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In the early to mid-’80s, Archie and Lucy Saunders live on their farm near Netherby, a small town, where 12-year-old Lucy witnesses her mother’s death from a tragic horse-riding accident. Concerned about his children’s futures, their father relocates them to the hustle and bustle of North Melbourne to a private Catholic school. But this new life isn’t enough to save Lucy. Forever infuenced by her mother’s death, Lucy spirals out of control into the deep, dark, twisted underground in Melbourne. Meanwhile, Archie reaches for the stars to win the Battle of the Bands competition and fulfll his dream to follow in his father’s footsteps as a singer and entertainer. The competition winner has an opportunity to support the biggest band in Australia and the chance for his band to perform live on Countdown. There's only one thing stopping them, an arch-rival band who has the same agenda. ‘To win at any cost.’
Frank Zappa was an unremitting musical innovator and experimenter, always looking for ways to exploit the latest advances in technology. His working life coincided with the explosive development of music technology that ran from the 1960s through the following three decades. Without such inventions as the Marshall amplifier, the Gibson SG, the wah-wah pedal, and the Synclavier – much of it modified to his requirements and used in ways for which they had never been designed – Zappa's “air sculptures ” as his music has been described, would have had a significantly different shape and texture. Lavishly illustrated – including over 180 unique photographs of Frank Zappa's guitars and e...
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