Author | Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso |
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Cover artist | A. West (concept), Jackie Seow-Pracher (design), Greg Gorman (photography) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Autobiography, memoir, essays |
Publisher |
Poseidon Press (US) Picador (UK) |
Publication date
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1989 |
Media type | Hardcover |
Pages | 352 pp |
ISBN | |
OCLC | 43484351 |
The Real Frank Zappa Book is an autobiography/memoir by Frank Zappa, co-written by Peter Occhiogrosso, and published by Poseidon Press. The text is copyright 1989 Frank Zappa, and copyright 1990 Simon & Schuster, Inc. Since 1999, the book has been published in paperback by Touchstone Books.
The Real Frank Zappa Book has 19 chapters:
Vanity Fair wrote of the book, "An autobiography of mostly hilarious stories...fireside war tales from the big bad days of the rockin' sixties...primer of the sonic avant-garde, the book bashes favorite Zappa targets and dashes a few myths about the man."
The New York Post said, "This book belongs in every home".