From his debut in June 1966 with the Mothers of Invention 's double Freak Out! album to his death in December 1993 at the age ...

A look into Frank Zappa as a bandleader, based around interviews with two musicians, one who made the cut after auditioning ...

Sometimes, our parents withhold cool music from us when we're young; here are some of the popular artists I wasn't allowed to listen to.

The music industry isn't the best place to make friends, but John Lennon and Frank Zappa were far from the best fit when they ...

Unfortunately for Frank Zappa, one particularly jilted boyfriend decided to get violent at one of his London shows on December 10, 1971. The Mothers Of Invention were performing at the Rainbow ...

A curious sight on a pasture in the UK: a deer mingled with a herd of cows - but the forest dweller's camouflage wasn't the ...

The podium in the -70 kg category. Australia's Aoife COUGHLAN took gold.

Other albums of note out this week: • Circuit des Yeux’s Halo On The Inside • Courting’s Lust For Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story ...

When a trusted critic describes an album as “like the Replacements doing Yo La Tengo,” that’s an instant click from me. Such was the case today when Stereogum contributor Nina Corcoran ...

The criteria set up for this list was pretty simple: The artist or the core members of the band didn’t have to play their own instruments, but they did have to play fictional characters, as opposed to ...

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