Unheard recordings from Frank Zappa’s short-lived but beloved 1970 lineup of the Mothers feature in the upcoming box set The Mothers 1970, a four-disc set featuring 70 unreleased studio and live ...

Zappa's original plan for the post-Mothers era was to release all the material in a massive, 12-record set. But he nixed the idea after considering the financial logistics. "We did a cost breakdown on ...

The post Frank Zappa’s The Mothers of Invention Getting 50th Anniversary Box Set appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Featuring Aynsley Dunbar (drums), George ...

The post Frank Zappa Rarities Collected on New Compilation Funky Nothingness: Stream appeared first on Consequence. Over three hours worth of newly-unearthed Frank Zappa receives an official release ...

After Hot Rats, the Alpha Mother ditched jazz-rock improv for smut, satire, and showbiz. Newly discovered tapes reveal the missing link. RELEASED STATESIDE in October 1969, Hot Rats was Frank Zappa’s ...

America in 1969 was nearly as weird as it is today. A seemingly endless war in Southeast Asia, the horrific assassinations of political progressives and creepy Richard Nixon’s presidency cast shadows ...

Frank Zappa would have turned 70 this December — and the music world misses him still. Not just the rock music world, but also the classical music world, to which he originally aspired and which was ...

In tandem with the arrival of the long-awaited authorized Frank Zappa documentary, UMe and Zappa Records have released the official soundtrack for Zappa, featuring highlights from the composer’s ...

THE PRANK that put Frank Zappa’s name and mug among the great composers on Bridges Auditorium in Claremont in 1975 was a topic here last year. And the legend continues to grow. Pomona College ...