FZ chronology: 1985-1993

1985

Them Or Us (The Book)
(Barking Pumpkin Records)

April 12, 1985	Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA Kronos Quartet	None Of The Above (premiere)
April 19, 1985	Zappa The Old Masters Box One (7 LPs, Barking Pumpkin BPR-7777)
May 8, 1985	Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC, NY Aspen Wind Quintet	Time's Beach (premiere)

c. September 1985	FZ's comments	Congress Shall Make No Law [88]
September 19, 1985	Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation FZ testimony on the PMRC affair	Porn Wars (voices) [44] [92] Congress Shall Make No Law [88]
	UMRK	One Man, One Vote [44] [#119] Little Beige Sambo [44] Aerobics In Bondage [44] Yo Cats (FZ/Mariano) [44] [67] Porn Wars (Synclavier aka H.R. 2911) [44] [92] "If I Was President" (Synclavier) [#105] Medieval Ensemble [#105] Brutality (Maniac Mix) [TZMLESEP—EBRE]
	UMRK	Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention (overdubs) [44]
November 21, 1985	Frank Zappa Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention (LP, Barking Pumpkin ST-74203)

1986

January 27, 1986	Frank Zappa Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention (European Version) (LP, EMI EMC 3507) Frank Zappa Does Humor Belong In Music? (CD, EMI CDP 7 46188 2)
March 8, 1986	Playboy Magazine interview UMRK, LA	"There Is No Need" [79]
March 18, 1986	Maryland State Legislature Testimony	Perhaps In Maryland [88]
August 20, 1986	UMRK FZ with Bob Stone	Fine Girl (Remix) [AAAFNRAA]
August 22, 1986	Dweezil Zappa Havin' A Bad Day (LP, Barking Pumpkin ST-74204) produced by FZ & Bob Stone
1986	MTV Interview	"Tom Wilson" [78] [79] "My Pet Theory" [78] [79]
	UMRK	Black Page No. 1
	UMRK	Night School [47] The Beltway Bandits [47] While You Were Art II [47] Jazz From Hell [47] G-Spot Tornado [47] Damp Ankles [47] Massaggio Galore [47]
c. 1986	UMRK	Reagan At Bitburg Some More [88]
1986	UMRK	Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison [90] Buffalo Voice [90] Secular Humanism [90]
1986	UMRK	Worms From Hell [90] Samba Funk [90]
November 1986	AES Convention, LA, CA
November 25, 1986	Zappa The Old Masters Box Two (9 LPs, Barking Pumpkin BPR-8888) Frank Zappa Jazz From Hell (LP, Barking Pumpkin ST-74205)

1987

February 1987	Keyboard Magazine Soundpage #29—including Black Page No. 1
June 2, 1987	Frank Zappa The Guitar World According To Frank Zappa (cassette, Barking Pumpkin GW002)
September 17, 1987	Zappa London Symphony Orchestra Vol. II (Barking Pumpkin SJ-74207)
1987	UMRK Jade Teta—burp sampling session	"Congress Shall Make No Law . . . " [88]
1987	FZ, interviewed by Peter Occhiogrosso	The Origin Of Hot Rats [#115]
August 4, 1987	UMRK New remix Bob Stone—remix engineer	Who Are The Brain Police? [79] Any Way The Wind Blows [78] [79] Hungry Freaks, Daddy [79]

October-December 1987	Rehearsals
December 30, 1987	Zappa The Old Masters Box Three (9 LPs, Barking Pumpkin BPR-9999)

1988

January 29, 1988

"Let's Put Jim And Tammy In Their Place," Fundamentalists Anonymous Legal Task Force Concert Fundraiser, 4D Nightclub, NYC, NY. FZ & Steve Allen co-host.

February 2-March 25, 1988
US East Coast

	Zappa Band: FZ—lead guitar/vocal Ike Willis—guitar/vocal Mike Keneally—guitar/synth/vocal Bobby Martin—keyboards/vocal Ed Mann—percussion Walt Fowler—trumpet Bruce Fowler—trombone Paul Carman—alto sax Albert Wing—tenor sax Kurt McGettrick—baritone sax Scott Thunes—bass Chad Wackerman—drums
February 9, 1988	Warner Theatre, Washington, DC	Planet Of The Baritone Women (parts) [53] Any Kind Of Pain (parts) [53] Dickie's Such An Asshole (parts) [53] When The Lie's So Big (parts) [53] Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (parts) [53] [92] When Yuppies Go To Hell (parts, from Pound For A Brown) [56] Fire And Chains (guitar solo from Pound For A Brown) [56]
February 10, 1988	Warner Theatre, Washington, DC	Sinister Footwear 2nd Movement (parts) [56]
February 12, 1988	Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA	Planet Of The Baritone Women (parts) [53] Any Kind Of Pain (parts) [53] Dickie's Such An Asshole (spoken intro) [53] The Black Page #2 (New Age version) (1st part) [56] Catholic Girls (parts) [59] Crew Slut (parts) [59]
February 13, 1988	Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA	Why Don't You Like Me? (parts) [53] Jezebel Boy [53] Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (parts) [53] [92]
February 14, 1988	Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA	Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (parts) [53] [92] A Few Moments With Brother A. West (West/FZ) [55]
February 17, 1988	Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT	Why Don't You Like Me? (parts) [53]
February 20, 1988	Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA	Stinkfoot (1st part) [56]
February 23, 1988	Mid Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY	Trouble Every Day (Swaggart version) [55] Penguin In Bondage (Swaggart version) [55] Stinkfoot (2nd part) [56]
February 25, 1988	Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA	Why Don't You Like Me? (parts) [53] Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Swaggart version) [55] Royal March From L'Histoire Du Soldat (Stravinsky) (prob.) [56]
February 26, 1988	Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit, MI	Promiscuous [53] [92] Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (parts) [53] [92] King Kong (last part, from Pound For A Brown) [56]
February 28, 1988	Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit, MI	Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (1st part) [55]
March 1, 1988	Frauenthal Auditorium, Muskegon, MI	Bacon Fat (Williams/Brown) [53] Stolen Moments (Nelson) (1st part) [53] What Kind Of Girl? (parts) [53]
March 3, 1988	Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL	Why Don't You Like Me? (parts) [53] Stolen Moments (Nelson) (2nd part) [53] Murder By Numbers (Sting/Summers) [53] Catholic Girls (parts) [59] Crew Slut (parts) [59]
March 4, 1988	Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL	What Kind Of Girl? (parts) [53]
March 5, 1988	Music Hall, Cleveland, OH	Planet Of The Baritone Women (parts) [53] Any Kind Of Pain (parts) [53] Dickie's Such An Asshole (parts) [53] When The Lie's So Big (parts) [53] King Kong (2nd part) [56]
March 9, 1988	Shea's Theater, Buffalo, NY	Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (parts) [53] [92] Stairway To Heaven (Page/Plant) [AAAFNRAAAA]
March 11, 1988	War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, NY	When The Lie's So Big (parts) [53] Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (parts) [53] [92]
March 12, 1988	Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT	When Yuppies Go To Hell (parts, from Pound For A Brown) [56] Advance Romance (parts) [56]
March 13, 1988	Civic Center, Springfield, MA	Theme From The Bartok Piano Concerto No. 3 (Bartók) [56]
March 15, 1988	Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME	Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (parts) [53] [92]
March 16, 1988	Civic Center, Providence, RI	The Untouchables (Riddle) [53] Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (parts) [53] [92] Whipping Post (Allman) [#119]
March 17, 1988	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, NY	Dickie's Such An Asshole (parts) [53] When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (Ball/Graff/Olcott) [55] Them From The Godfather Part II (Rota) [55] Make A Sex Noise [59]
March 19, 1988	Memorial Hall, Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA	The Untouchables (Riddle) (final speech, LP & cassette only) [53] Zomby Woof (parts) [55] Sinister Footwear 2nd Movement (parts) [56] Stevie's Spanking [56] A Cold Dark Matter (Inca Roads solo) [77] Soul Polka (Oh No solo) [77]
March 20, 1988	Rothman Center, Teaneck, NJ	Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (parts) [53] [92] The Torture Never Stops Part Two [55]
March 21, 1988	Landmark Theater, Syracuse, NY	Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (main body) [55] My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama [AAAFNRAAAA]
March 23, 1988	Towson Center, Towson, MD	Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? [59] Stairway To Heaven (Page/Plant) [#119]
March 25, 1988	Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY	The Black Page #2 (New Age version) [#119] I Ain't Got No Heart [#119] Love Of My Life [#119] Inca Roads [#119] Sharleena [#119] Who Needs The Peace Corps? [#119] I Left My Heart In San Francisco (Cory/Cross) [#119] Dickie's Such An Asshole [#119] When The Lie's So Big [#105] [#119] Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [#119] (parts) [53] [92] Sofa #1 [#119] Happy Birthday To You (Chill/Chill) [#119] Packard Goose [#119] [#119] Royal March From L'Histoire Du Soldat (Stravinsky) [#119] Theme From The Bartok Piano Concerto No. 3 (Bartók) [#119] The Torture Never Stops [#119] [#119] Theme From Bonanza (Evans/Livingston) [#119] Lonesome Cowboy Burt [#119] City Of Tiny Lites [#119] Pound For A Brown [#119] The Beatles Medley (Lennon/McCartney) [#119] Peaches En Regalia [#119] I Am The Walrus (Lennon/McCartney) [#119] Bolero (Ravel) [#119] America The Beautiful (Ward/Bates) [AAAFNRAAA] [#105] [#119]

April 9-June 9, 1988
Europe

April 14, 1988	Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany	When Yuppies Go To Hell (parts) [56]
April 16, 1988	Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK	Zoot Allures [55] When Yuppies Go To Hell (parts, from Pound For A Brown) [56] Scratch & Sniff (City Of Tiny Lites solo) [77]
April 18, 1988	Wembley Arena, London, UK	Stairway To Heaven (Page/Plant) (ending) [55] Big Swifty (parts) [56]
April 19, 1988	Wembley Arena, London, UK	Outside Now (1st part) [53] Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (parts) [53] [92] The Torture Never Stops Part One (parts) [55] Theme From Bonanza (Evans/Livingston) [55] Oh No (1st part) [56] Chunga's Revenge [77]
April 22, 1988	Carl-Diem-Halle, Würzburg, Germany	Heavy Duty Judy (intro & solo) [55] Ring Of Fire (Kilgore/Carter) [55] Cosmik Debris [55] Who Needs The Peace Corps? (except first seconds) [55] I Left My Heart In San Francisco (Cory/Cross) [55] Inca Roads (sax solo and ending) [55] The Torture Never Stops Part One (parts) [55]
April 24, 1988	Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany	When Yuppies Go To Hell (parts, from Pound For A Brown) [56]
April 25, 1988	Falkoner Teatret, Copenhagen, Denmark	Any Kind Of Pain (parts) [53]
April 26, 1988	Frank Zappa Guitar (2 LPs, Barking Pumpkin D1 74212) Zappa You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Sampler (2 LPs, Barking Pumpkin D1 74213)
April 26, 1988	Olympen, Lund, Sweden	Dickie's Such An Asshole (parts) [53] Cruising For Burgers (solo and 2nd part) [56]
May 1, 1988	Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden	Gorgo (Torture Never Stops solo) [77]
May 3, 1988	The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Heavy Duty Judy (parts) [55] Bolero (Ravel) [55] Let's Make The Water Turn Black [56] Harry, You're A Beast [56] The Orange County Lumber Truck [56] Oh No (2nd part) [56] Theme From Lumpy Gravy [56] Big Swifty (parts) [56] Sinister Footwear 2nd Movement (parts) [56]
May 4, 1988	The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Stinkfoot (last part) [56] Cruising For Burgers (first part and ending) [56]
May 8, 1988	Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria	Black Napkins [56] Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (intro & end) [53] Inca Roads (guitar solo) [55] Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (last part) [55] Stairway To Heaven (Page/Plant) (1st part) [55] Finding Higgs' Boson (Hot-Plate Heaven solo) [77] Bamboozled By Love [AAAFNRAA] More Trouble Every Day [AAAFNRAAA] Peaches (Vienna 88) [AAAFNRAAAAAM]
May 9, 1988	Zappa You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 (2CD, Rykodisc RCD 10081/82)
May 9, 1988	Rudi-Sedlmeyer Sporthalle, Munich, Germany	Rhymin' Man [53] Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (solo) [53] Find Her Finer [55] Who Needs The Peace Corps? (first seconds) [55] Zomby Woof (parts) [55] Big Swifty (mostly) [56] King Kong (1st part) [56] Bavarian Sunset (I Am The Walrus jam) [77]
May 13, 1988	Pabellón de los Deportes de La Casilla, Bilbao, Spain	Advance Romance (parts) [56] Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Norworth/Von Tilzer) [57] Filthy Habits (parts) [57]
May 15, 1988	Prado de San Sebastián, Seville, Spain	Strictly Genteel [56]
May 18, 1988	Le Zenith, Montpellier, France	Let's Move To Cleveland (2nd part) [55]
May 19, 1988	Le Summun, Grenoble, France	The Black Page #2 (New Age version) (solo) [56] Filthy Habits (parts) [57]
May 23, 1988	Hall Tivoli, Strasbourg, France	Dickie's Such An Asshole (parts) [53] Mr. Green Genes [55] Florentine Pogen (vocal parts) [55]
May 24, 1988	Beethovensaal, Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany	Elvis Has Just Left The Building (intro) [53] Sofa [55] Star Wars Won't Work [56] T'Mershi Duween [56] Dupree's Paradise (2nd part) [56] Trance-Fusion (Marque-son's Chicken solo) [77]
May 25, 1988	Rosengarten/Mozartsaal, Mannheim, Germany	Dupree's Paradise (1st part) [56] Sinister Footwear 2nd Movement (parts) [56] Alien Orifice (intro) [56] We're Turning Again [59]
May 26, 1988	Stadthalle, Fürth, Germany	Andy (guitar solo) [55]
May 28, 1988	Sporthalle, Linz, Austria	Purple Haze (Hendrix) [55] Sunshine Of Your Love (Brown/Bruce/Clapton) [55] When Yuppies Go To Hell (parts) [56]
June 3, 1988	Palasport, Turin, Italy	Alien Orifice (mostly) [56]
June 5, 1988	Palasport, Modena, Italy	Let's Move To Cleveland (1st part) [55] The Black Page #2 (New Age version) (ending) [56] Dupree's Paradise (last part) [56] City Of Tiny Lites [56]
June 6, 1988	Palasport, Florence, Italy	Florentine Pogen (guitar solo) [55] Stairway To Heaven (Page/Plant) (middle part) [55] Advance Romance (guitar solo) [56]
June 7, 1988	PalaEur, Rome. Italy	Eat That Question [56]
June 9, 1988	Palasport, Genoa, Italy	Elvis Has Just Left The Building (except intro) [53] Outside Now (2nd part) [53] Lonesome Cowboy Nando (1988 parts) [59] After Dinner Smoker (Torture Never Stops solo) [77]
February-June 1988	(unknown location)	Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (parts) [53] [92] Andy (except guitar solo) [55] Inca Roads (parts) [55] The Torture Never Stops Part One (beginning) [55] When Yuppies Go To Hell (parts) [56] Big Swifty (ending) [56] Advance Romance (parts) [56] Alien Orifice (coda) [59]

July-August 1988	FZ writes The Real Frank Zappa Book with Peter Occhiogrosso
October 25, 1988	Zappa You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2 (2CD, Barking Pumpkin D1 74217) Frank Zappa Broadway The Hard Way (LP, Barking Pumpkin D1 74218)

1989

March 21, 1989	1630 Digital Mix Engineer: Bob Stone	Motherly Love [72] Plastic People (Berry/FZ) [72] Anyway The Wind Blows [72] I Ain't Got No Heart [72]
May 23, 1989	An Evening With Pierre Boulez And Frank Zappa
May 1989	*The Real Frank Zappa Book* (Poseidon Press, NYC)
November 13, 1989	Zappa You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3 (2CD, Rykodisc RCD 10085/86)

1990

January 1990	Moscow, Russia
January 20-24, 1990	Prague, Czechoslavakia

March 25, 1990

Alaska: Outrage at Valdez (The Cousteau Society)

Outrage At Valdez

1990

"If I Was President" (voice) [#105]

1991

February 3, 1991	UMRK 1630 digital master	Understanding America [92]
April 16, 1991	Zappa The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (2CD, Barking Pumpkin D2 74233)
June 4, 1991	Zappa Make A Jazz Noise Here (2CD, Barking Pumpkin D2 74234)
June 14, 1991	Zappa You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4 (2CD, Rykodisc RCD 10087/88)

June 24, 1991	*"Adieu CA"* Nahranove Sportoni Hale, Prague, Czechoslavakia Michael Kocáb & Pražský Výběr featuring FZ	Improvizace v A Dur s Frankem Zappou
June 30, 1991	Budapesti Búcsú 91 "Taban Jazzfestival" Budapest, Hungary FZ—guitar Gyula Babos—guitar János Egri—bass Béla "Szakcsi" Lakatos—keyboard Imre Köszegi—drums	Photo by Eddie Persson

July 1991	Joe's Garage Studio UMRK Ensemble Modern rehearsals	Civilization Phaze III (Ensemble Modern and new piano people parts) [63] Everything Is Healing Nicely [69]
July 16, 1991	Beat The Boots! (10 LPs, Foo-Eee R1/R2 70537-70544)
1991	Pražský Výběr Live—Adieu CA (CD, Hungary Art Production K 0001-2311) featuring FZ, guitar on Improvizace v A Dur s Frankem Zappou

November 7-9, 1991

"Zappa's Universe: A Celebration"
Ritz, NYC

1992

spring 1992	UMRK	Civilization Phaze III [63]
1992	UMRK	The Grand Wazoo (synclavier) [64]
June 2, 1992	Beat The Boots! #2 (11 LPs, Foo-Eee R1/R2 71017-71023)
June 24, 1992	UMRK The Chieftains	The Celtic Harp (1993)
July 10, 1992	Zappa You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5 (2CD, Rykodisc RCD 10089/90) Zappa You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (2CD, Rykodisc RCD 10091/92)

July 1992	FZ & Ensemble Modern rehearsals in Germany	None Of The Above (string quintet parts) [69]
September 17, 1992	*"The Yellow Shark"* Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany	Food Gathering In Post-Industrial America, 1992 [62]
September 19, 1992	*"The Yellow Shark"* Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany	Intro [62] Dog Breath Variations [62] Uncle Meat [62] Welcome To The United States [62] Overture [#118] [TZMOSA—EBRE]
September 1992	*"The Yellow Shark"* Alte Oper Frankfurt (17-19) Philharmonie Berlin (22-23) Wiener Konzerthaus (26-28)	The Yellow Shark [62] Amnerika Goes Home [69]

October 27, 1992	Frank Zappa/The Mothers Of Invention Playground Psychotics (2CD, Barking Pumpkin D2 74244)
October 27, 1992	Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Airplane Loves You (3CD, RCA 09026-61110-2) including Would You Like A Snack? (FZ/Slick)

1993

January 1993	UMRK soirée Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular, Kongar-ol Ondar, The Chieftains, L. Shankar, Alain Johannes, Natasha Shneider, Terry Bozzio, Johnny Guitar Watson, etc.	Calculus (vocal performance) [100]
February 15, 1993	UMRK Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Anatoli Kuular & Kongar-ol Ondar
February 25, 1993	UMRK The Chieftains with Tom Jones	Tennessee Waltz (Stewart/King) / Tennessee Mazurka (Moloney) [The Long Black Veil (1995)]
March 1993	Interview with Nigel Leigh for BBC Late Show UMRK, LA	"The 'Original' Group" [79] "Necessity" [79] "Union Scale" [79] "25 Hundred Signing Fee" [79]
April 20, 1993	Mothers Of Invention Ahead Of Their Time (CD, Barking Pumpkin D2 74246)
April 1993	FZ & GZ transfer all their rights to the ZFT

July 1993

Warner Bros. Soundstage, Burbank, California
Ensemble Modern conducted by Peter Eötvös
Produced by FZ

Hyperprism (Varèse)
Octandre (Varèse)
Intégrales (Varèse)
Ionisation (Varèse)
Déserts (Varèse)
Density 21.5 (Varèse)
Poème électronique (Varèse)

fall 1993	UMRK	Civilization Phaze III [63]
c. 1991-1993	UMRK	Dance Me This [100] Wolf Harbor [100] Pachuco Gavotte [100] Goat Polo [100] Rykoniki [100] Piano [100] Calculus [100] Overture To "Uncle Sam" [#105]
November 2, 1993	Zappa/Ensemble Modern The Yellow Shark (CD, Barking Pumpkin R2 71600)
December 4, 1993	FZ dies in L.A.

FZ chronology

1985

1986

1987

1988

February 2-March 25, 1988 US East Coast

April 9-June 9, 1988 Europe

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

February 2-March 25, 1988
US East Coast

April 9-June 9, 1988
Europe