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Composer, guitar virtuoso, activist, iconoclast – and now the latest rock artist whose entire catalog belongs to a corporation. Frank Zappa’s estate – including his recordings, songs, film archive and ...

“I don’t think the urge to be timeless permeates the pop tune marketplace,” said Zappa. “The urge to be rich permeates the pop tune marketplace. The first major interview I ever did was with Frank ...

When it comes to musical iconoclasts, the late Frank Zappa left behind quite the creative legacy despite only living to the age of 52 before succumbing to prostate cancer in 1993. Three-plus decades ...

Dweezil Zappa stressed again and again how thoroughly his band had done their homework. At several points during Monday’s two and a half hour show, he explained how the seven-member ensemble had ...

Is there a more intimidating discography for a neophyte to ponder than that of Frank Zappa? With about 110 albums to Zappa’s name, there are an ungodly number of entry points into his music. And no ...

Frank Zappa put a subversive face on tricky jazz-rock fusion, collaborated with the L.A. Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra, and worked with classical figures from Zubin Mehta to Pierre Boulez ...

Dweezil Zappa is headed to Phoenix to launch a tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of two career-defining albums that took his legendary father’s music to a wider mainstream audience than acts as ...

LOS ANGELES – MARCH 1979: Rock and roll guitar player Frank Zappa poses for a portrait wearing an Uncle Sam stars & stripes top hat in March 1979 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs ...

Universal Music Group has announced an agreement with Frank Zappa’s family to acquire the legendary musician’s recordings, publishing catalog, film archive, name and likeness, and the contents of “The ...