Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band’s 1969 psych-rock freakout Trout Mask Replica is considered one of the greatest albums ever recorded. However, it’s also polarising, with its blend of jazz, blues, ...

From Captain Beefheart’s surreal blues to Can’s hypnotic krautrock, these 15 bands revelled in a soundworld like no other on ...

Previously unseen footage of the legendary Captain Beefheart performing in Paris has been posted online. The footage, which was shot at the famed Bataclan nightclub on April 15, 1972, on the European ...

Musician and artist Don Van Vliet, who performed a complex brand of experimental rock under the name Captain Beefheart, died Friday. He was 69. The Michael Werner Gallery in New York confirmed Van ...

Recently, one of our favorite YouTubers, BobSeger1981, posted two short audio clips, radio station bumper IDs recorded for Lansing’s WKAR for Dick Rosemont’s “Audio Aftermath” show on April 17, 1974 ...

Captain Beefheart never achieved the status of household name. Most who have never heard of him very likely never heard his music. And many who did get a dose of the Captain and his Magic Band didn't ...

Ever miss an un-missable concert? It’s one of those pangs that lingers, fixed like a stamp on the back of your skull. It’s a bad taste in your mouth that never leaves, a constant reminder of how your ...

Captain Beefheart was the musical persona of Don Van Vliet, the avant-garde 1960s and '70s musician (best known for the 1969 hit record Trout Mask Replica) whose inimitable psychedelic rock influenced ...

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Captain Beefheart was the subject of one of the most intense e-mail discussions I've had in my life, with someone I've never met and can't remember. Captain Beefheart - the musical nom de plume of ...