My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama

"My Guitar"
Single by The Mothers of Invention
from the album Weasels Ripped My Flesh
B-side	"Dog Breath"
Released	1969
Format	7"
Recorded	June 1969
Genre	Hard rock, comedy rock, experimental rock
Length	3:07
Label	Bizarre, Reprise
Writer(s)	Frank Zappa
Producer(s)	Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa singles chronology
"WPLJ" (1969) "My Guitar" (1969) "Peaches en Regalia" (1970)

"My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" is a song written by Frank Zappa and originally recorded by The Mothers of Invention in 1969. The song was included on their 1970 album Weasels Ripped My Flesh, an LP that included various recordings by the band from 1967 to 1969. It was also released as a single on the Bizarre and Reprise labels as "My Guitar." Despite the more conventional naming, "My Guitar" did not chart.

The single version of the song was recorded in June 1969 and differs from the Weasels Ripped My Flesh recording. The album version features a longer break before the second verse is reprised, and is roughly half a minute longer. A shorter edit of the single version has been released on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5. "The Central Scrutinizer," the spoken-word track that opens Act I of Joe's Garage, began as an updated version of "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama." The two songs' chord progressions are identical.^[1]

His son Dweezil Zappa's 1988 solo album is named after the song and contains a cover of it, both as a tribute to his father. An a cappella version of the song is included on The Persuasions' 2000 Frank Zappa tribute album, "Frankly A Capella: The Persuasions Sing Zappa." The song was also covered by Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Eric Johnson on the 1996 G3 tour.^[2]

The song is featured in the Daria season two episode "That Was Then, This is Dumb."

Track list

1. "My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama" - 3:07
2. "Dog Breath" - 2:56 ^[3]

References