“If you want to be a different fish, you’ve got to jump out of the school”—Captain Beefheart Don Van Vliet, better known by his stage name “Captain Beefheart,” died on December 17, 2010 from medical ...

"Enigmatic" and "idiosyncratic" are the default adjectives often used to define performers who fail to engage with the mainstream, but they do describe the American singer and composer Captain ...

But many more still knew him as Captain Beefheart (read theartsdesk's obituary), revered for the matchless innovations he and his Magic Band offered rock with Trout Mask Replica in 1969, and the ...