Genres |
Rock, Blues rock, Jazz, Blues, Experimental, Avant-garde, Doo-wop, Art rock |
Former members |
Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals, percussion
Ray Collins – vocals, percussion
Mark Volman – vocals
Howard Kaylan – vocals
Ricky Lancelotti – vocals
Robert "Frog" Camarena – vocals
Henry Vestine – guitar
Jim Guercio – guitar, vocals
Steve Mann – guitar
Elliot Ingber – guitar
Denny Walley – slide guitar, vocals
Jim Fielder – rhythm guitar, piano
Lowell George – rhythm guitar, vocals
Don Preston – keyboards
Van Dyke Parks – keyboards
Ian Underwood – keyboards, woodwinds, flute, clarinet, alto/tenor saxophone, rhythm guitar
George Duke – keyboards, synthesizer, organ
Bob Harris – keyboards
Napoleon Murphy Brock – flute, tenor saxophone, vocals
Ruth Underwood – marimba, vibes, percussion
David Coronado – saxophone
Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood – soprano/baritone saxophone, tambourine
Norma Jean Bell – saxophone, vocals
Bruce Fowler – trombone
Buzz Gardner – trumpet, flugelhorn
Sal Marquez – trumpet, vocals
Novi Novog – viola
Jean–Luc Ponty – violin
John Leon "Bunk" Gardner – woodwinds
Roy Estrada – bass, guitarrón, vocals
Jeff Simmons – bass, vocals
Jim Pons – bass
Tom Fowler – bass
Jimmy Carl Black – drums
Denny Bruce – drums
Billy Mundi – drums
Art Tripp – drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes
Aynsley Dunbar – drums
Ralph Humphrey – drums
Chester Thompson – drums
Terry Bozzio – drums |
Discography
(Studio albums) |
Freak Out! (1966)
Absolutely Free (1967)
We're Only in It for the Money (1968)
Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (1968)
Mothermania (1969, compilation)
Uncle Meat (1969)
Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970)
Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970)
Fillmore East – June 1971 (1971, live)
200 Motels (1971)
Just Another Band from L.A. (1972)
The Grand Wazoo (1972)
Over–Nite Sensation (1973)
Roxy & Elsewhere (1974)
One Size Fits All (1975)
Bongo Fury (1975)
Playground Psychotics (1992, rec. 1970–1971)
Ahead of Their Time (1993, rec. 1968)
Carnegie Hall (2011, rec. 1971)
The Mothers 1970 (2020, rec. 1970)
The Mothers 1971 (2022, rec. 1971)
Whisky a Go Go 1968 (2024, rec. 1968) |
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