Frank Zappa’s son Dweezil Zappa has again been forced to change the name of his upcoming band and tour after receiving a cease and desist letter from the Zappa Family Trust, which owns and administers ...

Legendary musician Frank Zappa kept an archive for years and years. This archive, known as The Vault, contains troves of music, interviews, concert recordings, and even 8mm and 35mm film footage. Few ...

(Dweezil Zappa and his late father, Frank Zappa. Photos: Getty Images) The late outsider virtuoso musician Frank Zappa released three instrumental volumes titled Shut Up ‘n Play Yer Guitar. And for 24 ...

In the early ’70s, Frank Zappa turned his Los Angeles rehearsal space into a once-in-a-lifetime concert venue, busting out live renditions of his beloved, whimsical compositions that would never be ...

Dweezil Zappa had no idea he’d grow up to be a guitarist and band leader. But his famous father, the late Frank Zappa, certainly did. “It seemed predestined to my dad, because he wrote ‘musician’ on ...

America in 1969 was nearly as weird as it is today. A seemingly endless war in Southeast Asia, the horrific assassinations of political progressives and creepy Richard Nixon’s presidency cast shadows ...

Frank Vincent Zappa was born on 21 December 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. His parents were second-generation Sicilian Greeks, the family had arabian and french origins too. His father played ...

Musician and composer Frank Zappa was a lot of things: biting satirist, ferocious critic of societal norms, outspoken defender of free speech. He saw himself as not only an entertainer, but also a ...