Latest about Frank Zappa
“He was incapable of saying anything fond about anyone or anything. Affection didn’t exist in his life, only weird sex”: how Frank Zappa survived the 70s
Throughout the 1970s, he hated the hippies, loved jazz as much as rock and played dumb with incredible technical prowess, making his music thrillingly unique
“He may be lauded by some as a genius, but without this team’s heavy lifting, these pieces might fail”: Frank Zappa’s Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Edition
Five-disc, 88-track set proves his music lasts - even if many of his lyrics don’t
“People thought the Beatles were God. That's not correct”: the genius of Frank Zappa, the rock’n’roll icon who had no time for rock’n’roll
Musical genius, rock’n’roll outsider, sexual obsessive, the ‘original shock rocker’ – this is the epic story of how Frank Zappa became Frank Zappa
Ten songs that fought back against the PMRC
In 80s America, the Parents Music Resource Center sought to censor music by imposing a series of draconian rules. Here’s how a group of rock, metal and punk bands fought back
The Frank Zappa albums you should definitely own
From the glorious to the impenetrable, Frank Zappa's best albums needs to be negotiated carefully – but it’s worth it
10 great heavy metal songs that came before Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath may have been the official ground zero for metal, but these heavy-as-lead bangers all predate that classic first album
New Frank Zappa box set Waka/Wazoo to be released in December
Five-disc multi-format set features a complete historical rundown of entire Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo period
A cultural artefact from Yugoslavia's communist past for the Zappa-ophiles
Cunningly constructed from shows in Yugoslavia, Zappa '75: Zagreb / Ljubljana features less than pristine sound and two drum solos
