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The Mothers of ınvention

The Mothers of ınvention is a group from the US, active from 1964.

Group US 1964–1975 experimental rock psychedelic rock comedy rock
TOTAL PLAYS
72
SONGS PLAYED
30
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2009-12-13 14:28 · 6 Music — "Who Needs the Peace Corps"
LAST PLAYED
7 months ago · 6 Music — "Trouble Every Day"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2009 — 2025
10 8 5 3 0
'09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 68 94%
Radio 2 3 4%
Radio 1 1 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 19:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Trouble Every Day 23 2025-09-30
2 Wowie Zowie 5 2016-01-07
3 Who Are the Brain Police? 4 2023-09-10
4 Plastic People 4 2023-04-11
5 Flower Punk 4 2021-07-08
6 Concentration Moon 3 2021-10-06
7 Hungry Freaks, Daddy 2 2024-04-14
8 Oh No 2 2022-07-13
9 Who Needs the Peace Corps 2 2019-10-04
10 Anything 2 2016-12-04
11 I'm Not Satisfied 2 2016-05-08
12 America Drinks & Goes Home 1 2021-11-25
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-09-30 20:00 Trouble Every Day 6 Music
2025-07-30 11:46 Trouble Every Day 6 Music
2024-04-14 22:37 Hungry Freaks, Daddy 6 Music
2023-09-10 07:53 Who Are the Brain Police? 6 Music
2023-04-11 19:44 Plastic People 6 Music
2022-12-14 19:00 Trouble Every Day 6 Music
2022-07-13 22:49 Oh No Radio 1
2022-02-13 16:00 Trouble Every Day 6 Music
2022-01-11 19:00 Trouble Every Day 6 Music
2021-11-25 21:52 America Drinks & Goes Home 6 Music
2021-10-06 19:02 Concentration Moon 6 Music
2021-08-03 19:43 My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

30 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Absolutely Free — 1 ▶
America Drinks & Goes Home — 1 ▶
Anything — 2 ▶
Camarillo Brillo — 1 ▶
Cheap Thrills — 1 ▶
Concentration Moon — 3 ▶
Flower Punk — 4 ▶
Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder — 1 ▶
Help, I'm a Rock — 1 ▶
Help, I'm a Rock (Suite in Three Movements) — 1 ▶
Hungry Freaks, Daddy — 2 ▶
I'm Not Satisfied — 2 ▶
Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkins — 1 ▶
It Can't Happen Here — 1 ▶
Jelly Roll Gum Drop — 1 ▶
Let’s Make the Water Turn Black — 1 ▶
My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama — 1 ▶
Oh No — 2 ▶
Oh No (feat. Ray Collins) — 1 ▶
Plastic People — 4 ▶
The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue — 1 ▶
Trouble Every Day — 23 ▶
Who Are the Brain Police — 1 ▶
Who Are the Brain Police? — 4 ▶
Who Needs the Peace Corps — 2 ▶
Who Needs the Peace Corps? — 1 ▶
Wowie Zowie — 5 ▶
WPLJ — 1 ▶
you're probably wondering why ı'm here — 1 ▶
Zomby Woof — 1 ▶