Few challenged musical conventions more daringly than Frank Zappa, a hugely
influential figure who fronted The Mothers Of Invention for many years before
embarking on yet ever more wilder musical explorations on his own. From a
colourful French, Italian, Greek and Arab ancestry, Zappa grew up a sickly child
in various parts of America and, although he learned to play guitar at a young
age, his first musical experience was as a drummer playing in a band in San
Diego. He soon became involved in the alternative underground culture and was
particularly influenced by the burgeoning ps...