Born on December 21, 1940, Frank Zappa packed a ridiculous amount of ... On “Brown Shoes Don’t Make It,” from the 1967 album Absolutely Free, the song’s bluesy origins give way to a ...

In his memoir, The Real Frank Zappa Book, he stated ... the Zappa catalog is being curated the way it deserves. Absolutely free? Certainly. From creativity to business practices, Zappa ...

Mull, in the late ‘60s, began as a hipster renaissance figure, a singer-songwriter of absurdities who opened for Bruce Springsteen and Frank Zappa ... Murakami in “Absolutely on Music ...

She works for free at a pretentious ... would-be nepo baby Zappa seemed to have it all — a hit song (“Valley Girl”), a career as an MTV VJ, and, with wild musician dad Frank, the coolest ...

When it comes to musical iconoclasts, the late Frank Zappa left behind quite the creative legacy despite only living to the ...

When Frank Zappa wrapped up his disastrous 1982 stadium tour of Europe, he’d be forgiven for never wanting to get back on stage again. His shows were blighted by all kinds of technical issues as well ...

Dweezil Zappa — that very heir — will play San Antonio’s Empire Theatre on Tuesday, Jan. 14, interpreting his father’s music ...

If anything, they’ve added elements of shoegaze on some of the tracks and I just absolutely love the songs ... Butthole Surfers and Frank Zappa and threw it all into a blender.