Captain Beefheart obituary: rock's father of invention

The great eccentric's influence is all around usBack in 1969, a self-confessed "teenage weirdo" from Portland, Oregon, fell under the spell of a newly-released double album called Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band. Over 40 years later, it remains Matt Groening's favourite record and one that he considers "the greatest album ever made".That Trout Mask Replica was a formative influence on the imagination of the creator of The Simpsons is testament to the way in which Capta...

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