Frank Zappa

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer

Category: Performer

Inducted: 1995

Inducted by: Lou Reed

Nominated: 1993   1994   1995

First Eligible: 1992 Ceremony

Snubbed Members: Jimmy Carl Black, Ray Collins, George Duke, Roy Estrada, John Leon "Bunk" Gardner, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Don Preston, Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood, Jeff Simmons, Art Tripp, Ian Underwood, Billy Mundi, Ruth Underwood, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Aynsley Dunbar, Tom Fowler, Bruce Fowler, Sal Marquez, Ralph Humphrey, Chester Thompson


Inducted into Rock Hall Revisited in 1996 (ranked #128) .

Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
Hot Rats (1969)
The Grand Wazoo (1972)
Over-Nite Sensation (1973)
Apostrophe (') (1974)
One Size Fits All (1975)
Joe's Garage (1979)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Peaches En Regalia (1970)
Montana (1973)
Cosmik Debris (1974)
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow (1974)
Joe's Garage (1979)
Valley Girl (1982)

Frank Zappa @ Wikipedia



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ROLLING STONE MAGAZINES FAVORITE GUITAR PLAYER. NOONE WILL EVER PICK UP A SIX STRING AND PUMP OUT CONSISTINLY BEAUTIFUL ONE MAN SYMPHANYS LIKE FRANK COULD. UN-QUOTE DECEMBER, 2010

Posted by LEE HARLOW on Wednesday, 12/2/2015 @ 19:30pm



Rest in Peace Ed Mann, Zappa's drummer and keyboardist and 1977 to 1988, 1954-2024.

Posted by Joe S. on Monday, 06/3/2024 @ 15:11pm


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