The Mothers of Invention
Type
Group
Location
🇺🇸 United States
Formed
1964
Ended
1975
Members
Alan Estes, Art Tripp, Billy Mundi, Bruce Fowler, Bunk Gardner, Don Preston, Don “Sugarcane” Harris, Earle Dumler, Elliot Ingber, Frank Zappa, George Duke, Howard Kaylan, Ian Underwood, Jean‐Luc Ponty, Jeff Simmons, Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood, Jimmy Carl Black, Lowell George, Mark Volman, Ralph Humphrey, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada, Ruth Underwood, Tom Fowler
Albums10
- One Size Fits AllFrank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention19754.35 ★
- Over‐Nite SensationThe Mothers19734.25 ★
- The Grand WazooThe Mothers19724.50 ★
- 19704.25 ★
- 19704.00 ★
- 19694.00 ★
- Cruising With Ruben & the JetsRuben & The Jets19684.00 ★
- 19683.55 ★
- 19673.85 ★
- 19664.00 ★
Singles13
- Debra KadabraFrank Zappa, Captain Beefheart & The Mothers2026
- Ancient Armaments (live at the Palladium, NYC – 10/31/78)Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention2025
- Something/Anything / Can’t Afford No Shoes (rough mixes)Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention2025
- Can’t Afford No Shoes (rough mix)Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention2025
- Penguin in Bondage / RDNZL (live June 21, 1974)Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention2025
- Road Ladies (demo alternate take)Frank Zappa & The Mothers2021
- I’m the Slime / MontanaThe Mothers1973
- 1971
- 1970
- 1969
- 1967
- 1967
- 1966
Live Albums15
- Whisky a Go Go, 1968Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention2024
- The Mothers 1971Frank Zappa & The Mothers2022
- Roxy the MovieFrank Zappa & The Mothers20155.00 ★
- Roxy by ProxyFrank Zappa/Mothers2014
- Carnegie HallFrank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention20114.00 ★
- Ahead of Their TimeMothers of Invention1993
- Playground PsychoticsFrank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention1992
- Disconnected SynapsesFrank Zappa & The Mothers1992
- 1991
- Piquantique – Stockholm 1973Frank Zappa / Mothers1991
- Bongo FuryFrank Zappa / Captain Beefheart / The Mothers19753.25 ★
- Roxy & ElsewhereZappa / Mothers19745.00 ★
- Just Another Band From L.A.The Mothers19724.50 ★
- Fillmore East, June 1971Frank Zappa / The Mothers19713.50 ★
- Live JamYoko Ono & John Lennon / The Plastic Ono Band with Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Compilations14
- 2016
- Swiss Cheese / Fire!Frank Zappa’s Mothers1992
- Frank Zappa & The Mothers of InventionFrank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention1975
- 1975
- 1973
- 19725.00 ★
- 1972
- Pop HistoryFrank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention / The Velvet Underground featuring Nico1971
- Pop History, Vol. 7Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention1971
- 1971
- 1970
- 19694.50 ★
- Frank Zappa and The Mothers of InventionFrank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention1969
- 1969
Others1
Bootlegs27
- Python Boot (Buffalo '74 WNEW broadcast)Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention2025
- Live… Buffalo, N.Y. 1974Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention2023
- Have a Little Tush, Volume OneFrank Zappa and The Mothers2019
- Live New Years Eve 1973Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention2019
- Live: Fillmore West, San Francisco 6 Nov 1970Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention2018
- Transmission ImpossibleFrank Zappa & The Mothers2018
- Where the Shark Bubbles BlowFrank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention2018
- Live at the “Piknik” Show in Uddel, NL June 18th, 1970Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention2016
- 2014
- 2010
- Little House I Used to Live InFrank Zappa & The Mothers1992
- 1989
- Live USAFrank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention1989
- 1988
1988- 1980
- 1980
- Live at Bayfront Center, St. Petersburg, July 13, 1974Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention1974
- Live at Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, March 2, 1973Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention1973
- The New Maternity (VPRO Radio Piknik 1970)Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention1970
