Frank Zappa
Zappa in 1977
Background information
Birth name	Frank Vincent Zappa
Born	( 1940-12-21 ) December 21, 1940 Baltimore , Maryland , US
Died	December 4, 1993 (1993-12-04) (aged 52) Los Angeles , California , US
Genres	Progressive rock , jazz , experimental rock , alternative rock , classical
Occupation(s)	Musician , producer
Instruments	Guitar , voice , bass , keyboards
Years active	1950s?1993
Website	Zappa.com

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 ? December 4, 1993) was an American musician and composer . He was known for his strange style of music, which was often weird and funny. He made various types of music and many albums . Zappa worked with many other musicans, most notably his 1960s group The Mothers of Invention ^[1] and his friend and blues singer Captain Beefheart . Some people think he is the best composer in popular music or even any non-classical music.

Zappa was born in Baltimore , Maryland , but spent most of his life in Southern California . He grew up in Baltimore , in Florida , and in Monterey , Claremont and El Cajon, California . His mother was of French and Italian descent; his father was an immigrant from Sicily . Zappa had four children with his wife Gail. They gave them all very unusual names: Moon Unit , Dweezil , Ahmet , and Diva.

Zappa was openly against drugs , Televangelism , and censoring music. He often tried to see what he could get away with.

Zappa died from prostate cancer in Los Angeles , California .

Other websites [ change | change source ]

• Zappa.com
• Zappanale
• Frank Zappa on IMDb

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