Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa’s Surrealistic Doc, Soundtrack ‘200 Motels’ Celebrates 50 Years With Definitive Box Set
A heady, psychedelic stew of low and high brow art forms, the film, written by Zappa and co-directed by him and Tony Palmer, mixed together irreverent comedic skits, madcap satire, eye-popping animation...
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Features8 months agoFusion Meets Doo-Wop For A Tasty Treat In Frank Zappa’s ‘Burnt Weeny Sandwich’
With thrilling live work-outs, playful interludes and doo-wop covers, ‘Burnt Weeny Sandwich’ found Zappa indulging his greatest loves.
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Music Quizzes8 months ago
Frank Zappa In The 60s Quiz
Test your knowledge of Zappa in the 60s with our quiz below!
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Features8 months ago
‘Sleep Dirt’: Wake Up To Frank Zappa’s Fascinating, Complicated 70s Classic
Emerging from an aborted sci-fi movie and a scrapped double-album project, ‘Sleep Dirt’ offers rare treats in his prestigious catalogue.
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Features8 months ago
‘Blues From Laurel Canyon’: From Macclesfield To Hollywood With John Mayall
'Blues From Laurel Canyon' was Mayall's first so-called solo record since retiring the band name the Bluesbreakers.
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Features9 months ago
Best Frank Zappa Songs: 20 Essential Tracks
From biting satire to loving homage, the best Frank Zappa songs prove exactly why he’s one of the few artists who truly deserves the epithet “genius”.
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News9 months ago
Ahmet Zappa Shares The Unsolved Mystery Of His Father Frank Zappa’s UFO
In this special episode, Ahmet divulges “a really, really bizarre story” concerning both his father and his grandfather.
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Features10 months ago
The Roxy Performances: Zappa And The Mothers At Their Most Inventive
A musical and sonic mind blast, the four LA Roxy performances have gone down in history as some of Zappa and The Mothers’ finest ever live shows.
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Features10 months ago
Writing Music To Find Out What It Sounds Like: The Singular Frank Zappa
Non-conformist to the core and a peerless satirist who nevertheless took his musicianship very seriously, Zappa left a huge legacy of recorded music.
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Features10 months ago
15 Memorable Frank Zappa Quotes
Comb through his interviews, writings, and onstage banter, and you’re liable to find a quote for everything under the sun.
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Features10 months ago
Alex Winter On Finding The Real Frank Zappa
The actor/director talks his critically-acclaimed ‘ZAPPA’ film and showing the human side of the prolific artist.
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Features10 months ago
Frank Zappa Facts: 10 Things We Learned From The ‘ZAPPA’ Doc
Six years in the making, the new ‘ZAPPA’ documentary goes behind the music for the first time to reveal who Frank Zappa really was and his remarkable life.
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News10 months ago
‘ZAPPA’ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Set For 2021 Release
The 68-track ‘ZAPPA’ original soundtrack features 12 unreleased tracks from the vault including performances from The Whisky A Go-Go and SNL.
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News10 months ago
How To Watch The New ‘ZAPPA’ Documentary
Alex Winter’s ‘ZAPPA’ Documentary promises to be the first ‘all-access’ feature on the life and work of Frank Zappa. Here's how to watch.
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Music Quizzes10 months ago
How Well Do You Know Frank Zappa?
Test your Zappa knowledge with our quiz below!
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News11 months ago
An Intriguing Trailer Offers A First Look At Frank Zappa Documentary
A variety of new and archival interviews with friends, family members, and collaborators will also help paint a full picture of Frank Zappa’s life.
