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person_profile-Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa Died at age: 52

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Frank Zappa

Date of Birth:

Dec 21, 1940

Country of birth:

U.S.

Died:

Dec 04, 1993

Biography of

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.

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Photos of

Frank Zappa

Photos ( 4 Photos

Filmography of

Frank Zappa

Found 63 Movies in total

Cover Your Ears

Self - Musician (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

Rock this Town

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

The Velvet Underground

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2021

The Art of Dissent

Self - Subject (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Larry Flynt for President

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Zappa

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

Music

... 2020

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

Echo in the Canyon

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

Take Your Pills

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Uncle Howard

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2016

... 2016

Roxy: The Movie

Himself ( Actor )

Writer

... 2015

... 2015

Led Zeppelin Played Here

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

Frank Zappa - Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily

Himself (archive Footage) ( Actor )

Music

... 2014

Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

Super Duper Alice Cooper

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme

Himself ( Actor )

Editor

... 2013

... 2012

... 2010

Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

... 2009

... 2008

... 2008

The Wrecking Crew

Himself ( Actor )

... 2008

Frank Zappa: Music In Review

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2007

... 2007

Fuck

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2005

Derailroaded

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2005

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1997

Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees

Mike Nesmith (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1993

The Yellow Shark

Self ( Actor )

Music

... 1992

... 1991

Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko

Self ( Actor )

Producer

... 1991

Decade

Self ( Actor )

... 1989

Funny

Self ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1988

... 1988

Video From Hell

Self ( Actor )

Writer

... 1987

... 1987

... 1985

... 1984

Cocaine Blues

Himself ( Actor )

... 1983

... 1982

Baby Snakes

Self ( Actor )

Editor

... 1979

Deep Purple: Made In Japan

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1972

200 Motels

Member of Mothers of Invention (uncredited) ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1971

Frank Zappa

Self ( Actor )

Music

... 1971

... 1970

Head

The Critic ( Actor )

... 1968

All My Loving

Self ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1968

... 1967

... 1967

The Big T.N.T. Show

Self (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1965