Frank Zappa
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Nova '78
Film • 2026
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Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep
Film • 2025
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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Film • 2025
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Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968
Film • 2024
Cover Your Ears
Film • 2023
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Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary
Film • 2022
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Rock this Town
Film • 2022
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Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
Film • 2021
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The Velvet Underground
Film • 2021
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Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!
Film • 2021
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The Art of Dissent
Film • 2021
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Larry Flynt for President
Film • 2021
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Zappa
Film • 2020
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Laurel Canyon
Serial • 2020
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 3, La plus dangereuse rencontre
Film • 2019
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Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Film • 2019
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Film • 2019
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Laurel Canyon: mekka muzyków lat 60.
Film • 2019
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Cosmic Debris
Film • 2018
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Take Your Pills
Film • 2018
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Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Film • 2016
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Film • 2016
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Film • 2016
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Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa
Film • 2016
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Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - The Lost Broadcast: The Beat Club '68
Film • 2016
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Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
Film • 2015
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Feats First: The Life and Music of Lowell George
Film • 2015
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Led Zeppelin Played Here
Film • 2014
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Zappa wraca na Sycylię
Film • 2014
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Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
Film • 2014
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Cheepnis
Film • 2014
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Super Duper Alice Cooper
Film • 2014
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Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme
Film • 2013
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From Straight to Bizarre
Film • 2012
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Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List
Film • 2010
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Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology
Film • 2010
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Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: In the 1960's
Film • 2009
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Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980
Film • 2008
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An Evening with Frank Zappa During Which... The Torture Never Stops
Film • 2008
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Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives
Film • 2008
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The Wrecking Crew
Film • 2008
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Frank Zappa: Music In Review
Film • 2008
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Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Film • 2007
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Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music
Film • 2007
Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973
Film • 2007
Fuck
Film • 2006
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EAV Rarities
Film • 2006
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Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop
Serial • 2005
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Frank Zappa: A Token of His Extreme
Film • 2005
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Derailroaded
Film • 2005
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Frank Zappa - John, Dan And Me
Film • 2004
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Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Film • 2002
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Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
Film • 2002
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Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die
Film • 2000
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The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart
Film • 1997
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Classic Albums
Serial • 1997
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Välling och fotogen
Film • 1997
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Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
Film • 1997
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An American Dissident: un tributo a Frank Zappa
Film • 1994
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Ein Leben als Extravaganza - Das Genie Frank Zappa
Film • 1993
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The Revenge of the Dead Indians
Film • 1993
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The Yellow Shark
Film • 1992
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The Ren & Stimpy Show
Serial • 1991
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Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth
Film • 1991
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Pražákům, těm je hej
Film • 1991
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Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
Film • 1991
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Your vote
Film • 1991
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Decade
Film • 1989
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Služební cesta podporučíka Svěráka
Film • 1989
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Funny
Film • 1988
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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Film • 1988
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Frank Zappa: Live in Barcelona
Film • 1988
Video from Hell
Film • 1987
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The Amazing Mr. Bickford
Film • 1987
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Uncle Meat
Film • 1987
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Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars
Film • 1985
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Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
Film • 1985
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The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Film • 1984
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Policjanci z Miami
Serial • 1984
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Cocaine Blues
Film • 1983
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Faerie Tale Theatre
Serial • 1982
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Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!
Film • 1982
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The Rolling Stones - Die ersten 20 Jahre
Film • 1982
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Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere
Film • 1980
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Baby Snakes
Film • 1979
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Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around
Film • 1978
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Saturday Night Live
Serial • 1975
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Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden
Film • 1973
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Film • 1972
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Deep Purple: Made In Japan
Film • 1972
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Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels
Film • 1971
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200 Motels
Film • 1971
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Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Yoko Ono: At Fillmore East
Film • 1971
Frank Zappa
Film • 1971
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Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)
Film • 1970
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Pink Floyd: Amougies Pop Festival
Film • 1970
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Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Film • 1969
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Head
Film • 1968
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All My Loving
Film • 1968
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You Are What You Eat
Film • 1968
Omnibus
Serial • 1967
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Good Evening — I'm Jonathan King
Serial • 1967
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Mondo Hollywood
Film • 1967
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
Film • 1967
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Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
Serial • 1967
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Sex in Today's World
Film • 1967
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The Monkees
Serial • 1966
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The Big T.N.T. Show
Film • 1965
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Beat-Club
Serial • 1965
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Late Night Line-Up
Serial • 1964
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The Male Swagger
Film
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