Cast
Frank Zappa
Acting
Cast
Frank Zappa
Known for
Acting
Born
1940-12-21
From
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died
1993-12-04
Also known as Zappa, FZ, ФŃонк Đаппа
Biography
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 â December 4, 1993) was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band The Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. While in his teens, he acquired a taste for percussion-based avant-garde composers such as Edgard Varèse and 1950s rhythm and blues music. He began writing classical music in high school, while at the same time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands; he later switched to electric guitar. He was a self-taught composer and performer, and his diverse musical influences led him to create music that was often impossible to categorize. His 1966 debut album with The Mothers of Invention, Freak Out!, combined songs in conventional rock and roll format with collective improvisations and studio-generated sound collages. His later albums shared this eclectic and experimental approach, irrespective of whether the fundamental format was one of rock, jazz or classical. He wrote the lyrics to all his songs, whichâoften humorouslyâreflected his iconoclastic view of established social and political processes, structures and movements. He was a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion, and a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech, self-education, political participation and the abolition of censorship. Zappa was a highly productive and prolific artist and gained widespread critical acclaim. Many of his albums are considered essential in rock and jazz history. He is regarded as one of the most original guitarists and composers of his time. He also remains a major influence on musicians and composers. He had some commercial success, particularly in Europe, and for most of his career was able to work as an independent artist. Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. Zappa was married to Kathryn J. "Kay" Sherman from 1960 to 1964. In 1967, he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, with whom he remained until his death from prostate cancer in 1993. They had four children: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen. Gail Zappa manages the businesses of her late husband under the name the Zappa Family Trust. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Zappa, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Â
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
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Fuck
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Funny
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Mondo Hollywood
Zappa
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200 Motels
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Take Your Pills
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The Velvet Underground
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Derailroaded
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Head
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Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
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Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
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The Wrecking Crew
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The Big T.N.T. Show
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Super Duper Alice Cooper
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Decade
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The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
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Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth
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Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology
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Echo in the Canyon
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Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary
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Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de dĂŠcapitation du pape
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Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 ür siden første riff
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Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
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Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
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Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!
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Uncle Meat
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Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980
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The Making of 200 Motels
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A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
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The Revenge of the Dead Indians
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Frank Zappa â Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily
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Video from Hell
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Rock this Town
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The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
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Led Zeppelin Played Here
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All My Loving
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Porridge and kerosene
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Cocaine Blues
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Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
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Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
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Cover Your Ears
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Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter
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Frank Zappa
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
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An American Dissident: un tributo a Frank Zappa
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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
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You Are What You Eat
Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die
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Larry Flynt for President
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Deep Purple: Made In Japan
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Nova '78
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PraŞåkĹŻm, tÄm je hej
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Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
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Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
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Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!
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Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
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Pink Floyd: Amougies Pop Festival
Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)
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EAV Rarities
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Frank Zappa: A Token of His Extreme
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Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere
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SluĹžebnĂ cesta podporuÄĂka SvÄrĂĄka
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Frank Zappa: Baby Snakes
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Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep
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Marian Briozzo
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Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives
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Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
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Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - The Lost Broadcast: The Beat Club '68
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Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Yoko Ono: At Fillmore East
From Straight to Bizarre
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Frank Zappa: Music In Review
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Feats First: The Life and Music of Lowell George
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The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart
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Frank Zappa: Live in Barcelona
Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973
Cheepnis
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Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
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Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme
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Your vote
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The Art of Dissent
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The Amazing Mr. Bickford
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Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around
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Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: In the 1960's
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Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops
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Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List
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Burnt Weeny Sandwich
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Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music
Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa
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The Yellow Shark
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Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden
Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars
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The Male Swagger
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Sex in Today's World
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Frank Zappa - John, Dan And Me
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