Frank Zappa - guitar/vocals Ray Collins - vocals Roy Estrada - bass Jimmy Carl Black - drums Bunk Gardner - sax Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood - guitar Don Preston - keyboards Billy Mundi - drums
Albums: "Absolutely Free" (1967) "Lumpy Gravy" (1967) "Tis the Season to be Jelly" (live) (1991) - recorded in 1967. Billy Mundi joins Rhinoceros.
The Mothers of Invention IV(1967 - 1969)
Frank Zappa - guitar/vocals Ray Collins - vocals Roy Estrada - bass Jimmy Carl Black - drums Bunk Gardner - sax Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood - guitar Don Preston - keyboards
Albums: "We're Only in It for the Money" (1968) "Cruising with Ruben & The Jets" (1968) "Uncle Meat" (2-CDs) (1969) "Ahead Of Their Time" (live) (1993) - recorded in 1968.
The Mothers of Invention V(1969 - 1970)
Frank Zappa - guitar/vocals Ray Collins - vocals Roy Estrada - bass Jimmy Carl Black - drums Bunk Gardner - sax Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood - guitar Don Preston - keyboards Lowell George - guitar - b. 1945; d. June 29, 1979, Arlington, Virginia - formerly with The Factory. Art Tripp III - drums
Albums: "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" (1970) "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" (1970) Group disbands. Lowell George joins The Standells; later, Lowell George and Roy Estrada form Little Feat. Jimmy Carl Black and Bunk Gardner form Geronimo Black. Art Tripp III joins Captain Beefheart.
The Mothers of Invention VI(1970 - 1978) (Reformed)
Frank Zappa - guitar/vocals Ian Underwood - keyboards Howard Kaylan - vocals - formerly with The Turtles, and toured with Mark Volman as The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie (aka, Flo & Eddie). Mark Volman - vocals - formerly with The Turtles, and toured with Howard Kaylan as The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie (aka, Flo & Eddie). Jim Pons - bass George Duke - keyboards Aynsley Dunbar - drums - b. January 10, 1946, Liverpool, England - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Jeff Beck Group, and Bonzo Dog Band.
Albums: "Fillmore East - June 1971" (live) (1971) "Just Another Band from L.A." (1972) "The Grand Wazoo" (1972) "Over-Nite Sensation" (1973) "Piquantique - Stockholm 1973" (live) (1991) "Studio Tan" (1978) "Zappa in New York" (live) (1978) "Orchestral Favorites" (1979) "Sleep Dirt" (1979) "Saarbrucken 1978" (live) (1991) "Unmitigated Audacity" (live) (1991) "Playground Psychotics" (2-CDs) (1995) "Roxy & Elsewhere" (live) (1995) Aynsley Dunbar joins Lou Reed, David Bowie, and later joins Journey.
Frank Zappa solo:
"Hot Rats" (1969) "Chunga's Revenge" (1970) "200 Motels" (2-CDs) (1971) "Waka/Jawaka" (1972) "Apostrophe (')" (1974) "Bongo Fury" (1975) (with Captain Beefheart) "One Size Fits All" (1975) "Zoot Allures" (1976) "Sheik Yerbouti" (1979) "Joe's Garage, Act I" (1979) "Joe's Garage, Acts II and III" (1979) "Joes's Garage, Acts I, II and III" (2-CDs) (1995) "Tinseltown Rebellion" (1981) "You Are What You Is" (1981) "Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar" (3-CDs) (1981) "Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch" (1982) "Baby Snakes soundtrack" (1983) "The Man From Utopia" (1983) "Them or Us" (1984) "Thing-Fish" (2-CDs) (1984) "Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger" (1984) "Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention" (1985) "Jazz from Hell" (1986) "Guitar" (2-CDs) (1988) "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1" (live) (2-CDs) (1988) "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 2" (live) (2-CDs) (1988) "Broadway the Hard Way" (1988) "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 3" (live) (2-CDs) (1989) "Any Way the Wind Blows" (live) (2-CDs) (1991) "The Ark" (1991) "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 4" (live) (2-CDs) (1991) "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 5" (live) (2-CDs) (1992) "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 6" (live) (2-CDs) (1992) "The Yellow Shark" (1993) "Civilization Phaze III" (1995) "London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 & 2" (2-CD box set) (1995) "Does Humor Belong in Music?" (live) (1995) - recorded in 1984. "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life" (live) (2-CDs) (1995) - recorded in 1988. "Make A Jazz Noise Here" (live) (2-CDs) (1995) - recorded in 1988. "Francesco Zappa" (1995) "Cucamonga" (1998) - releases of very early Frank Zappa.
Compilations:
"Stricktly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa" (1995) "Lather" (3-CD box set) (1996) "The Lost Episodes" (1996) "Have I Offended Someone?" (1997) "Stricktly Genteel: A Classical Introduction to Frank Zappa" (1997) "Mystery Disc" (1998)
Freak Out! (July 1966) Absolutely Free (April 1967) Lumpy Gravy (December 1967) We're Only In It For The Money (February 1968) Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (November 1968) Uncle Meat (March 1969) Mothermania (April 1969) Hot Rats (15 October 1969) Burnt Weeny Sandwich (December 1969) Weasels Ripped My Flesh (August 1970) Chunga's Revenge (23 October 1970) Fillmore East - June 1971 (August 1971) 200 Motels (October 1971) Just Another Band From L.A. (March 1972) Waka/Jawaka (5 July 1972) The Grand Wazoo (November 1972) Over-Nite Sensation (7 September 1973) Apostrophe(') (22 March 1974) Roxy & Elsewhere (10 September 1974) One Size Fits All (25 June 1975) Bongo Fury (2 October 1975) Zoot Allures (29 October 1976) Zappa In New York (13 March 1978) Studio Tan (15 September 1978) Sleep Dirt (12 January 1979) Sheik Yerbouti (March 3, 1979) Orchestral Favorites (4 May 1979) Joe's Garage (19 November 1979) Tinseltown Rebellion (11 May 1981) Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar (11 May 1981) You Are What You Is (September 1981) Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (May 1982) The Man From Utopia (March 1983) Baby Snakes (March 1983) London Symphony Orchestra vol 1 (9 June 1983) The Perfect Stranger (23 August 1984) Them Or Us (18 October 1984) Thing-Fish (21 November 1984) Francesco Zappa (21 November 1984) FZ Meets The Mothers Of Prevention (21 November 1985) Does Humor Belong In Music? (27 January 1986) Jazz From Hell (15 November 1986) London Symphony Orchestra vol 2 (17 September 1987) Guitar (April 1988) You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 1 (May 1988) You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 2 (September 1988) Broadway The Hard Way (November 1988) You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 3 (October 1989) The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (April 1991) You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 4 (June 1991) Make A Jazz Noise Here (June 1991) You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 5 (July 1992) You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 6 (July 1992) Playground Psychotics (27 October 1992) Ahead Of Their Time (April 1993) The Yellow Shark (December 1993) Civilization, Phaze III (December 1994) Strictly Commercial (August 1995) The Lost Episodes (February 1996) Läther (September 1996)
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