[toxic johnny]

Originally Posted by Glice

Surely we are suffocated by a miscegenation of a dialogue which threatens to engulf the genuine worth of 'rock' music, in all its myriad beauty?

This is exactly how I feel whenever I read Khchris...
Anyway back on topic... TMR was entirely Beefheart's vision, there would have been no album without him. The Magic Band interpreted his ideas beautifully... and Zappa produced it. It's as simple as that.

I have periodically given Zappa a spin over the years, but with little success... it's a taste thing really, as Savage Clone so eloquently points out, I respect Zappa's achievements and undoubted talent... but his music just doesn't move me. I have heard Lumpy Gravy, Bongo Fury, Zoot Allures, Hot Rats and doubtless a few others that I can't remember. So my question to all you Frankophiles out there is what should I listen to next?... What is the album that will make me see the light?