This is a blog reflecting on the life and works of Frank Vincent Zappa, one of the most prolific, poignant and overlooked composers of the 20th Century...

In addition to being a highly accomplished, original and innovative composer, musician and orchestrator, Zappa is extremely important as one of the century's most outspoken satirists. He changed the fibre of Rock and other popular musical forms not only through his compositional approach but also by the dialogues he introduced into the medium. Zappa was a constant nagging voice to the excesses of American pop culture from the '60s through the '80s, but who nonetheless beguiled and converted many unable to resist a listen to his playfully potent cynicism.