Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: In the 1960's

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Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa

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Billy James

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Jimmy Carl Black

Richie Unterberger
Richie Unterberger

Bunk Gardner
Bunk Gardner

Don Preston
Don Preston

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    Here's the most detailed, informative, fascinating Zappa & the Mothers doc yet! Their restless experimentation and agitated social satire come into sharper focus as music journalists and Zappa biographers chime in with Zappa's bandmates and as you watch rare '60s performances and interviews.

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    2009-01-20

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