/r/Zappa - Dedicated to anything and everything related to composer and musician Frank Zappa (fl. 1940-1993)

Dec 16, 2022 · In a 1974 interview for Melody Maker Zappa revealed that the name originally came from a television commercial for Loma Linda Gravy mix. Loma Linda is a town just south of San Bernardino. The front-cover photo features Zappa wearing a shirt that advertises Pipco - a Santa Barbara pipe company.

It appears to be an industrial baseball team T-shirt that FZ picked up somewhere. And it would seem that it was pronounced pipe-co. I've read that FZ interview too, so I'm with you on this, Gary. From Society Pages (US Edition) Issue No. 7, Page 20. Den Simms: Ok. What was "Pipco"? Frank Zappa: Pipco ... it baffled me for a long time.

This is a great tribute to Frank zappa T shirt which features the Pipco logo as seen on his semi-classical masterpiece Lumpy Gravy. All eagle-eyed and non-eagle-eyed Zappa fans will see that it's not actually a full ringer T shirt with white arms like the one that Frank wears.

Feb 10, 2025 · Answer: Pipco Zappa later re-produced the shirt as swag for the fans. PIPCO is a heat & air conditioning company in Baltimore, still in existence!

Frank Zappa is seen here in 1967 wearing the famous Pipco T-Shirt. Worn Free Tees are custom made from super soft washed cottons, giving them a great vintage feel, so comfy this tee will be an instant favorite in your T-Shirt rotation.

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For Sale Pipco T-shirts. As worn by Frank Zappa on many occasions. Most notably on the cover of of Lumpy Gravy. Also worn during spell at the Garric theatre. During the recording of Lumpy Gravy. 200gsm quality grade cotton shirts.