"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid"
-Frank Zappa

 

 

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, recording engineer, music producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works.

 

 

Born: December 21, 1940, Baltimore

Died: December 4, 1993, Los Angeles

Children: Dweezil Zappa, Moon Unit Zappa, Diva Zappa, Ahmet Zappa

Parents: Rose Marie Colimore, Francis Zappa