Frank Zappa‘s daughter Moon Zappa recently opened up about their home life when her father was alive, talking to Yahoo Entertainment.
Throughout his career of over 30 years, Frank Zappa contributed significantly to the music scene with his innovative approach. He left a lasting impression on the world with his works in many different genres, including rock, jazz, and orchestral. While continuing his successful career, he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, whom he met in Los Angeles, and started a family.
The pair had four children named Moon, Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva. While the musician was keeping his passion for his music, he had to be apart from his wife and the kids as he was on the road constantly touring. For fans wondering if he maintained his distinctive character at home as he did in his music career, the detailed information his daughter, Moon, gave in a recent interview was quite enlightening.
During the conversation, Moon stated that she was not content with the house’s running in her younger years. As she revealed, it was hard for her not to be able to see a father figure at home as Zappa was spending many months touring. She detailed that the late musician was brilliant, qualified, playful, and spontaneous.
Moon highlighted that she had been missing stability at home, and living with a mother who had been away from her husband was challenging. As Moon noted, when Zappa was home, he was sleeping during the day and working at night, and she faced restrictions such as having to be quiet. She explained that her father’s wishes were constantly the priority at their home.
Moon Zappa said the following about their household:
“I was pretty frustrated with the way the house was run. My father was touring all the time, sometimes eight months out of the year, so that’s a long time to go without seeing the steady parental figure in the house. He never raised his voice. He was so funny. He was so smart, so talented, so playful, and very improvisational.
And so, to miss that kind of stability and that grounding was really just not great, and to just be stuck with a mom who was really missing him as well. And then when he was home, he would sleep during the day and work at night, so then there were restrictions on our own expression and having to be quiet in the house. And then the world was always revolving around him.”
Zappa’s daughter was enthusiastic about collaborating with her father after seeing his hard work. She took the public attention when she was 14, appearing in her father’s hit song ‘Valley Girl.’ The track was a part of Zappa’s 1982 album ‘Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch.’
