In June of 1974, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention were ready for their television closeups, but technology was unfortunately not on their side. Over 50 years later, Cheaper Than Cheep finally ...

Ike Willis, the longtime guitarist known for playing alongside Frank Zappa, has died. He was 70. The cause of death has not ...

Steve Vai was just 21 when he made his San Diego concert debut in 1981 at the Fox Theater as the “stunt guitarist” in the band of former Grossmont and Mission Bay high schools student Frank Zappa. At ...

“Is that Don? Send him in.” Frank Zappa has been ad-libbing vocal prompts for a new composition, “Born To Suck”, when he spots old friend Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, enter the studio. The ...

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“Alright, this is it! This is the big one! Happy Halloween, everybody!” declares Frank Zappa to a rabid New York audience on Halloween 78, and his is no hollow boast. On Halloween night of 1978, at ...

An epic journey inside Zappa’s mid-70s progressive rock masterpiece. The 50th Anniversary 4CD + 1Blu-ray edition of Frank Zappa’s 1975 One Size Fits All takes fans deep into the creation of a ...

Frank Zappa is one of the most unique and off-the-wall rock stars to ever grace the mainstream. Zappa’s music and general brand certainly had their own special and identifiable mark. Though those ...

Moon Unit Zappa is an actor, singer and author of a new memoir “Earth to Moon,” which explores her upbringing in Hollywood as the child of iconoclast Frank Zappa. Zappa joins Washington Post national ...

The Super Deluxe Edition box comes complete with a 36-page booklet and unseen photos from the archives of Sam Emerson, in addition to liner notes and new historical essays by noted music journalist ...

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention’s Unaired TV Special Filmed In June 1974 To Be Freed From The Vault After More Than 50 Years As New Concert Film and Soundtrack “Cheaper Than Cheep” On May 9, ...

Guitarist Frank Zappa was best known for his intricate brand of rock music, coupled with a sardonic social commentary. Not as well known is the classical side of his composing. This month, the ...