This is a list of the different line-ups of the Mothers, The Mothers Of Invention and other Zappa touring bands.
| guitar and/or vocals | bass | drums, percussion | strings | keyboards, wind instruments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 / 1966 | the mothers # 1 | f.zappa | r.collins | r.estrada | j.c. black | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | the m.o.i. # 2 | f.zappa | r.collins | e.ingber | r.estrada | j.c. black | ||||||||||||||||||
| the m.o.i. # 3-1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| early 1967 | the m.o.i. # 3-2nd | f.zappa | r.collins | r.estrada | j.c. black | billy mundi | d.preston | bunk | motorhead | |||||||||||||||
| 1967/09 -> 1968 | the m.o.i. # 3-3rd | f.zappa | r.collins | r.estrada | j.c. black | billy mundi | i.underwood | d.preston | bunk | motorhead | ||||||||||||||
| 1968/01 -> 1968/10 | the m.o.i. # 3-4th | f.zappa | r.estrada | j.c. black | art tripp | i.underwood | d.preston | bunk | motorhead | |||||||||||||||
| 1968/11 -> 1969/05 | the m.o.i. # 3-5th | f.zappa | l.george | r.estrada | j.c. black | art tripp | i.underwood | d.preston | bunk | buzz | motorhead | |||||||||||||
| 1969/06 -> 1970 | the m.o.i. # 3-6th | f.zappa | r.estrada | j.c. black | art tripp | i.underwood | d.preston | bunk | buzz | motorhead | ||||||||||||||
| 1970/02 | hot rats | f.zappa | m.bennett | ed greene | i.underwood | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1970/03 | hot rats | f.zappa | m.bennett | a.dunbar | i.underwood | sugarcane | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1970/05 | the m.o.i. # 4 | f.zappa | r.collins | j.simmons | b.mundi | a.dunbar | i.underwood | d.preston | g.duke | motorhead | ||||||||||||||
| 1970/06 -> 1970/12 | the m.o.i. # 5 | f.zappa | flo & eddie | j.simmons | a.dunbar | i.underwood | g.duke | |||||||||||||||||
| 1971/05 -> 1971/08 | the m.o.i. # 6-1st | f.zappa | flo & eddie | j.pons | a.dunbar | i.underwood | d.preston | b.harris(#1) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971/10 > 1971/12 | the m.o.i. # 6-2nd | f.zappa | flo & eddie | j.pons | a.dunbar | i.underwood | d.preston | |||||||||||||||||
| 1972/09 | the grand wazoo orch. | f.zappa | t.duran | d.parlato | j.gordon | r.underwood | t.raney | j.kessler | i.underwood | s.marquez | b.fowler | e.dumler | m.mcnabb | t.malone | g.ferris | j.mcnabb | k.shroyer | m.altschul | j.migliori | r.reed | c.owens | |||
| 1972/10 -> 1972/12 | the petit wazoo orchstra | f.zappa | t.duran | d.parlato | j.gordon | b.fowler | e.dumler | m.mcnabb | t.malone | g.ferris | g.barone | |||||||||||||
| the m.o.i. # 7-1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973/02 -> 1973/07 | the m.o.i. # 7-2nd | f.zappa | t.fowler | r.humphrey | r.underwood | j.-l.ponty | i.underwood | s.marquez | g.duke | |||||||||||||||
| 1973/08 -> 1973/09 | the m.o.i. # 7-3nd | f.zappa | t.fowler | r.humphrey | r.underwood | j.-l.ponty | i.underwood | g.duke | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973/10 -> 1973/12 | the m.o.i. # 8 | f.zappa | t.fowler | r.humphrey | r.underwood | c.thompson | n.m.brock | b.fowler | g.duke | |||||||||||||||
| 1974/02 -> 1974/03 | the m.o.i. # 9-1st | f.zappa | j.simmons | t.fowler | r.humphrey | r.underwood | n.m.brock | b.fowler | g.duke | |||||||||||||||
| 1974/04 -> 1974/05 | the m.o.i. # 9-2nd | f.zappa | j.simmons | t.fowler | r.humphrey | n.m.brock | d.preston | b.fowler | g.duke | w.fowler | ||||||||||||||
| 1974/07 -> 1974/11 | the m.o.i. # 10-1st | f.zappa | t.fowler | c.thompson | r.underwood | n.m.brock | g.duke | |||||||||||||||||
| 1974/11 | the m.o.i. # 10-2nd | f.zappa | r.rogers | c.thompson | r.underwood | n.m.brock | g.duke | |||||||||||||||||
| 1974/11/19 -> 1974/11/23 | the m.o.i. # 10-3rd | f.zappa | m.urso | c.thompson | r.underwood | n.m.brock | g.duke | |||||||||||||||||
| 1974/11/24 -> 1974/12/01 | the m.o.i. # 10-4th | f.zappa | j.youmans | c.thompson | r.underwood | n.m.brock | g.duke | |||||||||||||||||
| 1975/04 -> 1975/05 | the m.o.i. # 11 | f.zappa | beefheart | d.walley | t.fowler | t.bozzio | n.m.brock | b.fowler | g.duke | |||||||||||||||
| the m.o.i. # 12-1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975/09 -> 1975/11 | the m.o.i. # 12-2nd | f.zappa | r.estrada | t.bozzio | n.m.brock | a.lewis | n.j.bell | |||||||||||||||||
| 1975/11 -> 1976/03 | the m.o.i. # 12-3rd | f.zappa | r.estrada | t.bozzio | n.m.brock | a.lewis | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1976/10 -> 1976/11 | zappa # 1-1st | f.zappa | r.white | p.o'hearn | t.bozzio | e.jobson | b.odin | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976/11 | zappa # 1-2nd | f.zappa | r.white | p.o'hearn | t.bozzio | e.jobson | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1976/12 - SNL | zappa # 1-3rd | f.zappa | r.white | d.pardo | p.o'hearn | b.cranshaw | t.bozzio | r.underwood | e.jobson | d.samuels | r.brecker | m.brecker | l.marini | t.malone | r.cuber | ch.hardwick | ||||||||
| 1977/01 -> 1977/02 | zappa # 1-2nd | f.zappa | r.white | p.o'hearn | t.bozzio | e.jobson | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1977/09 -> 1978/02 | zappa # 2 | f.zappa | a.belew | p.o'hearn | t.bozzio | e.mann | t.mars | p.wolf | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978/08 -> 1978/10 | zappa # 3-1st | f.zappa | i.willis | a.barrow | v.colaiuta | e.mann | t.mars | p.wolf | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978/10 | zappa # 3-2nd | f.zappa | p.o'hearn | a.barrow | v.colaiuta | e.mann | l.shankar | t.mars | p.wolf | |||||||||||||||
| 1979/02 -> 1979/04 | zappa # 3-3rd | f.zappa | w.cuccurullo | i.willis | d.walley | a.barrow | v.colaiuta | e.mann | t.mars | p.wolf | ||||||||||||||
| 1980/01 | zappa # 4-1st | f.zappa | r.white | i.willis | a.barrow | s.lott | t.mars | |||||||||||||||||
| 1980/01 -> 1980/07 | zappa # 4-2nd | f.zappa | r.white | i.willis | a.barrow | d.logeman | t.mars | |||||||||||||||||
| zappa # 5-1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980/09 -> 1980/12 | zappa # 5-2nd | f.zappa | r.white | i.willis | s.vai | a.barrow | v.colaiuta | t.mars | b.harris(#2) | |||||||||||||||
| 1981/08 -> 1982/07 | zappa # 6 | f.zappa | r.white | s.vai | s.thunes | c.wackerman | e.mann | t.mars | r.martin | |||||||||||||||
| 1984/07 -> 1984/08 | zappa # 7-1st | f.zappa | r.white | i.willis | s.thunes | c.wackerman | n.m.brock | r.martin | a.zavod | |||||||||||||||
| 1984/08 -> 1984/12 | zappa # 7-2nd | f.zappa | r.white | i.willis | s.thunes | c.wackerman | r.martin | a.zavod | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987/12 | zappa # 8-1st | f.zappa | flo & eddie | i.willis | s.thunes | c.wackerman | e.mann | t.mars | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988/02 -> 1988/06 | zappa # 8-2nd | f.zappa | i.willis | m.keneally | s.thunes | c.wackerman | e.mann | r.martin | b.fowler | a.wing | w.fowler | p.carman | k.mcgettrick | |||||||||||
"the mothers of invention" (1964 / 1966)
f.zappa, r.collins, r.estrada, j.c.
black,
but also h.vestine, a.stuart,
...
"the mothers of invention"
(1966)
f.zappa, r.collins,
e.ingber, r.estrada, j.c.
black
"the mothers of invention" (early 1967)
f.zappa, r.collins, r.estrada, j.c.
black, b.mundi, d.preston, bunk
gardner, j.sherwood
"the mothers of invention" (1967/09 ->
1968)
f.zappa, r.collins,
r.estrada,
j.c.
black, b.mundi, i.underwood,
d.preston,
bunk
gardner, j.sherwood
"the mothers of invention" (1968/01 ->
1968/10)
f.zappa, r.estrada,
j.c.
black, a.tripp, i.underwood,
d.preston,
bunk
gardner, j.sherwood
"the mothers of invention" (1968/11 ->
1969/05)
f.zappa, l.george, r.estrada, j.c.
black, a.tripp, i.underwood,
d.preston,
bunk
gardner,
buzz gardner,
j.sherwood
"the mothers of invention" (1969/06 ->
1970)
f.zappa, r.estrada, j.c.
black, a.tripp, i.underwood,
d.preston,
bunk
gardner,
buzz gardner,
j.sherwood
"hot
rats" (1970/02)
f.zappa, m.bennett, ed
greene, i.underwood
"hot
rats" (1970/03)
f.zappa, m.bennett, a.dunbar, i.underwood,
sugarcane
harris
"the mothers of invention" - the spring 1970
band (1970/05)
f.zappa, r.collins,
j.simmons, b.mundi,
a.dunbar, i.underwood,
d.preston, g.duke,
j.sherwood
"the
mothers of invention" - the fall 1970 band (1970/06 -> 1970/12)
f.zappa, flo
& eddie (m.volman & h.kaylan),
j.simmons, a.dunbar, i.underwood, g.duke
"the mothers of invention" - the summer 1971
band (1971/05 -> 1971/08)
f.zappa, flo
& eddie (m.volman & h.kaylan), j.pons, a.dunbar, i.underwood,
d.preston,
b.harris(#1)
"the mothers of invention" - the fall 1971
band (1971/10 > 1971/12)
f.zappa, flo
& eddie (m.volman & h.kaylan), j.pons, a.dunbar, i.underwood
"the
grand wazoo orchestra" (1972/09)
f.zappa, t.duran, d.parlato, j.gordon,
r.underwood,
t.raney,
j.kessler
, i.underwood,
s.marquez,
b.fowler,
e.dumler,
m.mcnabb,
t.malone,
g.ferris,
j.mcnabb,
k.shroyer,
m.altschul,
j.migliori,
r.reed,
c.owens
"the petit wazoo orchstra" (1972/10 ->
1972/12)
f.zappa, t.duran, d.parlato, j.gordon, b.fowler,
e.dumler,
m.mcnab,
t.malone,
g.ferris,
g.barone
"the
mothers of invention" - the spring / summer 1973 band (1) (1973/02 ->
1973/07)
f.zappa, t.fowler, r.humphrey,
r.underwood, j.-l.ponty,
i.underwood,
s.marquez, g.duke
"the
mothers of invention" - the spring / summer 1973 band (2) (1973/08 ->
1973/09)
f.zappa, t.fowler, r.humphrey,
r.underwood, j.-l.ponty,
i.underwood, g.duke
"the mothers of invention" - the fall 1973
band (1973/10 -> 1973/12)
f.zappa, t.fowler, r.humphrey,
r.underwood,
c.thompson, n.m.brock, b.fowler,
g.duke
"the mothers of invention" - the winter 1974
band (1974/02
-> 1974/03)
f.zappa, j.simmons, t.fowler, r.humphrey,
r.underwood, n.m.brock, b.fowler,
g.duke
"the mothers of invention" - the spring 1974
band (1974/04
-> 1974/05)
f.zappa, j.simmons
, t.fowler, r.humphrey, n.m.brock,
d.preston,
b.fowler,
g.duke,
w.fowler
"the mothers of invention" - the summer/fall
1974 band (1) (1974/07 -> 1974/11)
f.zappa, t.fowler, c.thompson,
r.underwood, n.m.brock, g.duke
"the mothers of invention" - the summer/fall
1974 band (2) (1974/11)
f.zappa, r.rogers, c.thompson, r.underwood, n.m.brock, g.duke
"the mothers of invention" - the summer/fall
1974 band (3) (1974/11/19 -> 1974/11/23)
f.zappa, m.urso, c.thompson, r.underwood, n.m.brock, g.duke
"the mothers of invention" - the summer/fall
1974 band (4) (1974/11/24 -> 1974/12/01)
f.zappa, j.youmans, c.thompson, r.underwood, n.m.brock, g.duke
"the mothers of invention" - the summer/fall
1974 band (1) (1974/12)
f.zappa, t.fowler, c.thompson,
r.underwood, n.m.brock, g.duke
"the mothers of invention" - the spring 1975
band
(1975/04 -> 1975/05)
f.zappa, captain
beefheart, d.walley,
t.fowler, t.bozzio, n.m.brock, b.fowler,
g.duke
"the mothers of invention" - the fall 1975 /
winter 1976 band (1) (1975/09 -> 1975/10)
f.zappa, r.estrada, t.bozzio, n.m.brock,
a.lewis
"the mothers of invention" - the fall 1975 /
winter 1976 band (2) (1975/11 -> 1975/12)
f.zappa, r.estrada, t.bozzio, n.m.brock,
a.lewis,
n.j.bell
"the mothers of invention" - the fall 1975 /
winter 1976 band (1) (1976/01 -> 1976/03)
f.zappa, r.estrada, t.bozzio, n.m.brock,
a.lewis
"zappa"
- the winter 1976 band (1) (1976/10 -> 1976/11)
f.zappa, r.white, p.o'hearn, t.bozzio, e.jobson,
b.odin
"zappa"
- the winter 1976 band (2) (1976/11)
f.zappa, r.white, p.o'hearn, t.bozzio, e.jobson
"zappa" on 'Saturday Night Live'
f.zappa, r.white,
d.pardo, p.o'hearn,
b.cranshaw, t.bozzio,
r.underwood, e.jobson,
d.samuels,
r.brecker,
m.brecker,
l.marini,
t.malone,
r.cuber
"zappa"
- the winter 1976 band (3) (1976/12)
f.zappa, r.white,
d.pardo, p.o'hearn,
t.bozzio,
r.underwood, e.jobson,
d.samuels,
r.brecker,
m.brecker,
l.marini,
t.malone,
r.cuber
"zappa"
- the winter 1976 band (2) (1977/01 -> 1977/02)
f.zappa, r.white, p.o'hearn, t.bozzio, e.jobson
"zappa" - the fall 1977 / winter 1978 band
(1977/09 -> 1978/02)
f.zappa, a.belew, p.o'hearn, t.bozzio,
e.mann, t.mars,
p.wolf
"zappa"
- the fall 1978 band (1) (1978/08 -> 1978/10)
f.zappa, i.willis, a.barrow,
v.colaiuta,
e.mann, t.mars,
p.wolf
"zappa"
- the fall 1978 band (2) (1978/10)
f.zappa, p.o'hearn,
a.barrow,
v.colaiuta,
e.mann, l.shankar,
t.mars,
p.wolf
"zappa"
- the 1979 band (1979/02 -> 1979/04)
f.zappa, w.cuccurullo,
i.willis,
d.walley,
a.barrow,
v.colaiuta,
e.mann, t.mars,
p.wolf
"zappa" - the spring/summer 1980 band (1)
(1980/01)
f.zappa, r.white,
i.willis, a.barrow,
s.lott, t.mars
"zappa" - the spring/summer 1980 band (2)
(1980/01 -> 1980/07)
f.zappa, r.white,
i.willis, a.barrow,
d.logeman,
t.mars
"zappa"
- the fall 1980 band - (1980/09 -> 1980/12)
f.zappa, r.white,
i.willis,
s.vai, a.barrow,
v.colaiuta, t.mars,
b.harris(#2)
"zappa" - the 1981 band (1981/08 ->
1981/12)
f.zappa, r.white, s.vai, s.thunes, c.wackerman, e.mann, t.mars, r.martin
"zappa" - the 1982 band (1982/05 ->1982/07)
f.zappa, r.white, s.vai, s.thunes, c.wackerman, e.mann, t.mars, r.martin
"zappa"
- the 1984 band (1) (1984/07 -> 1984/08)
f.zappa, r.white,
i.willis, s.thunes,
c.wackerman, n.m.brock,
r.martin,
a.zavod
"zappa"
- the 1984 band (2) (1984/08 -> 1984/12)
f.zappa, r.white,
i.willis, s.thunes,
c.wackerman, r.martin,
a.zavod
"zappa" - the 1987 band (1987/12)
f.zappa, flo
& eddie (m.volman & h.kaylan),
i.willis, s.thunes,
c.wackerman,
e.mann, t.mars
"zappa" - the 1988 band (1988/02 -> 1988/06)
f.zappa, i.willis, m.keneally, s.thunes, c.wackerman, e.mann, r.martin, b.fowler, a.wing,
w.fowler, p.carman, k.mcgettrick