Wednesday, 7 March 2018

FRANK ZAPPA IN THE NEWS


Frank Zappa 50 years ago today, on March 4th, 1968, Frank Zappa debuted We're Only In It For The Money, his fourth-ever album release and the third official LP with his band, the Mothers of Invention. A concept album like the two Mothers albums that preceded it, We're Only In It For The Money took a ...

Thankfully, Frank Zappa unfooled me with his benchmark album We're Only In It For The Money. Had it not been for Zappa's fourth (and most obviously ironic) record, released 50 years ago this Sunday, I may have regarded groups like Ultimate Spinach, Vanilla Fudge, and the West Coast Pop Art ...

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Frank Zappa is considered to be one of the most influential rock musicians of the late twentieth century. Between the start of his career in the late fifties and his death in 1993 he recorded and rele..


On September 19, 1985, Frank Zappa testified before the United States Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee, attacking the Parents Music Resource Center or PMRC, a music organizati..

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