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This is not Frank Zappa. This is Steve Vai.

FZ died in 1993; this came out, a re-release of the original "Flex-Able Leftover" collaboration from 1984, in 1998.

FZ was anti-drug.

Vai used to play with Zappa's band, and you can hear the influences.

Would Zappa approve of this release? Probably not. FZ was anti-drug, and not nearly as rude as Steve Vai is on this release.

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Vai came to prominence through his position as Frank Zappa's "stunt guitarist" in the '80s. Despite a brief bill-paying stint with pop-metal giants Whitesnake, Vai went on to become a respected solo artist. His impossibly fleet-fingered guitar work and irreverent sense of humor endeared him to "shred" guitar aficionados worldwide. FLEX-ABLE LEFTOVERS was originally issued as a limited edition EP in 1984, some of which later appeared on FLEX-ABLE. This package contains all the tracks from the original EP plus several intriguing bonus cuts. Vai is clearly indebted to Zappa, both conceptually (the explicit, iconoclastic "#?@! Yourself") and musically (the rock-classical fusion of "Bledsoe Bluvd"), but ultimately he's his own man, a unique voice in the cliche-ridden world of modern rock guitar. Vai lovers will welcome this opportunity to hear some previously unreleased selections from what many regard as the guitarist's salad days.

Don't watch this. Please. Your head will asplode, and I don't want to clean up the mess.

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