frank zappa

Previously unreleased recordings from proposed 'Hot Rats' follow-up includes unissued LP plus two additional discs of 1970 sessions.

Recorded in 1970, the songs are believed to have been for a follow-up to solo debut 'Hot Rats.'

Jethro Tull leader was too embarrassed to speak to dying artist: "Each time I hung up in panic."

Shows will include new music from the late rocker, as well as former bandmates.

Everything from orchestral notes gracing the music to the mocking cover art turned the Beatles on their heads.

The album was named after one of his favorite snacks in times of hunger emergency.

An unauthorized documentary about Frank Zappa will have its world premiere at Sundance next week.

Gail Zappa, widow of the late Frank Zappa, died this afternoon at the age of 70.

Hold onto your wallets, Frank Zappa fans.

He really wasn't a "rock" musician. That fact is cemented on this first album.

It was already evident that he was a prolific and adventurous force. Then came this format-defying endeavor.

On many levels — creative, personal, and business-related — 1979 would go down as a banner year in his long and storied career.