Died On This Date (November 5, 1972) Miss Christine Frka / The GTOs, Frank Zappa
Posted by themusicsover.com on November 5, 2009
Miss Christine (Born Christine Frka)
1950 – November 5, 1972
Miss Christine was one of the infamous, GTO’s, a small collection of groupies that provided companionship for many of the world’s most famous rock stars while visiting Los Angeles during the ’60s and’70s. They were so named by Frank Zappa who also bankrolled their short lived music career that consisted of a performance or two and one album, 1969’s Permanent Damage, that was produced by Zappa and Lowell George. It is Frka who appears on the cover of Zappa’s Hot Rats album seen here. Some of Frka’s more famous love interests were Alice Cooper and Todd Rundgren. Miss Christine, 22, died of a drug overdose on November 5, 1972.
