Frank Vincent Zappa [nb 1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock , pop , jazz , jazz fusion , orchestral and musique concrète works; he also produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of ...

Dec 21, 2023 · Frank Zappa released a staggering 23 albums and played nearly 800 concerts during the 1970s - but as ever, the stats hide a multitude of life experiences. In 2015 Mark Ellen looked back on a decade that gave Zappa some of his highest highs and lowest lows.

Early Live Version Of Frank Zappa Live Staple "Penguin In Bondage" And Exclusive Video Walk Through Of The Vault Released Ahead of 'Apostrophe: 50th Anniversary Edition', Due September 13 Via Zappa Records/UMe

Feb 5, 2025 · Frank Zappa, American composer, guitarist, and satirist of the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s. One of the great polymaths of the rock era, he was an instinctive postmodernist who demolished the barriers and hierarchies separating ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture.

Apr 2, 2014 · Guitarist and composer Frank Zappa made music from the 1960s to the 1980s. Learn about his life and career, including his jazz-rock fusion album Hot Rats , on Biography.com.

Aug 17, 2024 · Moon Unit Zappa details her difficult relationship with her dad, rock legend Frank Zappa, and her mother, Gail Zappa — and her father's final months — in her new memoir 'Earth to Moon'.

May 27, 2023 · Between Frank's 1993 death and Gail's passing in 2015, she was nothing short of fanatical when it came to issuing lawsuits to everyone from cover bands to festivals, all the way up to suing record labels to get complete control over his work. Was that what he wanted? It …

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Dec 6, 1993 · Musician Frank Zappa, who rode to fame in the late 1960s as leader of the eccentric Mothers of Invention and kept on breaking the musical rules, has died from the complications of prostate cancer...