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Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – 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, which—often humorously—reflected 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.
Filmography
Nova '78
Film · 2026
Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep
Film · 2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Film · 2025
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968
Film · 2024
Cover Your Ears
Film · 2023
Rock this Town
Film · 2022
Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary
Film · 2022
Larry Flynt for President
Film · 2021
The Velvet Underground
Film · 2021
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
Film · 2021
The Art of Dissent
Film · 2021
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!
Film · 2021
Zappa
Film · 2020
Laurel Canyon
Series · 2020
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Film · 2019
Echo in the Canyon
Film · 2019
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Film · 2019
Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter
Film · 2019
Take Your Pills
Film · 2018
Cosmic Debris
Film · 2018
Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa
Film · 2016
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Film · 2016
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Film · 2016
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - The Lost Broadcast: The Beat Club '68
Film · 2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Film · 2016
Feats First: The Life and Music of Lowell George
Film · 2015
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
Film · 2015
Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily
Film · 2014
Cheepnis
Film · 2014
Super Duper Alice Cooper
Film · 2014
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
Film · 2014
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Film · 2014
Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme
Film · 2013
From Straight to Bizarre
Film · 2012
Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology
Film · 2010
Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List
Film · 2010
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: In the 1960's
Film · 2009
An Evening with Frank Zappa During Which... The Torture Never Stops
Film · 2008
Frank Zappa: Music In Review
Film · 2008
Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives
Film · 2008
Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980
Film · 2008
The Wrecking Crew
Film · 2008
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Film · 2007
Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music
Film · 2007
Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973
Film · 2007
Fuck
Film · 2006
EAV Rarities
Film · 2006
Frank Zappa: A Token of His Extreme
Film · 2005
Derailroaded
Film · 2005
Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop
Series · 2005
Frank Zappa - John, Dan And Me
Film · 2004
Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
Film · 2002
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Film · 2002
Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die
Film · 2000
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
Film · 1997
Porridge and kerosene
Film · 1997
The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart
Film · 1997
Classic Albums
Series · 1997
An American Dissident: un tributo a Frank Zappa
Film · 1994
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
Film · 1993
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
Film · 1993
The Yellow Shark
Film · 1992
Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth
Film · 1991
Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
Film · 1991
Your vote
Film · 1991
Pražákům, těm je hej
Film · 1991
The Ren & Stimpy Show
Series · 1991
Služební cesta podporučíka Svěráka
Film · 1989
Decade
Film · 1989
Funny
Film · 1988
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Film · 1988
Frank Zappa: Live in Barcelona
Film · 1988
Video from Hell
Film · 1987
The Amazing Mr. Bickford
Film · 1987
Uncle Meat
Film · 1987
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
Film · 1985
Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars
Film · 1985
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Film · 1984
Miami Vice
Series · 1984
Cocaine Blues
Film · 1983
The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
Film · 1982
Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!
Film · 1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Series · 1982
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere
Film · 1980
Baby Snakes
Film · 1979
Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around
Film · 1978
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden
Film · 1973
Deep Purple: Made In Japan
Film · 1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Film · 1972
The Making of 200 Motels
Film · 1971
200 Motels
Film · 1971
Frank Zappa
Film · 1971
Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Yoko Ono: At Fillmore East
Film · 1971
Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)
Film · 1970
Pink Floyd: Amougies Pop Festival
Film · 1970
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Film · 1969
Head
Film · 1968
All My Loving
Film · 1968
You Are What You Eat
Film · 1968
Sex in Today's World
Film · 1967
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
Film · 1967
Mondo Hollywood
Film · 1967
Good Evening — I'm Jonathan King
Series · 1967
Omnibus
Series · 1967
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
Series · 1967
The Monkees
Series · 1966
The Big T.N.T. Show
Film · 1965
Beat-Club
Series · 1965
Late Night Line-Up
Series · 1964
The Male Swagger
Film