The GrandMothers of Invention are the only Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention alumni who have been consistently performing the music of the maestro since 2003. From the classic “Freak Out”, “Absolutely Free”, “We’re Only In It For The Money”, “Uncle Meat”, and “Burnt Weeny Sandwich” – to – “Weasels Ripped My Flesh”, “Apostrophe”, “The Grand Wazoo”, “Overnite Sensation”, “Roxy & Elsewhere”, “Bongo Fury”, and “One Size Fits All” – they have performed on a very long list of classic Frank Zappa & the Mother’s of Invention’s albums, movies and other projects.The GrandMothers of Invention are currently: Napoleon Murphy Brock on vocals, tenor saxophone, flute, suavenicity, and dancing – Tom Fowler on bass, hats, and musical M.D. – Don Preston on keyboard synthesizers, electronics, IPOD, magic tricks, and vocals. Also featuring the incredible Miroslav Tadic on electric guitar, and the masterful Christopher Garcia on drums, percussion, marimba, and vocals.The GrandMothers were formed in August of 2002, when four legendary former members of Frank Zappa’s “The Mothers of Invention”, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Roy Estrada, Bunk Gardner, and Don Preston were invited to perform the music of Frank Zappa in Leipzig, Germany. It would be the first time that these esteemed “Mothers of Invention” alumni would be getting together to rehearse and perform classic Frank Zappa material.

Finally, on March 27th 2003, after 6 months of intensive rehearsals, The GrandMothers of Invention took the stage to a standing room only audience in Leipzig, Germany. This event was recorded, filmed, and released by Warner Classics in Europe, and has been broadcast and re-broadcast repeatedly on European television. Due to the overwhelming demand since then, they have performed more than 140 concert events across America, Canada and Europe, including performances in: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland.