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On December 4, 1993 : Frank Zappa dies at the age
of 52
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Frank Zappa died at his Los Angeles home,
shortly before his 53rd birthday. Zappa was one of the most exotic,
original and complex figures to have emerged from rock culture.
Bandleader, guitar hero, composer, satirist, and political commentator,
Zappa managed to avoid being easily categorised for over three
decades. And uniquely among rock idols, the career of the man
who put the sneer into rock evolved outside the mainstream of
pop history.
Hailed by some music critics
as a genius, Frank Zappa came to prominence in the early 1960s, leading his
band, the Mothers of Invention, in a merry cacophony of what he
called "sonic mutilations." With the band or as a solo
performer he released about 50 albums.
Zappa, who had battled prostate
cancer for several years, remained active to the end, vowing not
to let the disease conquer him. He said he didn't care how he
was remembered after he died.
"It's not important to
even be remembered," he said ", "I mean, the people
who worry about being remembered are guys like Reagan, Bush. .
. . I don't care."
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