1- Frank Vincent Zappa Born December 21, 1940 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
2- Frank Zappa was approached by a crazed fan with a gun. Zappa persuaded him into walking with him, and numerous others. to a nearby lake. He then persuaded everyone present to start throwing things into the water, including the attacker, who threw in his gun.
3- he was ranked number 36 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock
4- He has daughters named Moon Unit and Diva and sons named Dweezil and Ahmet.
5- He played a crime boss named “Mr. Frankie” on an episode of Miami Vice in 1986.
6- Frank, the eldest of four children, was raised in an Italian-American household where Italian was often spoken by his grandparents
7- Zappa was not only a composer and a talented guitarist, but also a true man of the arts
8- Zappa joined his first band at Mission Bay High School in San Diego as the drummer
9- 2011 Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 22 on its list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
10- Ferdinando Boero named a Californian jellyfish Phialella zappai (1987), noting that he had “pleasure in naming this species after the modern music composer”
11- Frank Zappa made a quilt composed entirely of panties that were thrown on stage. He did not wash them first.
12- He released at least 60 albums.
13- Zappa’s interest in the guitar grew, and in 1957 he was given his first instrument
14- Zappa was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1991. He died two years later.
15- Zappa worked for a short period in advertising as a copywriter.
16- Zappa was an atheist.
17- His honors include his 1995 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the 1997 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
18- Guitar Player devoted a special issue to Zappa in 1992, and asked on the cover “Is FZ America’s Best Kept Musical Secret?”
19- Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at number 71 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time
20- In the 1980s, biologist Ed Murdy named a genus of gobiid fishes of New Guinea Zappa, with a species named Zappa confluentus
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