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Grandmothers Of Invention To Continue To Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Frank Zappa’s band The Mothers of Invention, now called The Grandmothers of Invention’, will continue to tour after performing live throughout 2013.

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Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention Freak Out

Frank Zappa Mothers Of Invention Singer Ray Collins Dies at 76

by Paul Cashmere

Ray Collins, the singer for the first Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention album ‘Freak Out’ has died in California.

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Roy Estrada

Little Feat and Frank Zappa Bass Player Jailed For 25 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Roy Estrada, an original member of both Little Feat and Frank Zappa’s Mothers Of Invention, has been jailed for 25 years for child molestation.

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Frank Zappa Mothers Of Invention Weasals Ripped My Flesh

Mothers Of Invention Jim Sherwood Dies Ages 69

by Paul Cashmere

Jim ‘Motorhead’ Sherman from Frank Zappa’s Mothers Of Invention died on Christmas Day at the age of 69.

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