Latest about Frank Zappa
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
When audience members attack: Six times a rock star was injured by someone in the crowd
Musicians should always feel safe onstage: sometimes, they're clearly not - and people need to stop throwing stuff
“All things come to an end”: Chester Thompson’s career in and out of Genesis
American drummer recalls his life and times with Frank Zappa, Weather Report, Phil Collins, Unitopia and even the Bee Gees
Obsessive attention to detail has always been Eddie Jobson’s superpower
From a backstage performance for Curved Air to being dragged onstage by Frank Zappa and out-complicating King Crimson, the UK violinist has managed to ignore distractions from making music
“The fact that he managed to mix the political with the comical and the absurd, without comprising his output, is a big influence”: Frank Zappa is Serj Tankian’s prog hero
System Of A Down vocalist hails the Mothers Of Invention leader for more than just his ambitious approach to making music
“The band thought I was dead. My neck was bent like it was broken”: the time Frank Zappa was severely injured after being pushed offstage by a fan
Frank Zappa survived being assaulted onstage by a fan in London in 1971 – but he was left with lifelong pain
"Every time we finished a rehearsal, I felt that my brain was sweating": former Genesis/Weather Report drummer Chester Thompson on why playing with Frank Zappa was the best education he ever received
Playing with Frank Zappa could be a challenging experience, as legendary drummer Chester Thompson discovered
