I love Frank Zappa. It’s all thanks to my Dad and his cranking up of the stereo volume so he could sing loudly along to Dinah Moe Humm  when I was too young to understand what was being said in the lyrics.

I have been to a Zappa Plays Zappa gig before, back in 2007 I believe, and I remember only recognising 2 songs out of the entire 3 hour set. Love his music, hadn’t collected many of his albums at that point (in all fairness, I didn’t even know where to start!). Still, regardless of my lack of knowledge, I still loved the music, even if the guitar solos of Steve Vai got a bit much to bear.

This performance seemed a lot more toned down, although it was still spectacular. Dweezil is a machine on that guitar, looking every bit his father sans moustache.

It felt being weird being alone in the photographer pit, but I sure did love having the space to stretch and calculate my shot, a huge change from say Marilyn Manson at Soundwave.

FULL GALLERY HERE