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| − | '''Frank Zappa''' (1940–1993) was an [[avant-garde]] [[rock]] musician, [[guitar]] player, and [[composer]]. His music spanned a wide range of genres, though he is perhaps best known for his distinctive guitar-driven jams and for his band ''the Mothers of Invention''.<ref>http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19802/m1/</ref> Social satire also played a central role in nearly all of his music. His song lyrics were often obscene | + | '''Frank Zappa''' (1940–1993) was an [[avant-garde]] [[rock]] musician, [[guitar]] player, and [[composer]]. His music spanned a wide range of genres, though he is perhaps best known for his distinctive guitar-driven jams and for his band ''the Mothers of Invention''.<ref>http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19802/m1/</ref> Social satire also played a central role in nearly all of his music. His song lyrics were often obscene. |
| − | A self-described "practical conservative," Zappa was a [[libertarian]] politically and considered running on the [[Libertarian Party]] ticket in the [[1988 Presidential Election]].<ref>http://www.afka.net/articles/1988-02_Buzz.htm</ref> He was critical of anything he considered conformist, from [[organized religion]] to the [[hippie]] culture that was ascendant around the same time his music began to be. He is also notable for his staunch opposition to [[illegal drugs]], which he maintained throughout his life | + | A self-described "practical conservative," Zappa was a [[libertarian]] politically and considered running on the [[Libertarian Party]] ticket in the [[1988 Presidential Election]].<ref>http://www.afka.net/articles/1988-02_Buzz.htm</ref> He was critical of anything he considered conformist, from [[organized religion]] to the [[hippie]] culture that was ascendant around the same time his music began to be. He is also notable for his staunch opposition to [[illegal drugs]], which he maintained throughout his life. Zappa constantly switched genres, sometimes even multiple times per song. Starting their career in 1966, Frank Zappa has released over 62 albums to differing success. Zappa mastered the art of tape recorders, to which he used to modify and cut up songs and samples he made to distort them further. Zappa was an atheist and heavy tobacco smoker, which contradicts their politics about drugs and education. |
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Frank Zappa (1940–1993) was an avant-garde rock musician, guitar player, and composer. His music spanned a wide range of genres, though he is perhaps best known for his distinctive guitar-driven jams and for his band the Mothers of Invention.[1] Social satire also played a central role in nearly all of his music. His song lyrics were often obscene.
A self-described "practical conservative," Zappa was a libertarian politically and considered running on the Libertarian Party ticket in the 1988 Presidential Election.[2] He was critical of anything he considered conformist, from organized religion to the hippie culture that was ascendant around the same time his music began to be. He is also notable for his staunch opposition to illegal drugs, which he maintained throughout his life. Zappa constantly switched genres, sometimes even multiple times per song. Starting their career in 1966, Frank Zappa has released over 62 albums to differing success. Zappa mastered the art of tape recorders, to which he used to modify and cut up songs and samples he made to distort them further. Zappa was an atheist and heavy tobacco smoker, which contradicts their politics about drugs and education.