Captain Beefheart

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Captain Beefheart was the stage name of Don Van Vliet, an experimental American musician and bandleader known for his avant-garde rock, blues, and free-jazz–influenced work, especially with his Magic Band.

All labels observed (1)

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Captain Beefheart canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American musician ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
stage name ⓘ
activeYearsEnd early 1980s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
artisticMovement avant-garde ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ
associatedAct Frank Zappa ⓘ
The Mothers of Invention ⓘ
surface form: Mothers of Invention

The Magic Band ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications of multiple sclerosis ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1941-01-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2010-12-17 ⓘ
genre art rock ⓘ
avant-garde rock ⓘ
blues ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ
free jazz ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
influencedGenre alternative rock ⓘ
new wave ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
knownFor complex song structures ⓘ
surreal lyrics ⓘ
unconventional rhythms ⓘ
laterCareer visual artist ⓘ
nationality United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
notableWork Clear Spot ⓘ
Doc at the Radar Station ⓘ
Ice Cream for Crow ⓘ
Lick My Decals Off, Baby ⓘ
Safe as Milk ⓘ
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) ⓘ
Trout Mask Replica ⓘ
occupation harmonica player ⓘ
musician ⓘ
painter ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Glendale ⓘ
surface form: Glendale, California, United States
placeOfDeath Arcata, California ⓘ
surface form: Arcata, California, United States
realName Don Van Vliet ⓘ
recordLabel A&M Records ⓘ
Reprise Records ⓘ
Straight Records ⓘ
Virgin Records ⓘ
retiredFromMusic early 1980s ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ry Cooder → associatedAct → Captain Beefheart ⓘ
Rollin' and Tumblin' → hasNotableVersionBy → Captain Beefheart ⓘ
Bruce Fowler → collaboratedWith → Captain Beefheart ⓘ
Blue Thumb Records → notableArtist → Captain Beefheart ⓘ
van Vliet → stageName → Captain Beefheart ⓘ
subject surface form: Don Van Vliet
Devo → influencedBy → Captain Beefheart ⓘ
Chester Arthur Burnett → influenced → Captain Beefheart ⓘ