1. NAME: Fried Marlenstahl

2. DATE OF BIRTH: 1973

3. OCCUPATION: musician, teacher.

4. PLACE OF RESIDENCE: France (Rennes)

5. WHAT YEAR DID YOU BECOME A FAN?: very late… 1999 I guess.
 

 
 

SAFE AS MILK :   _________________       1
MIRROR MAN :   __________________     1
STRICTLY PERSONAL :     _________     _ 2
TROUT MASK REPLICA :     ________      1
LICK MY DECALS OFF BABY :    _____    1
SPOTLIGHT KID :   ________________      1
CLEAR SPOT :     _________________         2
UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED : _12
BLUEJEANS & MOONBEAMS :    ____   12
SHINY BEAST :    _________________       1
DOC AT THE RADAR STATION :    ___   1
ICE CREAM FOR CROW :__________      1

 

 

At the moment (january 2008) :

1 The Work : Slow Crimes

2 Roof :The Untraceable Cigar

3 Nurse With Wound : Large Ladies With Cake in The Oven

4 Mothers : Absolutely Free (and everything from 1966 to 1970).

5 Faust : everything

6 Birthday Party : Live 1982

7 Luc Ferrari : Brise-Glace

8 The Ex-Tom Cora : Scrabbling At The Lock

9 Volcano The Bear : All The Paint I Can Breathe

10 : The Stooges :Raw Power

 

8. NUMBER OF ALBUMS  OWNED: hem… 1000 ? 2000? Don't know…

9. HOW DID YOU FIRST DISCOVER CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND,
AND WAS THERE A PARTICULAR SONG THAT MADE YOU SEE THE LIGHT?:

I discovered Beefheart very late : I was a (not so big) Zappa fan, been told by Zappassholes that Beefheart was shit… Then a good friend, movie-maker and writer, told me that "eveything from Beefheart" was "great". So I bought Trout Mask Replica and The Spotlight Kid-Clear Spot, and BANG! Frownland… Ella Guru… Dachau Blues… I was in. A true shock.

10. NUMBER OF BEEFHEART  GIGS SEEN, AND WHICH YEARS:

(sob)… never… too young…

11. ART SHOWS VISITED:
yes. Many. The last one : "entartete kunst" in Bielefeld, Germany, during a tour with my band. Many paintings from 1938. Wonderful show.

12. ANY CONTACT WITH DON?: No.

13. MUSICAL ABILITY / TRAINING:
I play guitar since I'm 12, then bass, cello, keyboards, mandolin, a bit clarinet, saw, violin, tootbrush, everything that makes a sound and comes to my hands can fit… I'm no virtuoso at all, just like to make sounds and discover.

14. ANY OTHER INFO YOU WISH TO ADD? L'art de gauche vaincra