No commercial potential
Subtitle: the saga of Frank Zappa
By: David Walley.
Edition: Updated ed., 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Zappa, Frank; Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography
Other titles: Saga of Frank Zappa
Description: For nearly thirty years Frank Zappa (1940-1993) pursued an idiosyncratic but influential course in music - rock, jazz, and classical composer (releasing over fifty albums); founder of the Mothers of Invention; guitarist, conductor, and producer; as well as social satirist, sonic scientist, First Amendment champion, and all-around iconoclast. This updated edition of David Walley's cutting-edge classic includes a new foreword, a substantial chapter carrying the Zappa saga through his death from cancer, an afterword, bibliography, discography, videography, and guide to Zappa on the Internet. From 1960's Freak Out! to the posthumous Civilization Phaze III, No Commercial Potential offers converts and connoisseurs the most practical and penetrating book ever written on the musical phenomenon known as Frank Zappa.
Notes: Discography: p. 217-219.
Videography: p. 220-221.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-214).
Previously published:  New York : E.P. Dutton, c1980.