Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
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Ike Willis (rhythm guitar, vocals)
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Ray White (rhythm guitar, vocals)
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Steve Vai (rhythm guitar, vocals)
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Warren Cucurullo (rhythm guitar, vocals)
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Denny Walley (slide guitar, vocals)
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Tommy Mars (keyboards, vocals)
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Peter Wolf (keyboards)
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Bob Harris (keyboards, trumpet, vocals)
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Ed Mann (percussion)
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Arthur Barrow (bass, vocals)
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Vinnie Colaiuta (drums)
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From Madam Wong's to Starwood
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To the Whiskey on the Strip
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You can hear the crashing, blasting strum
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Of bands that come to be real hip
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And get a record contract
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From a talent scout some day
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They'll sell their ass, their cocks and balls
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They'll take the check 'n' walk away
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If they're lucky they'll get famous
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For a week or two perhaps
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They'll buy some ugly clothes to wear
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And hope the business don't collapse
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Before some stupid magazine
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Decides they're really good
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They're a Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
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From downtown Hollywood
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Tinsel Town Rebellion, Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
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It's a little bitty Tinsel Town Rebellion
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A Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
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They used to play all kinds of stuff
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And some of it was nice
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Some of it was musical
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But then they took some guy's advice
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To get a record deal, he said,
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They would have to be more punk
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Forget their chops and play real dumb
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Or else they would be sunk
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So off they go to S.I.R. to learn some stupid riffs
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And practice all their poses
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In between their powder sniffs
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Chop a line now, snort it up now
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And when they think they've got it
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They launch a new career
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Who gives a fuck if what they play
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Is somewhat insincere
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Tinsel Town Rebellion, Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
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A Tinsel Town Rebellion,
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A Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
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Did you know that in Tinsel Town the people down there
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Think that substance is a bore
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And if your New Wave group looks good
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They'll hurry on back for more
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Of leather groups and plastic groups
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And groups that look real queer
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The Tinsel Town aficionados
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Come to see and not to hear
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But then again this system works
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As perfect as a dream
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It works for all of those record company pricks
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Who come to skim the cream
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From the cesspools of excitement
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Where Jim Morrison once stood
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It's the Tinsel Town Rebellion
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From downtown Hollywood
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Is everybody happy?
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Oh never mind!
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No problem!
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Tinseltown Rebellion
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| Frank Zappa |
