The Real Frank Zappa Book

The Real Frank Zappa Book

Author	Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso
Cover artist	A. West (concept), Jackie Seow-Pracher (design), Greg Gorman (photography)
Language	English
Genre	Autobiography, memoir, essays
Publisher	Poseidon Press (US) Picador (UK)
Publication date	1989
Publication place	United States
Media type	Hardcover
Pages	352 pp
ISBN	0-671-70572-5
OCLC	43484351

The Real Frank Zappa Book is an autobiography/memoir by Frank Zappa, co-written by Peter Occhiogrosso.

Contents

The Real Frank Zappa Book has 19 chapters:

0. INTRODUCTION Book? What book?
1. How Weird Am I, Anyway?
2. There Goes the Neighborhood
3. An Alternative to College
4. Are We Having a Good Time Yet?
5. The Log Cabin
6. Send In the Clowns
7. Drool, Britannia
8. All About Music
9. A Chapter for My Dad
10. The One You've Been Waiting For
11. Sticks & Stones
12. America Drinks and Goes Marching
13. All About Schmucks
14. Marriage (as a Dada Concept)
15. "Porn Wars"
16. Church and State
17. Practical Conservatism
18. Failure
19. The Last Word

Reviews

Vanity Fair wrote of the book, "An autobiography of mostly hilarious stories...fireside war tales from the big bad days of the rockin' sixties...primer of the sonic avant-garde, the book bashes favorite Zappa targets and dashes a few myths about the man." ^[1]

The New York Post said, "This book belongs in every home". ^[2]

References

1. Zappa, Frank; Peter Occhiogrosso (1989). The Real Frank Zappa Book (First Touchstone Edition 1999 ed.). Touchstone. pp. front cover. ISBN   0-671-70572-5.
2. Zappa, Frank; Peter Occhiogrosso (1989). The Real Frank Zappa Book (First Touchstone Edition 1999 ed.). Touchstone. pp. back cover. ISBN   0-671-70572-5.