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Frank Zappa - Five-Five-Five

Artist

Frank Zappa

Composer

Frank Zappa

Produced

Frank Zappa

Credit

Frank Zappa - lead guitar Warren Cuccurullo - rhythm guitar Denny Walley - rhythm guitar Ike Willis - rhythm guitar Tommy Mars - keyboards Peter Wolf - keyboards Ed Mann - percussion Arthur Barrow - bass Vinnie Colaiuta - drums

Released

May 11 1981

Streaming

Five-Five-Five

Frank Zappa · Song · 1981

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Is this what people think psychiatric hospitals look like? 😂

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Theory: All those gods in statues were gods that tried to stop Amit but she framed all of them.

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Album Review: Robby Krieger - The Ritual Begins at Sundown

After 10 years of studio silence, Robby Krieger returns with a killer Frank Zappa album.

The lede is not literal, of course. But the former Doors guitarist, in tandem with FZ alumni co-writer/co-producer Arthur Barrow, drummer Chad Wackerman, keyboardist Tommy Mars and horn players Jock Ellis and Sal Marquez, channel the head Mother shamelessly and with the chops to back it up on the Ritual Begins at Sundown.

Fine-tuned on stages before being transferred to the studio, the eight originals and two covers bear all sorts of Zappa hallmarks like odd time signatures, quirky tempo shifts and an overarching unconventional quality that keep them interesting over repeated spins.

Recalling the jazzy, instrumental stylings of 1982’s Versions, Krieger even plays like Zappa, taking occasional detours into Jeremy Spencer territory on the languid “Slide Home” and soaring like David Gilmour on his recasting of the Doors’ “Yes, the River Knows.”

But even without a carbon copy of “Chunga’s Revenge,” it would be hard to call the Ritual Begins at Sundown anything but an homage to Zappa, something Krieger and his bandmates seem to allude to on the opening track, when the LP’s only words, also the song’s title - What was that? - pop out of the speakers.

It wasn’t Zappa. But the Ritual Begins at Sundown sure sounds like him.

Grade card: Robby Krieger - The Ritual Begins at Sundown - A-

9/1/20

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I didn’t know Adam Driver was in Frank Zappa’s band in 1980.

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Song Review: Robby Krieger - “The Drift”

Robby Krieger owes more to the Crusaders and Frank Zappa than his former band on “The Drift.”

And though it may seem odd at first listen, the lead single from the Ritual Begins at Sundown (April 24) is actually a continuation of the path the erstwhile Doors guitarist began blazing long ago, as the funky, five-minute instrumental taps into Krieger’s fusion-loving side with beefy horns, electric piano and gripping six-string solos.

The Zappa influence is no coincidence, as the new LP was co-written and produced by FZ alum Arthur Barrow; features former Zappa band members Chad Wackerman on drums and Tommy Mars on keys; and includes a remake of “Chunga’s Revenge” alongside nine original compositions.

Fans looking for a Doors redux will be disappointed. But anyone who’s followed Krieger’s low-key solo career will be delighted to learn he’s back at it 10 years after his last album and returning to the music he’s embraced in his post-Doors days.

Grade card: Robby Krieger - “The Drift” - A-

2/24/20

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