From the 1960s through the early '80s, Captain Beeheart (Don Van Vliet) fused free jazz, the avant-garde, blues, and rock in a highly original, unclassifiable style. He's had few peers, but his angular, uncompromising sound has influenced countless younger artists, from Robyn Hitchcock to Tom Waits. Beefheart started out in a relatively straight ahead bluesy rock mode, but his music (courtesy of the Magic Band) grew progressively stranger and more complex with each album, culminating in his masterpiece, 1969's TROUT MASK REPLICA. After 1982's ICE CREAM FOR CROW, the ever-inscrutable Captain retired from music, concentrating instread on his painting.

Listen to Captain Beefheart at Finetune.

• (2006)  Doc At The Radar Station
• (1980)  Doc at the Radar Station
• (1978)  Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)

• Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
• A Carrot Is As Close As a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond
• Making Love to a Vampire With a Monkey On My Knee
• Tropical Hot Dog Night
• The Floppy Boot Stomp

• Frank Zappa
• Tom Waits
• The Residents
• Primus
• The Velvet Underground
• Butthole Surfers
• Talking Heads
• Ween
• Flaming Lips
• Mr. Bungle
• Boredoms
• Melvins
• Negativland
• Mindless Self Indulgence
• Green Jelly
• The Aquabats
• Atom And His Package
• Dan Deacon
• Buckethead feat. Serj Tankian
• Joy Electric

• orlamoeller
• geniusloci
• ryu_0225
• Dtstinto
• NSG
• billbogan
• murdock44
• pjm6811
• Angelstune
• Edjo
• paulheetebrij
• goodhead20
• assebroek
• ocd_21
• nanook36
• maya_111
• TROTSKI
• spunbyver1
• Phil0001
• STRATOCAT
• kimwind13
• Sterf
• jeremypeter
• arthurfoxcakes
• rascuache003
• geen
• kniss728
• fiveherb
• eddielin11
• krizcat
• marksof
• makno63
• Burno
• davisrs
• ceefour
• nihtwael
• RUIRAIOX
• emperorjoeduke
• lulasp
• lexxjam
• probot0770
• frimass