Frank Zappa was a world-builder as much as he was a musician, and he invented a few strange characters for his songs.

A never-aired Frank Zappa concert, dubbed 'Cheaper Than Cheep,' will be released on May 9 via Zappa Records/UMe in a 'super ...

Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention’s unaired television special ‘Cheaper Than Cheep’ will finally be available later ...

Intimate performance from June 21, 1974 — long-shelved due to now-fixed syncing issues — arrives May 9 as Cheaper Than Cheep ...

A previously unaired Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention television special from 1974 is finally being released after ...

Is Frank Ocean teasing a comeback? A decade removed from his 2015 masterpiece Blonde, the R&B singer seems to be cryptically hinting at an upcoming album. The chatter is mostly focused on the ...

A titan of musical innovation and experimentation, Frank Zappa was a true original ... comes on the opening track of his 1966 album Freak Out!. An odd composition, even for Zappa, ‘Hungry Freaks, ...

Some of the weirdest album covers in history from Pink Floyd, Debbie Harry, Peter Gabriel and Queen. Picture: Press/Alamy Radio X Classic Rock takes a look at some of the strangest, freakiest and ...

The cover artwork for Crosby, Stills and Nash’s 1969 debut ranks among the most recognizable of its era. So why did the band initially want the image reshot? During a recent conversation with ...

Pianist Frank Kimbrough's untimely passing—on December 30, 2020—left a void in the world. Nothing can or ever will fill it, but his work and influence sound eternal, resonating and rippling across ...

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Mick is – he’s a bass player and he’s a big Zappa nut.’ “There I was, all of a sudden, at sound check with George Duke and Chester Thompson; all my heroes. Frank came over and said ...