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23 de nov. de 2020 · When Zappa hosted Saturday Night Live in October 1978, the artist’s drug-free (and outwardly anti-drug) lifestyle allegedly came into conflict with the show’s boisterous, often...
- 10 Frank Zappa Saw Several of His Contemporaries Die
- 9 Zappa Already Smoked
- 8 He Also Drank Too Much Coffee
- 7 Frank Zappa Had Bad Eating Habits
- 6 Frank Zappa Didn’T Tolerate Drugs in His Band
- 5 Zappa Didn’T Like Losing Control
- 4 He Was Smart
- 3 Frank Zappa Was Stubborn
- 2 Zappa Still Supported Legalization
- 1 Frank Zappa Liked Being Different
Zappa spoke highly of his psychedelic contemporaries, like Jimi Hendrix. Bandmates say Zappa thought Hendrix was a genius but that his drug use was a stupid life choice. Hendrix died in 1971 due to complications from an overdose. Along with Hendrix, Zappa lived through the deaths of The Who’s drummer Keith Moon, Janis Joplin, Doors frontman Jim Mor...
Although he avoided hard drugs, Zappa was not necessarily free of vice. He was a notorious chain smokerand refused to believe the studies that connected cigarette smoke to cancer and heart disease. According to Zappa’s brother and his bandmates, he was incredibly intelligent, but also very stubborn. Zappa even went as far as to justify his smoking ...
According to Zappa, the new documentary made by Alex Winter, in addition to smoking Zappa also drank excessive amounts of coffee. Tobacco users will often pair coffee with cigarettes because of the complementary flavors and the combination of the energizing effects of coffee and the mellowing effects of nicotine.
Zappa’s brother also pointed out that while he lived free of hard drugs like heroin or cocaine, Zappa still wasn’t good at taking care of himself. In addition to his tobacco and coffee habits Zappa ate horribly, sometimes he only ate frankfurters while working 12 hours at a time in the recording studio. Although, according to an article in The Guar...
Although some in the Mothers of Invention used cannabis, like bassist Tom Fowler who never quit smoking it, Zappa would fire any musician working for him if he found them using speed, heroin, or cocaine. Zappa also did a few radio PSAs in Southern California saying, “Speed Kills.” Related: Why Is TikTok Canceling John Lennon?
Zappa’s anti-drug stance was not a moral position but a practical one. Zappa liked being in charge and in control, and according to ex-bandmates, he was worried that using would take away his sense of self-awareness.
Zappa wasn’t just a visionary musician, he was an astute businessman. He knew that while he had to stay drug-free for his own personal reasons, he needed to build a brand that would still appeal to the 1960s and 1970s counterculture, who were the primary audience of The Mothers of Invention. Thanks to his sobriety, Zappa was able to plan the eccent...
As mentioned above, Zappa was very stubborn. When he decided to avoid drugs, that was it, Zappa was going to avoid drugs, period. Zappa’s stubbornness might have cost him his life. Because in addition to smoking heavily and drinking lots of coffee, he rarely went to the doctor. When it was discovered he had an enlarged prostate he refused surgery. ...
Even though he had strict rules against his bandmates using anything heavier than cannabis, Zappa was not what you would call an anti-drug crusader (despite his anti-speed PSAs). Zappa was a prominent activist for freedom of speech and choice, and this included supporting the legalization of cannabis and the decriminalization of hard drugs. While Z...
Zappa didn’t need drugs to “open his mind” or to “get with it” as they used to say. Zappa created complex, diverse music and brilliantly arranged albums and concerts without the use of an altered state of consciousness. While drugs had become trendy, Zappa was never a slave to trends. If the choice was to be like everyone else or to be himself, Zap...
28 de nov. de 2023 · Did Frank Zappa ever take drugs? Unsurprisingly, Frank Zappa had dabbled in drugs, and by his own admission, that was it. When asked by Gallery if the narcotic-heavy image that most people have of him is real, he replied definitively. He said: “No, not at all. I don’t drink or do hard drugs.
25 de nov. de 2014 · ¿Sexo, drogas, rock and roll? ¡Política!: habla el auténtico Frank Zappa. Es la primera vez que se traduce al castellano la autobiografía del músico. Según el traductor: "la traducción más...
Unlike many other rock musicians of his generation, he disapproved of recreational drug use, but supported decriminalization and regulation. Zappa was a highly productive and prolific artist with a controversial critical standing; supporters of his music admired its compositional complexity, while detractors found it lacking ...
27 de may. de 2023 · Where one person might hear genius, another might hear a big ol' pile of trying-too-hard nonsense. Zappa died in 1993, several years after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. His obituary was just as eclectic as his music, noting things like how big a fan of the president of Czechoslovakia he was; how he spread the trend of Valley-Girl-speak ...
27 de nov. de 2020 · Zappa never bought into the 60s drug culture and in fact, he didn’t have much patience for people who did.
