Kurt Loder, MTV Week In Rock news anchor and proud possessor of one of the best made-for-TV sneers in existence, has a book, “Bat Chain Puller — Rock ‘N’ Roll In The Age Of Celebrity” (St. Martin’s; ...

This past Saturday (December 17) was the one-year anniversary of the death of Captain Beefheart (aka Don Van Vliet), and to mark the occasion, it's been revealed that the bluesy, art rock Dadaist's ...

The Zappa Family Trust is for the first time ever making the legendary Captain Beefheart album Bat Chain Puller available in its original format. Recording for the album began in 1976 and was ...

The Zappa Family Trust has announced that it will release the original recording of the legendary Captain Beefheart album Bat Chain Puller in its original format. The recordings took place in 1976 but ...

Even with a handful of numbers pulled from the original Bat Chain Puller-- the 1976 album funded by manager Herb Cohen from Zappa's royalty checks without Zappa's knowledge, that remained unreleased ...

The widely bootlegged Captain Beefheart album, Bat Chain Puller, will finally get an official release in January. Mike Barnes, who wrote a biography on Beefheart, told the site The Wire "The tape is ...

The much-bootlegged "Bat Chain Puller" will see release at last in January. By Billboard Staff Captain Beefheart‘s “Bat Chain Puller” will be released in January, 36 years after its intended release ...

A ‘lost’ album by cult experimental musician Captain Beefheart will be released on January 15, 2012. The album, ‘Bat Chain Puller’, dates from 1976 and was shelved after producer Frank Zappa – ...