Weirdest Musicians The 1970 to 1979 was a great run of years for rock music. Indeed, some of the most beloved and durable ...

In 1968 John Mayall spent three weeks in L.A.’s Laurel Canyon. He stayed with Frank Zappa, and their neighbors included ...

From Lou Reed and Bob Dylan to The Beatles and Brian Wilson, we're looking at the worst songs by otherwise great artists.

Across the punk underground to jazz academia, we take a look at five artists who adopted alien alter-egos as part of their ...

There's a reason certain guitar riffs stop you cold the moment they hit. They don't just open songs - they carry whole worlds inside them. A real riff is a story compressed into a few seconds of sound ...

I spent years listening to music on my AirPods...until hearing loss forced me to seek alternative options.

For more than three decades, the band moe. has managed a unique balancing act. In the studio, the band members are meticulous ...

It was an honor to have known and collaborated with visual/graphic artist and musician Dennis Loren. Dennis supplied poster art for several of my books. He also contributed reflections and essays on ...

The Frank Zappa compilation set "ZAPPAtite – Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks" is finally coming to the vinyl format.

Originally released back in 2016, a career spanning compilation titled ‘ZAPPAtite – Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks’ is coming ...

Ike Willis, the singer who spent nearly a decade in Frank Zappa’s band, died of unspecified causes on Sunday at the age of 70. The news was reported on social media by multiple ...

Ike Willis, the longtime vocalist and guitarist best known for his work with Frank Zappa on albums like “Joe’s Garage,” has ...