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Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 21, , Frank Zappa was largely a self-taught musician, whose year career embraced a wide variety of musical genres, encompassing rock, jazz, synth and symphonies. Avant-garde composers, as well as math and chemistry from his father's work, all fell into Zappa's mix of influences and comprised his unique approach to his art, coupled with a flouting of convention.

Zappa also directed films, designed album covers and spoke about social issues.

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Although his unconventional aspect often overshadowed his brilliance, Zappa is highly respected as a musical pioneer. He died from prostate cancer on December 4, , at age The family moved frequently due to Francis Vincent Zappa's expertise as a chemist and mathematician, contracted with various aspects of the defense industry. Young Zappa's exposure to chemicals, such as mustard gas, may have had a profound effect on his health, which was always challenging.

He showed early interest in innovation via gadgets but this soon turned to music. The family eventually settled outside of Los Angeles in Zappa's late teens, and he soon took up drum and guitar. His proficiency grew so quickly that by his last year in high school, he was writing, composing and conducting avant-garde arrangements for the school orchestra.

Frank Zappa launched his career as professional musician shortly after high school but income was sporadic; recordings brought in more money than local gigs—his racially diverse band, The Blackouts, bumped up against s racism. There was some scoring of independent films, one commissioned by his high-school English teacher. A job at a recording studio led to acquiring it as a business but an entrapment arrest by local authorities over a "pornographic" audiotape, shut it down.

Going back to the band route, Zappa joined The Soul Giants , soon converting them from a bar cover band to performing his original material—they morphed into The Mothers on Mother's Day, Their debut album, Freak Out! That tone continued with their second album, Absolutely Free, and regular New York shows that were part concert, part free-for-all circus with stuffed animals and vegetables.