Is Frank Zappa prog?

darkshade wrote: Frank Zappa is Serg Tankian

No, that would be the singer from Disillusion.

Maybe we should look at it this way: if Zappa was categorically considered prog back in the 70s, then the standards for creativity, musicianship, and versatility would be high enough that pop-prog acts like Genesis and Yes would never have made it in...

   What a Question , and What a Poll ?  we don't need this Poll to know if Frank Zappa is considered as Progressive . If the name is Frank Pourcel ( the french artist ) , there's no need to say NO , he's not Progressive , but if the Name Is Frank Zappa , then yu need to be familiar with Apostrophe , Sheikh Yerbouti and Joe's Garage to see the difference between commercial pop music , and Progressive Rock music  .
   And by the Way , Sorry for beeing rude in my answer , but i felt that it's a must be done way to do ///////////////////

FZ puts in everything he can whenever he can. I usually speak and write about him in the present tense.

   His music was comedy music, just like Jeff Simmons said. But, the jokes were sometimes verbal sometimes musical. Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar is as close to progressive rock as he got, but, since his guitar playing was so bluesy, I am inclined to call them a blues fusion act.

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mrcozdude wrote: For the people who are saying this thread is dumb etc please read how this thread came about here.Therefore it will make sense why this exists and will avoid Henry being flamed lol http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=57489&PN=2 Anyway I've said my point and I'm very happy with the results.

He was ahead of his time, being the very first person west of the pond to produce prog music (sorry, but in my small world nothing is known about Miles Davis, who is added to the archves recently, but his name ).

I think RIO/Avant-Prog fits him well enough.

mrcozdude wrote: el dingo wrote: mrcozdude wrote: For the people who are saying this thread is dumb etc please read how this thread came about here.Therefore it will make sense why this exists and will avoid Henry being flamed lol http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=57489&PN=2 Anyway I've said my point and I'm very happy with the results.   I apologise for any inadvertent part I played in the creation of this thread - I guess I should take the blame along with mrcozdude   Seriously I repeat my original post on the other thread - if FZ ain't progressive I'm a tortilla - and totally agree with the guys who say he deserves a category to himself. We've created a monster!

We *need* an "Is Frank Zappa power metal?" thread.

Did anyone ever consider themselves prog ?

If James Brown was the Grandfather of soul, Frank Zappa was, and still is the Grandfather of progressive music. He started all that in 1966 with "Freak Out", and then in 1967 with "Absolutely Free", and then in 1968 with "We're Only In It For The Money"......and on and on and on............................