
The band's name actually was The Mothers at first, but because the record company was afraid that the outside world would extend this to The Motherfuckers, Zappa changed it to The Mothers of Invention, after the saying Necessity is the mother of invention (emergency makes inventive).
See also: Soft Cell, Little Feat
Active: 1964-1975, USA
Site: http://www.zappa.com/
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