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Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa performing in Copenhagen - 1967

The 1966 song Frank Zappa called “so bad it was magnificent”

The eternal iconoclast.

Tom Taylor
Apr 28, 2026
Frank Zappa - 1965

The cover Frank Zappa played to insult a band he despised: “He knew audiences would be flabbergasted”

A deliberate insult?

Jack Whatley
Apr 25, 2026
Frank Zappa - Musician

The genre Frank Zappa couldn’t stand: “Not my idea of a good time”

Not his bag.

Reuben Cross
Apr 25, 2026
Frank Zappa - Musician

The musician Frank Zappa said was too crazy even for him: “He’s got some problems”

“Unstable personality.”

Kelly Murphy
Apr 11, 2026
Frank Zappa - Musician

The song Frank Zappa wrote to kill off “country and western music”

The death of a genre.

Reuben Cross
Apr 10, 2026
10 classic albums from 1976 that would never be made today

10 classic albums from 1976 that would never be made today

They can’t be recreated.

Dale Maplethorpe
Apr 10, 2026
Three men walk into a senate hearing The unholy alliance of Frank Zappa, Dee Snider, and John Denver

Three men walk into a senate hearing: The unholy alliance of Frank Zappa, Dee Snider, and John Denver

A memorable if fruitless defense of rock ‘n’ roll impurity.

Andrew Clayman
Apr 8, 2026
Frank Zappa - Maynard James Keenan - Split

“Doesn’t move me”: Maynard James Keenan’s big issue with Frank Zappa

“That’s heady stuff.”

Tom Phelan
Apr 7, 2026
Pamela Des Barres - Author - Rock Historian - Podcaster

Laurel Canyon Ballet Company: The dance troupe that define 1960s Los Angeles

Life of the party.

Lucy Harbron
Apr 1, 2026
Frank Zappa - 1965

“He was rather unkind”: The prog-rock legends that Frank Zappa resented and why they always regretted it

Jealousy from rock’s most eccentric face.

Tim Coffman
Mar 26, 2026
Lou Reed - Musician - The Velvet Underground - 1971

“He’s a loser”: the two American icons Lou Reed hated the most

Savage.

Lucy Harbron
Mar 23, 2026
Tom Waits

“Really hard time”: the failed gigs Tom Waits said he needed to play

Tough.

Reuben Cross
Mar 18, 2026

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