Auditions from hell: Was Frank Zappa the most meticulous musician in rock?
A look into Frank Zappa as a bandleader, based around interviews with two musicians, one who made the cut after auditioning ...
What was Frank Zappa’s first band?
A look into the early influences of Frank Zappa and how he was freaking people out with avant-garde rock long before the Mothers of Invention were started.
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“I said, ‘I’m going to make my guitar talk!’”: When Steve Vai was in direct competition with Eddie Van Halen
What would be totally ridiculous and would grab everyone’s interest? I said, ‘I’m going to make my guitar talk!’”: When Steve ...
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Was 1975 the best year ever for albums? Our readers weigh in with their choices.
The other songs on the album are surprisingly hummable. Frank Zappa’s “Bongo Fury”: Frank’s guitar solo on “Muffin Man” is the main reason I put this one in my top five. Tom Waits’ ...
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Beandon’s Musical Corner: Top 10 Albums of 2024
Brandon Rupp (also known by his mononymous musical title “beandon,” under which he releases music and DJs as KZSU’s Student ...
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Guitar Player presents the top guitarists of the 1980s you need to know
Credit: Steve Granitz/Getty Images Despite fears that drum machines and synthesizers would eclipse the guitar in pop music ... All were alumni of Frank Zappa bands, and Cuccurullo's obsession ...
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Bear McCreary Shares Rare Tracks From Epic Concept Album, 'The Singularity'
Bear McCreary has shared two previously unreleased B-sides from his epic concept album, The Singularity. “Escape from the Machines (1995 Demo)” – recorded when McCreary was just 15 years old – and ...
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Michael Brecker
Most of Brecker's early work is marked by an approach informed as much by rock guitar as by R&B saxophone ... He also played sax briefly on Frank Zappa's live album Zappa in New York. After a stint co ...