bandarískur gítarleikari og tónlistarmaður (1940-1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frank Vincent Zappa (f. 21. desember1940, d. 4. desember, 1993) var bandarískur gítarleikari og tónlistarmaður. Hann spilaði framsækið rokk af ýmsu tagi, popp, djass og klassíska tónlist. Í byrjun ferilsins stofnaði hann hljómsveitina Mothers of Invention. Zappa var afkastamikill og gaf út 62 plötur á ferli sínum frá 1968-1993. Um 50 plötur hafa verið gefnar út eftir andlát hans.[1] Zappa hlaut gullsölu í Bandaríkjunum fyrir plöturnar Apostrophe (') og Over-Nite Sensation. Platan Sheik Yerbouti (1979) með vinsæla smellinum Bobby Brown var vinsæl í Evrópu og hlaut t.d. gullsölu í Frakklandi, Þýskalandi, Noregi og Svíþjóð.
Zappa var oft gamansamur og pólitískur í textagerð og barðist gegn ritskoðun[2]. Hann kom fram fyrir Bandaríkjaþing árið 1985 þegar það fjallaði um ritskoðun á tónlist.
Zappa var valinn númer 22. af 100 bestu gítarleikurum af tímaritinu Rolling Stone.[3]
Sonur hans Dweezil Zappa hefur haldið tónlist hans lifandi með hljómsveitinni Zappa Plays Zappa en þar hafa m.a. komið fram ýmsir tónlistarmenn sem hafa spilað með Zappa í gegnum árin, þar á meðal Steve Vai, gítarleikari og Napoleon Murphy Brock, söngvari/saxafónleikari. Hljómsveitin kom til Íslands árið 2006. [4]
1966:
Freak Out! (með The Mothers of Invention)
1967:
Absolutely Free (með The Mothers of Invention)
Lumpy Gravy (með Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra)
1968:
We're Only in It for the Money (með The Mothers of Invention)
Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (með The Mothers of Invention)
1969:
Mothermania (með The Mothers of Invention)
Uncle Meat (með The Mothers of Invention)
Hot Rats
1970:
Burnt Weeny Sandwich (með The Mothers of Invention)
Weasels Ripped My Flesh (með The Mothers of Invention)
Chunga's Revenge
1971:
Fillmore East – June 1971 (með The Mothers of Invention)
200 Motels (með The Mothers of Invention)
1972:
Just Another Band from L.A. (með The Mothers of Invention)
Waka/Jawaka
The Grand Wazoo (með The Mothers of Invention)
1973:
Over-Nite Sensation (með The Mothers of Invention)
1974:
Apostrophe (')
Roxy & Elsewhere (með The Mothers of Invention)
1975:
One Size Fits All (með The Mothers of Invention)
Bongo Fury (með Captain Beefheart og The Mothers of Invention)
1976:
Zoot Allures
1978:
Zappa in New York
Studio Tan
1979:
Sleep Dirt
Sheik Yerbouti
Orchestral Favorites
Joe's Garage Act I
Joe's Garage Acts II & III
1981:
Tinsel Town Rebellion
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More
Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
You Are What You Is
1982:
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
1983:
The Man from Utopia
Baby Snakes
London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I
1984:
Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
Them or Us
Thing-Fish
Francesco Zappa
1985:
The Old Masters, Box I
Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
1986:
Does Humor Belong in Music?
The Old Masters, Box II
Jazz from Hell
1987:
London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II
The Old Masters, Box III
1988:
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
1989:
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3
1991:
The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
Make a Jazz Noise Here
1992:
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6
Playground Psychotics (með The Mothers of Invention)
1993:
Ahead of Their Time (með The Mothers of Invention)