"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.
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as Member of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: December 21, 1940
Died: December 4, 1993
Age at death: 52
as Member of Mothers of Invention
DeceasedBorn: April 19, 1947
Died: September 5, 2025
Age at death: 78
as Member of Mothers of Invention
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Member of Mothers of Invention
AliveBorn: May 22, 1939
Age: 87
New York City, New York
as Member of Mothers of Invention
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Member of Mothers of Invention
DeceasedBorn: January 12, 1946
Died: August 5, 2013
Age at death: 67
as Rance Muhammitz / Dave
DeceasedBorn: May 2, 1924
Died: July 21, 2015
Age at death: 91
as Hot Nun
DeceasedBorn: August 23, 1946
Died: September 7, 1978
Age at death: 32
as Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa
AliveBorn: July 7, 1940
Age: 86
Liverpool, England, UK
as Groupie #1 (Janet Ferguson)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Groupie #2 (Lucy)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Lonesome Cowboy Burt
DeceasedBorn: February 1, 1938
Died: November 1, 2008
Age at death: 70
as Jeff
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Bif Debris - The Vacuum Cleaner
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Don
AliveBorn: September 21, 1932
Age: 93
Flint, Michigan, USA
as Interviewer (as Pamela Miller)
AliveBorn: September 9, 1948
Age: 77
Reseda, California, USA
as Fake Drummer
AliveBorn: May 23, 1946
Age: 80
Ithaca, New York, United States
as Chorus Leader
DeceasedBorn: May 22, 1946
Died: October 11, 1987
Age at death: 41
as Member of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Motorhead Sherwood (uncredited)
AliveBirth date not on record.