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“Frank Zappa was passionate about making his music sound as good as possible,” Ume President & CEO Bruce Resnikoff said in advance of news that is sure to please the late guitarist’s legions of fans.

One of Frank Zappa’s many musical talents, aside from his humor and lyrical savvy, was crafting punishingly technical tunes. Songs like “The Black Page #1” skip keys like rope and have the rhythmic ...

The iconoclastic composer and guitarist was an odd choice for Lennon. Zappa's music was avant garde and frequently irreverent ...

Frank Zappa was the sardonic anti-hero of LA’s music scene in the 1960s. He was a relentless workaholic when rock stars were laid back. He didn’t drink alcohol or use drugs, unlike most of his ...

Frank Zappa's 1975 album One Size Fits All will celebrate its 50th anniversary later this year with a new box set featuring nearly 60 tracks. The four-CD and Blu-ray collection will be available on ...

Frank Zappa was always waiting to get zapped. With his eccentric, experimental music, the rock iconoclast believed that, for all of his influential innovation, he was seen as a “threat” in the ...

Tom Fowler, the bassist for Frank Zappa, Mothers of Invention and Ray Charles, died on Tuesday, July 2 due to complications from aneurysm he suffered the previous week. He was 73. Engineer and ...