Potentially the most voraciously creative musician of the entire 20th century, Frank Zappa’s astounding discography is as unique as it is monumental. Zappa was born on 21 December 1940 in Baltimore, ...

Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre or series or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated ...

“In every town there’s one screwball, a bit of an outcast who is ridiculed but also perhaps slightly revered because he may dare to think differently. He may like our music,” proclaimed Frank Zappa in ...

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 ...

Alex Winter does not claim to be a fanatic when it comes to the music of Frank Zappa. So why did the Bill & Ted franchise star-turned-director decide to detail the life and career of the music icon in ...

Is that a real poncho? I mean, is that a Mexican poncho, or is that a Sears poncho? Marc With a C intends to find out as he continues to traverse Frank Zappa‘s monolithic catalog this time from 1971’s ...

If Frank Zappa was still alive, you can bet he'd be the last person who'd want to celebrate the anniversary of Studio Tan, an album he didn't sanction, sequence or even approve cover art for. He was ...

A lot of my friends, including/especially those with musical tastes as refined and open-minded as my own, say they’re baffled by my love for the music of Frank Zappa. However, once a discussion starts ...

Before you completely tune out the endless procession of 40th-anniversary tributes to 1968’s rock ’n’ roll landmarks (hey, it was a big year), reserve a little head space for Lumpy Money, a three-CD ...