''Lunar Muzik'' is the third studio album by

Ant-Bee Ant-Bee (stage-name for Billy James) is an American experimental musician and writer. In his musical work, he is a psychedelic era revivalist, working with members of The Mothers of Invention; the original members of the Alice Cooper (band), Alic ...

, released in 1997 by Divine Records.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from ''Lunar Muzik'' liner notes. ;Musicians *

Daevid Allen Christopher David Allen (13 January 1938 – 13 March 2015), known professionally as Daevid Allen, sometimes credited as Divided Alien, was an Australian musician. He was co-founder of the psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine (in the UK, 1966) ...

(Father Gong) –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

Harvey Bainbridge Harvey Frederick Bainbridge (born 24 September 1949, Dorset) is an English people, English bass guitar, bass and Keyboard (instrument), keyboard player. He is best known as the bass player and keyboard player in Hawkwind. Career Bainbridge's f ...

(Hawklord) – synthesizer, engineering *

Michael Owen Bruce Michael Owen Bruce (born March 16, 1948) is an American musician. He is the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist for the rock band Alice Cooper. Early life Michael Owen Bruce was born to Alvin and Ruth (Owen) Bruce. ...

(Mr. Nice Guy) – guitar,

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India, flourished in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form ...

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

*Paul Bruce (Little Joe) – keyboards *

Glen Buxton Glen Edward Buxton (November 10, 1947 – October 19, 1997) was an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Alice Cooper. In 2003, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him number 90 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guita ...

(Zillion Dollar Guitarist) – guitar *

Dennis Dunaway Dennis Dunaway (born December 9, 1946, in Cottage Grove, Oregon) is an American musician, best known as the original bass guitarist for the rock band Alice Cooper (1962–1975, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021). He co-wrote some of the ...

– bass guitar *

Bunk Gardner Bunk Gardner (born John Leon Guarnera; May 2, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American musician who most notably played for the original version of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention until the group disbanded in 1969. He plays woodwinds and tenor ...

–

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

, clarinet,

spoken word Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics of ...

, vegetables * Billy James (The Ant-Bee) –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

, guitar, bass guitar, drums,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

, keyboards, tape manipulations,

production Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a stati ...

*Steve Kale (Brainyak) – guitar, harmonica *J.K. Lofton (Mix Doctor) –

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, bass guitar, engineering *Rod Martin (Mod Martion) – guitar, bass guitar *Lan Nichols (Kapri-Korn) – bass guitar *

Don Preston Donald Ward Preston (born September 21, 1932) is an American jazz and rock keyboardist. He is known for working with Frank Zappa from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s. Biography Preston was born into a family of musicians in Detroit and began st ...

(Dom DeWilde) – keyboards, spoken word, assorted transformations, engineering *Scott Renfroe (Reoccurring Schizms) – guitar, bass guitar, tape manipulations * Harry Williamson (Professor Drone) – synthesizer ;Musicians (cont.) *

Jimmy Carl Black James Carl Inkanish, Jr. (February 1, 1938 – November 1, 2008), known professionally as Jimmy Carl Black, was a drummer and vocalist for The Mothers of Invention. Background and early career: 1960s–1990s Born in El Paso, Texas, Black was o ...

(The Indian of the Group) –

, chanting *The Bizarre Vocal Ensemble (Mike Rowell, Jeff Marden, Rod Martin, Alan McBrayer, Suzanne McBrayer) –

(1) *

Roy Estrada Roy Estrada (also known as "Roy Ralph Moleman Guacamole Guadalupe Hidalgo Estrada" and "Orejón"; born April 17, 1943) is an American former musician and convicted sex offender. He is best known for his bass guitar work with Frank Zappa and the ...

(Pachuco Falsetto) – bizarre laughter, spoken word, wheezing *Bob Harris (Millet Pancake) – Great nostalgic chihuahua impersonations *Roy Herman (Herman Monster) – additional guitar *Mike McManimen (Monk) – additional keyboards *Peter Radloff (James Bond) – additional guitar *George Scala (Sonraw) – Master of the Recorder * Jim Sherwood (Motorhead) – snorks * Neal Smith (The Platinum God) – additional drums ;Production and additional personnel * Syd Barrett –

illustrations An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in print and digital published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video ...

*Patrick Ogelvie –

*Scott Renfroe – engineering

Release history

References

External links

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