The late legendary musician Frank Zappa was known as an innovative composer and champion of the strange. This was a man who played a bicycle as an instrument and named one of his sons after his wife's ...

Since the dawn of the new millennium there’s been a glut of music documentaries, with no band too obscure and no subject too niche for examination. First it was forgotten artists, then particular ...

ROYAL OAK – Dweezil Zappa clearly inherited more than just a penchant for playing killer guitar from his father, Frank Zappa. He inherited the elder Zappa’s renowned wit as well. Amid a contentious ...

On June 27th, Frank Zappa‘s avant-garde double album Freak Out! turns 50. His son, Dweezil, is celebrating the rich debut album by Zappa and the Mothers of Invention by touring pivotal tracks from the ...

On the liner notes to Freak Out!, the 1967 debut album by Zappa's original band the Mothers of Invention, Zappa listed some seventy-two names on the liner notes and cited them as influences. The Freak ...

Freak Out! is the debut studio album by American rock band the Mothers of Invention, released on June 27, 1966, by Verve Records.Wikipedia 1Hungry Freaks, DaddyFrank Zappa, The Mothers of ...

BALTIMORE -- And every car mechanic around Fells Point is changing his shop's name to Joe's Garage right about ... now. That's because Baltimore's public art commission hopes to erect a bust of ...

For a decade, musician Dweezil Zappa toured steadily under the banner of Zappa Plays Zappa, the son playing the songs of his father so that the creatively eclectic music of the late Frank Zappa might ...

‘Frank Zappa Coloring Book’ to Be Released in November This fall, it’s time to 'Freak Out!' — and color in — with the upcoming release of 'The Frank Zappa Coloring Book,' a brand-new collection of ...

Frank Zappa fans have a lot of goodies coming their way this holiday season, kicking off with today’s ‘Franksgiving’ release of director Alex Winter’s documentary “Zappa,” accompanied by a pre-order ...

ROYAL OAK – Dweezil Zappa clearly inherited more than just a penchant for playing killer guitar from his father, Frank Zappa. He inherited the elder Zappa’s renowned wit as well. Amid a contentious ...