Musician Frank Vincent Zappa was born on December 21, 1940, in Maryland, USA. He passed away on December 4, 1993.
As a child, he became interested in music through the then-popular choral style of doo-wop, and in 1965 joined the rock band "Soul Giants." The band later changed its name to "The Mothers of Invention" and released its first album, "Freak Out," in 1966.
In the 1970s, the band gained popularity among core fans, and their albums, "Overnight Sensation" in 1973 and "Apostrophe" the following year, sold a combined 500,000 copies. In 1986, he won a Grammy Award for "Jazz from Hell."
He went on to release 60 albums throughout his career. Many of them satirize America at the time, sharply criticizing political corruption and racism.