cpt. cheese-beard & the 7 sisters of
prevention
Belgian band Captain Cheese-beard started out as Cpt. Cheese-Beard & the 7 Sisters of Prevention, playing the music of Frank Zappa.
http://www.myspace.com/captcheesebeardthe7sistersofprevention
from their bio:
"The
"Cpt.CHEESE-BEARD & THE 7 SISTERS OF PREVENTION" ensemble was
formed by Johan De Coninck in May 2006 after a year of pondering whether the
whole project was actually feasible and worth all the trouble managing a
production of this size. It was very surprising that finding musicians who are
technically good enough to play Zappa's music, and motivated enough to take part
in this enterprise was actually not all that difficult. Most of them saw it as a
challenge to master these songs and developed a great appreciation for the
source material by analyzing and playing it.
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basic idea when we started of was just to go for it with a basic Rock formation
(Didier: Drums, Pascal: Bass, Johan: Guitar & voice, Sara: Keyboard &
Rojah: vocals) and see where we would end up. As soon as we mastered the basics
of a selection of tracks we started to look for people to complete the line up.
Melodic Percussion, Flute, Horns and Backing Vocals.
We recently welcomed Kristof Kerremans and Ludovic Jean-Mart joining the group. Both saxophone players, they add extra power and harmony creating a very rich sound."
The picture on the right was taken during their concert in Melsele.
You can watch some video clips of a rehearsal at:
and some footage of the Atelier210 gig at:
"Symphony For Auto Horns", an album with original material, was released in 2015.
discography
| capt. cheese-beard
& the 7 sisters of prevention:
s/t (2007, dvdr-demo, belgium, private release) - all zappa material |
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cheese-beard & the 7 sisters of prevention:
live @ the atelier210 (2007, dvdr-demo, belgium, private release) - all zappa material |
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| capt.
cheese-beard & the 7 sisters of prevention:
outside now (2008, cdr-demo, belgium, private release) - all zappa material (including 4 different tracks) |
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| capt.
cheese-beard & the 7 sisters of prevention:
outside now (2008, cdr-demo, belgium, private release) - all zappa material (including 5 different tracks) |
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| capt.cheese-beard
& the 7 sisters of prevention:
100 fingers live on stage (2009, dvdr-promo, belgium, private release) - all zappa material |
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| various artists:
zappanale 20 - promo-cd (2009, cd-promo, ger, arf society) |
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| capt.cheese-beard
& the 7 sisters of prevention:
the zoom sessions (2010, mp3-cdr-demo, belgium, private release) - all zappa material |
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| capt.cheese-beard
& the 7 sisters of prevention:
the zoom sessions (2010, 2cdr-demo, belgium, private release) - all zappa material |
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| captain
cheese-beard:
symphony for auto horns (2015, cd, bel, mottow soundz) - feat. robert martin |
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| captain cheese-beard: wood ( |
concerts
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random notes
| Here's some shots of the 2007/05/18 concert in Etterbeek, Belgium | |
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2007 06 23
Johan says:
Some excellent Footage of the Atelier210 gig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa7KLczo4GA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=526mpd3eqYM
2008 02 09
in concert at 'JH Merlijn' in Wezembeek-Oppem
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the 9-piece band on stage at JH Merlijn |
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Didier Demeestere on drums & Vanessa Spy on lead vocals - on stage at JH Merlijn |
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Sara Corsius on keyboard & Johan De Coninck on guitar and vocals - on stage at JH Merlijn |
2008 05 07
Inca Roads
Very Raw, No Overdubs, A Pure Live performance by the Capt. Cheese-Beard & 7
Sisters Of Prevention at the Atelier 210 last April. Due to acoustic troubles we
had we had an extremely poor stage sound which led to some individual mistakes
(mea culpa;-) but the overall performance is pretty strong and I didn't want to
deprive you from it. For those who were at the scene of the crime it's a nice
souvenir.
Check it out on:
http://www.myspace.com/captcheesebeardthe7sistersofprevention
4th Track.
Enjoy
J.
2008 10
Hello
Everybody,
It has been a while since we had something interesting and new to tell about Belgium's most spectacular live sensation "Capt.Cheese-Beard & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention" so it is with great pride and pleasure that we can announce, we've posted some great new live footage online. These live tracks were recorded in Melsele at an open air gig we played two months ago.
I am sure that you'll enjoy the great quality of the audio and video.
Also
great to read is the following:
http://www.rootstime.be/concert%20reviews/concert%20REV%202008%20-%20105.htm
By the way; we're still looking for a booker and manager in this faded Kingdom so if someone all of the sudden has a sudden moment of enlightenment after seeing these videos, feel free to contact us.
Cheerio
Jo.
2009 07 22
Captain
Cheese-Beard & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention reside in Brussels. As the name
suggest, this is not just another Zappa coverband. The Captain (and his 7
sisters) pay tribute to the late Frank Zappa and have made it their goal to keep
FZ's music alive.
I've seen the band perform live a couple of times, and I must say that they
succeed in bringing their fun and their joy from the stage into the audience.
The band's MySpace corner: http://www.myspace.com/captcheesebeardthe7sistersofprevention
The United Mutations entry: http://www.united-mutations.com/c/cptcheesebeard.htm
The
band will be opening the actual festival on Friday the 14th of August, on the
main stage, at 13:00 h
UniMuta:
Hello Johan,
I'm glad to hear that Captain Cheese-Beard & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention are
scheduled to perform at the Zappanale festival. How does it feel?
Johan De
Coninck: Great!
The band's really exited about the fact that we'll be playing this year. We're
going to do our best to come up with the best show possible and we'll try
"not to mention the war ;-)" I am also kinda glad to open on the Main
Stage on day one. It's an honour and it gives you the advantage of getting a
proper sound check which is important for this outfit.
UniMuta: When did you get to hear your first Zappa record? Do you conscider yourself addicted?
UniMuta:
I've been fortunate to have seen you guys and girls on a couple of occasions.
How difficult is it to find concerts for a Zappa tribute band? You're having
another gig scheduled in Melsele pretty soon, right?
Johan De
Coninck: I
must say that I knew that it wasn't going to be easy finding gigs for a project
like this but even I was surprised about how much of a hard sell it was turning
out to be. Especially here in Belgium and even more specifically in
Flanders.
You have to realise that the bulk of the industry is controlled by clear channel
/ Live Nation and that every product needs to fit nicely in a marketable
sellable package and of course we don't fit in anywhere. We don't play our own
compositions but we're not your traditional cover band either. Zappa's music has
Jazz influences but it's not Jazz enough to be booked on a Jazz festival like
Jazz Ghent for example (Never mind that Lady Lynn, who I have no problem with
but who doesn't sound Jazz at all, plays there) As soon as you speak to
promoters and they hear the name Zappa, you can immediately feel how confused
they get and it always ends with that it's not really their cup of tea. Of
course 90% of them have never heard a Zappa track in their lives. All in all,
Belgians have always been totally crap at recognizing their own talent. Most
bands that have made it outside the Belgian borders were puked upon by the
industry in their own country so I guess that in that respect, "We're doing
just fine" ;-)
About Melsele; yes, we will be playing there next week on the 30th of July and I
would like to thank Wuff Maes for organising this event. He's one of the only
concert promoters in Belgium who consistently believed in us. It's a free, open
air event so put you knickers on and join us for some fun!
UniMuta:
Entering Bad Doberan during Zappanale is like entering another planet. It's a
life altering experience. For a couple of days, Bad Doberan is the Home of the
Freaks.
If I'm not mistaken this will be the first visit of The Captain & His 7
Sisters of the Zappanale festival, well, maybe with the exception of one little
saxophone playing Sister.
Will you be able to take the entire band with you? Will you be staying the
entire festival?
Johan De
Coninck: Ha-ha,;
you're referring to Ludo who played there with The Wrong Object a few years ago.
Actually Ludo was scheduled to play the Zappanale with us but unfortunately he
got another assignment which he could not refuse which is kinda sad because your
testicles shrivel when he plays a solo but hey, You can't have it all. Anyway to
answer you question; if we play in Germany on a festival like this, than of
course I will bring the whole band along. "We're not in it for the
money!" so we're blowing the whole budged on getting everybody there. In
other words, we'll have about 10 people on stage. Most of us will stay at the
festival to see some of the other acts. I think that they have a really strong
line-up this year!
UniMuta:
I'm pretty
sure that you have seen the list of bands that will be playing at the festival.
You're in good company. Are you familiar with some of the bands? Anyone you want
to see?
Johan De
Coninck: Of
course bands like the Grande Mothers, Project Object, Terry Bozzio and so on but
also bands like Gong. I also hope to maybe discover one two things but most
important is to play a good show ourselves and once we've done that I have the
whole weekend left to see some great bands, hear great tunes and soak in the
atmosphere! OUTSTANDING!
UniMuta:
Excellent. Thank
you for your time.
Have fun & see you in Zappa-City Bad Doberan !! (& in Melsele
tomorrow !!)
| CPT. CHEESEBEARD & THE 7 SISTERS OF PREVENTION - LIVE AT ZAPPANALE 20 - 2009 08 14 |
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| CPT. CHEESEBEARD & THE 7 SISTERS OF PREVENTION - LIVE IN ANTWERP 2009 12 12 |
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2011 03 03
I received some fine pictures of Cpt.Cheese-Beard at the "Alter Ego Festival" 2011 02 19.
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At the Arf Arf Arf festvial with special guest Robert
Martin.
setlist
picture by Steffen Schindler |
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