Latest about Frank Zappa
Adrian Belew on survival, orchestra music and Frank Zappa
Now touring with King Crimson offshoot Beat, the Bowie, Shatner and Hancock collaborator has long been confident that the future is secure on the road – which pleases him because he loves it
The greatest gig I've ever seen: 24 writers pick the most memorable live show of their lives
24 life-changing live shows from 60 years of gigs
Du Blonde: Eight songs that changed my life
From Joni Mitchell to David Bowie via Billy Bragg, Led Zeppelin and Frank Zappa, here are eight songs that made Du Blonde the bold and brilliant artist that she is
The 26 best rock reissues of 2024
Some albums are just so good that they come at us again, loaded with extra tracks and other goodies to give the original an extra bang for your buy-it-again buck
Frank Zappa’s talent for using popular music to sell unpopular music, by people who helped
Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew, Mike Keneally and Don Preston discuss dealing with the filthy freak’s genius up close – and what you’re missing if you haven’t investigated his catalogue
Frank Zappa’s final print interview, including the 12 words he signed off with
In 1993 a future Prog writer landed a magazine interview with his hero – neither of them knowing it would his last
Why I love The Mothers Of Invention's Freak Out!, by Steve Vai
Steve Vai recalls how buying this “abstract and experimental” double album inspired him to actually join Frank Zappa’s band
“Extensive improvisations just don’t work”: Frank Zappa’s Live At The Whisky A Go Go, 1968
Seems like there’s a reason this live recording remained unreleased in his lifetime
