Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa (21 Desember 1940 – 4 Desember 1993) adalah seorang komposer, gitaris, penyanyi, sutradara film, dan satiris dari Amerika Serikat. Dalam masa hidupnya ia menghasilkan lebih dari 60 album. Ia selalu memilih musisi terbaik untuk mengiringinya, seperti Adrian Belew, Terry Bozzio, Aynsley Dunbar, Lowell George, Jean-Luc Ponty, Ruth Underwood, George Duke, Vinnie Colaiuta, Mike Keneally, dan Steve Vai. Ia meninggal pada 1993 karena kanker prostat dan dimakamkan di Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery di Westwood, California.

Diskografi

• Freak Out!
• Absolutely Free
• We're Only in It for the Money
• Lumpy Gravy
• Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
• Uncle Meat
• Hot Rats
• Burnt Weeny Sandwich
• Weasels Ripped My Flesh
• Chunga's Revenge
• Fillmore East - June 1971
• 200 Motels
• Just Another Band from L.A.
• Waka/Jawaka
• The Grand Wazoo
• Over-Nite Sensation
• Apostrophe (')
• Roxy & Elsewhere
• One Size Fits All
• Bongo Fury
• Zoot Allures
• Zappa in New York
• Studio Tan
• Sleep Dirt
• Sheik Yerbouti
• Orchestral Favorites
• Joe's Garage
• Tinsel Town Rebellion
• Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
• You Are What You Is
• Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
• The Man from Utopia
• Baby Snakes
• London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1
• Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
• Them or Us
• Thing-Fish
• Francesco Zappa
• The Old Masters Box One
• Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
• Does Humor Belong in Music?
• The Old Masters Box Two
• Jazz from Hell
• London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2
• The Old Masters Box Three
• Guitar
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2
• Broadway the Hard Way
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3
• The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
• Make a Jazz Noise Here
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6
• Playground Psychotics
• Ahead of Their Time
• The Yellow Shark

Pranala luar

• The Official Frank Zappa Site
• ARF: Frank Zappa Scholars Web Page Includes detailed FAQs on every song on every released album.
• Frank Zappa di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)