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Don Van Vliet, who became a rock legend as [URL="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/captain-beefheart"]Captain Beefheart[/URL], died today from complications from multiple sclerosis in California. His passing was announced by the New York-based [URL="http://www.michaelwerner.com/index.htm"]Michael Werner Gallery[/URL], which represented his work as a painter.
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His [I]Trout Mask Replica[/I] was [URL="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/trout-mask-replica-captain-beefheart-and-his-magic-band-19691231"]Number 58[/URL] on [I]Rolling Stone[/I]'s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In a 1969 review, [URL="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/trout-mask-replica-19690726"]Lester Bangs called [/URL][I][URL="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/trout-mask-replica-19690726"]Trout[/URL] "[/I]a total success, a brilliant, stunning enlargement and clarification of his art."
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"Don Van Vliet was a complex and influential figure in the visual and performing arts," the gallery said in a statement. "He is perhaps best known as the incomparable Captain Beefheart who, together with his Magic Band, rose to prominence in the 1960s with a totally unique style of blues-inspired, experimental rock & roll. This would ultimately secure Van Vliet's place in music history as one of the most original recording artists of his time. After two decades in the spotlight as an avant-garde composer and performer, Van Vliet retired from performing to devote himself wholeheartedly to painting and drawing. Like his music, Van Vliet's lush paintings are the product of a truly rare and unique vision."
[URL="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/the-art-of-music-paintings-and-photos-by-paul-mccartney-bob-dylan-david-bowie-patti-smith-20071011/the-art-of-music-captain-beefheart-33934733"]The Art Of Music: Captain Beefheart[/URL]
Van Vliet leaves behind a wife, Jan. The two were married for more than 40 years.[/quote]
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For those of you who don't know about this legendary man
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Beefheart[/url]
fuck he died?
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Trout Mask Replica is a weird album.
Listening the shit out of Trout Mask Replica right now. Rest in peace, Cap'n. :unsmith:
Rest in Peace, your music was great!
I heard rumors that his magic band was just a bunch of homeless people, that he forced to practice 13 hours a day. If they played wrong, he would beat the shit out of them and put them in "the barrel". Probably just rumors though..
Well he did actually treat his band like shit.
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from wikipedia
[quote]The group rehearsed Van Vliet's difficult compositions for eight months, living communally in a small rented house in the Woodland Hills suburb of Los Angeles. Van Vliet implemented his vision by asserting complete artistic and emotional domination of his musicians. At various times one or another of the group members was put "in the barrel," with Van Vliet berating him continually, sometimes for days, until the musician collapsed in tears or in total submission to Van Vliet.[4] According to John French and Bill Harkleroad these sessions often included physical violence. French described the situation as "cultlike"[5] and a visiting friend said "the environment in that house was positively Manson-esque."[6] Their material circumstances also were dire. With no income other than welfare and contributions from relatives, the group survived on a bare subsistence diet. French recounted living on no more than a small cup of soybeans a day for a month[7] and at one point band members were arrested for shoplifting food (with Zappa bailing them out).[8] A visitor described their appearance as "cadaverous" and said that "they all looked in poor health." Band members were restricted from leaving the house and practiced for 14 or more hours a day.[/quote]
[QUOTE=pie_is_good;26790295]Well he did actually treat his band like shit.
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That's pretty brutal if you ask me. Haven't listened to a lot of his stuff, but Frownland sounds like a one man band falling down stairs. I like Willie the Pimp though, even if it's with Zappa.
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