With which pop group is Frank Zappa associated?
"One Size Fits All (Frank Zappa album) One Size Fits All is a rock album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, released in June 1975. It is the tenth and last studio album of the band. A special four-channel quadraphonic version of the album was advertised but not released. The album features the summer/fall 1974 lineup of the Mothers of Invention, with George Duke, Chester Thompson, Ruth Underwood, Tom Fowler and Napoleon Murphy Brock. One track features bassist James ""Birdlegs"" Youman, who stood in for Fowler when the bassist broke his hand while on tour. The album features"
"1986. After an album on another label, he released ""Confessions"" on Barking Pumpkin in 1991, and formed the group Z, with Ahmet Zappa, releasing ""Shampoohorn"" on Barking Pumpkin. Two compilations, """" and ""Quaudiophiliac"", were released posthumously by Barking Pumpkin in 1996 and 2004, along with the previously unreleased album ""Everything Is Healing Nicely"" in 1999. In 2012, the Zappa Family Trust regained control of Frank Zappa's recorded music catalogue and made a distribution arrangement with Universal Music Enterprises to reissue the Zappa catalogue on the Zappa and Barking Pumpkin labels. Barking Pumpkin Records Barking Pumpkin Records is an American independent"
"Muffin Men The Muffin Men are a British band, based in Liverpool, England, which primarily plays the music of Frank Zappa and his band, The Mothers of Invention. The group formed in 1990 for a concert in honor of Zappa's fiftieth birthday. They went on to perform his music as a tribute band, along with some of their own compositions, worldwide. Until his death in 2008, the band often featured guest vocals and percussion by Jimmy Carl Black, former drummer and vocalist from Zappa's Mothers of Invention, with whom they also performed songs by Captain Beefheart. Since their debut, the"
"Frank Zappa in popular culture As an icon of counterculture and underground rock the American rock musician and composer Frank Zappa has been featured and referenced in various different media. In the 1980s, biologist Ed Murdy named a genus of gobiid fishes of New Guinea ""Zappa"" after Zappa, stating that he liked ""his music... his politics and principles"" and that ""the name itself is a good one for scientific nomenclature."" Biologist Ferdinando Boero named a phialellid jellyfish ""Phialella zappai"" in order to get the chance to meet the musician. A Zappa concert in Genoa focused largely on the jellyfish and"
"Zappa Plays Zappa Zappa Plays Zappa (previously momentarily renamed as Dweezil Zappa Plays Frank Zappa) is an American tribute act led by Dweezil Zappa, the eldest son of late American composer and musician Frank Zappa, devoted to performing the music of Frank Zappa. The band debuted in 2006 with shows in Europe, Canada, and the United States during May and June (the tour was also known as ""Zappa Plays Zappa: Tour de Frank""'). The shows presented a collection of Frank Zappa's rock-oriented compositions from the 1960s to the late 1970s. Apart from Dweezil Zappa on lead guitar, many of the"
"one of the first Zappa songs that made a deep impression on him. • He met Zappa during a 1977 concert at his school, Washington University, in St. Louis, his hometown. • He plays with a half-dozen Zappa-esque bands and bands that play Zappa's music, including Oregon-based Pojama People and Italy-based Ossi Duri. • He deeply regrets that Zappa died before he was able to include him in a band that would also have toured in 1996, the 25th anniversary of the release of Zappa's surrealistic musical pseudo-documentary “200 Motels"". The band was also to have included Flo & Eddie"
"In concert, Ween has frequently covered songs by David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Motörhead, Van Halen, The Doors, Frank Sinatra, and Billy Joel. Because of Ween's wide variety of styles and humorous lyrics, they have often been compared to Frank Zappa. Both members have denied Zappa's influence, and in a 2011 interview Freeman stated that although he was influenced by The Mothers of Invention, he was never a fan of Zappa's post-Mothers work. Melchiondo says he is not a fan because Zappa's take on different genres of music seems sarcastic and insincere. Freeman performed the Mothers-era Zappa"
"Zappa documentaries and movies. They include: Napoleon Murphy Brock Napoleon Murphy Brock (born June 7, 1945) is an American singer, saxophonist and flute player who is best known for his work with Frank Zappa in the 1970s, including the albums ""Apostrophe (')"", ""Roxy & Elsewhere"", ""One Size Fits All"", and ""Bongo Fury"". He contributed notable vocal performances to the Zappa songs ""Village of the Sun,"" ""Cheepnis,"" and ""Florentine Pogen."" Brock's musical career began in the San Francisco South Bay Area in the late 1960s with a seven and eight piece band he had organized named ""Communication Plus"". He was the"
"shows: Guest on some 2015 shows Zappa Plays Zappa Zappa Plays Zappa (previously momentarily renamed as Dweezil Zappa Plays Frank Zappa) is an American tribute act led by Dweezil Zappa, the eldest son of late American composer and musician Frank Zappa, devoted to performing the music of Frank Zappa. The band debuted in 2006 with shows in Europe, Canada, and the United States during May and June (the tour was also known as ""Zappa Plays Zappa: Tour de Frank""'). The shows presented a collection of Frank Zappa's rock-oriented compositions from the 1960s to the late 1970s. Apart from Dweezil Zappa"
"Them or Us Them or Us is an album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in October 1984 by Barking Pumpkin Records. Its opening and closing songs were not written by Zappa: ""The Closer You Are"", was written by Earl Lewis and Morgan Robinson and originally released by The Channels; and ""Whippin' Post"", originally performed by The Allman Brothers Band. ""Ya Hozna"" includes backward vocals taken from ""Sofa No. 2"" (from ""One Size Fits All"", 1975), ""Lonely Little Girl"" (from ""We're Only in It for the Money"", 1968) and unreleased outtakes of ""Valley Girl"" (vocals by Moon Zappa). ""Planet of"
"Zappa withholding the master tapes of the original ""Bat Chain Puller"" album. ""Shiny Beast"" was praised by music critics. After recording ""Bongo Fury"" with Frank Zappa, Don Van Vliet formed a new Magic Band and began recording a new album, ""Bat Chain Puller"", for DiscReet and Virgin Records. Herb Cohen, DiscReet's cofounder and Zappa's business manager, paid for the album's production costs with Zappa's royalty checks, leading Zappa to end his business partnership with Cohen. Cohen and Zappa each demanded to be paid an advance by Virgin, leading Zappa to withhold the master tapes, for which Cohen sued him. Due"
"occasions since 2010. Rather than play pieces note-for-note, the band plays Zappa's material working to the strengths of the current line-up, often giving the music a different slant to the original versions. 25th anniversary gigs (2015) feature a core line-up of 3 original members - Rhino, Jumpy and Roddie, with Phil Hearn on keys. The Muffin Men Videography: Muffin Men The Muffin Men are a British band, based in Liverpool, England, which primarily plays the music of Frank Zappa and his band, The Mothers of Invention. The group formed in 1990 for a concert in honor of Zappa's fiftieth birthday."
"honors include his 1995 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the 1997 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2000, he was ranked number 36 on VH1's ""100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock"". In 2004, ""Rolling Stone"" magazine ranked him at number 71 on its list of the ""100 Greatest Artists of All Time"", and in 2011 at number 22 on its list of the ""100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"". Zappa was born on December 21, 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland. His mother, Rosemarie ( Collimore) was of Italian (Neapolitan and Sicilian) and French ancestry; his father, whose"
"music by touring with the group Zappa Plays Zappa. The band features renditions of Zappa's original material and the lineup has often included Zappa alumni such as Napoleon Murphy Brock, Steve Vai, Terry Bozzio and others. Dweezil Zappa was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of musician Frank Zappa and Gail Zappa, who worked in business. He is the second of four siblings: his older sister, Moon, younger sister Diva and younger brother Ahmet. He is the cousin of actress Lala Sloatman. Zappa's father was of Sicilian, Greek, Arab, and French descent, and his mother was of French, Irish"
"on display for the rest of his life. At Antelope Valley High School, Zappa met Don Glen Vliet (who later changed his name to Don Van Vliet and adopted the stage name Captain Beefheart). Zappa and Vliet became close friends, sharing an interest in R&B records and influencing each other musically throughout their careers. Around the same time, Zappa started playing drums in a local band, the Blackouts. The band was racially diverse and included Euclid James ""Motorhead"" Sherwood who later became a member of the Mothers of Invention. Zappa's interest in the guitar grew, and in 1957 he was"
"and Anton Webern; 1950s blues artists Clarence ""Gatemouth"" Brown, Guitar Slim, Johnny Guitar Watson, and B.B. King; R&B and doo-wop groups (particularly local pachuco groups); and modern jazz. His own heterogeneous ethnic background, and the diverse social and cultural mix in and around greater Los Angeles, were crucial in the formation of Zappa as a practitioner of underground music and of his later distrustful and openly critical attitude towards ""mainstream"" social, political and musical movements. He frequently lampooned musical fads like psychedelia, rock opera and disco. Television also exerted a strong influence, as demonstrated by quotations from show themes and"
"avant-garde/experimental rock artists like Can, Pere Ubu, Soft Machine, Henry Cow, Faust, Devo, Kraftwerk, Trey Anastasio of Phish, Jeff Buckley, John Frusciante, Steven Wilson, and The Aristocrats. Paul McCartney regarded ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" as the Beatles' ""Freak Out!"", Jimi Hendrix, and heavy rock and metal acts like Black Sabbath, Simon Phillips, Mike Portnoy, Warren DeMartini, Steve Vai, Strapping Young Lad, System of a Down, and Clawfinger acknowledge Zappa's inspiration. On the classical music scene, Tomas Ulrich, Meridian Arts Ensemble, Ensemble Ambrosius and the Fireworks Ensemble regularly perform Zappa's compositions and quote his influence. Contemporary jazz musicians and"
"his wife and children by his side. At a private ceremony the following day, his body was buried in a grave at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, in Los Angeles. The grave is unmarked. On December 6, his family publicly announced that ""Composer Frank Zappa left for his final tour just before 6:00 pm on Saturday"". The general phases of Zappa's music have been variously categorized under experimental rock, jazz, classical, avant-pop, experimental pop, comedy rock, doo-wop, jazz fusion, progressive rock, proto-prog, avant-jazz, and psychedelic rock. Zappa grew up influenced by avant-garde composers such as Edgard Varèse, Igor Stravinsky,"
"age as he began performing publicly at age seven, and eventually joined forces with keyboardist Mats Öberg in 1981. They later formed Zappsteetoot together in 1984, a band internationally known for performing Frank Zappa's music. In 1988, Ågren and Öberg were invited by Zappa to do a guest performance at his Stockholm performance. Frank Zappa then invited them to the United States to partake in several projects, including the 1991 Zappa's Universe shows in New York, which Zappa was already too ill to attend, as well as a sold out New York performance of Zappa's classical program at Lincoln Centers"
"Zappa and Barking Pumpkin labels. Zappa Records Zappa Records is an American record label based in Los Angeles that was founded by Frank Zappa in 1977. It was mostly inactive during the 1980s and 1990s, but was revived in 2006 by the Zappa Family Trust. After leaving Warner Bros. Records, Zappa founded the label Zappa Records in 1977, and formed a deal with Phonogram Inc., which distributed the label's releases in the United States. Its first release was the live album ""Sheik Yerbouti"", followed by the dystopian rock opera ""Joe's Garage"". L. Shankar's ""Touch Me There"" was released on Zappa"
"Frank Zappa, John Coltrane and The Beatles. After their first performances in the U.S. and the Caribbean, the group moved to Germany and formed a commune in a farm house in the village of Hüthum, outside the city of Emmerich, about a kilometer from the border with Holland. The group became well known in the region on and off the stage for their mixture of spirited musical performances combined with their interests in Eastern and Psychedelic philosophies. The original members when they arrived in Germany were Andy Dershin (bass guitar), Michael Fontana (tenor saxophone, alto recorder, vocals, percussion), Jay Dorfman"
"of the funk/fusion combo Generic Produce. In 2007 Ray White joined Dweezil Zappa as a special guest for the Zappa Plays Zappa Tour. White is also a member of the group Banned From Utopia, formed by former members of different formations of Frank Zappa's band who wanted to pay tribute to his work. Ray White Ray White is an African American soul vocalist and rock and blues guitarist, best known as a member of Frank Zappa's touring ensembles. He was drafted into Zappa's band in late 1976, being featured on rhythm guitar and vocals, forming a vocal harmony partnership with"
"the nearly year-long tour included Dweezil Zappa's Zappa Plays Zappa band as an opening act with Corea occasionally appearing in Zappa's band guesting on keyboards for a song or two, as well as Jean-Luc Ponty performing some of the songs that he originally performed with Frank Zappa. Return to Forever Return to Forever is a jazz fusion group founded and led by pianist Chick Corea. Through its existence, the band has had many members, with the only consistent bandmate of Corea's being bassist Stanley Clarke. Along with Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever is often cited as one"
"sale of CDs, films, and various ephemeria related to the late musician and composer Frank Zappa, Zappa.com is owned and operated by Zappa's widow, Gail Zappa. Musictoday Musictoday is an entertainment marketing company located in Crozet, near Charlottesville, Virginia. It was founded and run by Coran Capshaw, the manager of Dave Matthews Band. Musictoday is a pioneer in pre sales of concert tickets, by starting fan clubs for hundreds of artists. Musictoday's first fan club was Dave Matthews Band's Warehouse Fan Association. Capshaw's business model is that of bands like the Grateful Dead and Phish, who for years ran mail"
"band members previously played with Frank Zappa. Among those, Napoleon Murphy Brock (sax, flute, and vocals) was an integral part of the band, while drummer/vocalist Terry Bozzio and guitarist Steve Vai performed as guests in parts of the shows. At several shows the live band played along with audio and video recordings of Frank Zappa himself, notably portions of ""Chunga's Revenge"", ""Dumb All Over"", ""Cosmik Debris"", and ""Muffin Man"". After a break, the band played again in the U.S. during the fall of 2006, including a show in New York on October 31. This revived Frank Zappa's tradition of playing"
"in a more productive direction. Shep then arranged an audition for the band with composer and renowned record producer Frank Zappa, who was looking to sign bizarre music acts to his new record label, Straight Records. For the audition Zappa told them to come to his house ""at 7 o'clock."" The band mistakenly assumed he meant 7 o'clock in the morning. Being woken up by a band willing to play that particular brand of psychedelic rock at seven in the morning impressed Zappa enough for him to sign them to a three-album deal. Another Zappa-signed act, the all-female GTOs, who"
"until it is profitable—in 2016, it was ""millions of dollars in debt""—and must seek permission from Ahmet, the trustee, to make money from their father's music or merchandise bearing his name. Zappa first came to public attention in 1982 at the age of 14, when she appeared on her father's hit single ""Valley Girl."" The song featured Moon's monologue in ""valleyspeak"", slang terms popular with teenage girls in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles. In the mid-1980s, Zappa and her brother Dweezil were frequent guest VJs on MTV. ""Valley Girl"" was Frank Zappa's biggest hit in the United States, and"
"Frankly a Cappella Frankly A Cappella: The Persuasions Sing Zappa is a 2000 album by the singing group The Persuasions. Frank Zappa heard them over the phone while they were singing in a record shop on the East Coast and flew them out to L.A. to record their first LP, in 1969, for Zappa's label. The album was the brainchild of Rip Rense, a friend of Zappa, as a tribute to the late composer. Rense executive produced and worked with lead singer/arranger Jerry Lawson on selecting the tracks and guest artists, who included Zappa alums Bruce Fowler, Robert Martin, Mike"
"Frank Zappa, saxophonist Wayne Shorter and bassists Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke. Jazz fusion was also popular in Japan, where the band Casiopea released over thirty fusion albums. According to jazz writer Stuart Nicholson, ""just as free jazz appeared on the verge of creating a whole new musical language in the 1960s ... jazz-rock briefly suggested the promise of doing the same"" with albums such as Williams' ""Emergency!"" (1970) and Davis' ""Agharta"" (1975), which Nicholson said ""suggested the potential of evolving into something that might eventually define itself as a wholly independent genre quite apart from the sound and conventions"
"comics. Groening is known for his eclectic taste in music. His favorite band is Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention and his favorite album is ""Trout Mask Replica"" by Captain Beefheart (which was produced by Zappa). He guest-edited Da Capo Press's ""Best Music Writing 2003"" and curated a US All Tomorrow's Parties music festival in 2003. He illustrated the cover of Frank Zappa's posthumous album """" (1996). In May 2010, he curated another edition of All Tomorrow's Parties in Minehead, England. He also plays the drums in the all-author rock and roll band The Rock Bottom Remainders (although he"
"Zappa Records Zappa Records is an American record label based in Los Angeles that was founded by Frank Zappa in 1977. It was mostly inactive during the 1980s and 1990s, but was revived in 2006 by the Zappa Family Trust. After leaving Warner Bros. Records, Zappa founded the label Zappa Records in 1977, and formed a deal with Phonogram Inc., which distributed the label's releases in the United States. Its first release was the live album ""Sheik Yerbouti"", followed by the dystopian rock opera ""Joe's Garage"". L. Shankar's ""Touch Me There"" was released on Zappa Records in 1979. In 1981,"
"Heat. Among the musicians thought to be included in the purge were The Velvet Underground and Frank Zappa's group The Mothers of Invention. However Zappa spoke out against drug use throughout his career and by early 1969 had fulfilled his MGM/Verve contract and moved to his own Bizarre Records label, distributed by Warner Bros. Also, when Eric Burdon, who was an advocate of psychedelics, dared Curb to release him from his contract although he was his biggest selling artist, Curb acquiesced. Curb claimed industry support, but the only record company official he cited, Bill Gallagher, the president of Paramount Records,"
"two terms. The Free Spirits have sometimes been cited as the earliest jazz rock band. The rock groups that drew on jazz ideas (like Soft Machine, Colosseum, Caravan, Chicago, Spirit and The Mothers of Invention) turned the blend of the two styles with electric instruments. Davis' fusion jazz was ""pure melody and tonal color"", while Frank Zappa's music was more ""complex"" and ""unpredictable"". Zappa released the solo album ""Hot Rats"" in 1969. The album contained long instrumental pieces with a jazz influence. Zappa released two LPs (""The Grand Wazoo"" and ""Waka/Jawaka"") in 1972 which were jazz-oriented. George Duke and Aynsley"