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Ads by Goooooogle The band was born in the early 60’s, the brainchild of Don Van Vliet, an > The Omen (2006/Theatrical Film Review) artist/sculptor who would become known as Captain Beefheart. Like many musicians of the time the fascinated Beefheart. Their first Heed The Omen > Night Stalker (2005) - The You Have Been Complete Series single was a searing version of ’s . While it Warned. Darkness > The Break-Up (Theatrical was a pretty straightforward cover some elements of the song established Film Review) Has Descended. > Captain Beefheart - Under what would become the Beefheart sound. Van Vliet’s voice, a loud Now Playing. Review gravelly growl, overtly inspired by Bluesman Howlin’ Wolf, gave the song a www.heedtheomen.com > Masters of Horror - Don gravity and sense of menace not heard in the original. Coscarelli & Mick Garris episodes > The Bourne Supremacy Through a friendship with Beefheart eventually was able to (HD-DVD) make the contacts needed to record a full-length album. "The Omen" on > Crimson Tide (Unrated Video Extended Version) (seen in High Fidelity as the album Jack Black wouldn’t sell to an > Horses Of Gettysburg undeserving customer) was released in 1967. Though it is in many ways Buy online - quick, > Home Improvement - The a straight-ahead Blues/Rock album, hints of the bands later easy & secure! All Complete Fourth Season your favorite TV > The Freakmaker (1972) experimentation creeps through. shows & movies > Munich (Widescreen/Basic www.FoxStore.com DVD) That experimentation reached its height with in 1969. > Kate Bush - Under Review > An Unfinished Life Though it regularly appears on “top album of all time” lists this is a > The Gardener (aka Seeds difficult album to listen to. It is unflinching in its refusal to give the Of Evil/1975) listener anything readily identifiable to hang on to. It works as a The Omen - 666 > Superman – The Ultimate testament to creativity, artistic vision and an uncompromising approach to See the Trailers, Max Fleischer Cartoon Collection (VCI) one’s art. It doesn’t work so well as an album you just want to put on and Reviews and the listen to very often. Latest News for The Omen. Free www.UGO.com/summerm Beefheart continued to release until 1982 when the band retired. Van Vliet still paints and sculpts but has retired from the music business entirely. Other members of the Magic Band have appeared in various other musical endeavors. Free Movie Downloads The DVD contains several extras, including a profile of Van Vliet and a Hundreds of Public fairly comprehensive trivia quiz. Domain Movies Upload Your Own Videos - Wayne Wise www.veoh.com

Advertise on this site Wayne Wise is a fan of Captain Beefheart but really didn’t know very much about the band’s history. He recommends the DVD as informative, entertaining, and well put-together, a must for fans and a great introduction for the curious. He still has a tough time listening to Trout Mask Replica.

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