The Zappa Family

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Moon, Dweezil, Ahmet, Diva and the Father of Invention

Lumping Frank Zappa's kids into one category as DMOZ does and calling it "the Zappa Family" isn't especially good organization, particularly since the Zappas aren't a family act like The Osmonds or The Jackson Five

Borrowing a strategem from Capt. von Trapp, we'll just stick to Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

If you like Frank Zappa, you may be a borderline sociopathic cultist who won't like anything else, but you could try Captain Beefheart, The Fugs, Professor Longhair, or Meat Loaf

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Frank Zappa on Crossfire

Zappa on CNN's Crossfire in 1986. Discussing copyright. Zappa's the man!

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Frank Zappa on Amazon 

Zappa was a composer and arranger, which largely overshadowed his guitar virtuosity. He did however release a few "solo" albums without any of the various incarnations of the Mothers

Although Zappa's music is an eclectic blend drawn from a number of influences, Jazz Fusion is probably the most applicable genre.

Amazon lists the release date for all of these albums as 1995, which is probably when the digital remastering deal was concluded. The actual release dates are in his discography

Hot Rats

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Waka/Jawaka

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The Grand Wazoo

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Zappa Family Links 

Frank Zappa was a notorious perfectionist, workaholic, egoist, and tortured genius who was probably never in line for any "father of the year" awards. Still, his kids turned out O.K.

At least The Open Dirctory Project didn't create a category "Zappas, Zeppos, and Zippos" as Amazon might have. Sooner or later, I'll make separate lenses for Moon, Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva linking to them from here.
Diva Zappa
Frank's youngest daughter Diva steps out into the art world
Moon Unit Zappa
Author and artist Moon Unit Zappa promoting her latest book (which is NOT about herself or her FATHER), "America The Beautiful"
Anarchy TV
Official site of comedy film co-starring Dweezil, Moon Unit, Ahmet and Diva Zappa.
Dweezil - Zappa Plays Zappa

Dweezil has become a prominent Rock guitarist in his own right, and with the release of Zappa Plays Zappa finally prodded me into giving him his own Squidoo lens.

The Mothers (of Invention) on Amazon 1960's 

Freak Out!

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Absolutely Free

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Lumpy Gravy

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Cruising with Ruben & the Jets

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Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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Burnt Weeny Sandwich

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The Mothers (Flo & Eddie) on Amazon 

Chunga's Revenge

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Fillmore East: June 1971

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Just Another Band from L.A.

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Other Mothers @ Amazon Mid-70's 

After Frank was injured by an irate fan in December 1971, Flo & Eddie went off to form their own band, and Zappa produced a number of albums with a variety of studio musicians and Mothers alumni (still called the Mothers).

One Size Fits All

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Apostrophe (')

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Over-Nite Sensation

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Roxy & Elsewhere

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