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| Experimental composer and FZ influence. Zappa read an article on him was he was 13 describing his music as the "ugliest music ever" |
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| Zappa's first R and B group, he was the drummer |
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| Zappa's second R & B group. Was scandalous because it was mixed-race |
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| Zappa's high school best friend. Later took name Captain Beefheart and did vocals on Hot Rats |
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| Zappa was given the chance to write soundtrack for this movie in high school, but they ran out of money and production was finished after HS |
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| Owner of Pal studios, Zappa's first recording studio in California. Zappa later bought the studio from him. |
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| Zappa produced early album making fun of surfers. Later bought by Capital Records |
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| The World's Greatest Sinner |
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| Zappa wrote the score for this move in 1963 - bizarre movie |
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| Zappa hired an orchestra to play at Mt. Saint Mary's College |
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| Mothers of Invention singer, R & B. Originally from band Soul Giants. Quits the band and re-joins a lot |
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| Ray Collins and Frank Zappa write this song, based on a catch phrase from The Tonight Show |
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| Host of Steve Allen show. Zappa gets on this show by playing music with a bicycle |
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| Originally from the Soul Giants. Zappa's drummer |
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| Soul giants/Mothers sax player |
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| Studio where Zappa first played. Zappa later bought this studio from Paul Buff |
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| Zappa changes Pal Studio's name to Studio Z. Zappa lives here after divorce |
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| Band consisting of Ray Collins, Davy Coronado Roy Estrada, and Jimmy Carl Black. Later become Mothers of Invention with Zappa |
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| Soul Giants/Mothers bass player. Later forms Little Feat with Lowell George |
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| joined as guitar player. quits because the stuff becomes too experiment. |
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| The Mother's manager. Made produce Tom Wilson listen to the Mothers. |
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| Henry Vestine quits The Mothers to start this band |
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| Producer that made rock version of "Sounds of Silence". He signs the Mothers of Invention based on their white guy blues-y sound. |
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| Elliot Ingber becomes the guitarist after Henry Vestine quits. Later gets fired for drug use |
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| The idea that Zappa's albums are all one piece of music and contain references to other parts of other albums |
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| Frank rents the Garrick Theater in New York. Has two shows a night |
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| Producer at Capitol Records |
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| Artist for Mother's album covers |
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| keyboard/wind player. Classically trained |
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| A term for using oscillators to make weird instrument sounds and changing them with tape recorders later |
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| Become Mothers percussionist. Classically trained, used marimaba/xylophone |
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| Mother's percussionist. Later marries Ian Underwood |
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| FZ's record label. Bizarre albums would be on bizarre; striag |
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| R and B violinist. played on hot rats, weasels, and burt weeny sandwich. |
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| After Zappa fired the Mothers, Lowell George and Roy Estrada formed "Little Feat" |
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| Song by Frank Zappa and Ray Collins |
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| Brother of Bunk Gardner. Played trumpet with zapPA |
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| Was a Mothers guitarist on Weasel Ripped my Flesh, but kicked out because of drug use |
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| The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention |
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| A 12-LP set that Zappa wanted to sell, but never could get enough interest |
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