Please answer the following question: What key details about scott thunes can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: scott thunes -lrb- pronounced '' too-nis '' -rrb- -lrb- born january 20 , 1960 -rrb- is a bass player , formerly with frank zappa , wayne kramer , steve vai , andy prieboy , mike keneally , fear , the waterboys , big bang beat , and others . he played with zappa 's band from 1981 to 1988 , and plays on such albums as '' the man from utopia '' , '' them or us '' , '' broadway the hard way '' , '' you ca n't do that on stage anymore '' , '' does humor belong in music ? '' , '' the best band you never heard in your life '' , '' frank zappa meets the mothers of prevention '' , '' ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch '' , '' make a jazz noise here '' , and '' guitar '' , a double-album compilation of zappa 's live guitar solos . thunes , currently bassist with californian band the mother hips , lives in northern california with his wife georgia , and his children hazle nova and virgil mars . in february 2012 , thunes performed in california with dweezil zappa and the '' zappa plays zappa '' band . author tomas wictor included an expanded interview with thunes that had first appeared in '' bass player '' magazine , in his book '' in cold sweat : interviews with really scary musicians '' -lrb- isbn 0-87910-956-4 -rrb- , in which thunes talks of his career .
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- instrument is bass guitar- years active is 1981-present- birth date is january 20 , 1960- background is non_vocal_instrumentalist- image is scott thunes 20aug2007.jpg- birth place is los angeles , california- associated acts is frank prieboy mike keneally fear the waterboys heavy bones zappa wayne kramer steve vai mother hips andy- occupation is musician