Frank Zappa
USA
Born: 21 December 1940
Died: 04 December 1993
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Genres: Pop/Rock, Jazz, Avant-Garde
Styles: Hard Rock, Prog-Rock, Art-Rock/Experimental, Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Comedy Rock, Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock, Progressive Jazz, Big Band/Swing, Album Rock, Modern Composition, Experimental, Computer Music, Proto-Punk, Punk/New Wave
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Composer, guitarist, singer, and bandleader Frank Zappa was a singular musical figure during a performing and recording career that lasted from the 1960s to the '90s. His disparate influences included doo wop music and avant-garde classical music; although he led groups that could be called rock & roll bands for much of his career, he used them to create a hybrid style that bordered on jazz and complicated, modern serious music, sometimes inducing orchestras to play along. As if his music were not challenging enough, he overlay it with highly s...
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