ZAPPA FRANK/JOE S GARAGE

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DESCRIPTIONTRIPLE VINYL LP REPRESSING. JOES GARAGE IS A 1979 ROCK OPERA BY FRANK ZAPPA. ZAPPA SELF-DEPRECATINGLY DESCRIBED THE ALBUM AS A STUPID LITTLE STORY ABOUT HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO DO AWAY WITH MUSIC. ORIGINALLY RELEASED AS TWO SEPARATE STUDIO ALBUMS ON ZAPPA RECORDS THE PROJECT WAS LATER REMASTERED AND REISSUED AS A TRIPLE ALBUM BOX SET JOES GARAGE ACTS I II III IN 1987. THE STORY IS TOLD BY A CHARACTER IDENTIFIED AS THE CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER NARRATING THE STORY OF JOE AN AVERAGE ADOLESCENT MALE WHO FORMS A GARAGE ROCK BAND HAS UNSATISFYING RELATIONSHIPS WITH WOMEN GIVES ALL OF HIS MONEY TO A GOVERNMENT ASSISTED AND INSINCERE RELIGION EXPLORES SEXUAL ACTIVITIES WITH APPLIANCES AND IS IMPRISONED. AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON INTO A DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY IN WHICH MUSIC ITSELF HAS BEEN CRIMINALIZED HE LAPSES INTO INSANITY. THE ALBUM ENCOMPASSES A LARGE SPECTRUM OF MUSICAL STYLES WHILE ITS LYRICS OFTEN FEATURE SATIRICAL OR HUMOROUS COMMENTARY ON AMERICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS. IT ADDRESSES THEMES OF INDIVIDUALISM FREE WILL CENSORSHIP THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND HUMAN SEXUALITY WHILE CRITICIZING GOVERNMENT AND RELIGION AND SATIRIZING CATHOLICISM AND SCIENTOLOGY. JOES GARAGE IS NOTED FOR ITS USE OF XENOCHRONY A RECORDING TECHNIQUE THAT TAKES GUITAR SOLOS FROM OLDER LIVE RECORDINGS AND OVERDUBS THEM ONTO NEW STUDIO RECORDINGS.