Frank Zappa

Style: Progressive Rock / Experimental Rock / Jazz Fusion

Origin: USA ( Baltimore, Maryland )

Years Active: 1955 - 1993

Last line-up:

Frank Zappa - guitar / vocal R.I.P. ( ex-The Mothers of Invention )

Jürgen Ruck - guitar

Thomas Fichter - bass

Jimmy Carl Black - drums R.I.P. ( ex-The Mothers of Invention )

Past members:

Adrian Belew - guitar ( Adrian Belew, ex-King Crimson )

Warren Cuccurullo - guitar ( Warren Cuccurullo, Missing Persons, ex-Duran Duran )

Tony Duran - guitar R.I.P.

Steve Vai - guitar ( Steve Vai, ex-Alcatrazz, ex-Whitesnake, ex-David Lee Roth )
Ray White - guitar ( ex-Zappa Plays Zappa )

Scott Thunes - bass ( The Mother Hips, ex-Steve Vai )

Roy Estrada - bass ( ex-The Mothers of Invention, ex-Little Feat )

Max Bennett - bass ( Max Bennett )

Jeff Simmons - bass ( Jeff Simmons )

Tom Fowler - bass ( ex-The Mothers of Invention, ex-It's A Beautiful Day )

Patrick O'Hearn - bass ( Patrick O'Hearn )

Arthur Barrow - bass

Mike Keneally - keyboard ( Mike Keneally, Dethklok, ex-Steve Vai )

Eddie Jobson - keyboard ( Eddie Jobson, ex-Jethro Tull, ex-UK, ex-Roxy Music )

Ian Underwood - keyboard ( ex-The Mothers of Invention )

Don Preston - keyboard ( Don Preston, ex-The Mothers of Invention )

George Duke - keyboard R.I.P. ( ex-George Duke, ex-The Mothers of Invention )

Ruth Underwood - keyboard ( ex-The Mothers of Invention )

Tommy Mars - keyboard

Terry Bozzio - drums ( Terry Bozzio, Bozzio Levin Stevens, UK, ex-Jeff Beck, ex-Steve Vai, ex-Missing Persons )

Vinnie Colaiuta - drums ( Jeff Beck, ex-Megadeth, ex-Sting )

Jim Gordon - drums ( ex-Alice Cooper )

Aynsley Dunbar - drums ( Aynsley Dunbar, ex-Whitesnake, ex-John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, ex-David Bowie, ex-Michael Schenker, ex-Journey, ex-Sammy Hagar, 

ex-UFO, ex-Jake E. Lee )

John Guerin - drums R.I.P. ( ex-Joe Pass )

David Logeman - drums

Chad Wackerman - drums ( Chad Wackerman )

Main discography:

[ 1967 ] Lumpy Gravy

[ 1969 ] Hot Rats

[ 1970 ] Chunga's Revenge

[ 1972 ] Waka/Jawaka

[ 1974 ] Apostrophe (')

[ 1976 ] Zoot Allures

[ 1978 ] Studio Tan

[ 1979 ] Sleep Dirt

[ 1979 ] Joe's Garage

[ 1981 ] You Are What You Is

[ 1982 ] Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch

[ 1983 ] The Man From Utopia

[ 1983 ] London Symphony Orchestra, Vol.1

[ 1984 ] Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger

[ 1984 ] Them or Us

[ 1984 ] Thing-Fish

[ 1984 ] Francesco Zappa

[ 1985 ] Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers of Prevention

[ 1986 ] Jazz From Hell

[ 1987 ] London Symphony Orchestra, Vol.2