Frank Zappa facts for kids
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Frank Zappa
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![]() Zappa in 1977
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Birth name | Frank Vincent Zappa |
Born | Baltimore, Maryland, US |
December 21, 1940
Died | December 4, 1993 Los Angeles, California, US |
(aged 52)
Genres | Progressive rock, jazz, experimental rock, alternative rock, classical |
Occupation(s) | Musician, producer |
Instruments | Guitar, voice, bass, keyboards |
Years active | 1950s–1993 |
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993) was an American musician and composer. He was known for his strange style of music, which was often weird and funny. He made various types of music and many albums. Zappa worked with many other musicans, most notably his 1960s group The Mothers of Invention and his friend and blues singer Captain Beefheart.
Zappa was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but spent most of his life in Southern California. He grew up in Baltimore, in Florida, and in Monterey, Claremont and El Cajon, California. His mother was of French and Italian descent; his father was an immigrant from Sicily. Zappa had four children with his wife Gail. They gave them all very unusual names: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva.
Zappa was openly against drugs, Televangelism, and censoring music. He often tried to see what he could get away with.
Zappa died from prostate cancer in Los Angeles, California.
Images for kids
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Zappa performing at the Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, 1980. The concert was released in 2007 as Buffalo.
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