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**Frownland** · 11-06-2011, 10:18 AM

Mr. Bungle had been in my midst all of my life, and even though it took me five or so years after REALLY listening to music at age 9 did I start to dive into Frank Zappa, Fantomas, etc. Zappa's Hot Rats led me to Captain Beefheart, Beefheart truly opened my eyes to experimentation. I then found Zorn, This Heat, Albert Ayler, Derek Bailey, Zu, Marc Ribot, etc. And thank god for that, or else I would be listening to Nickelback crap.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Mr. Bungle had been in my midst all of my life, and even though it took me five or so years after REALLY listening to music at age 9 did I start to dive into Frank Zappa, Fantomas, etc. Zappa's Hot Rats led me to Captain Beefheart, Beefheart truly opened my eyes to experimentation. I then found Zorn, This Heat, Albert Ayler, Derek Bailey, Zu, Marc Ribot, etc. And thank god for that, or else I would be listening to Nickelback crap.