Alongside Frank Zappa, Scott Thunes became a vital part of the genius innovator’s greatest work but has always kept the value ...

Channelling punk, jazz and classical influences, Scott Thunes is an enigma of modern bass-playing history and blazed a unique ...

At the age of 12 Frank, who had relocated to California with his family, became interested in drums, learning orchestral ... and composers of his generation. Zappa was a rare individual who was ...

He could read anything Frank Zappa threw at him and I never ... “This photo is from November, 1977, playing Frank’s huge orchestral bass drum,” Mann wrote. “One night I broke his mallet ...

Cheaper Than Cheep’ was initially filmed in 1974 at the band’s rehearsal space, but technical difficulties kept it unseen for ...

Ed Mann, Frank Zappa’s longtime percussionist ... Mann was born on January 14, 1954. He began playing the drums and piano when he was 11 and soon began performing with local bands.