Mothers of Invention

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Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and The Mothers group portrait

Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and The Mothers' Bongo Fury, revisited and expanded

By David Stubbs published

A six-disc, 57-track edition of the legendary 1975 collaboration, featuring live recordings and outtakes

Music
Frank Zappa sitting on a chair and leaning forward

“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

By Mick Wall published

Musical genius, rock’n’roll outsider, sexual obsessive, the ‘original shock rocker’ – this is the epic story of how Frank Zappa became Frank Zappa

Interviews
Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa 1970 Mothers box set to be released

By Jerry Ewing published

More than four hours of previously unreleased Zappa performances on four disc set

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