Barry Miles (author) Munezumi Sugawa (translator) "Frank Zappa"
price: 3,600 yen + tax
Release date: 2022/04/01
ISBN:978-4-910511-12-2
★A5 size
★416 pages
The king is naked. Until now and in the future
A wide range of omnivorous works that incorporate various music such as rock, jazz, contemporary music, and doo-wop, and a huge number of works of more than 60 sheets.
The world of lyrics is a mixture of sharp messages that cut into society, black jokes, and dirty jokes.
The definitive critical biography of Frank Zappa, who still maintains his presence as the greatest maverick musician in rock history, has finally been published!
author
barry miles
Journalist from the UK. He is known for his writings about 60s and 70s rock and counterculture. His books include the official critical biography of Paul McCartney and biographies of beat poets such as Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
translator
Sojun Sugawa
Born in 1962, editor and independent researcher.
His research interests include the history of Hong Kong music, the history of Indian film music, the history of American comics, research on Haruki Murakami, and walking.
Some of the books and magazine special features he edited include:
"Eureka" May 1994 issue "Special feature = Frank Zappa" (Seidosha), Frank Zappa, Peter Ochiogrosso "Frank Zappa autobiography", Naruyoshi Kikuchi + Yoshio Otani "School that taught melancholy and sensuality", Mike Burns "Captain Beefheart" (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), Yoshihide Otomo "MUSICS" (Iwanami Shoten), "STUDIO VOICE" December 2001 issue "Special feature = Yoko Ono", August 2007 issue " Special Feature: Thinking about Politics!” (Infas), Toshiharu Osato “For Minor Music”, “Intersection Collection” (3 volumes) former company)
