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Frank Zappa

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art rock, avant-garde, avant-prog

Frank Zappa

Members have logged Frank Zappa 6 times.

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  • A guest 80% at Palais Des Sports, Dijon on Fri, 09 Mar 1979

    My very first concert! The concert was interrupted because a 'fan' threw a bottle in Frank's direction. Awesome experience!

    1

  • A guest 60% at La Patinoire, Bordeaux on Tue, 01 Jun 1982

    I was Zappa's driver. Just before the show the tour manager (I can't remember his name but he was a nice guy) pulled out a white wine label and asked me if I could find one bootle of that wine for Frank (can't remember the wine either). I did.

    1

  • A guest 100% at Do Not Use, Waterbury on Fri, 16 Nov 1973

    I went there with some college mates from UMass Amherst. If it was the same concert as I remember, it was by far the best of the 4 FZ concerts that I attended. The cocert that I saw had "The Climax Blues Band" as the opener. Don't remember the set list but Frank and the band oitdid themselves!

    1

  • A guest 100% at New Bingley Hall, Stafford on Sat, 12 Feb 1977

    Wow great concert Frank was not happy with the venue only time he played there . Audience participation was excellent first time I saw him outstanding 🙏❤️🎶🎼

    1

  • A guest 100% at Memorial Gymnasium, Vanderbilt University, Nashville on Mon, 18 Oct 1976

    Basketball arena, sorry acoustics, sitting on the gym floor. I remember speakers at the side of the audience first coming alive during The Torture Never Stoos -- female moans running all around the Auditorium. Zappa was my idol, I loved the concert, though it was probably just another stop for him.

    1

  • A guest 100% at Auckland Town Hall, Auckland on Fri, 16 Jan 1976

    I don’t know what gig the above fan/reviewer attended but it was not the 1976 Auckland Town Hall gig. Neither Don “Sugarcane” Harris nor Jimmy Carl Black were part of the band Frank had with him that evening. Original bass player Roy Estrada was there along with drummer extraordinaire Terry Bozio, saxophonist Napoleon Brock Murphy and a keyboardist who’s name has escaped my memory.
    But the gig was completely brilliant. One of the very best I’ve ever witnessed.

    1

  • A guest 100% at The Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City on Sun, 19 Oct 1980

    It was a warm Sunday on the grass at the amphitheater theatre , he had his songbook open and was reading the lyrics as he sang

    0

  • A guest 80% at Auckland Town Hall, Auckland on Fri, 16 Jan 1976

    A fabulous concert! First thing to note is that on arrival at the entrance to the Town Hall, a crowd of us were told the show was oversold, so despite already having tickets we should leave and seek a refund on Monday! I immediately took action in all the commotion and slipped through inside unnoticed, taking a seat ultimately directly behind Zappa the band where plenty of seats were in fact empty. It was a classic lineup as i recall with the likes of Sugarcane Harris raging on violin and Jimmy Carl Black doing his declaration of being “the Indian in the group” (I’m surprised that his byline was never noted in the doco Rumble: the Indians who rocked the World)☀️ Zappa, shirtless most of the concert was on form playing searing guitar and also probing fluffy toys while the saxman Napoleon threw up green jelly on people in the front row It would great to find the song list but for sure the Mothers that night played a stack of their classics of that era☀️????

    1

  • A guest 100% at Feste Marienberg, Würzburg on Sun, 13 Jun 1982

    I was at this concert with my parents when I was just six weeks old. Unfortunately I have no memories. But my parents talk still often from this concert.

    1

  • A guest 80% at Convocation Hall, Toronto on Sun, 28 Jan 1968

    Too long ago to remember in detail, but it was an impressive set.

    0

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Rated concerts

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Highest rated · No. 1 of 13
Feste Marienberg in Würzburg, Germany
Sun, 13 Jun 1982 - 100% · 1 rating
Crowd favorite No. 185501
  1. 01
    Feste Marienberg in Würzburg, Germany Sun, 13 Jun 1982 · 1 rating
    100
  2. 02
    Do Not Use in Waterbury, US Fri, 16 Nov 1973 · 1 rating
    100
  3. 03
    New Bingley Hall in Stafford, UK Sat, 12 Feb 1977 · 1 rating
    100
  4. 04
    Olympen in Lund, Sweden Mon, 02 Oct 1967 · 1 rating
    100
  5. 05
    100
  6. 06
    The Zoo Amphitheatre in Oklahoma City, US Sun, 19 Oct 1980 · 2 ratings
    90
  7. 07
    Auckland Town Hall in Auckland, New Zealand Fri, 16 Jan 1976 · 2 ratings
    90
  8. 08
    Unknown venue in Odense, Denmark Mon, 22 Nov 1971 · 1 rating
    80
  9. 09
    Convocation Hall in Toronto, Canada Sun, 28 Jan 1968 · 1 rating
    80
  10. 10
    Palais Des Sports in Dijon, France Fri, 09 Mar 1979 · 1 rating
    80

Where the music took them

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Statistics

1,434 concerts tracked
Played in 23 countries - show on map
Played in 364 cities
First concert · 10.05.1964 - 63 years ago
Last concert · 18.10.2013 - 13 years ago
Career span · 52 years

Most played countries

  1. 1 US 941
  2. 2 Germany 116
  3. 3 Canada 78
  4. 4 UK 57
  5. 5 France 54
  6. 6 Italy 31
  7. 7 Sweden 27
  8. 8 Denmark 20
  9. 9 Australia 19
  10. 10 Netherlands 19

Most played cities

  1. 1 New York, US 105
  2. 2 San Francisco, US 41
  3. 3 London, UK 33
  4. 4 Los Angeles (LA), US 30
  5. 5 Montreal, Canada 29
  6. 6 Boston, US 26
  7. 7 New York (NYC), US 26
  8. 8 Chicago, US 24
  9. 9 Paris, France 23
  10. 10 Philadelphia, US 23
Past concert Upcoming Density 364 cities in the archive
Concerts 1,434
Countries 23
Cities 364
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No. 1 in the archive
trollex
1 concert · since 1971
1 Nights logged
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    Robmccutchan 1 concert · since 1980
    100%
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    scunyun 1 concert · since 1968
    100%
  • 04
    kjanrig 1 concert · since 1981
    100%
  • 05
    anchinnk 1 concert · since 1973
    100%
  • 06
    mike foltz 1 concert · since 1975
    100%

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