The Real Frank Zappa Book

By: Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso - with

Narrated by: Ahmet Zappa

The legendary Frank Zappa, one of the most influential, innovative and controversial musical artists for the past 20 years, takes us on a wild, funny trip through his life and times. Along the way, Zappa offers his inimitable views on many things such as art, politics, and beer.

Cover concept by A. West

Cover design by Jackie Seow-Pracher

Cover photography by Greg Gorman

Music by Frank Zappa, Courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises

©1989 UMG Recordings, Inc. (P)2022 Audible, Inc.

Excellent! Finally

Been waiting for this. Thank you Ahmet! This book belongs in every home. Great performance!

he taught me Improvisation

when he passed members of my family called to off their condolences . they had to ride in my VW and hear greatness .

The real Frank Zappa

His thoughts about music are great, but then there is a bit too much anger at politics and policies

A must-listen

I recently purchased The Real Frank Zappa Book from Audible. I am a huge fan of audio books, for they allow me to 'read' while walking the dog, driving, biking to work and 'read' in the dark evening hours without having to turn the lights on. Also, my slowly but surely deteriorating eyesight (in combination with me not being to find my reading glasses) makes listening to books, instead of reading them, a fantastic alternative 🤓

While typing this, I am listening to the last chapters and I dare conclude this post by saying that I immensely enjoyed it!

Ahmet Zappa has done a great job. At times I even got the impression actually listening to Frank himself.

The audio book is decorated with snippets of interviews and music, which add greatly to the enjoyment of listening to the book I know so well 💛

As Zappa fans are, I am sure many would agree with me, as well as many would not. But I enjoyed it a lot and I can not think up a reason to not recommend it.

Pretty sure that any hard-core fanatic will encounter nothing new, but listening to Frank's words, read by Ahmet, spiced up with some original audio recordings of interviews and music (not all of that great quality, though) will entertain.

At roughly ten hours, this is a nice piece of audio to have. I know I enjoyed it. A lot.

Thank you, Frank. And thank you, Ahmet. 💛

Music is the best.

Still funny

it's still funny even though a little dated. I still love and miss him