Frank Zappa
Acting1940-12-21Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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.
監督作品（13）
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Video from Hell
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
Baby Snakes
Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!
The Amazing Mr. Bickford
Uncle Meat
200 Motels
Cheepnis
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation
Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973
出演作品（94）
Deep Purple: Made In Japan
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!
Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary
Beat-Club
Faerie Tale Theatre
Feats First: The Life and Music of Lowell George
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980
Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology
Frank Zappa: Live in Barcelona
The Yellow Shark
Pražákům, těm je hej
Laurel Canyon
Frank Zappa - Summer '82 : When Zappa Came to Sicily
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
Frank Zappa: A Token of His Extreme
Classic Albums
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Derailroaded
レンとスティンピー
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
特捜刑事マイアミ・バイス
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
The Wrecking Crew
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Zappa
Omnibus
Super Duper Alice Cooper
Video from Hell
The Big T.N.T. Show
Decade
サタデー・ナイト・ライブ
ヴェルヴェット・アンダーグラウンド
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
Echo in the Canyon
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
テイク・ユア・ピル: スマートドラッグの真実
The Monkees
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Baby Snakes
All My Loving
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Late Night Line-Up
Fuck
Head
Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Cover Your Ears
Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!
Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops
The Amazing Mr. Bickford
Uncle Meat
Mondo Hollywood
200 Motels
Larry Flynt for President
Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around
From Straight to Bizarre
You Are What You Eat
Sex in Today's World
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels
Cheepnis
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Funny
Frank Zappa: Music In Review
Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)
The Rolling Stones - Die ersten 20 Jahre
Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: In the 1960's
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
The Art of Dissent
Rock this Town
Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
Cocaine Blues
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - The Lost Broadcast: The Beat Club '68
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music
The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart
Cosmic Debris
Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List
Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation
Pink Floyd: Amougies Pop Festival
Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Yoko Ono: At Fillmore East
Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden
Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973
Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep
Nova '78
Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution