who was Frank Zappa?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa

Answer 2

Frank Zappa was what you'd call a 60's Rock comedian; a precursor to Weird Al Yankovic. Zappa's comedic genius came in writing gut busting funny song pieces, mainly parodies of the current social and political strifes people faced at the time.

Answer 3

Frank Zappa is a door for you to get out from your boxed musical experiences.

Answer 4

Frank Zappa was the inventor of the electric shock.

Answer 5

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist.

Answer 6

Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. In his 33-year career as a professional musician, Frank Zappa established himself as one of the most prolific and distinctive musician-composer-band leaders of his era. Zappa worked in almost every musical genre and has written music for rock bands, jazz ensembles, synthesisers and symphony orchestra, as well as radiophonic works constructed from pre-recorded, synthesised or sampled sources. He wrote and recorded hundreds of musical works, spread over almost sixty albums released during his lifetime (plus several posthumous releases). Although he only occasionally achieved major commercial success — his first gold album award was Apostrophe in 1974 — he maintained a highly productive career that encompassed composing, recording, touring, producing and merchandising his own and others' music, as well as many other business and creative activities. He received multiple Grammy nominations and won a Grammy award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1987 for his avant-garde instrumental LP Jazz From Hell. In addition to his music recordings, he created feature-length and short films, music videos, graphic art, album covers.
Zappa self-produced almost every recording he made with The Mothers or as a solo artist, and produced many notable recordings for other artists, including the famous 1969 Captain Beefheart album Trout Mask Replica and Alice Cooper's debut recording. He amassed an enormous archive consisting of hundreds of top-quality live recordings spanning almost all of his performing career. In the late 1980s he was one of the first rock musicians to undertake a complete reissue program of his earlier recordings in the new CD format.
Politically, Zappa was a self-proclaimed "practical conservative", an avowed supporter of capitalism and independent business. He was also a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion, and he repeatedly lampooned the emerging "born-again" Christian movement with songs such as "Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk" and "Heavenly Bank Account". Zappa was also a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech and the abolition of censorship, and his work embodied his deeply skeptical view of established political processes and structures. Zappa and his work were at the forefront of debates about censorship many times in his career, especially during his well-publicised clashes with the pro-censorship group PMRC in the 1980s. His staunch support for free expression and individual liberty prompted him to give serious consideration to running for President of the United States in 1988 representing Libertarian Party.[2]

Answer 7

This belongs in the music catagory more so than movies.
Do you know the song Valley Girl?
You are prolly too young methinks. Follow the links below.

Answer 8

Bamma say Frank die? Bamma can't believe this horrible news. Bamma say Frank a legend. Bamma say that like asking who Jimmy Hendrix was. Bamma say that like asking who Elvis was. Bamma say that like asking who Bob Hope was. Bamma say rest in peace Frank. Bamma sad now. Bamma say so. =(

Answer 9

jazz man