![]() I didn't hear any guitarists until I was about 15 or so, because in those days the saxophone was the instrument that was happening on record. I began when I was 18, but I started on drums when I was 12. ![]() Here then is the unexpurgated story of Frank Zappa – early influences, his guitar technique, his equipment changes through the years, and his approach to producing his own sound on record. In addition to leading his ever-changing, ever-expanding Mothers – which has included such notables as French jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, multi-keyboardist George Duke, drummer Aynsley Dunbar (now with Journey), and Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (presently known as Flo and Eddie) – Zappa has continually served as one of the most articulate and controversial satirists on "pop music weirdness." Some of the Baltimore-born artist's side projects have included producing an album by Grand Funk Railroad, leading a Fifties rock revival put-on called Ruben & The Jets, and producing several films, such as 200 Motels. Though most people first credit Zappa for his advanced, avant-garde songwriting, it takes his own exceptional and original guitar technique to put forth those ideas. Frank Zappa – guitarist, composer, producer, avid Roller Derby fan, and leader of The Mothers Of Invention – is at 36 probably the elder statesman of progressive rock and roll.
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