Credited solely to Frank Zappa, Hot Rats closes out his 60s period and is notable for being recorded on revolutionary 16-track equipment built at TTG Studios in Hollywood – a facility much ...

When musical enigma Frank Zappa first appeared on the scene in the early 1960s, few people knew what to make of him. His experimental take on rock and roll that fused the avant-garde and R&B ...

Since avant-garde composer and founder of the uncategorizable ’60s/’70s group Mothers of Invention Frank Zappa died in 1993, it falls to others to keep his music in front of audiences. The ...

It’s often debated whether Frank Zappa was pretentious, a contrarian, or simply just an eccentric who thought differently from all of his peers. His zany sense of humour that always shone through in ...

Their zine was a parody of a home decor magazine, constructed with all the prankster creativity and aggro wit you’d expect ...

With his Guy Fawkes facial hair, Frank Zappa focused all his tyranny against convention. The term genre-defying is perhaps overused, in part because some people get so pernickety about categorisation ...