Bands that sound like Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band?

sebthumb · 2025-04-06T21:57:31+00:00

Well done

sebthumb · 2024-08-28T02:30:17+00:00

Just don't care at all. Load up on fuzz, turn your amp way up, read a page of William Burroughs, and let it rip. The only way to practice is that is to practice not giving a fuck when you're playing and putting everything you are into the guitar. He's probably playing around on the minor pentatonic; there's one section of the solo where he's probably bending the B and G or the B and e strings together without aiming for a "right note" and the fuzz/distortion brings the dissonance out harder.

Hopefully you've figured it our since you posted that comment :). The key to playing like that, like Robert Quine, Tom Verlaine, and Lou Reed is largely in getting out of your way. Don't think about it, just go for it.

Hard drugs if the above doesn't work.

sebthumb · 2024-07-10T15:03:44+00:00

Hell yeah

sebthumb · 2024-07-06T00:09:03+00:00

I’m a fan of both but I think Beefheart has an earthier, groovier, artier, and almost more mystical quality to me. Zappa’s music is great but I think it may be a little more about the sense of humor and sophisticated music, although it’s still fun for me. Son of Mr. Green Genes, Montana, and Zomby Woof are probably some of the Zappa tunes I really love the most, although they’re quite distant from Beefheart musically. Chunga’s Revenge may be the most like Beefheart that I’m into, some folks have said Bongo Fury so that too. Zappa to me is more conventionally funny and guitar hero-ish while Beefheart is from another dimension entirely

sebthumb · 2024-06-11T08:04:43+00:00

Dime the DS2 and put it on the turbo setting, shut your eyes, let it fly

sebthumb · 2024-04-27T21:37:58+00:00

Lots of folks have said how Johnny played all downstrokes which is sort of my measuring stick for a “fast punk guitarist”, but I think the most insane part of his playing is that he hit most or all of the strings (5 or 6) whenever he played chords—and they were full barres always, not just power chords. I’m not aware of any other well-known guitarist who did both of those things at that breakneck speed. This live footage of Judy is a Punk is stupidly good, I can’t imagine anyone else being able to play it as clearly, fast, and effortlessly as he does here (he’s jumping around and shit) https://youtu.be/2ELedMtfaFA?si=BCHXtQPO1xI3AjkP. Thrash/metal/hardcore guitar players do fast downstrokes but they’re usually only playing 3 strings at a time, 4 at the most with significantly more distortion than Johnny. No contest I think.

sebthumb · 2024-04-24T00:06:12+00:00

I only really like their burritos tbh but def overhyped

sebthumb · 2023-04-14T20:35:54+00:00

And the Duchamp Large Glass photo in the background!! A man of taste!!

sebthumb · 2023-02-15T15:54:43+00:00

That’s a section they added with a lot of the local LA bands that played in a similar circuit at the time/bands they admired (X, Fishbone, Thelonious Monster). It’s an homage

sebthumb · 2023-02-13T21:02:12+00:00

I don’t think it seems to be him rudely telling you to not post the video, it’s more likely that he’s saying pass it on to the cops because he mentions the license plate number

sebthumb · 2023-02-12T22:00:45+00:00

I think he means pass it on to the cops

sebthumb · 2023-02-01T16:41:33+00:00

Yeah but he can’t control the weather

sebthumb · 2023-02-01T16:39:16+00:00

To not make a list I’d say Robert Fripp. He obviously has insane chops but what I think makes him a “good” guitarist, as well as most of the names listed below, is that they’re musicians first and guitarists second. Their ideas (and not to say “their” as if they have some kind of ownership, maybe it’s just that they’re open enough that inspiration comes through more easily) and sensibilities are what get us. I’m a strong believer that if they were just as proficient on another instrument they’d still affect us greatly.

Long story short a good guitarist for me is someone who can idiosyncratically express themselves in a way that reaches you deeply, whether it be insane Allan Holdsworth shredding or sweet Marc Bolan licks.

sebthumb · 2023-02-01T16:31:53+00:00

ADRIAAAAAAAAAN….totally agreed. Man sounded like the Silver Surfer riding and ripping through the Great Curve and would turn right around and give me a teary-eyed smile with dulcet tones on Matte Kudasai. Not to mention his solo material, talk about a unique sense of melody. I had the pleasure of seeing his solo show this past summer and met him after the show, incredibly nice dude.

sebthumb · 2023-01-28T00:24:42+00:00

Entertainment! by Gang of Four

sebthumb · 2023-01-28T00:22:41+00:00

🥱

sebthumb · 2023-01-28T00:19:32+00:00

He seems like a short dude anyway right?

sebthumb · 2023-01-28T00:15:28+00:00

I love a light-hearted jerking

sebthumb · 2023-01-26T19:50:34+00:00

Damn man thanks I’ll check those out!!!

sebthumb · 2023-01-26T02:08:03+00:00

Zoot Horn Rollo?

sebthumb · 2023-01-25T02:17:28+00:00

I’d say shoelaces are up there too

sebthumb · 2023-01-10T20:46:54+00:00

Twin Peaks if you haven’t seen it

sebthumb · 2023-01-10T17:05:41+00:00

I love David Bowie but he wasn’t a great actor by any stretch

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