Ea hod sei Musi mid seina Band The Mothers of Invention und ois Solokinstla gspuit. Seine grässdn Eafoige hod a in Eiropa ghobt. Anno 2004 hod eam as Rolling Stone magazine ois 71. af da Listn vo de 100 Greatest Artists of All Time und anno 2011 ois 22. af da Listn vo de 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time gfiahd.