Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen was the name of the recording studio that Frank Zappa had built and used extensively at his home for many of his musical recordings. It is also known by its acronym [http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Utility+Muffin+Research+Kitchen UMRK] .
The studio was completed on September 1, 1979 and the recording of several songs that were eventually released on the album "You Are What You Is" began in July, 1980. [ [http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/chronology/1976-1980.html FZ chronology ] at globalia.net]
References in songs
The first known mention of "Utility Muffin Research Kitchen" was in the 1975 song Muffin Man on the album Bongo Fury.
Miscellanea
Missing Persons was the first outside group to use the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen studio. [ [http://cglass.vinu.edu/mp/mphist.html Missing Persons Band History ] at cglass.vinu.edu] They created their demo tapes at the facility. The resulting album "Missing Persons [EP] " was released in 1982.
An industrial building in the city building simulation SimCity 3000 is named after the UMRK.
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External links
* [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep04/articles/zappa.htm Efforts to archive recordings]
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