In an era when hard rock towered above everything, Frank Zappa had absolutely no time for these legends of progressive music.

"A mix of surreal, supercilious satire and puerile lewdness" ...

Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart & The Mothers Of Invention's Bongo Fury reviewed: Deluxe reissue of the pair's impromptu tour of ’75 ...

John Lennon and Frank Zappa realized their misconceptions about each other were wrong during one fateful meeting in a hotel ...

Frank Zappa once referred to Joe's Garage as a "stupid little story about how the government is going to do away with music." In other words, it was another Frank Zappa album. By the time Zappa ...

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's first solo album is set for an expanded 50th-anniversary reissue. The new six-disc edition of Hot Rats includes unreleased basic tracks, rare and unedited mixes, work mixes and other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Dweezil Zappa and his late father, Frank Zappa. Photos: Getty Images) The late outsider virtuoso musician Frank Zappa released ...

Well-known for his barbed tongue, Frank Zappa aimed his satirical assault on one of America's most beloved music heroes. Read ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Moon Unit Zappa remembers the moment she became the voice of a generation. It was a school night in 1982 when musician Frank Zappa ...

In 1982, avant garde rock genius Frank Zappa scored his only top 40 hit, the Grammy-nominated, Zeitgeist-capturing “Valley Girl.” The satirical send-up of suburban SoCal teen life unexpectedly spawned ...

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 ...