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Scott Thunes | |
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| Born | (1960-01-20)January 20, 1960 (age 66) Los Angeles,California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Bass guitar |
| Years active | 1981–present |
Scott Thunes (/ˈtuːnɪs/TOO-niss; born January 20, 1960) is abass player, formerly withFrank Zappa,Wayne Kramer,Steve Vai,Andy Prieboy,Mike Keneally,Fear,The Waterboys, Big Bang Beat, and others.
Thunes was raised inSan Anselmo, California.[1]
He played with Zappa's band from 1981 to 1988, joining at the age of 21, and plays on such albums asThe Man From Utopia,Them or Us,Broadway the Hard Way,You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore,Does Humor Belong In Music?,The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life,Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention,Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch,Make a Jazz Noise Here, andGuitar, a double-album compilation of Zappa's live guitar solos.[2]
His most prominent bass performance can be heard on Frank Zappa'sValley Girl, which peaked at #32 on theBillboard Hot 100.
He played bass on Frank Zappa'sJazz from Hell, which won aGrammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1988.
More recently, he is touring on bass as part of ongoing The Zappa Band tribute group, Banned from Utopia, made up of ex-Zappa band alumniRay White (lead vocals, guitar),Mike Keneally (guitar, keys, vocals),Robert 'Bobby' Martin (keyboards, sax, vocals), andZappa Plays Zappa alumsJamie Kime (guitar) and ZAPPA archivist Joe “Vaultmeister” Travers (drums, vocals). In 2021, The Zappa Band tribute group opened forKing Crimson multiple times.
Thunes is a Teaching Artist, for the Rock Band program at Marin School of the Arts at Novato High School in Novato, California.[3]
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