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Item Details
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ZAPPA
A BIOGRAPHY |
| By: |
Barry Miles |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
080214215X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780802142153 |
| Publisher: |
GROVE PRESS / ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
16 September, 2005 |
| Description: |
Ten years after his death, Frank Zappa continues to influence popular culture. Now comes his definitive biography written by a bestselling author who knew Zappa personally and was present at the recording of some of his most important albums. |
| Synopsis: |
Ten years after his death, Frank Zappa continues to influence popular culture. With almost one hundred recordings still in print, Zappa remains a classic American icon. Scores of bands have been influenced by (and have shamelessly imitated) his music, and a talented roster of musicians passed through Zappa s bands. Now comes the definitive biography of Zappa by Barry Miles, best-selling author of "Hippie" and "Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now," who knew Zappa personally and was present at the recording of some of his most important albums. Miles follows Zappa from his sickly Italian-American childhood in the 1940s (his father worked for the military and was used to test the effectiveness of new biological warfare agents) to his youthful pursuit of what was a lifelong dream: becoming a classical composer. Zappa brings together the many different personalities of this music legend together for the first time: the self-taught musician and composer who gained fame with the rock band the Mothers of Invention; the political antagonist who mocked presidents while being invited by Vaclav Havel to represent Czechoslovakia s cultural interests in the United States, and Zappa the family man who was married to the same woman for over thirty years." |
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illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
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Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
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Non-returnable |
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