Spooky! Scary! I am, of course, referring to the compositional skill and dazzling technical chops on display by Frank Zappa ...
The latest — and fourth — installment in the series of Halloween-themed super-deluxe Zappa sets features the full, nearly four-hour October 31, 1978 concert, which Zappa himself called ‘The Big One!’ ...
The original nine tracks expanded to 58 – and while there’s some repetition and flawed live production, the energy is ...
Some rough first impressions led to a life-long feud between two great songwriters who had mutual respect for each other and ...
In June of 1974, Frank Zappa and his rapturous band, the Mothers of Invention, invited a small audience to the their rehearsal hall on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, Calif. Together, they performed for ...
Inside a home recording studio known as the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, where the late Frank Zappa composed and recorded some of his most adventurous works, his youngest son, Ahmet, reflects on ...
Frank Zappa's 1975 album One Size Fits All will celebrate its 50th anniversary later this year with a new box set featuring nearly 60 tracks. The four-CD and Blu-ray collection will be available on ...
In her new memoir, 'Earth to Moon', the actress and author details her stormy relationship with her late parents, from beginning to end Norman Seeff When rock legend Frank Zappa died in 1993 after a ...