One night in 1979, 11-year-old Moon Unit Zappa falls asleep to the sound of her parents arguing. They argue plenty, so this isn’t unusual. Her father, Frank, is a musician and composer with a knotty, ...
A pair of unreleased Frank Zappa concerts from 1980 — highlighting shows from a tiny New York club and a packed German arena — will feature on the latest archival release excavated from the Zappa ...
Moon Unit Zappa remembers the moment she became the voice of a generation. It was a school night in 1982 when musician Frank Zappa jostled his 13-year-old daughter awake. Frank needed her in the home ...
In the 1960s, he and his fellow singer Howard Kaylan embodied the feel-good sound of a popular pop-rock band. The two later found new fame as Flo & Eddie. By Michael S. Rosenwald She missed a shot at ...
Some have called the 1971 European tour of Frank Zappa and his band, the Mothers, cursed. Famously, at the December 4, 1971 show a fan fired a flare gun at the Montreux Casino during Zappa's set, ...
Frank Zappa’s final U.S. concert — a March 25th, 1988 gig at New York’s Nassau Coliseum — is the next archival release from the Zappa Trust and UMe. Zappa ’88: The Last U.S. Show, due out June 18th, ...
Despite his relatively short life, Frank Zappa had quite the run as a musician. In his lifetime, he shared 62 albums. His estate has since shared 64 albums posthumously, making a grand total of 126 ...
The Dweezil Zappa 2024 Tour will begin on August 1 in Phoenix, Arizona at Celebrity Theatre. Pending additional tour dates, the tour will end on September 11 in Santa Fe, New Mexico at Lensic ...