The progressive and experimental rock and roll band, active between the yea… Read Full Bio ↴The progressive and experimental rock and roll band, active between the years 1964 and 1975. Despite the fact that other members have an occasional writing credit as well, the Mothers of Invention mainly performed music composed by the guitarist and band leader Frank Zappa. In the beginning the group was named "The Soul Giants", consisting of drummer Jimmy Carl Black, bass player Roy Estrada, saxophonist Davy Coronado, guitarist Ray Hunt and vocalist Ray Collins. After Collins got into a fight with Hunt in 1964, Hunt quit the group and Frank Zappa took his place as the guitarist and became the band leader. Thereafter the group established the name "The Mothers" on 10th of May (Sunday) in 1964 (that year's Mother's Day). Since the band's name was shorthand slang for "motherfuckers", they again changed their name due to the demand by their record label, MGM Records. At this point they went for the "The Mothers of Invention" moniker.
Their debut album "Freak Out!" was released in 1966, which was followed by the next set of studio albums: "Absolutely Free" (1967), the famed parody of the hippie culture of the 60's - "We're Only in It for the Money (1968) and "Uncle Meat" in 1969, which was a soundtrack to a film of the same name, which the group hadn't finished yet (Zappa released the film later on in the year 1987).
In 1969 Zappa disbanded the original Mothers of Invention line-up, but reformed the band in the year 1970 with only one original member left in the group. Now known only as "The Mothers", the group produced two live albums, "Fillmore East - June 1971" and "Just Another Band from L.A.", but after these releases Zappa again disbanded the group in the late 1971, after witch he properly launched his solo career.
However, various line ups of the Mothers followed in the 70s, but now the band was clearly only a vehicle for Frank Zappa. Albums were released variously as "Mothers/Zappa" (Roxy & Elsewhere, 1974) or "Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention" (One Size Fits All, 1975). In 1976 Zappa permanently dropped the moniker from the release of Zoot Allures (1976) onwards. In addition to this, releases by Zappa in CD format contain Mothers of Invention material from various line-ups (for example You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3, 1988) and is occasionally credited as such on the album cover art (Playground Psychotics, 1992 and Ahead of Their Time, 1993).
Since 1980, Jimmy Carl Black, Don Preston and Bunk Gardner plus other former members of the Mothers of Invention, have occasionally performed and recorded under the name "The Grandmothers" or "The Grande Mothers Re:Invented", performing music by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart as well as originals and blues standards.
Their debut album "Freak Out!" was released in 1966, which was followed by the next set of studio albums: "Absolutely Free" (1967), the famed parody of the hippie culture of the 60's - "We're Only in It for the Money (1968) and "Uncle Meat" in 1969, which was a soundtrack to a film of the same name, which the group hadn't finished yet (Zappa released the film later on in the year 1987).
In 1969 Zappa disbanded the original Mothers of Invention line-up, but reformed the band in the year 1970 with only one original member left in the group. Now known only as "The Mothers", the group produced two live albums, "Fillmore East - June 1971" and "Just Another Band from L.A.", but after these releases Zappa again disbanded the group in the late 1971, after witch he properly launched his solo career.
However, various line ups of the Mothers followed in the 70s, but now the band was clearly only a vehicle for Frank Zappa. Albums were released variously as "Mothers/Zappa" (Roxy & Elsewhere, 1974) or "Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention" (One Size Fits All, 1975). In 1976 Zappa permanently dropped the moniker from the release of Zoot Allures (1976) onwards. In addition to this, releases by Zappa in CD format contain Mothers of Invention material from various line-ups (for example You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3, 1988) and is occasionally credited as such on the album cover art (Playground Psychotics, 1992 and Ahead of Their Time, 1993).
Since 1980, Jimmy Carl Black, Don Preston and Bunk Gardner plus other former members of the Mothers of Invention, have occasionally performed and recorded under the name "The Grandmothers" or "The Grande Mothers Re:Invented", performing music by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart as well as originals and blues standards.
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