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Page 6 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1975 Phi Zappa Krappa: the king of rock innovation By MARY CAMPBELL AP Newsfeatures Writer Weird was always the word for Frank Zappa and the Mothers of In vention. In 1966, when the group’s first album, “Freak Out, ’ came out, writers found it “pure trash” and the group outrageously offensive. These days, Alice Cooper gets more publicity for outrageousness. Seen on a day when he’s recovering from flu, Zappa isn’t being outrage ous at atll. His goal, he says, was to put out records that made money, because the reward for doing that is being allowed to put out more re cords and he likes to make records. Beyond that, his goal was quality music. Big sheets of music composition paper are on Zappa’s desk as we walk into the room; he is working on music for two albums he’ll begin re cording in December. One piece, in several sections, will tell the story of “a pig who invents something that makes life miserable for everylxxly. He invents the calendar. This makes it possible for people to col lect rent and everybody to find out how old they are. At first it’s okay; they can have birthday parties at the office. But kids don’t like it when they find out how old they’re get ting. Gregory is chased into the woods by psychedelic busses and daisy-covered cars driven by aging hippies. He has a narrow escape with the youth of America and in the end is driven to consult a philosopher who charges him a lot of money for very little information.” This recording, Zappa says, is going to use “an orchestra, recorded in the rock ‘n’ roll way. Every note that’s in the score will be Campus comments (Continued from page 5) escaping. There needs to be a change in preregistration so that the students can pick their profs and show the ones that they don’t want . . . This would cut down the dead wood on campus. Some people don’t belong in this profession. John Townsend, student worker, chemistry stockroom I’d like to see bonfire kept . . . because there is a tre mendous school spirit. It is just not a blind tradition. Parking stickers are too high. The law should be enforced but the prices are too much for the stickers. I disapprove of the fence (the Northgate wall) because it’s going to look real sloppy in a year. It’s going to be a perfect target for schools with a bag of paint. Take half the cost and give it to grounds maintenance to plant trees. Will Ferguson, Welsh post-doctorial fellow I’m uptight about the parking situation. You absolutely have to park in your alloted space. It’s as mine. They oversell our lots . . . The Q drop situation is bad because no one knows what is going on. I don’t understand why one can’t withdraw passing after mid-term. Jack K. Williams, president I really don’t think that the university has any problems. We have opportunity and our biggest opportunity is to meet the tremendous growth in 1975. As of 1975 the university ends its first century of growth and hope the university will continue to mature leaders for our country. there.” Zappa says there probably never has been a perfect symphony recording- one instrument covered the sound of another more than the composer intended or something else went wrong. The rhythm section will be recorded-electric bassist, drum mer, two percussionists, keyboard player with four instruments. “Then the guitars will go on. All instru mental parts that might be hard to get perfectly will be done on a synthesizer. You can slow the tape down and get rhythmic and pitch accuracy. ” Then at the end of 21 days for that, he’ll get a copyist to make parts from the rest of the score. “Then we’ll put the string section on two tracks one day, the next day the brass on two tracks, then the wood winds on two tracks, then the narra tion and vocals, then mix it. I expect it to have combinations and tone qualities that haven’t been heard ever before. ” Right now, the Mothers of Inven tion is six persons. But, if money was no object, Zappa says it’d be 100 or maybe 80. An East Coast tour played 31 shows from Oct. 28 to Dec. 1. Sep tember was spent in Europe. A southern U.S. tour will come in February and after that a trip to Germany to work with a symphony orchestra, then a tour of Japan. Zappa performs about seven months a year. At 15 he had two records he adored by the modern classical composer Edgard Varese. “One was Tionisation,’ 13 performers playing 32 percussion instruments, includ ing two sirens and a lion’s roar. My mother insisted I do not play that record in the living room when she was ironing. “I didn’t have much money so I used to have a few records and listen to them over and over. I had a Rite of Spring’ by Stravinsky and music for two pianos and percussion by Bartok. 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Coronado left them and the other four went on for about a year, work ing a place about four nights until the owner found out they weren’t playing hit songs. “I used to find and sell empty pop bottles to buy bolgna and gasoline. They played at a party in Hol lywood that was being filmed for the movie"Mondo Hollywood and got hired at the Action, one of the four rock ‘n’ roll clubs in Hollywood at that time. The owner liked the fact that if an audience got obnoxious, FRANK ZAPPA Zappa got obnoxious back, generat ing some publicity. “I still treat an audience the way they treat me. If they’re nice, I’m not there to make their life miserable. But I’ve kept to not taking junk from the audience. “You know, our audiences have changed vastly. Our initial appeal was to middle-class white hoys, mostly Jewish, around 17. Ninety per cent of our mail came from that category. In the last year we have picked up masses of teen-age girs. Why? Who knows? Zappa’s “200 Motels” was played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1968 and then became a moview with a $679,000 budget which paid for itself, unusual for a first-time film maker. On a 1971 promotional tour to Europe, the group’s equipment was destroyed in a fire in Montreux, Switzerland. Tey got more equip ment and went to London, where a man rushed on stage at the end of the set and Zappa, who never saw him, woke up 15 feet down, in a concrete pit, with a broken leg am! rib, holes in his chin and headandi twisted neck. The leg wouldn't heal properly’ Zappa spent nearly ay^ in a beg cu.st, in a wheelchair. H t still limps, which he says has he. come fashionable. ”1 refused tod interviews; 1 didn't see anylxxl\ 1 was wrecked. 1 DiscReet Records, which Zappi owns, releases Mothers of Invtit tion records. On Nov. 16‘'Don’tEi the Yellow Snow" was No. 62ont),! best-selling singles chart and beta; played on AM radio, very unusual for the Mothers of Invention. Ha LP “Roxy and Elsewhere,” u No.32. The group got its na»t when MGM, first labeled to signi‘ refused to put out a record bytht Mothers and suggested Molhe Auxiliary. Zappa compriinisedwii Mothers of Invention. His iavorilt of some 20 albums is "Lurapi Gravy. WANT AD RATES One day 10c per word Minimum charge—$1.00 Classified Display $1.50 per column inch each insertion DEADLINE 3 p. m. day before publication BATTALION CLASSIFIED FOR RENT SPECIAL NOTICE WE BUY BOOKS EVERY DAY!! Whether used at A&M or not. Let us buy your books and you can rebuy at the price sold within the month. — Why Pay More LOUPOT’S At Northgate Why Sell for Less TRAVIS HOUSE APTS. Spacious 1 & 2 bedroom Furnished or unfurnished All utilities paid Swimming pools 2 laundries Play yard Shuttle bus service From $155 505 Hwy. 30 846-6111 40tfn Service For All Chrysler Corp. Cars Body Work — Painting Free Estimates HALSELL MOTOR COMPANY, INC. 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