FABRIZIO GROSSI

Supersonic Blues Machine’s acclaimed producer and bassist got into Frank Zappa by mistake, and has never looked back.

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“In 1980 I dropped and broke my cousin’s vinyl copy of an Eagles live album. I looked everywhere for a replacement copy in my home town of Milan but couldn’t find one anywhere, then eventually this guy was selling his copy but would only sell it with this other record, which was Freak Out by Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention. I didn’t know who they were. At the time I was into rock bands like Van Halen and AC/DC, so when I put on Freak Out I was expecting loud guitars, banging drums and all that. I was not expecting that madness! Frank played Italy quite often, and I watched several shows after that and enjoyed them, but I had no great interest in his recordings until somebody…

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