The legendary Frank Zappa, one of the most influential, innovative and controversial musical artists for the past 20 years, takes us on a wild, funny trip through his life and times. Along the way, Zappa offers his inimitable views on many things such as art, politics and beer.

Barry Miles knew Frank Zappa intimately. His biography follows Zappa from his sickly Italian-American childhood in the 1940s - when his father used DDT to clean the kitchen - to his death from cancer in 1993. Zappa's initial desire was to be a classical composer, but he soon realized that this ambition was more likely to lead to starvation than stardom. Instead, he decided to join a band that ...

In this title, academic decorum is trashed as the glories, absurdities and obscenities of rock's greatest Dadaist is unveiled.

Music historian Neil Slaven has chronicled the complex strands of Zappa's life and work in a book that should please not just Zappa fans but anyone interested in the history of rock music.

An illustrated biography of Frank Zappa, the experimental and controversial rock musician, and founding genius of The Mothers of Invention. This updated edition appraises the late American maverick's musical and cultural legacy, and his lionisation by admirers such as the former President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel.