Frank Zappa

American musician (1940–1993)

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Lived 1940–1993, aged 53United States

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Rank in United States
#215
Musicians
Era
1940–1993
Aged 53

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Updated 2026-05-29

Zappa spent 30+ years making wildly genre-hopping music with the Mothers of Invention, then solo, mixing rock, jazz, orchestral work and pure sonic chaos. A virtuoso guitarist and satirist who also directed films and got deeply weird with it.

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Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, songwriter, guitarist, conductor, actor, satirist, filmmaker, and activist. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works; he additionally produced nearly all the 60-plus albums he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. His discography is characterized by nonconformity, improvisation, sonic experimentation, musical virtuosity and satire of American culture. Zappa also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers.…

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