ant-bee
ant-bee
The Ant-Bee (real name Billy James) 's recordings show influences by Frank Zappa & the Mothers Of Invention, Captain Beefheart, The Fugs, Gong and other 'psychedelic' 70's bands. The Ant-Bee's albums feature a lot of guest musicians as well as a couple of coverversions from this period. As Billy James, he wrote (& co-wrote) a couple of very interesting books.
The Todd Grubbs Group with Ant-Bee, Bo Smith and Tony Arnone, contributed a track to the "21 Burnt Weeny Sandwiches" tribute that got released on Cordelia Records in 2010.
discography
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vai: flex-able (1984, lp, usa, urantia records) - feat.bob & suzanne harris, chad wackerman, billy james |
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bob harris: the great nostalgia (1) (1986, lp, usa, mastahna records) - feat. various zappa alumni |
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ant-bee: through the window pain (1988, k7, uk, acid tapes 061) |
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| 1 | ant-bee: pure electric honey (1990, lp, usa, voxx vxs 200.056) - feat.rantin'& ravin'(bob & suzanne harris) |
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| ant-bee: rarities vol.1 (1992, k7, usa, electrik yak 001) - feat.rick snyder, bob harris |
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| ant-bee: rarities vol.2 (1992, k7, usa, electrik yak 002) |
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| ant-bee: son of lunar
egg-clips dances with the mystic mother (1992, k7, uk, acid tapes 084) - feat rick snyder, bob harris / 'candy corn' (van vliet), 'son of orange county' (fz) |
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| ant-bee: evolution (= rarities vol.2, electrik yak 002) (1992, k7, uk, acid tapes 089) |
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| ant-bee: with my favourite "mothers"
and other bizarre muzik (1992, k7, usa, electrik yak 003) - cover drawing by cal schenkel / feat. gardner, preston, black, snyder |
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| ant-bee: snorks and wheezes (1993, k7, usa, electrik yak) - feat.bunk gardner, don preston, jc black, motorhead sherwood |
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| ant-bee: the *#!%%? of ant-bee - rarities vol.3 (1993, k7, usa, electrik yak records 009) - feat.bunk gardner, don preston, jc black, motorhead sherwood |
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| dr.chadbourne & the ant-bee: live - one night in infinity (1993, k7, usa, electrik yak records 010) = recorded live at the infinity club - greensboro, nc, july30, 1993 |
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| ant-bee: the bizarre german e.p. (1994, 7", ger, lollipop shop bouncing splash 8) - feat.bunk gardner, don preston, jc black |
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| 2 | ant-bee: with my favorite "vegetables" and other bizarre
music (1994, cd, uk, divine records divine 3) - feat.motorhead, black, gardner, estrada, preston, snyder |
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| 3 | ant-bee: lunar muzik (1995, cd, uk, divine records divine 20) - feat. gardner, preston, black, estrada, sherwood, bob harris |
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| bruce cameron: midnight daydream (1999, cd, usa, brain cell records) - feat ant-bee, bunk gardner |
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| various
artists: eyeinhand sampler volume
1 (2001, cd, spain, vaso music vm 032) - all zappa related artists |
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| ant-bee: mynd muzik & other wierd
stuff (rarities vol.4) (2001, k7, usa, electrik yak records) |
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| ant-bee: child of the moon (2002, cdr, usa, private release) |
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| ant-bee: the #&%^@! of ant-bee (2002, cdr, usa, private release) |
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| ant-bee: mynd muzik (meditation madness) (2002, cdr, usa, private release) – rarities |
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| steve vai: various artists - archives
vol. 4 (2003, cd, usa, light without heat lwh 1004-2) |
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| bob harris: the great nostalgia (2007, cd, usa, crossfire publications) - feat. various zappa alumni |
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| various artists: 21 burnt weeny sandwiches (2010, cd, uk, cordelia records) - all compositions by frank zappa |
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| ant-bee:
electronic church muzik (2011, cd, usa, barking moondog records bmr1) - feat. various zappa & beefheart alumni |
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books - books written by billy 'ant-bee' james:
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necessity is… the early years of frank zappa
& the mothers of invention
by
billy james |
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| michael bruce - no more mr. nice guy by billy james | |
| an american band: the story of grand funk railroad by billy james | |
| a dream goes on forever - the continuing story of todd rundgren (volume 1) by billy james |
demo & promo stuff
video
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