In terms of output, you can liken them to Frank Zappa, Peter Hammill, Sun Ra or even Bob Dylan ... The high-wire set, which included a reworking of Industrial Estate from Live At The Witch Trials, was ...

Frank Zappa wasn’t just a musical icon—he had a taste for the finer things in life, including his choice of cars. His 1974 ...

Credit: Screengrab from Gibson TV Having Frank Zappa as your dad has its benefits. At 12 years old, Dweezil Zappa found that out when his guitar hero, Eddie Van Halen, showed up unannounced at the ...

I knew where Frank lived and I drove up to Laurel Canyon in a rented Camarro and did a rubber burnout outside his house. He of course heard it, and came out and said: “You can cut out that shit ...

As well as being a pioneering and self-taught composer, incredible guitarist, genius editor, marketing innovator, and keen filmmaker, Frank Zappa had an instinctive understanding of the importance ...

While there are many things that point to Frank Zappa as being one of the greatest contrarians in the history of music, you can make the argument that he simply just didn’t have time for doling out ...

by Frank Zappa and Zappa's then-manager Herb Cohen, who added Penrod to his client list. The harpsichord-heavy LP was produced by former Lovin' Spoonful guitarist Jerry Yester, who'd produced ...

They were both pioneers, but Frank Zappa and Jimi Hendrix occupied different realms of rock. The former was among the first to fuse the avant-garde with popular music, creating a technically complex ...

Twenty years in Texas hadn’t changed him that much. He was back at that bar in Austin, ranting about Frank Zappa and those West Coast hippies as Bill Bentley slipped into the seat beside him.

Frank Zappa According to "SNL" lore, Zappa's hosting performance on October 21, 1978, led to him getting barred from Studio 8H forever. Zappa had already been the musical guest prior to his season ...

Willie Nelson and Frank Zappa as well as more contemporary multi-hyphenates like Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Donald Glover, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and ...

getting stoned and listening to Frank Zappa. Then there’s Jenny, at home in her Maine kitchen, tossing a handcrafted pie into the pizza oven; or Jenny in Philadelphia, attending her 40th high ...