A look back at Frank Zappa’s legacy amid the ongoing Zappa family drama
The Zappa children -- from left, Diva, Ahmet, Moon and Dweezil -- get together for the Los Angeles premiere of “Scream” in 1996.
(Steve Granitz / WireImage)Dweezil Zappa, left, and his brother, Ahmet Zappa, share a laugh in 1994.
(Gary Friedman/ Los Angeles Times)Dweezil Zappa shows off his Fender guitar in a music studio in North Hollywood on June 13. An image of his father, Frank, appears on the instrument.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Moon Zappa, daughter of the late musician Frank Zappa, is shown in New York’s Madison Square park on June 21.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)Dweezil Zappa and his band rehearse in North Hollywood on June 13.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Ahmet Zappa, the youngest son of rock legend Frank Zappa, is managing the family’s estate and preparing to sell the Zappa Laurel Canyon compound and much of his father’s personal memorabilia.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)Gail Zappa, the widow of musician-composer Frank Zappa, is shown at her Hollywood Hills home in October 2013. She died in October 2015.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)The main house at the Zappa compound features roman numerals for 1993, the year Frank Zappa died from prostate cancer.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)Dweezil Zappa’s initials are part of the main house at the Zappa compound. Family members’ initials can be spotted all around the house’s exterior.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)Shown is the entrance to Frank Zappa’s recording studio on his Hollywood Hills property.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Frank Zappa’s recording studio/rehearsal space is carved out at his Laurel Canyon home.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)The original artwork used for the cover of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention’s “Burnt Weeny Sandwich” is mounted on the wall of a downstairs room at the Zappa family compound.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)Claymation figures of Frank Zappa, created by Bruce Bickford and used in the 1979 film “Baby Snakes,” are among the odds and ends at the Zappa family compound.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)A close-up of one of the Zappa claymation figures used in “Baby Snakes” features Frank Zappa’s visage.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)Two albums created by artist Larry Achiampong are displayed inside Frank Zappa’s recording studio on his Hollywood Hills property.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)A detail of artist Larry Achiampong’s “Politicmen, (2009-)” is displayed inside Frank Zappa’s recording studio.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Conductor batons that Frank Zappa used to lead various orchestras are among the artifacts in the Zappa family home.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)A firehouse pole installed for Ahmet Zappa inside the main house at the Zappa compound still exists.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)The sculpture “Central Scrutinizer” hangs in the doorway to Frank Zappa’s studio. “Central Scrutinizer” is the opening track on Zappa’s 1979 album “Joe’s Garage.”
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)A Frank Zappa painting used for the album “Everything Is Healing Nicely” hangs over a collection of art and memorabilia at Zappa’s home.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)Frank Zappa is shown performing in “Eat That Question.”
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