associated_acts years_active alias background instrument birth_date genre article_title occupation
frank zappa , the mothers of invention 1977 -- present ant-bee solo_singer drums , percussion , vocals 11 november 1960 rock , jazz , experimental ant-bee
 musician , writer , publicist
ant-bee

billy james - better known by his stage name ant-bee - is an american experimental musician and writer .
in his musical work , he is a noted psychedelic era revivalist , working with members of the mothers of invention , the alice cooper group and captain beefheart 's magic band .
ant-bee has recorded several albums of material that bring together the styles of several branches of late-60s experimental rock music .
