Larry "Wild Man" Fischer (born Lawrence Wayne Fischer, 6 November 1945 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.) has the claim to fame of being responsible for Rhino Records' first release — Go To Rhino Records (1975). Fischer has been variously described as a jobless, homeless, paranoid,certified-psychotic street singer, and as the missing link between Syd Barrett and Homer Simpson. Biography Larry "Wild Man" Fischer was institutionalized at age 16 for attacking his mother with a knife. Following his release, Fischer wandered L.A. singing his unique brand of songs for 10¢ to passers-by. Discovered by Frank Zappa, with whom he recorded his first album, Fischer became an underground concert favorite, earning him the title "godfather of outsider music." Zappa was responsible for Fischer's initial foray into the business of music, an album called An Evening with Wild Man Fischer, contains 36 tracks of "something not