Zappa: A Biography - Brossura

Miles, Barry

Brossura

ISBN 10: 080214215X ISBN 13: 9780802142153

Casa editrice: Grove Pr, 2005

Riassunto

The best-selling biographer of Paul McCartney follows the ground-breaking musician Frank Zappa from his Italian-American childhood roots to his ultimate success as a composer and rock star. Reprint.

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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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• Editore: Grove Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 080214215X
• ISBN 13: 9780802142153
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 464