ZAPPATiKA is an international group of musicians who live near Amsterdam in Holland, touring all over Europe. ZAPPATiKA play their own music and also sometimes perform Frank Zappa Tribute shows.
ZAPPATiKA are fronted by British guitarist/composer ZAP McINNES on lead guitar and lead vocals,
with co-founder multi-instrumentalist BATTATUTTI on the drums and general professorship in Zappology
ZOMBY WOOF ,who is rumoured to be of American origin,was next to join on rythm guitar and backing vocals,and also brings with him an alarming expertise in all things Zappa...
BONGO FURY plays percussion-xylophone and synths and sings quite a bit too,when not making animal noises and squeaking like a rabid mouse....
and then newest and youngest dude in the band is THE KID on the bass guitar and does a mean Devil,and proves the theory that some people under 25 CAN play Zappa's music very well-
....and that's about it...for now..but there ARE expansion plans for 2010,so watch this space ! In the meantime,which is a groovy time,check out this vid....its the latest 24 track master of the ZAPPATiKA theme tune THRU THE WORMHOLE recorded for a DVD project for 2010 release....
Thru the Wormhole (24 track mix-Live)
Although the band loves to screw around in the studio for months on end , our real passion is ,and has always been, LIVE PERFORMANCE !
- no animals or republicans were injured during the making of this music nor do we take any kind of responsibility for injuries caused to your mind by listening to ZAPPATiKA
-instead we invite you all round for dinner and nice game of cards next wednesday afternoon at about 2.30
if YOU wish to support ZAPPATiKA to keep working , travelling about, getting drunk and ,of course,producing even more great music for your ears , then you can simply donate some small change to the ZAPPATiKA Titties N Beer fund right here and now !
PLEASE DON'T PIRATE THE MUSIC ~
Support the work musicians do by NOT downloading for free ALL the time ! If more folks are buying a track or CD now and again it makes a big difference in the long term- Thanks !!
ZAPPATiKA albums and also lots of FREE DOWNLOADS available via the Last.fm Logo right here ........
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Cool! Good luck with the Birthday Bash, glad you found a use for that photo of me praying to the mighty Zombie Woof during Watermelon. I'll be sending you an awesome photo of you guys in front of Frank's giant face very soon, haven't received a hard copy of your updated press kit to send to venues yet though... Best Wishes, PAUL PS - check out photos of me doing vocals on Banco de Gaia's dance version of the Hawkwind classic Spirit of The Age at Beautiful Days festival - a real challenge as my flying helmet featured built-in ear defenders so I couldn't hear a bloody thing!