Hamilton Face Band Underwood was the drummer with a rock group named
the Hamilton Face Band during 1969, appearing on their recordings released by
Philips Records and
Bell Records. The first album,
The Hamilton Face Band was produced by
Anne Tansey. The group felt that they were rushed and weren't happy with it. However, the second one that was produced by Johanan Vigoda brought them some chart success.
Further activities Underwood performed in more than 30 recordings with Zappa or Mothers. Examples of her virtuosity can be heard on tracks including the "Rollo Interior interlude" from "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast" on the ''
Apostrophe (') album (1974). Other work is documented on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) and on "Inca Roads", the opening track on One Size Fits All (1975). Underwood can be heard (though not seen) in the soundtrack of the Zappa movie 200 Motels (1971), and the Dub Room Special
DVD (1982), which includes performances from the KCET Special A Token Of His Extreme''. She also features in the film of the Roxy performances (2015). During the 1970s, Underwood collaborated in
recording sessions for a small number of other performers, most notably with the band
Ambrosia, composer
Jasun Martz, and jazz keyboardist
George Duke, the last also a veteran of Zappa's bands. In an interview Underwood revealed that she played on one final session for Zappa shortly before his death from cancer in December 1993. Zappa was then composing mostly with the electronic
Synclavier system, though he used recordings of live musicians which were later manipulated and arranged with the Synclavier. She recalled: In 2008, she commissioned Gordon Stout to write a work for the percussion ensemble
Nexus. She also features in the DVD - DC Collection: Vol. 1 - The Drummers Of Frank Zappa (2009) with Terry Bozzio, Ralph Humphrey, Chester Thompson and Chad Wackerman. Underwood is the mother of two children, both musicians. She resides in Los Angeles. ==Selected discography==