Frank Zappa: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Ben Watson, Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play (1995), insightfully analyzes Zappa’s multifarious life and work.
Representative Works
The Mothers of Invention
- We’re Only in It for the Money (1968)
- Uncle Meat (1969)
Frank Zappa
- Lumpy Gravy (1968)
- 200 Motels (1971)
- Joe’s Garage: Acts II & III (1980)
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- Charles Shaar Murray
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: NPR - Frank Zappa: A 'Lumpy' Legacy. | Oct 31, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Radio National Breakfast - New documentary looks at the life of Frank Zappa. | Jan 24, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 17, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Frank Zappa. | Oct 27, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBC Radio - Frank Zappa. | Jul 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Great Lives - Frank Zappa. | Feb 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Frank Zappa: A 'Lumpy' Legacy. | Sep 16, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Composers - Frank Zappa. | Mar 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Frank Zappa. | Aug 13, 2023 | ||
| Added the documentary Zappa. | Nov 25, 2020 | ||
| Noted that he received a 1997 Grammy Award for lifetime achievement. | Sep 24, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rolling Stone - Biography of Frank Zappa. | Apr 27, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Frank Zappa. | Jan 03, 2018 | ||
| Noted the annual Zappa festival in Bad Doberan, Germany. |
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Jan 13, 2017 | |
| Noted the release of the documentary Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016). | Jul 12, 2016 | ||
| Changed "commitment to freedom" to "commitment to individual freedom." |
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Mar 09, 2016 | |
| Noted Zappa's diplomatic appointment by Václav Havel. | Feb 23, 2016 | ||
| Noted Zappa's diplomatic appointment by Václav Havel. |
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Feb 23, 2016 | |
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Frank Zappa. | Oct 13, 2014 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of Frank Zappa. | Dec 07, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: St. Alphonzo's Pancake Homepage. | Dec 07, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 09, 1999 | ||
| New article added. | Oct 13, 1998 |
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