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Frank Zappa


 

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940December 4, 1993) was an American guitarist, composer, singer and satirist.

Further reading

  • The Real Frank Zappa Book, by Frank Zappa and Peter Occhiogrosso, is the definitive Zappa autobiography. Includes his Senate testimony.
  • No Commercial Potential--The Saga of Frank Zappa, by David Walley
  • Frank Zappa; The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play, by Ben Watson, St. Martin's Press (March 1996) contains extensive notes on history, tours and releases.
  • In Cold Sweat-Interviews With Really Scary Musicians, by Thomas Wictor, contains an extensive interview with Scott Thunes, one of Zappa's most creative bassists.
  • Lunar Notes-Zoot Horn Rollo's Captain Beefheart Experience, by Bill Harkleroad, contains several references about Zappa's collaboration with Don Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart.
  • Mother! the Frank Zappa Story, by Michael Gray
  • Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story of Frank Zappa, by Neil Slaven
  • Necessity Is... The Early Years of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, by Billy James
  • Cosmik Debris: The Collective History and Improvisations of Frank Zappa, by Greg Russo, Crossfire Pubns; 2nd Rev edition (January 9, 2003), ISBN 0964815702
  • My Brother was a Mother, by Patrice "Candy" Zappa
  • Them or Us, by Frank Zappa
  • Under the Same Moon, by Suzannah Thana Harris
  • Being Frank: My Time with Frank Zappa, by Nigey Lennon
  • Zappa: A Biography, by Barry Miles, Publisher: Grove Press (November 9, 2004), ISBN 080211783X
  • Dangerous Kitchen: The Subversive World of Zappa, by Kevin Courrier, ECW Press (June, 2002) ISBN 1550224476
  • Andreas Rausch, "Zappaesk". ehapa, Köln 2005: ISBN 3-7704-2888-9