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Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was widely known as an American composer, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist; but he was also a satirist, film director, graphic designer, a campaigner against censorship, and an autodidact. When combined with his interest in multiple other topics it can be a challenge to document it all.

For over thirty years Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works. He produced most of the 60+ albums that he released with his bands, variously known as the Mothers of Invention, The Mothers or as Zappa. These recordings were primarily distributed as vinyl phonograph records and, later, as compact discs.^[1]

Zappa considered his work a continuum:

It's all one album. All the material in the albums is organically related and if I had the master tapes and I could take a razor blade^[2] and cut them apart and put

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Mrmoustache14 (talk) "Why do you necessarily have to be wrong just because a few million people think you are?" Also I'd like to rate Zappa articles on their importance scale to the project. Friginator (talk) "Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best." Doc2234 (talk) ditto on the above!! vinciryan (talk) "Rock music was never written for or performed for conservative tastes." -TALK"Do ya think I could interest you in a pair of zircon-encrusted tweezers?" l • Frank Zappa American musician (1940–1993) "Zappa" redirects here. For other uses, see Zappa (disambiguation). Frank Zappa Zappa performing at Ekeberghallen in Oslo, Norway, in 1977 Born Frank Vincent Zappa (1940-12-21)December 21, 1940 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Died December 4, 1993(1993-12-04) (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Resting place Pierce Brothers Westwood by Memorial Park and Mortuary Occupations Composer guitarist bandleader Years active 1955–1993 Spouses Kay Sherman ​ ​ (m. 1960; div. 1963)​ Children Musical career Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S. Genres Instruments Discography Frank Zappa discography Labels Formerly of Musical artist Website zappa.com Frank Vincent Zappa[nb 1] (ZAP-ə; månad 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. I