As the iconic album turns 50, David Fricke on why Captain Beefheart's 'Trout Mask Replica' still sounds like tomorrow
), has long been superseded by the darker truth of its genesis and the high price the band paid, in sanity and credit, for their commitment. Van Vliet, of course, did not write the entire album in one eight-hour stretch, and he did not teach the musicians how to play from scratch.
Van Vliet’s insistence on colorful pseudonyms — Zoot Horn Rollo , Rockette Morton , Antennae Jimmy Semens , the Mascara Snake — effectively masked individual contributions. French, dubbed Drumbo, was dropped from thecredits entirely in original pressings after conflicts with Beefheart resulted in the drummer briefly leaving the group.
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