''The Real Frank Zappa Book'' is an autobiography/memoir by
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by wikt:nonconformity, nonconformity, Free improvisation, free-form improvisation, sound experimen ...
, co-written by Peter Occhiogrosso, and published by
Poseidon Press
Poseidon Press was an imprint of Simon & Schuster publishing, operating from 1982 to 1993. The founding editor was Ann Patty, who later went on to become an executive editor at Harcourt. The imprint was best known for discovering interesting ne ...
. 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
Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publi ...
.
Contents
''The Real Frank Zappa Book'' has 19 chapters:
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INTRODUCTION Book? What book?
#How Weird Am I, Anyway?
#There Goes the Neighborhood
#An Alternative to College
#Are We Having a Good Time Yet?
#The Log Cabin
#Send In the Clowns
#Drool, Britannia
#All About Music
#A Chapter for My Dad
#The One You've Been Waiting For
#Sticks & Stones
#America Drinks and Goes Marching
#All About Schmucks
#Marriage (as a Dada Concept)
#"Porn Wars"
#Church and State
#Practical Conservatism
#Failure
#The Last Word
Reviews
''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
Avant-garde music is music that is considered to be at the forefront of innovation in its field, with the term "avant-garde" implying a critique of existing aesthetic conventions, rejection of the status quo in favor of unique or original elemen ...
, the book bashes favorite Zappa targets and dashes a few myths about the man."
The ''New York Post
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It was established ...
'' said, "This book belongs in every home".
References
1989 non-fiction books
American biographies
Frank Zappa
Music autobiographies
Poseidon Press books
Picador (imprint) books
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