The people around them
Who works with them most. Tap a person to see everything they made.
Who makes their records
People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.
Produced by
13 songs
Engineered by
12 songs
Engineered by
12 songs
Engineered by
12 songs
Mixed by
3 songs
Mixed by
2 songs
Mixed by
2 songs
Mixed by
1 song
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Tom Wilson produced 9 of The Mothers of Invention’s top 10 songs
Tom Wilson is The Mothers of Invention’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 13 songs
Credited songs by The Mothers of Invention span 59 years, 1966 to 2025 (44 songs)
Top songs
From Freak Out!
- 1
- 2
- 3
From Freak Out!
- 4
- 5
- 6
1966
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
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Where the songs were made
- KCET Studios2 songs
- Royal Festival Hall1 song
- TTG Studios1 song
Releases
Album
Album
Album
Album
Album
Album
Members
- Alan EstesAE
- Tom FowlerTF
- Billy MundiBM
- Earle DumlerED
- Ian UnderwoodIU
- Ray CollinsRC
- Jim “Motorhead” SherwoodJM
- Elliot IngberEI
- Mark VolmanMV
- Jimmy Carl BlackJC
- Howard KaylanHK
- Ruth UnderwoodRU
- Roy EstradaRE
- Jeff SimmonsJS
- Bruce Fowler
- Frank Zappa
- Bunk GardnerBG
- Lowell GeorgeLG
- Art TrippAT
- Don PrestonDP
- George Duke
- Jean‐Luc Ponty
- Ralph HumphreyRH
- Don “Sugarcane” Harris
Elsewhere
Sources (9)
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1MusicBrainz The Mothers of Invention is from Los Angeles
The Mothers of Invention is from Los Angeles
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2Wikidata The genre of The Mothers of Invention is blues rock
3Wikidata The genre of The Mothers of Invention is experimental rock
The genre of The Mothers of Invention is experimental rock
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4Wikidata The genre of The Mothers of Invention is hard rock
5Wikidata The genre of The Mothers of Invention is jazz fusion
6Wikidata The genre of The Mothers of Invention is musique concrète
The genre of The Mothers of Invention is musique concrète
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7Wikidata The genre of The Mothers of Invention is progressive rock
The genre of The Mothers of Invention is progressive rock
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8Wikidata The genre of The Mothers of Invention is proto-punk
9Wikidata The genre of The Mothers of Invention is psychedelic rock
The genre of The Mothers of Invention is psychedelic rock
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