Vinnie Colaiuta live with Frank Zappa.

[@davin6175]

I didn't know there was any live footage of the '80 band! This is great! We need all there is.

[@CommanderMT101]

This Fall 1980 tour is my absolute favorite era of Frank, and almost singlehandedly because of Vinnie. The power and technicality he adds is just unmatched!

[@frankbreuer8849]

Holy F*kc ... Vinnie's playing has the greatness to match Frank's genius. Epic.

[@frankbreuer8849]

I'm not a drummer and I don't know any drummer lingo, all I can say Vinnie is by far the #1 drummer I like to listen to ... I binge on anything Zappa he plays on. In my words, his playing breathes and there is always a surprise thrown in. Fuck, I do love it.

[@alhudson]

As a non drummer you have exquisite taste . . . . .

[@M22W]

We need full concert on Blu-ray really bad

[@FrankTerranova1]

Not just this performance. It also needs to be on some streaming platforms.

[@caprise-music6722]

Awesome sound! This concert deserves to be fully released!

[@NickHolum]

Didn’t realize Via and Vinnie were in the band at the same time. This lineup is insane. Strong case for most talented band ever.

[@danender5555]

Vinnie Colaiuta was already a member of the band when Steve Vai was auditioned.

[@NickHolum]

@@danender5555 right but Vinnie was in and out of the band at this time… had assumed Vai only played with Logeman and Wackerman

[@danender5555]

@@NickHolum During the Vai's audition, Colaiuta was a drummer of Frank Zappa. Not only during audition. Have look at Tinsel Town Rebellion album for example.

[@NickHolum]

@@danender5555 right… thanks? Like I said… I had assumed (incorrectly) that Vinnie was out of the lineup on the dates Vai was in for. The personnel listing for Tinseltown Rebellion has both Cuccurullo and Logeman … I had assumed Vinnie played with Cuccurullo and then Vai came on board along with Logeman (when Vinnie “left” the tour).

[@globextradingsystemsllc1740]

Colaiuta was such a copy cat in his comeback, in late 80, soon to be dismissed again, now looking cool,using Terry Bozzios kit set up with double bass drum setup ,after declaring he never played with double bass ,and said he never tried bdfore joining Zappa,insinuating a slight disrespect for Terry Bozzio,up to his Zappa audition. I believe he used double bass before joining Zappa. If you do the audition of your life,you use a kit that you feel comfortable with.Why didn't he simply take away,for Frank's audition,one of Terrys bass drum? He's a liar. Great jazz drummer,out of this world phrasing, but vinnie fans, realize he's a bit overrated from bootlickers, putting overkill polyrhthmic sloppy Colai, at god level. Not a chance Vinnie fans.Vinnie was a better jazz drummer than Bozzio, but not the better jazzRock drummer fit for Frank, as Bozzio was,including metal style vocals and the highest sales and concert attendance worldwide . Also, Frank had to abandon the SG for the les Paul ,forced to use sustained pickups,to mold his air sculptures around vinnies sloppy polyrhythms, got a bit overplayed at times.Sloppy Colai was a bit too polyrhthmic for Frank's continued success pre 78 😀.

[@frankbreuer8849]

the placement of his (Vinnie's) fills is beyond divine ... Apologies for repeating myself. Just love it so much

[@musopaul5407]

Yup, in many ways I like his playing from this period more than anything else he did. He got better as he got older, but he had such fire and snap here, as well as unbelievable creativity, which was maybe partly due to a bandleader who knew how to bring it out of him. Context is everything. If he never did Zappa's band, who knows what kind of a player he might have ended up being.

[@johannhauffman323]

I love this lineup !

[@mikehirsh1896]

WHERE IS THE REST OF THIS CONCERT THIS IS THE GEM OF ALL TIME ... Vai was in the band in 1980 ??? When was Warren in the band 79 I'm guessing.

[@davin6175]

Cuccarillo was only in the band for '79 then he left with Bozzio and O'Hearn to form Missing Persons with Bozzio's girlfriend Dale.

[@MrFg1980]

I saw this concert at the Montreal Forum within a few months of this performance. Having already been dazzled by the Joe's Garage albums drumming, I spent the night staring mostly at Vinnie through the binocs absorbing everything I could by this master of the drumkit.

[@sethcashman1011]

Awesome!!! Have never seen any footage of Vinnie playing the Sonor double bass kit with Zappa.

[@dromadrosis]

Any piece of video with FZ is a treasure... Thank you very much!!!

[@zebulondudora]

Vinnie and Bozzio, the two geniuses - Frank was the man who had them both in his formations, and it tells everything about his magnificent magic magnetic capabilities.. :)

[@davidnelson5250]

To understand Vinnie check out any of the videos by his teacher at Berklee College of Music Gary Chaffee.

[@zeeeOgre]

... Once upon a time, it was in Albuquerque, New Mexicooooo...

[@randyhiiip]

Jazz Discharge

[@tchernas]

And Jimmy Carl Black!

[@Joris_at_planet_Zarkulu]

Thnx! I'm crazy about the Zappa & Colaiuta combination but videos from these 2 are soooo hard 2 find! thnx for this one :-)

[@rainerbuchner3044]

Das hätte ich gern in meinem Leben LIVE erlebt...!!!

[@jasonread5017]

I think Vinnie might have been the chunkiest sounding drummer to play with Zappa?More clips please of this line up if you can find them Thanasis.

[@JamminClemmons]

And Steve Vai - *AWESOME!*

[@sheercerebralpower]

How I luuurve “Tinseltown Rebellion”....spent all my allowance 1982 to get my copy which I still have on vinyl.....

[@frankbreuer8849]

1000% I still binge on tinseltown rebellion a couple of times a year

[@sheercerebralpower]

@@frankbreuer8849 from madam Wong to Starwood’s, Dude….

[@rwfrench66GenX]

Thanks for this upload! Man, Vinnie was so young! It amazes me Miley Cyrus can get 800 million views riding on a wrecking ball but real musicians like this don't get the views!

[@globextradingsystemsllc1740]

Colaiuta was such a copy cat in his comeback, in late 80, soon to be dismissed again, now looking cool,using Terry Bozzios kit set up with double bass drum setup ,after declaring he never played with double bass and said he never tried up to his Zappa audition Liar. Great jazz drummer,out of this eotld phrasing but a bit overrated from bootlickers putting overkill polyrhthmic sloppy Colai at god level. Not a chance Vinnie fans.Vinnie was a better jazz drummer than Bozzio, but not the better jazzRock drummer fit for Frank, as Bozzio was,including metal style vocals. Sloppy Colai was a bit too polyrhthmic. Wasnt necessary with Frank's already aberrated POLYRYHTMIC COMPLEX realm.

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Miley got dat @ss though 👀

[@bengtwahlstedt1021]

​@globextradingsystemsllcTHA'TS WHAT YOU THINK !!!! FRANK SEEMD TO LIKE IT !!!!COULD YOU HAVE PLAYED WITH ZAPPA !!!!????1740

[@MrDanieloneill]

This is objectively not a good song though, Wrecking Ball is however.

[@vimes3702]

​@globextradingsystemsllc1740 He was good enough for Zappa and good enough for Jeff Beck. Your opinion doesn't mean anything. Sounds more like jealousy.

[@robinjones363]

Lovely footage

[@musopaul5407]

Maybe the best band he ever had.

[@patton303]

Frank found Vinnie at a cattle call audition. Thank God for that.

[@Tranquillado]

Ike was at the same cattle call. Crazy how the world turns sometimes!

[@jonathanharrington7950]

Lets hear it for another Great Italian. Work Out Vinnie.

[@jellybertdelattiba7603]

Powerfully Full of Soul ! 'Couldn't resist to try the bass line ! Loved it ! Thanks for spreading the notes !

[@stephenchase3352]

FZs approval rating can be summed up by the interval starting at 4:07 to 4:14.

[@anthonycassillo5142]

Zappa is the king of all music

[@rorshakks]

Ike's short hair, Frank looking buzzed and chain smoking, Vai and his weird hair. So great.

[@Grithron2]

I'd no idea there was any footage from the late '80 tour - this is certainly a find. The inevitable question - any film of the rest of the show?

[@Riddim4]

There are a few other clips. Search YT by year+Zappa and they should appear.

[@christopherpalermo7567]

Let's hope so

[@Zappafantrust]

only Harder than your husband sung by Jimmy...preceding this song

[@omly85]

If you've got the rest of the concert?.....Right?!!

[@jasonread5017]

I HAD ONE OF THESE 80'S SONOR PHONIC DRUM KITS and apart from the metal snare drum ,the the toms and kick drum were ,up to this day ;the best drums ever made The only bad thing was they were so heavy to carry=made to last.

[@Chris-jm4zk]

They were nice, had 7 toms but used 2 26” luddies for kicks with a stadium snare.

[@jasonread5017]

@@Chris-jm4zk yeah and yeah. wish i had that kit now.=all drum brands sound all the same now. gimmy sonor any day .Not much attack because of the thick shell but when you put a mic on those sonor they hummmmmmmmmmm hav a good day cris

[@jasonread5017]

@@Chris-jm4zk I saw a signature bubinga phonic 12 ply from the 80's .5 piece for six thousand pounds in the UK on ebay .The phonic was good enough but that bubinga kit was over the top .You would deffinately need mikes on that kit or it would sound like skins without shells .MIKE IT UP AND YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT STORY =BEAUTIFUL LOW MID -RANGE WITH HIGH -MID BASS TONES ?I'm just guessing about the sound as I have never had one but would really like to because of its visual beauty and when I carried it from the car to the stage I would be warmed up to play as the drums and stands are so heavy.

[@Chris-jm4zk]

Have to agree, sound man would take a while to EQ my kicks and snare (Ludwig) but the sonor racks really EQ’D themselves. Damn I wish I kept them! I never knew they made bubinga shells though, sure they sounded fantastic.

[@jasonread5017]

@@Chris-jm4zk Over crafted .Who are you/ I mean /who did or still do you play with ?Send me some thing.Ipicked up a pearl juppiter snare drum.Sounds loud ,a little weird but weirdly nice i think=brass shell. any way thanks for your spirit .I live in australia and i would see virgil donaiti play in cover bands and what ever, before he went to america like 38 years ago.He lived next street from me .Nice guy.Did he he practice a lot/ HES HE DID.we all knew he was gonna get out of this small place ..................good for virgil...nice guy and untouchable with what he does .mad man virgil who probably sips on tea inbetween practice.Lucky to see him in normal style band seat ups back then.

[@breakup66]

Looks Like JCB had a good time too!

[@99priss]

Who is JCB?

[@MrKmart28]

Jimmy Carl black, drummer from the original mother’s of invention

[@99priss]

@@MrKmart28 Thank you 👍

[@breakup66]

He's the Indian of the group! He's the guy walking off the stage at the beginning of the clip.

[@Aqualong53]

@@breakup66 He had just performed "Harder Than Your Husband".

[@lornebailey1568]

Fkn amazing

[@NMRK91]

Awesome.Thanks!

[@mayitriggeryou]

Was that Jimmy Carl Black at the start?

[@Ed-Topo-108]

Well spotted. Sure was him. 🥁

[@MrTortureneverstops1]

YES ! The indian of the group !

[@felixfelix7447]

I see him! 😁

[@Aqualong53]

Jimmy performed "Harder Than Your Husband".

[@franks2bud]

Steve Vai said his all time worst show was 1980 in Albuquerque, NM. But, Steve said he was wearing shorts & no shirt becuz, it was 100 degrees on stage. He had a puke bucket bc he was extremely sick.

[@latexsolarbeef4990]

...he thought it was there... it was actually in Austin TX ....

[@chewie2299]

Freaken Vinnie An Steve Via

[@MrTortureneverstops1]

The indian of the group !

[@cliffspencer9989]

Jimmy Carl black

[@lintelle2382]

Mesa Amphitheater right before we graduated!

[@hansvandermeulen5515]

Ike Willis on lead vocal.

[@kentbyron7608]

Was this Sonor drum kit the same kit that Vinnie recorded Joe's garage with? I didn't know he played Sonor! This was before his Yamaha endorsement but I thought he may have played Gretsch on those recordings. Does anybody know the answer? Thank you!

[@TheIllynow]

Tinseltown Rebellion 😉

[@MatChew75]

Well that's Jimmy Carl Black walking around the old Indian

[@conjandysecurity]

Ike!

[@bigfootpegrande]

Zappa's darkest lyrics

[@Tristanrgreene11]

This shits is the niz!

[@nomikosthegreat]

That is a very young looking ike willis

[@MrTortureneverstops1]

I thought it was Ray White !

[@nomikosthegreat]

@@MrTortureneverstops1 at first i did too but the voice u can tell and when they zoom in its ike

[@MrTortureneverstops1]

@@nomikosthegreat that's right.

[@lornebailey1568]

IKE WILLIS!

[@greggerypeccary]

Frank is really straining himself in this song...

[@jiyujizai]

🌷🙂

[@YoPlasma-k6k]

what song is this?

[@the6ig6adwolf]

What song is this?

[@YoPlasma-k6k]

@@the6ig6adwolf ???

[@garyclarke9557]

I still like Art Tripp and Jimmy Carl Black more.

[@bogthing1]

Ripping stuff.

[@nezkeys79]

Sounds a bit like money pink Floyd lol

[@fcamiola]

wrong key...A minor :)

[@inktime]

Yeah, but Miley has to be naked to do it.

[@ikejennings1154]

This was my first year of seein. Fz, and his band, almost 3 weeks after this show, so I did get to see vc, where when I told people ,they said it was dave logeman...logamen was in the 1980 spring part, Vinnie was in the fall part of this tour...then saw em the following year ,with Chad wackermans drumming...2nd year was a better concert.....