June 1969: Number 4 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie music
For his third album, Captain Beefheart signed to Frank Zappa's Straight label, having been promised complete artistic freedom. The result was Trout Mask Replica, four sides of wild invention that felt improvised, but was the product of eight months' intense rehearsal by his Magic Band, under often agonising conditions. Lowest-fi Delta blues, beat-poetic scattered logic, broken beautiful pop, squawking, jagged jazz-rock ? these artful shards composed a mosaic whole that has eluded many while profoundly enchanting some. Its redrawing of rock's aesthetic frontiers ? its fearless freedom ? has inspired outsider musicians for more than 40 years.
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