Dangerous kitchen : the subversive world of Zappa / Kevin Courrier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Courrier, Kevin, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zappa, Frank.

Rock musicians--United States--Biography.

Rock musicians.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vi, 553 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : ECW Press ; Chicago : [Distributed in the U.S. by] Independent Publishers Group, [2002]

Summary:

The name Frank Zappa often conjures up the image of a deranged satirist. But for close to thirty years, Frank Zappa was one of the most influential, innovative, and controversial musicians in contemporary and popular music (despite little radio airplay). Beginning with his band, the Mothers of Invention, Frank Zappa built a formidable career in rock and roll by combining a wide range of styles, including serious contemporary music, jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, and social and political parody. Yet Zappa was often portrayed as a drug addict (even though he denounced drug use) and a fetishist (despite a normal married life). In Dangerous Kitchen: The Subversive World of Zappa, Kevin Courrier explodes those myths by illuminating the facts about this outrageously gifted composer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-527), discography (pages 505-515) and index.

ISBN:

1550224476

OCLC:

46856454