Evolution / Revolution
Frank Vincent Zappa's journey to becoming "Zappa"
12/11/2009
Zappa - The End
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And so the mystical, talented enigma that was Frank Zappa was taken away before he could ever complete all that he wanted to do. He claimed...
Zappa - The Last Years
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In 1990 Zappa was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The tumor had gone undetected for 8 to 10 years and it was now clear he would never be cur...
The Entrepreneur – The ‘80s / ‘90s
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In 1980 Zappa founded Barking Pumpkin Records and secured a distribution deal with CBS . Zappa went on to take on, or try to take on, busi...
The Performer – The ‘80s / ‘90s
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One of Zappa’s strangest and certainly most memorable performances came in July 1980 in Palermo, Sicily. With anti-American thoughts instil...
The Composer – The Rest of the ‘80s
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Zappa was introduced to the synclavier, which did away with his need for musicians. After having discovered an 18th C. Italian Cellist from...
The Social Critic – Zappa vs. PMRC
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In the ‘80s the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) waged a war on the music industry, wanting to introduce a labeling system for music s...
The Man – Early ‘80s
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Zappa had an ongoing habit of sabotaging the beauty of his best music with ugly lyrics and titles. All because he firmly believed that musi...
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