Frank Zappa - WBCN Interview 1978

Audio: Frank Zappa radio interview 26th Oct 1978, WBCN, Boston, MA,
Persona Non Grata from 25-Oct 1978, North Shore Coliseum, Danvers MA

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[axeofgod72]

zappa the artist... the man who killed censorship... poet, comedian, prophet, politician, philosopher...

he took on the entire US senate, and exposed them for the fools that they were... god bless you forever, FZ...

[robinidiot]

Any idea who the interviewer is?

[jcarboski1]

I'm from Beverly Mass and was at that show in 1978 at the concert. The ticket stub calls this the "North Shore Coliseum" ha ha it was nothing more than the Danvers Twin rinks a high school hockey rink on rt 114 where the Burlinton Coat factory now resides. Anyways the incident at the beginning of the show was intense. Someone threw a zippo lighter on stage from the floor seats and hit Frank right on the cheast really hard. He stoppedbriefly but continued pissed off. Great show. ...Chris Carr

[DevSodDribble]

@caljmcgregor If it was done for WBCN, more than 30 years ago, the Zappa family may not even know about it. They also may not have access to it, since WBCN went off the air a couple of years ago.

[stevieray56]

I was at this show. The coliseum was a hockey rink. The acoustics were terrible. The crowd was full of assholes. Zappa was shirtless and someone whipped a cigarette lighter off his bare chest that caused him to halt the show and leave the stage in disgust. He came back about five minutes later and warned that if the audience didn't behave themselves, the show would be over. It was not one of Zappa's finer moments, but I saw a great performance about 3 years later at the Boston Music Hall.

[russelljdj]

@NMNHTV13

This concert took place at what used to be the Twin Rinks. I remember listening to Oedipus do this interview way back when.

[bruskidog]

Yup, Twin Rinks. I was at the show. Only time i saw FZ.. Anyone out there remember what happend early in the show to frank ?Better yet, a rec. of it?

[atlantajimmy]

I think this was at the Twin Rinks in Danvers on Rt 114.  Its no longer there.

[michael4hhi]

I lived in Topsfield it was at the skating rink on either rt 114 or 62 its been a long time Its where the Bruins used to practice

[caljmcgregor]

Yet another fantastic piece that the Zappa family has failed to release or acknowledge. Definitely one of the best zappa solos I've ever heard. Thank you for posting this!

[NMNHTV13]

I'm from that  area and I hang out in Danvers a lot and can't image where in town that venue might've been.