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45s.com -- Recording Artist Information: Frank Zappa
Date Born December 21, 1940 Location Baltimore, Maryland Deceased December 4, 1993 - prostate cancer Music Rock singer, songwriter, guitarist Charted Pop/Rock Hits 3 Period Active October 19, 1974 to 1982 Biggest Hits Valley Girl Music List and Data Search Music List Notable Information Rock satirist, activist. Frank Zappa was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Other Names Born Francis Vincent Zappa, Jr. Other Web Sites Usenet - alt.fan.frank-zappa Frank Zappa - Strictly Discography
Frank Zappa was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. The following information was obtained from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:
Frank Zappa's scatological lyrics and searing, fluid guitar solos always have overshadowed the serious composer who brought an appreciation of classical music to his loud rock records.
With his band, named the Mothers of Invention because the record company was afraid the Mothers was short for something else, he recorded albums like "Lumpy Gravy" and "Weasel's Ripped My Flesh," which were an alternative to mainstream rock well before "alternative" had its current meaning.
He recorded "Overnite Sensation" (1973) with the Mothers and "Apostrophe" (1974) under his own name, providing favorite material for his concerts and adventuresome deejays: DJs: "Dinah Mo Humm," "Montana," "I Am the Slime" and "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow."
In the '80s, Zappa's music became increasingly political and he testified before Congress in 1985 against warning labels on records. In 1989, he became an adviser to Czechoslovakian President Vaclav Havel on expanding the newly democratic country's entry into the capitalistic arts world.
A wealth of young musicians passed through Zappa's bands, including Lowell George, George Duke, Captain Beefheart, Jean-Luc Ponty, Adrian Belew and Steve Vai.
Zappa died in 1993 of prostate cancer.
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