jefgg — 10 years ago(October 10, 2015 01:04 PM)

When I was a kid I heard that Frank Zappa ate poop onstage. My high school geometry teacher swore his friend was at that concert and it was at Lincoln Center. That guy was such a tool. I should have known he was lying when he claimed he had a friend.
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The Gross-Out Contest
Claim:
Frank Zappa once won a "gross-out contest" by eating excrement on stage.
Status:
False.
Frank Zappa said in 1989:
I was in a London club called the Speak Easy in 1967 or '68. A member of a group called the Flock, recording for Columbia at the time, came over to me and said:
"You're fantastic. When I heard about you eating that beep on stage, I thought, 'That guy is way, way out there.'"
I said, "I never ate beep on stage." He looked really depressed like I had just broken his heart.
Variations:

• Zappa5b4's contest opponent varies, with the names Captain Beefheart and Alice Cooper being frequently mentioned.
• The most common version of this legend has the challenger defecating on stage, with Zappa winning the title by eating the results. Some versions describe Zappa's opponent as performing a less scatological act, and Zappa wins merely by defecating in front of the audience.
• A variety of actions (other than defecating) are ascribed to the first contestant, with acts of animal cruelty (such as stepping on baby chickens or strangling a puppy) being common.
  Origins:
  This legend originated in the mid-1960s, no doubt inspired by the eccentricities of Frank Zappa's music and appearance. As Zappa himself wrote, however:
  For the record, folks: I never took a beep on stage, and the closest I ever came to eating beep anywhere was at a Holiday Inn buffet in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1973.
  Sources:
  Zappa, Frank. The Real Frank Zappa Book.
  New York: Poseidon Press, 1989. ISBN 0-671-63870-X (p. 14).