Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: The Slits, Captain Beefheart, Klaatu, The Jam, Japan, The Shirelles, Blondie, Skids, Adam and the Ants, 999, Feminist Improvising Group, The Only Ones, Profili Profili, The Records, Department S, New Musik, The Teardrop Explodes, The Lambrettas, Bulevar, Starchild, The Scenics, Buster, Hotel, Grupa I, DNA, The Cosmopolitans, Breakout, City Boy, Pasta ZZ, Screaming Meemees, The Swingers, Fist, Rok Ma ina, Tuff Monks, The Method Actors, The Mo-dettes, Defektno Efektni, The Diagram Brothers, A II Z, Mama's Pride, Brown Sauce, The Cravats, Basement 5, The Pale Fountains, Pagan Altar, The Fix, Dramatis, Kuckles, Calamity Jane, Chi-Pig, The Jags, Blight, Fallout, Vaughan Mason & Crew, Aborto Eletrico. Excerpt: Don Van Vliet (; born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 - December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work was conducted with a rotating ensemble of musicians called The Magic Band, active between 1965 and 1982, with whom he recorded 12 studio albums. Noted for his powerful singing voice with its wide range, Van Vliet also played the harmonica, saxophone and numerous other wind instruments. His music blended rock, blues and psychedelia with free jazz, avant-garde and contemporary experimental composition. Beefheart was also known for exercising an almost dictatorial control over his supporting musicians, and for often constructing myths about his life. During his teen years in Lancaster, California, Van Vliet developed an eclectic musical taste and formed "a mutually useful but volatile" friendship with Frank Zappa, with whom he sporadically competed and collaborated. He began performing with his Captain Beefheart persona in 1964 and joined the original Magic Band line-up, initiated by Alexis Snouffer, in 1965. The group drew a...