Frank Zappa, rabidly original guitar blasphemer, brings the august month of ROCKTOBER to a close.
Zappa's musical perfectionism and compositional talents served a brain that was iconoclastic, crude, wildly inventive, and completely unique.
His legacy extends beyond music as an outspoken advocate of free speech, taking a firm personal stand against censorship - including offering senate testimony against the PMRC in 1985.
Frank Zappa never stopped moving, despite personal and professional setbacks. He released 62 albums before his death in 1993. Since then his family has released another 28. 89 albums is not a small number.
The size of his discography highlights Zappa's incorrigible creativity, spanning decades and crossing genres. The quality of his composition and performance is up there with the very best. For all the ribaldry, the crass humor, the occaisional schtick, Frank Zappa was an American creative like no one else.
Long may he ROCK!
Video via Brandon Burke of Zombies Love Gizzards. A Formidable "Z" in their own right...
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