Effective period / Period of releases: 2001

Members: George Rademacher, Thomas Rath, Andy Mertens, Harry Sebel, Jörg " Doc" Heuser, Thomas Jung (4), Stefan Faust, Jürgen Nick, Kai Rothfuchs, Stephan Werthes, Harry Noll, Marco Steffen

Founded 1992 in Germany, followed by "Frank Out!" and in 2011 "The Grandsheiks". They cover Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention stuff in a very impressive way. Their music is a tribute not only to the work of Frank Zappa, their live shows are inspired by the very special "sense of humour" that The Mothers of Invention & Zappa brought into rock music.
1992 lineup: Andy Mertens (bass), Stephan Werthes (sax, vocals), Jürgen Nick (drums), Fips Schneiss (guitar, vocals), Kai Rotfuchs (guitar, vocals), Thomas Jung (keyboard, vocals), Harry Noll (vocals)