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The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders #10 Gun

It’s the day after the night before’s Xmas dinner, and after putting my thumb into the Xmas pudding (quite unhygienic, I know) instead of a plum I pulled out today’s OHW and said “what a convoluted introduction to Race With the Devil by Gun, which reached #8 in 1968.” Evolving from the Ilford-based band, TheContinue reading “The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders #10 Gun”

Ranking The Frank Zappa Albums # 36 Them Or Us

Them or Us is a double album by Frank Zappa that was released in October 1984 by Barking Pumpkin Records. As with other Zappa rock albums of this era, many of the tracks are sourced from live recordings and later on studio overdubs were liberally applied, although there is no mention of these overdubs inContinue reading “Ranking The Frank Zappa Albums # 36 Them Or Us”

Ranking The Frank Zappa Albums #43 Guitar

The bloke who scanned my items at the supermarket was rude, unhelpful and smelled like he’d been drinking.That’s the last time I use the self checkout.. Guitar, a 1988 live album by Frank Zappa, is the follow-up to 1981’s Shut Up ‘n’ Play Your Guitar; like that album it features Zappa’s guitar solos excerpted fromContinue reading “Ranking The Frank Zappa Albums #43 Guitar”