The Dangerous Kitchen: The Subversive Music and Politics of Frank Zappa

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For thirty years, from 1966 until his death in 1993, Frank Zappa was one of the most influential, innovative, and controversial popular musicians, combining a wide range of musical styles with social and political parody. In this innovative biography, Courrier explodes the myths of Zappa's drug use and fetishism to illuminate the facts about this outrageously gifted composer's emergence during the eclectic and experimental sixties, linking his form of artistic rebellion to its cultural precedents, and examining Zappa as a true original. Illustrated with 30 b/w photos.

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Kevin Courrier is an entertainment journalist who lives in Toronto. His previous books include the very successful Law and Order Companion. He has been a fan of Frank Zappa for years, has written for a range of music magazines, and works part-time at the Royal Conservatory of Music.