisting of seat and lid which is bolted onto a toilet bowl for a flush toilet. A toilet seat consists of the seat itself, which may be contoured for the user to sit on, and the lid, which covers the toilet when it is not in use.If the toilet is located in a home...
.
Act II
Joe turns to religion for help, and "pays a lot of money" to "L. Ron Hoover"L. Ron Hubbard
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard , better known as L. Ron Hubbard , was an American pulp fiction author and religious leader who founded the Church of Scientology...
at the First Church of Appliantology (a parody of The Church of Scientology
Church of Scientology
The Church of Scientology is an organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system. The Church of Scientology International is the Church of Scientology's parent organization, and is responsible for the overall ecclesiastical management, dissemination and...
). There, Hoover identifies Joe as a "latent appliance fetishist". When Joe asks if he should "come out of the closet
Coming out
Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
" he is instead instructed to "go into the closet" to achieve "sexual gratification through the use of machines". In the next song, we learn "The Closet" is the name of a club where humans can copulate with appliances. Joe locates a machine he likes, named Sy Borg, and they return to Sy's apartment. There Joe and Sy have a "groovy orgy" with Sy's roommate, a "modified Gay Bob
Gay Bob
Gay Bob is a doll created in 1977. It was billed as the world's first openly gay doll. Bob was created by former advertising executive Harvey Rosenberg and marketed through his company, Gizmo Development. Gay Bob was bestowed an Esquire magazine "Dubious Achievement Award" for 1978.Bob stands 13...
doll."
Joe ends up destroying Sy (whom the Central Scrutinizer calls an "XQJ-37 Nuclear-Powered Pansexual Roto-Plooker") with a golden shower
Urolagnia
Urolagnia is a paraphilia in which sexual excitement is associated with the sight or thought of urine or urination. The term has origins in the Greek Language .Those who enjoy urolagnia may enjoy urinating on another person or persons, or being urinated upon...
. Joe, who gave all of his money to the Church of Appliantology and is thus unable to pay for the damage, is thrown into a special prison. The prison is painted all green on the inside and filled with criminals from the music business. While in jail, Joe is repeatedly gang raped ("plooked") by former musicians and record executives when they're not snorting lines of detergent
Detergent
A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with "cleaning properties in dilute solutions." In common usage, "detergent" refers to alkylbenzenesulfonates, a family of compounds that are similar to soap but are less affected by hard water...
. This gang is led by a shockingly endowed former promotional agent of a major record company, known as "Bald-Headed John: King of the Plookers". During his incarceration, Joe decides to be "sullen and withdrawn", to "dwindle off into the twilight realm" of his "own secret thoughts" and spend his time in prison dreaming up guitar notes that would irritate an "executive kinda guy". He then dreams up guitar leads and solos all throughout the years of his imprisonment (an incident rumored to have been inspired by how Zappa spent his own jail imprisonment in 1965)
Act III
Many years later, Joe is released from prison and enters a world "completely epoxied over." In this new world, music has become illegal, and people live out their lives in a sort of banal indifference. However, Joe is still hooked on music and needs a fix despite the fact that there are no musicians anymore. He begins to lose his sanity, and starts imagining all the guitar notes he cannot play while imaginary journalists documents his thoughts. Throughout his bout with madness, he begins to hear Mary's voice in his head giving him a cryptic anecdote: "Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best!" Eventually, he comes to terms with the fact that music is gone and heads back to his "ugly little room" and quietly dreams his last imaginary guitar solo. Afterwards, Joe gets a good job at the Utility Muffin Research KitchenUtility Muffin Research Kitchen
The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen was the name of the recording studio that Frank Zappa had built and used extensively at his home for many of his musical recordings....
, frosting muffin
Muffin
A muffin is an American English name for a type of quick bread that is baked in small portions. Many forms are somewhat like small cakes or cupcakes in shape, although they usually are not as sweet as cupcakes and generally lack frosting. Savory varieties, such as cornbread muffins, also exist...
s and is a...HAPPY guy now. The Central Scrutinizer then goes on to say that if Joe's story wasn't enough to convince the listener that music was evil, he decides to sing the last song in his regular voice. He then shuts off his contraption and reveals that his real voice is that of Zappa.
The last song "A Little Green Rosetta" lampoons the status of Steve Gadd
Steve Gadd
Steve Gadd is an American session and studio drummer, notable for his work with popular musicians from a wide range of genres.-Biography:...
as one of the highest paid session drummers in popular music. Zappa jokingly claims to hire "Steve Gadd's clone" at three times union scale to play the out chorus on the song. Unlike Gadd's style, the drums sound almost completely at odds with the song itself. The actual drummer on the song is Vinnie Colaiuta
Vinnie Colaiuta
Vincent Colaiuta is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Republic, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14...
. His performance is completely off the "click track
Click track
A click track is a series of audio cues used to synchronize sound recordings, sometimes for synchronization to a moving image. The click track originated in early sound movies, where marks were made on the film itself to indicate exact timings for musicians to accompany the film...
" (which Zappa at one point also mixes into the recording.) Eventually, the song starts to completely fall apart and the story ends.
Cast
- Central Scrutinizer, Larry, L. Ron Hoover, Father Riley & Buddy Jones – Frank ZappaFrank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
- Joe – Ike WillisIke WillisIke Willis is a singer and guitarist who was a regular sideman for Frank Zappa, first joining Zappa's band for the fall 1978 tour and remaining in the band for several years. He did not tour with Zappa in 1981 and 1982 for personal reasons, but returned to touring with Zappa for his final two...
- Mary – Dale BozzioDale BozzioDale Bozzio, born Dale Frances Consalvi in Medford, Massachusetts March 2, 1955, is an American progressive rock and new wave vocalist. She is best known as co-founder and lead singer of the 1980s pop/new wave band Missing Persons. She is also known for her work with Frank Zappa...
- Mrs. Borg – Denny Walley
- Officer Butzis – Al Malkin
- Sy Borg – Warren CuccurulloWarren CuccurulloWarren Bruce Cuccurullo in Brooklyn, New York is an American rock musician who worked with Frank Zappa, was a founding member of Missing Persons, and has been a long term member of Duran Duran. He also has some notoriety in the porn industry after making nude appearances in a magazine and...
& Ed Mann - Bald-Headed John – Terry BozzioTerry BozzioTerry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.-Biography:Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed...
- The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen Chorus – Al Malkin, Warren Cucurullo, Dale Bozzio, Geordie Hormel, Barbara Issak & most of the people who work at Village Recorders (circa 1979).
Side one
- "The Central Scrutinizer" – 3:28
- "Joe's Garage" – 6:10
- "Catholic Girls" – 4:26
- "Crew Slut" – 6:31
Side two
- "Wet T-Shirt Nite" – 4:45
- "On the Bus" – 4:19
- "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?" – 2:36
- "Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up" – 7:18
- On the original vinyl release, "Fembot in a Wet T-Shirt" was titled "Wet T-Shirt Nite" on the cover and label and "The Wet T-Shirt Contest" on the lyric sheet; this title is still listed in the CD lyric booklet
- On the original vinyl release, "On The Bus" was titled "Toad-O Line"; this title is still listed in the CD lyric booklet
- On vinyl, "Lucille" and "Scrutinizer Postlude" were indexed as one track. "Scrutinizer Postlude" was only added as a title on the CD reissue; none of the other segues on the album are titled or indexed.
Musicians
- Frank ZappaFrank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
– Vocals, guitar - Warren CuccurulloWarren CuccurulloWarren Bruce Cuccurullo in Brooklyn, New York is an American rock musician who worked with Frank Zappa, was a founding member of Missing Persons, and has been a long term member of Duran Duran. He also has some notoriety in the porn industry after making nude appearances in a magazine and...
– Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Organ, Guitar - Denny Walley – Vocals, Slide Guitar, Guitar
- Craig Twister Steward – HarmonicaHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
- Jeff – Sax (Tenor)
- Marginal Chagrin – Sax (Baritone)
- Patrick O'HearnPatrick O'HearnPatrick O'Hearn is an American multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and recording artist. While his musical repertoire spans a diverse range of music, he is an acclaimed New Age artist in his solo career...
– Wind, Bass - Peter WolfPeter Wolf (producer)Peter F. Wolf is a composer, producer, songwriter and arranger. He was awarded the highest honor for artists from his birth country of Austria, the Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst .- Early years :Wolf studied classical piano at Vienna’s Conservatory of Music...
– Keyboards - Stumuk – Sax (Baritone), Sax (Bass)
- Tommy MarsTommy MarsTommy Mars is a keyboard player, best known for his work with Frank Zappa.Born in Connecticut, U.S.A., 26 October 1951 Mars began piano lessons at age eight, and later his instrument range expanded to various keyboards and synthesizers. Mars graduated in 1972 from the Hartt College of Music in...
– Keyboards - Vinnie ColaiutaVinnie ColaiutaVincent Colaiuta is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Republic, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14...
– Drums, Percussion - Arthur BarrowArthur BarrowArthur Barrow is a multi-instrumental musician, best known for his stint as a bass guitar player for Frank Zappa in the late 1970s and early 1980s.-Early life:...
– Vocals, Bass - Ed Mann – Vocals, Percussion
- Dale BozzioDale BozzioDale Bozzio, born Dale Frances Consalvi in Medford, Massachusetts March 2, 1955, is an American progressive rock and new wave vocalist. She is best known as co-founder and lead singer of the 1980s pop/new wave band Missing Persons. She is also known for her work with Frank Zappa...
– Vocals - Al Malkin – Vocals
- Ike WillisIke WillisIke Willis is a singer and guitarist who was a regular sideman for Frank Zappa, first joining Zappa's band for the fall 1978 tour and remaining in the band for several years. He did not tour with Zappa in 1981 and 1982 for personal reasons, but returned to touring with Zappa for his final two...
– Vocals - Barbara Isaak – Choir, Chorus, Assistant
- Geordie HormelGeordie HormelGeorge "Geordie" Hormel was the son of Jay Catherwood Hormel and grandson of George A. Hormel. He was a musician and recording studio proprietor....
– Choir, Chorus - Terry BozzioTerry BozzioTerry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.-Biography:Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed...
– Guest Vocals
Production staff
- Ferenc Dobronyi – Cover Design
- Steve Alsberg – Project Coordinator
- Joe Chiccarelli – Engineer, Mixing, Recording
- Norman Seeff – Photography, Cover Photo
- John Williams – Artwork
- Steve NyeSteve NyeSteve Nye is a music producer for several artists. Some of his better known artists include Bryan Ferry , Penguin Cafe Orchestra, XTC , Japan , David Sylvian , Clannad, TM Network, Scary Thieves , as...
– Remixing - Mick Glossop – Remixing
- Stan Ricker – Mastering
- Jack Hunt – Mastering
- Thomas Nordegg – Assistant
- Tom Cummings – Assistant
Stage adaptation
The album was first produced as a play by students at The University of Michigan in 1999.On September 26, 2008, it was premiered as a stage play at the Open Fist Theatre
Open Fist Theatre
The Open Fist Theatre is both a 501 non-profit theatre company and 99-seat theatre facility in Theatre Row Hollywood located at 6209 Santa Monica Blvd...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, CA. The production featured a live band, choreography, video projection, and performances that told the story, song-by-song, from beginning to end. This adaptation marked the first time The Zappa Family Trust released the rights to Frank Zappa's music on such a scale. The play performed for fourteen sold out weeks.
Joe's Garage Act I
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Pop Albums | 27 |
Joe's Garage Acts II & III
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Pop Albums | 53 |
See also
- U 47U 47The U 47 was a large-diaphragm condenser microphone manufactured by Georg Neumann GmbH during the years 1949-1965.The U 47 used the M 7 capsule originally developed for the CMV 3 microphone...
, the U-47 microphone cited in songs "Crew Slut" and "Sy Borg" - DystopiaDystopiaA dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian, as characterized in books like Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four...
- ScientologyScientologyScientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...
- MechanophiliaMechanophiliaMechaphilia or Mechanophilia is a paraphilia involving a sexual attraction to machines such as bicycles, motor vehicles, helicopters, and aeroplanes. It is treated as a crime in some nations with perpetrators being placed on a sex offenders’ register after prosecution...
- Catholic Youth OrganizationCatholic Youth OrganizationA Catholic Youth Organization is an organization for young Catholics. Usually each group uses the church for meeting and gathering, although some have their own premises. It was initiated by Bishop Bernard J...
- XenochronyXenochronyXenochrony is a studio-based musical technique developed at an unknown date, but possibly as early as the early 1960s, by Frank Zappa, who used it on several albums. Xenochrony is executed by extracting a guitar solo or other musical part from its original context and placing it into a completely...