Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa established himself as a prolific and highly distinctive composer, electric guitar player and band leader. He worked in almost every musical genre and wrote music for rock bands, jazz ensembles, synthesizers and symphony orchestra, as well as Musique concrète works constructed from pre-recorded, synthesized or sampled sources. In addition to his music recordings, he created feature-length and short films, music videos, and album covers.
Although he only occasionally achieved major commercial success, he maintained a highly productive career that encompassed composing, recording, touring, producing and merchandising his own and others' music. Zappa self-produced almost every one of the more than sixty albums he released with the Mothers of Invention or as a solo artist. He received multiple Grammy nominations and won for Best...
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(LiveDaily.com) Frank Zappa [ tickets ] can be, admittedly, an acquired taste. You can be suckered in by the airhead charm of "Valley Girl," only to turn around and be throttled by an instrumental like "Drowning Witch." Every possible musical or comedic genre is... continued
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Track listing: OddientsRolloBeen to Kansas City in A minorFarther O'BlivionD.C. BoogieImaginary DiseasesMontreal
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Track listing: Mormon Xmas Dance ReportPrelude To ''The Purse''Mr Clean (Alternate Mix)Why Don'Tcha Do Me RightThe Muthers/Power TrioThe PurseThe Moon Will Never Be the SameGTR TrioSuckit RockitMousie's First XmasThe Uncle Frankie Show
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Track listing: Peaches En RegaliaDon't Eat the Yellow Snow (single version)Dancin' FoolSan Ber'dinoDirty LoveMy Guitar Wants to Kill Your MamaCosmik DebrisDisco BoyFine GirlI'm the SlimeJoe's Garage (single version)Bobby Brown Goes DownMontana (single version)Valley GirlMuffin Man
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Track listing: MoggioWhat Will Rumi Do?Night SchoolRevised Music for Low Budget OrchestraThe Beltway BanditsA Pig With WingsPut a Motor in YourselfPeaches En RegaliaNaval Aviation in Art?The Adventures of Greggery Peccary
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Track listing: Pretty PatMotherly LovePlastic PeopleAnyway the Wind BlowsI Ain't Got No HeartThe Phone Call / My BabeWedding Dress Song / Handsome Cabin BoyHitch HikeI'm So Happy I Could CryGo Cry on Somebody Else's ShoulderHow Could I Be Such a Fool?We Made Our Reputation Doing It That Way...
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Track listing: NYC AudienceAncient ArmamentsDancin' FoolEasy MeatMagic FingersDon't Eat the Yellow SnowConehead"Zeets"Stink-FootDinah-Moe HummCamarillo BrilloMuffin ManBlack Napkins (The Deathless Horsie)
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Track listing: Hordern Intro (Incan Art Vamp)Stink-FootThe Poodle LectureDirty LoveFilthy HabitsHow Could I Be Such a Fool?I Ain't Got No HeartI'm Not SatisfiedBlack NapkinsAdvance RomanceThe Illinois Enema BanditWind Up Workin' in a Gas StationThe Torture Never Stops
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Track listing: Canard ToujoursKaiser RollsFind Her FinerCarolina Hard-Core EcstacyLonely Little GirlTake Your Clothes Off When You DanceWhat's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?Chunga's RevengeZoot AlluresKeep It GreasyDinah-Moe HummCamarillo BrilloMuffin ManKaiser Rolls (Du Jour)
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Track listing: Theme From Run Home SlowOriginal Duke of PrunesOpening Night Party at Studio Z (Collage)The Village InnSteal AwayI Was a Teen-Age Malt ShopThe Birth of Captain BeefheartMetal Man Has Won His WingsPower Trio Segment From The Saints 'n SinnersBossa Nova PervertamentoExcerpt From The Uncle Frankie ShowCharvaSpeed-Freak BoogieOriginal Mothers at the Broadside (Pomona)Party Scene From Mondo HollywoodOriginal Mothers RehearsalHow Could I Be Such a Fool?Band Introductions at the Fillmore WestPlastic PeopleOriginal Mothers at the Fillmore EastHarry, You're a BeastDon InterruptsPiece OneJim/RoyPiece TwoAgency ManAgency Man (Studio version)Lecture From Festival Hall ShowWedding Dress Song/The Handsome Cabin BoySkweezit Skweezit SkweezitThe Story of Willie the PimpBlack BeautyChuchaMothers at KPFKHarmonica Fun
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Track listing: Catholic Girls (live)Bobby Brown Goes Down (live)You Are What You IsCheap ThrillsHot Plate Heaven at the Green HotelZomby Woof (live)The Torture Never Stops (original version)Going for the MoneyThe Mudshark InterviewI Could Be A Star NowMy Guitar Wants to Kill Your MamaWe Are Not AloneJoe's Garage
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Track listing: Uncle Meat: Main Title ThemeRegyptian StrutOutrage at ValdezLittle UmbrellasDwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf NebulaAybe SeaNaval Aviation in Art?G-Spot TornadoDog Breath VariationsUncle MeatPedro's DowryDupree's ParadiseOPUS I, No. 4, 2nd Movement, AllegroStrictly GenteelDuke of PrunesOPUS I, No. 3, 2nd Movement, PrestoBob In Dacron, First MovementRun Home Slow Theme
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Track listing: Black Napkins (Live 11-22-75)Black Napkins (Zoot Allures Version 2-76)Zoot Allures (Live 2-5-76)Merely a Blues in A (Live 9-27-74)Zoot Allures (Zoot Allures Version 10-76)Watermelon in Easter Hay (Live 1-76 or 2-76)Watermelon in Easter Hay (Joe's Garage Version '79)
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Track listing: Re-gyptian StrutNaval Aviation in Art?A Little Green RosettaDuck Duck GooseDown in de DewFor the Young SophisticateTryin' to Grow a ChinBroken Hearts Are for AssholesThe Legend of the Illinois Enema BanditRevised Music for Guitar & Low Budget OrchestraLemme Take You to the BeachRDNZL
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Track listing: Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?The Black Page #1Big Leg EmmaPunky's WhipsFlambeThe Purple LagoonPedro's DowryLätherSpider of DestinyDuke of Orchestral Prunes
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Track listing: Filthy HabitsTitties 'n BeerThe Ocean Is the Ultimate SolutionThe Adventures of Greggery PeccaryRegyptian Strut (1993)Leather GoodsRevenge of the Knick Knack PeopleTime Is Money
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Track listing: The BlackoutsLost In a WhirlpoolRonnie Sings?Kenny's Booger StoryRonnie's Booger StoryMount St. Mary's Concert ExcerptTake Your Clothes Off When You DanceTiger RoachRun Home Slow ThemeFountain of LoveRun Home Cues, #2Any Way The Wind BlowsRun Home Cues, #3The Dick Kunc StoryWedding Dress SongHandsome Cabin BoyCops & BunsThe Big SqueezeI'm a Band LeaderAlley CatThe Grand WazooWonderful WinoKung FuRDNZLBasement Music #1Inca RoadsLil' Canton ShuffleI Don't Wanna Get DraftedSharleenaCharva
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Track listing: Take Your Clothes Off When You DanceStink-FootHungry Freaks, DaddyConcentration MoonWould You Go All the WayI Don't Wanna Get DraftedA Few Moments With Brother A. WestI Don't Even CareAlley CatPoofter's Froth Wyoming Plans AheadLil' Clanton ShuffleHot-Plate Heaven at the Green HotelWhen the Lie's So BigDickie's Such an Asshole
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Track listing: Peaches En RegaliaDon't Eat the Yellow SnowDancin' FoolSan Ber'dinoDirty LoveMy Guitar Wants to Kill Your MamaCosmik DebrisDisco BoyFine GirlSexual Harassment in the WorkplaceI'm the SlimeJoe's GarageMontanaValley GirlBe in My VideoMuffin ManTell Me You Love MeTrouble Every DayLet's Make the Water Turn Black
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Track listing: Dong Work for YudaKeep It GreaseyOutside NowHe Used to Cut the GrassPackard GooseWatermelon in Easter HayA Little Green Rosetta
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Track listing: Harry and RhondaYou Are What You IsThe Meek Shall Inherit NothingClowns on VelvetHarry-As-A-BoyHe's So GayThe Massive Inprove'lenceThe Mammy NunsArtificial RhondaThe `Torchum' Never StopsPrologueMudd ClubGaloot Up-DateThat Evil Prince
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Track listing: Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?Lucille Has Messed My Mind UpScrutinizer PostludeA Token of My ExtremeStick It OutCrew SlutSy BorgThe Central ScrutinizerCatholic GirlsFembot in a Wet T-ShirtJoe's GarageOn the Bus
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Track listing: The Crab-Grass BabyNo Not NowDrop DeadWon Ton OnBrown MosesThe White Boy TroublesBriefcase BoogieWistful Wit a Fist-Full
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Track listing: I Wish Moterhead Would Come BackSecular HumanismAttack! Attack! Attack!I Was in a DrumA Different OctaveThis Ain't CNNThe Pigs' MusicA Pig With WingsThis Is All WrongHot & PutridFlowing Inside-OutI Had a Dream About ThatGross ManA Tunnel Into MuckWhy Not?Put a Little Motor in 'emYou're Just Insultin' Me, Aren't You!Cold Light GenerationDio FaThat Would Be the End of ThatBeat the ReaperWaffenspiel
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Track listing: This Is Phaze IIIPut A Motor In YourselfOh-UmmThey Made Me Eat ItReagan At BitburgA Very Nice BodyNavanaxHow The Pigs' Music WorksXmas ValuesDark Water!AmnerikaHave You Ever Heard Their Band?Religious SuperstitionSaliva Can Only Take So MuchBuffalo VoiceSomeplace Else Right NowGet A LifeA Kayak (On Snow)N-Lite
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Track listing: IntroDog Breath VariationsUncle MeatOutrage at ValdezTimes Beach IIIII RevisedRuth Is SleepingNone of the AbovePentagon AfternoonTimes Beach IIIFood Gathering in Post-Industrial America, 1992Welcome to the United StatesPound for a BrownExercise #4Get WhiteyThe Girl in the Magnesium DressQuesti Cazzi di PiccioneG-Spot TornadoBe-Bop Tango
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Track listing: PrologueProgress?Like It or NotThe Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy LessonHolding the Group BackHoliday in BerlinThe Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves the StageUndaunted, the Band Plays OnAgency ManEpilogueKing KongHelp, I'm a RockTransylvania BoogiePound for a BrownSleeping in a JarLet's Make the Water Turn BlackHarry, You're a BeastThe Orange County Lumber Truck (Part I)Oh NoThe Orange County Lumber Truck (Part II)
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Track listing: Elvis Has Just Left the Building (feat. Rockapella)Brown Shoes Don't Make ItJazz Discharge Party HatsInca RoadsMoggioNite SchoolEchinda's Arf (Of You)Hungry Freaks, DaddyHeavenly Bank Account (feat. Rockapella)The Meek Shall Inherit NothingWaka Jawaka (edit)Sofa (feat. Steve Vai)Dirty Love (feat. Steve Vai and Dweezil Zappa)Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel (feat. Dale Bozzio and The Persuasions)
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Track listing: Beer ShampooChampagne LectureChildish PerversionsPlayground PsychoticsThe Mudshark Interview'There's No Lust In Jazz'Botulism On The HoofYou Got Your ArmiesThe Spew KingI'm DoomedStatus Back BabyThe London Cab TapeConcentration Moon, Part OneThe Sanzini Brothers'It's A Good Thing We Get Paid To Do This'Concentration Moon, Part TwoMom & DadIntro To Music For Low Budget OrchestraBilly The MountainHe's Watching UsIf You're Not A Professional ActorHe's RightGoing For The MoneyJeff QuitsA Bunch Of AdventuresMartin Lickert's StoryA Great GuyBad ActingThe Worst ReviewsA Version Of HimselfI Could Be A Star Now
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Track listing: Here Comes The Gear, LadsThe Living Garbage TruckA Typical Sound CheckThis Is NeatThe Motel LobbyGetting StewedThe Motel RoomDon't Take Me DownThe Dressing RoomLearning 'Penis Dimension'You There, With The Hard OnZanti SerenadeDivanSleeping In A JarDon't Eat ThereBrixton Still LiveSuper GreaseWonderful WinoSharleenaCruisin' For BurgersDiptheria BluesWellSay PleaseAaawkScum BagA Small Eternity With Yoko Ono
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Track listing: NYC Halloween AudienceThe Illinois Enema BanditLobster GirlBlack NapkinsWe're Turning AgainAlien OrificeCatholic GirlsCrew SlutTryin' to Grow a ChinTake Your Clothes Off When You DanceLisa's Life StoryLonesome Cowboy Nando200 Motels FinaleStrictly GenteelThirteen
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Track listing: The M.O.I. Anti-Smut Loyality OathThe Poodle LectureDirty LoveMagic FingersThe Madison Panty-Sniffing FestivalHoney, Don't You Want a Man Like MeFarther O'BlivionIs That Guy Kidding or WhatI'm So CuteWhite PersonLonely Person DevicesMs. PinkyShove It Right InWind Up Working in a Gas StationMake a Sex NoiseTracy Is a SnobI Have Been in YouEmperor of OhioDinah-Moe HummHe's So GayCamarillo BrilloMuffin Man
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Track listing: Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)Sleeping In A Jar (with extensions)SharleenaThe Sanzini BrothersWhat Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening?What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?Bwana DikLatex Solar BeefDaddy, Daddy, DaddyLittle House I Used To Live InHoliday In BerlinInca Roads/Easy MeatCruising For Burgers
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Track listing: The Downtown Talent ScoutCharles IvesHere Lies LovePiano/Drum DuetMozart BalletChocolate HalvahJCB & Kansas on the Bus #1Run Home Slow: Main Title ThemeThe Little MarchRight ThereWhere Is Johnny Velvet?Return of the Hunch-back DukeTrouble Every DayProto-minimalismJCB & Kansas on the Bus #2My Head?MeowBaked Bean BoogieWhere's Our Equipment?FZ/JCB Drum DuetNo Waiting for the Peanuts to DissolveA Game of CardsUnderground Freak-out MusicGerman LunchMy Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
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Track listing: Easy MeatDead Girls of LondonShall We Take Ourselves Seriously?What's New in Baltimore?MoggioDancin' FoolRdnzlAdvance RomanceCity of Tiny LitesA Pound for a Brown (On the Bus)DoreenThe Black Page #2Geneva Farewell
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Track listing: Little Rubber GirlStick TogetherMy Guitar Wants to Kill Your MamaWillie the PimpMontanaBrown MosesThe Evil PrinceApproximateLove of My Life Mudd Club VersionLet's Move to Cleveland Solos (1984)You Call That Music?Pound for a Brown Solos (1984)The Black Page (1984)Take Me Out to the Ball GameFilthy HabitsThe Torture Never Stops Original Version
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Track listing: Church ChatStevie's SpankingOutside NowDisco BoyTeen-Age WindTruck Driver DivorceFlorentine PogenTiny Sick TearsSmell My BeardThe Booger ManCarolina Hard Core EcstacyAre You Upset?Little Girl of MineThe Closer You AreJohnny DarlingNo, No CherryThe Man From UtopiaMary Lou
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Track listing: The Black Page (New Age Version)T'Mershi DuweenDupree's ParadiseCity of Tiny LightsRoyal March From "L'Histoire Du Soldat" (Stravinsky)Theme From the Bartok Piano Concerto #3Sinister Footwear (2nd movement)Stevie's SpankingAlien OrificeCruisin' For BurgersAdvance RomanceStrictly Genteel
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Track listing: StinkfootWhen Yuppies Go to HellFire and ChainsLet's Make the Water Turn BlackHarry, You're a BeastThe Orange County Lumber TruckOh NoTheme From Lumpy GravyEat That QuestionBlack NapkinsBig SwiftyKing KongStar Wars Won't Work
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Track listing: Heavy Duty JudyRing of FireCosmik DebrisFind Her FinerWho Needs the Peace Corps?I Left My Heart in San FranciscoZomby WoofBoleroZoot AlluresMr. Green GenesFlorentine PogenAndyInca RoadsSofa #1
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Track listing: Purple HazeSunshine of Your LoveLet's Move to ClevelandWhen Irish Eyes Are Smiling"Godfather Part II" ThemeA Few Moments With Brother A. WestThe Torture Never Stops Part OneTheme From "Bonanza"Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Swaggart version)The Torture Never Stops Part TwoMore Trouble Every Day (Swaggart version)Penguin in Bondage (Swaggart version)The Eric Dolphy Memorial BarbecueStairway to Heaven
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Track listing: Dickie's Such An AssholeHands With A HammerZoot AlluresSociety PagesI'm A Beautiful GuyBeauty Knows No PainCharlie's Enormous MouthCocaine DecisionsNig BizKing KongCosmik Debris
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Track listing: SharleenaBamboozled by LoveLucille Has Messed My Mind UpAdvance Romance (1984)Bobby Brown Goes DownKeep It GreaseyHoney, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?In FranceDrowning WitchRide My Face to ChicagoCarol, You FoolChana in De BushwopJoe's GarageWhy Does It Hurt When I Pee?
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Track listing: Any Kind of PainDickie's Such an AssholeWhen the Lie's So BigBacon FatStolen MomentsMurder by Numbers (feat. Sting)Jezebel BoyOutside NowWhat Kind of Girl?Rhymin' ManThe UntouchablesWhy Don't You Like Me?Hot Plate Heaven at the Green HotelElvis Has Just Left the BuildingJesus Thinks You're a JerkPlanet of the Baritone WomenPromiscuous
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Track listing: ApproximateDupree's ParadiseSatumaa (Finnish Tango)T'Mershi DuweenThe Dog Breath VariationsUncle MeatBuilding a GirlMontana (Whipping Floss)Big Swifty
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Track listing: Tush Tush Tush (A Token of My Extreme)StinkfootInca RoadsRDNZLVillage of the SunEchidna's Arf (Of You)Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?Pygmy TwylyteRoom ServiceCheepnisThe Idiot Bastard Son (Live version)
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Track listing: Variations on Sinister #3Orrin Hatch on SkisBut Who Was Fulcanelli?For DuaneGoaWinos Do Not MarchSwans? What Swans?Too Ugly for Show BusinessSystems of EdgesDo Not Try This at HomeThings That Look Like MeatWatermelon in Easter HayCanadian CustomsIs That All There Is?It Ain't Necessarily the Saint James Infirmary
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