Mexican Power Authority were a bunch of Canadian guys from a mostly punk background in Victoria, BC who were influenced by John Zorn's Naked City era ('strang'). Been listening to them since 1994.
They had a demo called Salmon Mask Mc Tallica which recreates the Beefheart cover with a metalhead in a trucker hat holding a salmon in front of his face. M.P.A. covered Sun Ra, Parker, Coltrane etc.
Despite the popularity of Naked City this is the only band I know of which heavily sounded like them.
Mexican Power Authority - Strang From Endville 7" (1993) 10 song EP
Like the rest of their records this can be gotten cheaply.
A double LP of M.P.A. early demos with over 100 songs can be gotten for about 10 Euro.
Vocalist Jason Flower is still on a longstanding mission to archive lots of diverse music from all over the world e.g. reissuing the first Inuit rock band's work.
They had a demo called Salmon Mask Mc Tallica which recreates the Beefheart cover with a metalhead in a trucker hat holding a salmon in front of his face. M.P.A. covered Sun Ra, Parker, Coltrane etc.
Despite the popularity of Naked City this is the only band I know of which heavily sounded like them.
Mexican Power Authority - Strang From Endville 7" (1993) 10 song EP
Like the rest of their records this can be gotten cheaply.
A double LP of M.P.A. early demos with over 100 songs can be gotten for about 10 Euro.
Vocalist Jason Flower is still on a longstanding mission to archive lots of diverse music from all over the world e.g. reissuing the first Inuit rock band's work.