About three years ago, after riding pygmy ponies for many hours at the Pygmy Pony Riding club and smoking a whole pack of Wellfields (these are very dodgy Togolese cigarettes, by the way) Capt. Cheese-Beard went into a trance and had a vision in which he was visited by his long-time idol Frank Zappa who died in 1993. The great man himself told the captain that it was clear that his oeuvre was at risk of being lost, as it was not being exposed to the music listening youth of today. This was of course totally unacceptable. Maybe it was the side-effects of the Wellfields, temporally disabling the captain's sense of reason, but during that cerebral meltdown he swore as a proud member of the pygmy pony riding club that he would do everything within his power to bring Zappa's music back to life. Of course this was easier said than done. The media, regulated for many years now by the central scrutinizer, the sort of person who smells of cabbage, hired by so-called friends of the music biz, wasn't going to be very receptive to the idea of putting the great composer's "subversive" music back on the air. To make things worse, the central scrutinizer's roll consists in making sure that the minds of our young consumers are continuously bombarded with tasteless, lukewarm, prefab pop. The captain, who by now had come back to his senses, realized he had to come up with a different, more daring plan. He decided he would find 9 other crazy musicians (preferably with prior pygmy pony experience) who would join him on a quest to go out there and attempt to play Zappa's music themselves. He scratched his beard, put his fingers up his nose and smelled that it was good. After testing many musicians' proficiency, dancing and pony riding abilities the band started to take shape and after many hours of rehearsing, so did the music. During a bizarre ritual that involved the smoking of lots of Wellfields, they decided to name the band: "Capt. Cheese-Beard & The 7 Sisters Of prevention", and there was much rejoicing. Being a ten-piece band it was the most obvious name, of course. One year later, after getting a really good feel for the music and creating a massive sound, the band played their first gig. Other great concerts followed in "Flaaaaanders & Wallooooonia". The reactions the band got from the crowds at the gigs and from all over the globe after putting some live footage on line was extraordinary and heart-warming. The response has given them the courage to continue this prestigious holy project and to keep fighting for their mission so that one day, after playing many infamous concerts, they can say that they made a positive contribution in keeping the music of the greatest composer the 20th century had to offer ALIVE!
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