thumb|left|200px|Frank Zappa (1977) Frank Vincent Zappa (Baltimore, Maryland, 21 desimber 1940 - Laurel Canyon, Kalifornje, 4 desimber 1993) wie in Amerikaansk musikus en komponist. Hy wie ferneamd om syn frjemde muzykstyl, dy't faak nuveraardich en koartswillich wie. Zappa hat mei in soad oare muzikanten wurke, dêr't The Mothers of Invention en syn freon blues sjonger Captain Beefheart de bekendsten fan wiene. Zappa mingde op syn wize rockmuzyk mei psychedelika, jazz, eksperimintele muzyk en hjoeddeiske klassike muzyk. Hy gie himsels net út de wei mei syn selsspot, humor en performance-art.
Persoanlik libben Zappa wie sûnt 1967 troud mei Gail, berne as Adelaide Gail Sloatman op 1 jannewaris 1945, dy't it behear oer de zaken fan Zappa hie. Sy hiene fjouwer bern: Moon Zappa (Moon Unit Zappa, 1967) Dweezil Zappa (Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa, 1969), neamd nei de bynamme fan de lytse tean fan Gail. Ahmet Zappa (Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa, 1974) Diva Zappa (Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen Zappa, 1979)
De soannen Dweezil en Ahmet spylje tegearre yn de band 'Z'.
Zappa stoar flak for syn 53e oan de gefolgen fan prostaatkanker.
Trivia Yn 1994 waard in planetoïde nei Frank Zappa neamd: (3834) Zappafrank.
Diskografy Studio-albums Album Utbrocht op Band Single(s) Freak Out!27 juny 1966The Mothers of InventionHow Could I Be Such a Fool?,Trouble Comin' Every Day,Motherly Love Absolutely Free26 maaie 1967Son of Suzy CreamcheeseLumpy Gravy7 augustus 1967Frank ZappaWe're Only in It for the Money 4 maart 1968The Mothers of InventionLonely Little Girl Cruising with Ruben & the Jets2 desimber 1968Deseri,Anyway the Wind BlowsUncle Meat21 april 1969Hot Rats10 oktober 1969Frank ZappaPeaches en RegaliaBurnt Weeny Sandwich9 febrewaris 1970The Mothers of InventionWPLJWeasels Ripped My Flesh 10 augustus 1970Chunga's Revenge23 oktober 1970Frank ZappaTell Me You Love Me200 Motels 4 oktober 1971Magic Fingers,What Will This Evening Bring Me This MorningWaka/Jawaka5 july 1972The Grand Wazoo27 novimber 1972The Mothers of InventionCletus Awreetus-AwrightusOver-Nite Sensation 7 septimber 1973I'm the SlimeApostrophe (')22 maart 1974Frank ZappaCosmik Debris,Don't Eat the Yellow SnowOne Size Fits All25 juny 1975The Mothers of InventionDu Bist Mein SofaZoot Allures20 oktober 1976Frank ZappaFind Her Finer,Disco BoyStudio Tan15 septimber 1978Sleep Dirt19 jannewaris 1979Joe's GarageSeptimber/Novimber 1979Joe's Garage,Stick It OutYou Are What You Is23 septimber 1981Harder Than Your Husband,You Are What You Is,Goblin GirlShip Arriving Too Lateto Save a Drowning Witch3 maaie 1982Valley GirlThe Man from Utopia28 maart 1983The Man from Utopia Meets Mary Lou,Cocaine DecisionsThe Perfect Stranger23 augustus 1984The Girl in the Magnesium DressThem or Us18 oktober 1984Baby Take Your Teeth Out,In FranceFrancesco Zappa21 novimber 1984Thing-Fish21 desimber 1984Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention21 novimber 1985Jazz from Hell15 novimber 1986
Live-albums Album Utbrocht op BandFillmore East – June 19712 augustus 1971The Mothers of InventionJust Another Band from L.A.26 maart 1972Roxy & Elsewhere10 septimber 1974Bongo Fury2 oktober 1975Zappa in New York3 maart 1978Frank ZappaSheik Yerbouti3 maart 1979Orchestral Favorites4 maaie 1979Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar11 maaie 1981Tinsel Town Rebellion17 maaie 1981Baby Snakes28 maart 1983Does Humor Belong in Music?27 jannewaris 1986Guitar26 april 1988Broadway the Hard Way14 oktober 1988Make a Jazz Noise Here4 juny 1991The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life16 april 1991Playground Psychotics27 oktober 1992The Mothers of InventionAhead of Their Time23 maart 1993The Yellow Shark2 novimber 1993Frank Zappa
Kompilaasje-albums Album Utbrocht op BandMothermania24 maart 1969The Mothers of InventionThe **** of the Mothersoktober 1969The Mothers of Inventionjuly 1970Worst of the Mothersmaart 1971Old Masters1985,1986,1987Frank ZappaThe Guitar World According to Frank Zappajuny 1987You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 116 maaie 1988You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 225 oktober 1988You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 313 novimber 1989You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 414 juny 1991You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 510 july 1992You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6Strictly Commercial2 augustus 1995Strictly Genteel20 maaie 1997Cucamonga17 febrewaris 1998 Cheap Thrills28 april 1998Son of Cheep Thrills27 april 1999The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle15 desimber 2006The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle 200821 desimber 2008The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle 201021 desimber 2010The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAAAM Birthday Bundle 201121 desimber 2011The Frank Zappa Finer Moments18 desimber 2012The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle 21 desimber 2014ZAPPAtiteseptimber 2016 A Very Zappa Birthday EP21 desimber 2020
Dvd's 2003: Does Humor Belong in Music? 2007: Apostrophe
Boeken Chevalier, Dominique, "Viva Zappa" (1986), Londen: Omnibus Press, SBN 0-7119-0821-4 Courrier, Kevin, "The Dangerous Kitchen. The Subversive Art of Frank Zappa" (2001), Toronto: ECW Press, ISBN 1-55022-447-6 Gray, Michael, "Mother! is the Story of Frank Zappa" (1984), Londen: Proteus Books, ISBN 0-86276-146-8 James, Billy, "Necessity Is...: The Early Years of Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention" (2000), Londen: SAF Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-946719-51-9 Kostelanetz, Richard, "Frank Zappa Companion. Four Decades of Commentary" (1997), New York: Schirmer, ISBN 0-02-864628-2 Lennon, Nigey, "Being Frank. My Time with Frank Zappa" (1995), Los Angeles: California Classics Book, ISBN 1-879395-55-X Lowe, Kelly Fisher, "The Words and Music of Frank Zappa" (2006), Westport: Praeger Publishers, ISBN 0-275-98779-5 Miles, Barry, "In His Own Words" (1993), Londen: Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3100-3 Miles, Barry, "Frank Zappa - A Visual Documentary" (2003), Londen: Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3099-6 Miles, Barry, "Frank Zappa" (2004), London: Atlantic Books, ISBN 1-84354-092-4 (Nederlânsk Zappa De biografie, ISBN 978-90-6005-556-4) Russo, Greg, "Cosmik Debris. The collected history and improvisations of Frank Zappa" (1998), USA: Crossfire Publications, ISBN 0-9648157-4-5 Russo, Greg, "Cosmik Debris. The collected history and improvisations of Frank Zappa (Revised)" (1999), USA: Crossfire Publications, ISBN 0-9648157-7-X Russo, Greg, "Cosmik Debris. The collected history and improvisations of Frank Zappa (The Son Of Revised)" (2003), USA: Crossfire Publications, ISBN 0-9648157-0-2 Slaven, Neil, "Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story of Frank Zappa" (2003), Londen: Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-9436-6 Walley, David, "No Commercial Potential. The Saga of Frank Zappa" (1980, Then and Now, New York: E. P. Dutton, ISBN 0-525-93153-8 Watson, Ben, "Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play" (1996), New York: St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN 0-312-14124-6 Watson, Ben, "Frank Zappa. The Complete Guide to His Music" (2005), Londen: Omnibus Press, ISBN 1-84449-865-4 Zappa, Frank & Occhiogrosso, Peter, "The Real Frank Zappa Book" (1989), New York: Poseidon Press, ISBN 0-671-63870-X
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