One of rock music's most ambitious composers, Frank Zappa is the author of an
original, experimental and satirical body of work stemming from the American
counterculture and linking psychedelia to contemporary creation. Born in
Baltimore (Maryland) on December 21, 1940, of Italian descent on his father's
side, he grew up in California, where his interests lay as much in R&B as in
avant-garde music. He learned to play guitar and formed The Mothers of
Invention, with whom he produced the psychedelic double album Freak Out! (1966),
followed by others including We're Only in It for t...