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Re: Beardfish

leglessmoof — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:29:35 -0000

I know what you mean about tribute bands. ZPZ are slightly different in my opinion. First of all, Frank Zappa is dead, so unfortunately we'll never get to see him perform this music again. Since ZPZ is led by his son Dweezil, it's about as authentic as you can get. ZPZ has also performed with some of Frank's well-known band members, such as Napoleon Murphy Brock, Terry Bozzio and Steve Vai.

Re: Beardfish

blank — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:08:27 -0000

Ya know I heard Beardfish was supposed to support the Progressive Nation tour but then bailed, but I didn't realize it was because of their distributor's financial woes.
ZPZ is a group whose name I've seen a lot but never really payed any attention to since I'm not too hot on the idea of tribute bands... but in reality good music is good music, whether or not the writer is the performer.

Re: Beardfish

Mr_Cutright — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:03:50 -0000

The sound clip reminds me of a couple of bands from the 70s, like Klatuu and Nektar. Both of which are in my album collection, yes vinyl. They sound like psychedelic rock.

Re: Beardfish

leglessmoof — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:27:30 -0000

I was supposed to see Beardfish open for Dream Theater and Zappa Plays Zappa last week. Beardfish (and Pain Of Salvation, who were also supposed to be on the tour) had to drop off because their record label (InsideOut) could no longer afford to send them on the tour because their distributor (SPV) declared bankruptcy. I meant to check out some of Beardfish's music before the show, but since they dropped off the tour I never got around to it. I'll have to get back on that!

The show still turned out well though. Dream Theater were great as usual, although they only gave themselves 90 minutes which was a tad disappointing (only 8 songs). Zappa Plays Zappa were amazing, they nearly stole the show! I know a little bit of Frank Zappa's music, but most of what they played was new to me. I'm really looking forward to seeing them again sometime. One of the bands that replaced Beardfish and Pain Of Salvation on the tour was Bigelf, who I really liked. They sounded kind of like a mixture of Pink Floyd, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. Seeing them live felt kind of like traveling back in time to the 70's.

Anyway, I'm done rambling, thanks for reading if you made it this far. ;-)