here is what this RADISH belives

[Pete Thomas]

SO

 here beginneth the lesson it what I a true believer doth believe when it gets down to the nitty gritti of FZ and MOI wonderness.
1.

ANY

 FZ album and sometimes concert which involved Tommy Mars and his fake keyboard horns should be avoided at all costs.
2.

FZ

 did his best albums with the 3 (or 4) versions of the MOTHERS OF INVENTION.
3. In total

CONTRADICTION

 of 2 his best album is HOT RATS.
4. FZ best guitar solo on record is in

'DID YA GET ANY ONYA'

 from Weasles Ripped  My Flesh.
5. weel there are more but I ll just kick off with these

non conraversial

 views

[Pete Thomas]

well glad you all agree so far... here's some more
5. the Zappa family trust are making

a pigs ear

 of the re-release program not including vinyl is a crime against art.
6. the same trust are seemingly unable to find any

interesting concert

 material to release there is enough in the archives for a DICKSPICKS type series...
7. when

FZ plays Jazz

 it is absolutely rubbish and contains no merit whatsoever listen to MILES DAVIS instead.
8. post 1970's all FZ Classical work was far more i

nteresting

 than his Rock work.
9 The 3 albums from the final tour are fun but the

cold-antiseptic

 nature of the playing somes up where FZ went wrong in later years...
10. ZPZ are ok but DWEEZIL has

zero stage presence

 and is the weakest link!! bring back AHMET!!

[Harmless Ted]

Well.... I enjoy Tommy Mars' playing very much. Infact the 1981/82 band is my favourite and that has a lot to do with Mars. 

By 1981 Tommy Mars, Ed Mann and Steve Vai had been playing with Zappa for five or six years and I believe that some of Zappa's best music was written with these three musicians in his mind: Envelopes, Drowning Witch, Whats New In Baltimore?, Moggio, Sinister Footwear, Teenage Prostitute and others. I could be - naturally - completely wrong, however, but I enjoy Tommy Mars' playing of Zappa's music very much.

[Pete Thomas]

No probhlem with STEVE's guitar and Ed's congas but those fake keyboard horns put a hurt on my ears!! Listen to Joe's Garage ACT11 which is far superiopr to anything from that 80's band and Frank's guitar playing was still inspired rather than hackneyed...