Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band The Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.

Frank Zappa in Supervolcano
When Rob Ferguson wondered aloud what type of music Squirt Frog and the Evolving Tadpoles performed, Charlie Storer suggested somewhere between Frank Zappa and Al Stewart.