The Mothers of Invention

The Mothers of Invention were a rock band that had 1964-1976 inventory. They played mainly compositions by Frank Zappa, who led the band and produced the published plates.

History

Originally named the group "The Soul Giants " and consisted of drummer Jimmy Carl Black, bass player Roy Estrada, saxophonist Davy Coronado, guitarist Ray Hunt, and vocalist Ray Collins. After a fight with Hunt Collins left the group in 1964. Frank Zappa took his place as guitarist, and quickly became the band leader. He convinced the group to play his own, written by him pieces to be successful. He thus became the writer and later producer of the band. Other band members have contributed only occasionally in pieces.

On Mother's Day 1964, the band changed its name to " The Mothers " (short for " motherfuckers ", which meant at that time in the slang of Los Angeles good musician ). The end of 1965 made ​​the producer Tom Wilson a short visit to a bar in which occurred the Mothers, and offered them following a contract to. The "Mothers" and Wilson spent several months in the studio and worked on the first album of the group, a double LP entitled Freak Out!. Their record company, MGM Records insisted on a change in the band name to " The Mothers of Invention ". The debut album was released in 1966, in the period following the " Mothers of Invention " went on tour.

Sales of Freak Out! were loud at MGM " disappointing " 30,000 copies. Despite a subsequent reduction of the budget continued the " Mothers of Invention " continued their work and published under the auspices of the Zappa albums Absolutely Free (1967) and We're Only in It for the Money (1968).

In June 1969 Zappa demanded that the Mothers of Invention should be dissolved, and on 18 August 1969, the last appearance of the Mothers in the original lineup. Shortly thereafter, on August 20, Zappa told the band members that he had decided to dissolve the band, and will make as a manager of the band, no further payments more. At this time he had each of the ten band members paid $ 200 per week as an advance on anticipated revenues from gigs and recording contracts and had to made ​​$ 10,000 debt. In an interview Zappa led later musical reasons for the separation of the band members: he was frustrated by the public have been, that would have no interest in demanding music and at the same time are the musicians of the Mothers not been able which written by him demanding music adequately implement beyond the rock music.

1970 Zappa called the band with the members Aynsley Dunbar, George Duke, Howard Kaylan ( " Eddie" ) and Mark Volman ( " Flo " or " Phlorescent Leech " ) again to life. This formation, also known as vaudeville band played a new album one, Chunga 's Revenge, on which, however, only Zappa was given as a composer. It was followed by two live albums ( Fillmore East, June 1971 and Just Another Band from LA); then the band broke up again after Zappa was confined as a result of a stage accident in December 1971 for one year to a wheelchair.

Between 1973 and 1975, Zappa published his albums partly under his own name, partly under " Frank Zappa / Mothers ". In these recordings as Napoleon Murphy Brock other musicians were involved ( flute, saxophone, vocals), Ruth Underwood ( percussion) or Chester Thompson (drums).

1976 sparked Zappa "his" "Mothers" on final. Since 1980, play and publish Jimmy Carl Black, Don Preston and Bunk Gardner occasionally as The Grandmothers.

Discography

Singing Electric guitar Bass guitar Electronic keyboard Woodwind instrument Ian Underwood Bruce Fowler Alto saxophone Jean-Luc Ponty Lowell George Henry Vestine Peter Wolf (producer) Ray Collins (rock musician) Fillmore East – June 1971 Over-Nite Sensation One Size Fits All (Frank Zappa album) Barry Miles
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