Articles by Zappa and interviews with Zappa:

1970 | 1980 | 1990

• 1965
  • 1965-12 Look Out Plastic People The Mothers Have Arrived – KFWB/98 Hitline
• 1966
  • 1966-07 If You Get Headache by Loraine Alterman – Detroit Free Press
  • 1966-07 Mothers Invent Sounds Worse Than Music by Bob Levinson – LA Herald-Examiner
  • 1966-12 Zappa Zaps the Big Lie by Liza Williams – Los Angeles Free Press
• 1967
  • 1967-01 Fifty-Four Fab, Boss Questions by Michael Vosse – TeenSet
  • 1967-02 Mutation Blues by Emmett Lake – East Village Other
  • 1967-04 "Mother-Images" Freak Out, Creamcheese, Psychedelics by Chriz Franz – Wellesley News
  • 1967-06 Frank Zappa the Incredible Boss Mother by Don Paulsen – Hit Parader
  • 1967-06 Theatre: Absolutely Freeeee by Diane Fisher – The Village Voice
  • 1967-07 The Boss Mother Meets The Animals by Frank Zappa – Hit Parader
  • 1967-08 My Favorite Reords by Frank Zappa – Hit Parader
  • 1967-08 Meet the Boss Mother sussing out Britain ... by Nick Jones – Melody Maker
  • 1967-09 Lennon was right, says ‘Mother’ Frank Zappa by Hugh Nolan – Disc and Music Echo
  • 1967-09 Frank Zappa: The Mothers of Invention by Frank Kofsky – Jazz & Pop
  • 1967-09 Frank Zappa of the Mothers of Invention – the Hard Guy who doesn't radiate love ... by David Griffiths – Record Mirror
  • 1967-09 Mother Of Two Runs Off With Uncle Meat – Song Hits
  • 1967-10 Frank Zappa On Freedom by Frank Zappa – Hit Parader
  • 1967-10 Speaking Of Mothers, Meet Frank by Valerie Wilmer – Music Maker
  • 1967-12 Head Mother Speaks by Lorraine Alterman – Fifth Estate
  • 1967-12 Frank's Favourite Topic: Creeps Are The Backbone Of This Country by John Bryan – Open City
  • 1967 Mothers Of Invention: Strange People – Great Sound! – Freak Out, U.S.A.
• 1968
  • 1968-01 Zappa and the Mothers: Ugly Can Be Beautiful by Sally Kempton – Village Voice
  • 1968-01 Does This Mother Know Best? by W.H. Manville – Saturday Evening Post
  • 1968-02 Necessity Is ... – Discoscene
  • 1968-03 Head Mother Speaks Out by Anna Maria Stramese – Underground Digest
  • 1968-04 We're Only In It For the Money (review) by Barret Hansen – Rolling Stone
  • 1968-04 Tragedy Comes To Frank Zappa: ‘They Called Us Entertainment’ by Sue C. Clark – Rolling Stone
  • 1968-05 Frank Zappa – The Head Mother by Stuart J. Scott – Big Ten
  • 1968-05 Zappa's Dream: Super Pool Of Musicians by Pete Senoff – Daily Sundial
  • 1968-05 Where Is Frank Zappa? Part I – Discoscene
  • 1969-05 Will Brum Ever Be The Same Again by Bob Dawbarn
  • 1968-06 What I Am, See, Is I'm an Appliance – an Ugly Reminder by Jon Carroll – Datebook
  • 1968-06 [Head Mother Frank Zappa ...] by Paula Stone – The Fifth Estate
  • 1968-06 The Incredible History Of The Mothers by Frank Zappa – Hit Parader
  • 1968-06 The Oracle Has It All Psyched Out by Frank Zappa – Life
  • 1968-06 Where Is Frank Zappa? Part II – Discoscene
  • 1968-07 Where Is Frank Zappa? Part III – Discoscene
  • 1968-07 Frank Zappa by Jerry Hopkins – The Rolling Stone
  • 1968-08 Zappazappazappafrankzappa – Georgia Straight
  • 1968-08 Zappa Raps by Bob Reitman – Kaleidoscope
  • 1968-08 Where Is Frank Zappa? Part IV – Discoscene
  • 1968-09 The Mothers’ Musical Message Called Meaningful And Warped by Roger Doughty – Ogdensburg Journal
  • 1968-10 All the Toys Are Broken by Helmut Kopetzky – Der Abend
  • 1968-10 Reviled Revered Mother Superior by Chris Welch – Melody Maker
  • 1968-10 The Frank Zappa Blind Date – Melody Maker
  • 1968-10 The Great Zappa Put-on by Derek Roltwood – Record Mirror
  • 1968-11 Ya Muddah! – Berkeley Barb
  • 1968-11 Mixed Mead-Ear by Tony Reay – The Fifth Estate
• 1969
  • 1969-02 The Groupies and Other Girls by John Burks, Jerry Hopkins, Paul Nelson – Rolling Stone
  • 1969-03 An Album For Germans by Bill Hoy – Distant Drummer
  • 1969-03 Zappa by Michelle Stremke and Ken Garen – Psyche Pscene
  • 1969-05 Zappa Paints a Picture Of Two Worlds Divided – Billboard
  • 1969-05 Will Brum Ever Be The Same Again by Bob Dawbarn – Melody Maker
  • 1969-06 Zappa Interview – Ann Arbor Argus
  • 1969-06 The Truth Is – They're Not As Ugly As Their Pictures by Chris Welch – Melody Maker
  • 1969-06 An Explosion Of Non-Communication by Chris Welch – Melody Maker
  • 1969-06 The Incurable Frank Zappa by Lon Goddard – Record Mirror
  • 1969-06 Frank Zappa by Joe Medjuck – Take One
  • 1969-06 Contemporary Music Has Message – The Sunday Press
  • 1969-07 The New Trends in Music – Billboard
  • 1969-07 ZigZag Unzips by Dick Lawson – ZigZag
  • 1969-07 Uncle Meat by Pete Drummond – Oz
  • 1969-07 Rock And Revolution by Jonathan Kundra – Circus
  • 1969-08 Zapparap: Miles talks to Frank by Miles – The International Times
  • 1969-10 Zappa Interviewed by Robert Levin – GO Magazine
  • 1969-10 Frank Zappa: The Mother of Us All by Larry Kart – Down Beat
  • 1969-10 The Mothers Are Dead, But Zappa's Still Very Much Alive by Richard Williams – Melody Maker
  • 1969-10 Mother's Day Has Finally Come by Jerry Hopkins – Rolling Stone
  • 1969-11 Zappa: Now It's Time For Gravy by Roy Shipston – Disc and Music Echo
  • 1969-11 The Beefheart Zappa Talk-in by Richard Williams – Melody Maker
  • 1969-11 It's all in self-defence by Jonathon Green – Friends
  • 1969-11 The Frank Zappa Column? by Debbi Smith – STROBE
  • 1969 Frank Zappa & Paul Eberle Rapping In Los Angeles '69 – LA Star
• 1970
  • 1970-01 Understanding The Underground by Frank Zappa – Record Mirror
  • 1970-01 Grandson Of Ives by J. Ramsey Campbell – Stardock
  • 1970-04 What Ever Happened To The Mothers Of Invention? by Frank Zappa – Hit Parader
  • 1970-06 You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here by David Walley – Rock Magazine
  • 1970-07 Zappa In San Antonio by B. D. Tankersley – Eagle Bone Whistle
  • 1970-07 Frank Zappa Speaks – Hundred Flowers
  • 1970-07 Zappa's band of band leaders! by Caroline Boucher – Disc and Music Echo
  • 1970-07 The Aesthetics Of Freakery by Mike Bourne – Down Beat
  • 1970-07 Listen With Mothers by Chris Welch – Melody Maker
  • 1970-07 Shrewd, But With A Lot Of Heart by Richard Green & Allan McDougall – New Musical Express
  • 1970-08 '50s Teenagers And '50s Rock by Frank Zappa – Evergreen Review
  • 1970-08 A frank talk with Zappa on being a 'rebel chief'! by Caroline Boucher – Disc and Music Echo
  • 1970-08 Frank Zappa by Jay Ruby – Jazz & Pop
  • 1970-10 Rock Minstrel's Life Not Rosey by Kim Rogers – Florida Flambeau
  • 1970-10 Mmray breaks with Zappa interview by Zak Mmray – San Francisco Foghorn
  • 1970-11 Zappa – The Great Satirist by Bob Dawbarn – Sounds
  • 1970-11 Zapparap on the Zappaplan by Craig McGregor – The New York Times
  • 1970-12 Mother's Union by Richard Williams & Michael Watts – Melody Maker
  • 1970-12 Zappa's Return by Dai Davies – Music Now
  • 1970-12 Metamorphosis of Frank Zappa by Richard Green – New Musical Express
  • 1970-12 The Sounds Talk-In. Frank Zappa by Steve Peacock – Sounds
• 1971
  • 1971-01 I Dreamed I Interviewed Frank Zappa In My Maidenform Bra by David Reitman – Rock Magazine
  • 1971-01 Zappa 200 Motels: File Under Popular by Miles – International Times
  • 1971-01 Was this the real Reuben Sano standing up at last by Lon Goddard – Record Mirror
  • 1971-01 Establishment Versus The Underground by Richard Green – NME
  • 1971-02 '200 Albert Halls' or 'Penis Dimension Meets The Fathers of Convention' by Ernia Eban & John Ralph – Time Out
  • 1971-04 Say A Good Word For The Groupies, Frank by Keith Altham – Record Mirror
  • 1971-06 Edgard Varèse: The Idol of My Youth by Frank Zappa – Stereo Review
  • 1971-06 Zappa On The Move Again by Richard Green – Hit Parader
  • 1971-06 Frank Zappa by Howard Smith –  The Smith Tapes
  • 1971-09 Hey Hey Hey, Mister Snazzy Exec! by Frank Zappa – Circular
  • 1971-09 Zappa Rings Our Chimes – Beetle
  • 1971-10 Zappa: Viewed / Interviewed by Mark Lagerkvist – Kaleidoscope
  • 1971-11 Why Zappa chose Albert Steptoe as his new bass player by Caroline Boucher – Disc
  • 1971-11 Frank Talking by Roy Carr – New Musical Express
  • 1971-11 Frank reveals details of next film venture – New Musical Express
  • 1971-11 Hypothetical Interview With Frank Zappa by Frank Zappa As Told To Suzie Creamcheese & Rodney Bingenheimer by Frank Zappa – Phonograph Record Magazine
  • 1971-11 Zappa's Latest Box Of Tricks by Steve Peacock – Sounds
  • 1971-12 Frank's turtles in disguise by Steve Peacock – Sounds
  • 1971-12 On Tour With the Mothers of Invention by John Carman – The Milwaukee Journal
  • 1971-12 200 Motels – Life On The Road, Part 1 by Martin Melhuish – Grapevine
  • 1971-12 200 Motels – Life On The Road, Part 2 by Martin Melhuish – Grapevine
  • 1971-12 Touring Can Make You Crazy by Ian Pollock – Time Out
  • 1971-12 We Are The Mother People by Ian Pollock – Rainbow Theatre Program
  • 1971 Zap! Into Zappaland – Movies Now
• 1972
  • 1972-01 Frank Zappa: Portrait of the Artist as a Businessman by Rob Partridge/Paul Phillips – Cream
  • 1972-01 Being Perfectly Frank by Steve Turner – Beat Instrumental
  • 1972-02 It's All Music by Norma McLain Stoop – After Dark
  • 1972-02 Forget the leg a while. It’s ZAPPA on rock, porn and blues. by Keith Altman – New Musical Express
  • 1972-02 Concluding Frank Zappa on Death Rock Writers Money by Keith Altman – New Musical Express
  • 1972-09 Zappa – Mother Of 20 by Caroline Boucher – Disc
  • 1972-09 Fearless Frank tells what he'll lay on you at the Oval concert by Danny Holloway – New Musical Express
  • 1972-09 The Zappa Talk-In by Steve Peacock – Sounds
  • 1972-11 Frank Zappa: If His "Friends" Could Hear Him Now by Steve Peacock – Rock Magazine
  • 1972-00 Interview with Martin Perlich – KMET
• 1973
  • 1973-01 Let's Talk Clothes by Dino Orlando – Words & Music
  • 1973-03 Frank Talk by Caroline Boucher – Disc
  • 1972-03 Close-up: On Zest in the West - Rocking in the Sun by David Mairowitz – Seventeen
  • 1973-04 Frank Zappa: The Great Southern and Western Expedition Is On! – Zoo World
  • 1973-04 Bizarre goings on with Uncle Meat by Roy Carr – New Musical Express
  • 1973-04 Zappa: An Interview by Dan Foote, Chuck Bufe, John Ridgway – New Times
  • 1973-05 Zappa: his music, himself by Bob Datz – Daily Kent Stater
  • 1973-05 Zappa Tour – GoSet
  • 1973-06 Zappa Talks Movies by Ian Pollack – Digger
  • 1973-06 Here, anybody want to do it with this giraffe? by Aleks Danko, Ron Saunders & Pat Woolley – Digger
  • 1973-07 The Zappa Interview by Ian Meldrum, David N. Pepperell, Jenny Brown – GoSet
  • 1973-07 Zappa In Austrlia – GoSet
  • 1973-07 More groupies, less dope: Zappa by Gil Onyett, Anne-Marie Willis, Joe Cannon, Ross C – On Dit
  • 1973-07 946 Motels Later by Robert Oman – Beetle
  • 1973-08 Zappa: Past Flops And Future Shocks by Richard Williams – Melody Maker
  • 1973-08 Godmother by Charles Shaar Murray – NME
  • 1973-08 Zappa - a booga of a good talker by Roger Greenaway – Record Mirror
  • 1973-09 Penguins in bondage and other perversions by Charles Shaar Murray – NME
  • 1973-09 Godmother Zappa by Charles Shaar Murray – Go-Set
  • 1973-09 The Perspective of Frank Zappa by Jim Schaffer – Down Beat
  • 1973-09 The life and times of Frank Zappa by Caroline Boucher – Disc
  • 1973-11 Frank Zappa – his own favourite recording artist by Dave Perkins – Eyeopener
  • 1973-11 Frank Zappa likes Stravinsky: an interview by Allann Mandell – The Varsity
  • 1973-12 A Conversation (?) with The Eternally Charming Frank Zappa by Steve Rosen – Rock Magazine
  • 1973-12 A Chat Wit The Mother Superior by David Rensin – Circular
  • 1973-12 Ultra-Modern String Bean by Mark Seidenfeld and Jon Tiven – Sounds
• 1974
  • 1974-01 Mother In Lore by Patrick and Barbara Salvo – Melody Maker
  • 1974-01 Kicks in the ear by Jim Smith – New Musical Express
  • 1974-02 Dialogue: Frank Zappa by Patrick William Salvo – Coq
  • 1974-03 Zappa: "there are all different kinds of crazy" – The Great Speckled Bird
  • 1974-03 Zappa: The Composer Speaks by Mark Roberts – Iconoclast
  • 1974-03 Hungry Freaks Zappa by Bjorn F. Gasmann Jr. – Music Canada Quarterly
  • 1974-04 Zappa Rappa by Kim Martin – Buddy
  • 1974-04 The Grand Design of Which Apostrophe Is but an Element by Barry Hansen – Circular
  • 1974-05 Conversation With Frank Zappa by Bill Gubbins – Exit
  • 1974-05 Look Out Pretty Mama I'm On The Road Again by Tom Davis – Bugle American
  • 1974-05 Mother's Day memories by Barbara Charone – New Musical Express
  • 1974-05 An Evening With Frank Zappa by Taylor Martin – Reflector
  • 1974-05 Frank Zappa and the Mothers at the Riverside – 4/23/74 by B.P. – Bugle American
  • 1974-05 The Grand Wazoo Speaks by Ed Baker – The Hot Flash
  • 1974-07 Grand Mother by Chris Lloyd – Melody Maker
  • 1974-08 Frank Zappa's Got Brand New Shoes by Deirdre Offen – Hustler
  • 1974-09 The Great Brassiere Conspiracy by Pete Erskine – NME
  • 1974-10 Frank Zappa: a Mother Only a Face Could Love by Michael Bourne – American Eye
  • 1974-11 Frank Zappa by Elliot Cahn – Los Angeles Free Press
  • 1974-12 FRANK ZAPPA vs. The Tooth Fairy by Ed Naha – Creem
  • 1974-12 Frank Zapp – Funny Mother by Chris Lloyd – Beetle
  • 1974-12 Frank Zappa's Dream: A Rock Group Of 80 Or More Musicians by Mary Campbell – Associated Press
  • 1974-12 A Rendezvouz With The Grand Wazoo by John David Kalodner – Concert
• 1975
  • 1975-01 What's A Mother To Do? by Steve Weitzman – Zoo World
  • 1975-04 Frank Zappa by Bruce Pollock – In Their Own Words
  • 1975-04 Zapping Around With Head Mother by Lon S. Cerel – The Cowl
  • 1975-04 One Size Fits All by David Fudger – Disc
  • 1975-04 'What is a groupie?' asked his Lordship… by Mick Farren – New Musical Express
  • 1975-04 Frank and his law suit – he wears it well by Mike Flood – Sounds
  • 1975-05 Zappa by Thomas Glynn – Modern Hi-Fi & Music
  • 1975-06 The Truth – The Whole Truth – And Nothing But The Cheeseburger by Michael Gray – Let It Rock
  • 1975-06 What Did You Do In The Revolution, Dada? by Karl Dallas – Let It Rock
  • 1975-06 Frank Zappa Talks Of Faves, Raves And Composers In Their Graves by Giovanni Dadomo – Let It Rock
  • 1975-09 Frank Zappa – expecting the remarkable by Lanny Waggoner – Los Angeles Free Press
  • 1975-10 Frank Zappa: Blazing New Trails by Dick Kleiner – Advance News
  • 1975-10 Wielding words 'like chemicals' by Kim Martin – The Dallas Times Herald
  • 1975-11 Zappa: Answering To His Own Image by Melissa Merson – Argus
  • 1975-12 Frank Zappa: Outraged Consumer by Scott Cohen – Circus Raves
  • 1975-12 Frank Zappa: "The Beat Goes On, But Backwards" by Peter Cowan – Oakland Tribune
  • 1975-12 A Matter of Taste by Rob Fixmer – Bugle American
  • 1975-12 A 'Blacklisted Genius' Zaps The S.F. Sound by Philip Elwood – San Francisco Examiner
  • 1975-00 Frank Zappa and the Enterprise of Serious Contemporary Music by Peter Kountz – Popular Music & Society
• 1976
  • 1976-01 Penguins In Bondage by Robot A. Hull – Creem
  • 1976-01 Zappa Returns From Yugoslavia by Lanny Waggoner – Los Angeles Free Press
  • 1976-01 BLLLAAAaaaaahhhhhHHHHHH by Miles – New Musical Express
  • 1976-03 Zappa: 'I AM a human being' by Jane Elliot – Melody Maker
  • 1976-04 At last the truth can be told: Frank Zappa has no underwear by Cherry Ripe – New Musical Express
  • 1976-06 A Unique Musical Force or Blasphemous Freak: Which Is Frank Zappa? by Rip Rense – The Valley News
  • 1976-10 Zappa's Zoot Allures!: DiscReet Charm From Un-Bourgeois Z by Tim Hogan – Circus
  • 1976-11 Zappa: rock's futurist still having fun by Paul McGrath – The Globe And Mail
  • 1976-12 The Father Of The Mothers Zappa! by Terry Wilson – Focus Rock Entertainment
  • 1976-12 The Secret Life Of Zappa by Eve Brandstein – BLAST
  • 1976-12 Any Resemblance Is Purely Conceptual by Miles – New Music Express
  • 1976-12 Could a man who stamps on poodles and sings about lonely person devices become president of the US? by Susin Shapiro – Sounds
• 1977
  • 1977-01 Good Guitar Stuff by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
  • 1977-01 I’ll give the Queen a backstage pass by Chris Charlesworth – Melody Maker
  • 1977-01 How Frank Zappa Runs His Rock Orphanage: No more Mothers, no more Invention? by Nathan "Detroit" Roth & Cary Baker –  Triad
  • 1977-01 Frank Zappa by Steve Rosen – Guitar Player
  • 1977-02 Zoot Allures! by Susin Shapiro – Gig
  • 1977-02 F.Z. Blues by Chris Welch – Melody Maker
  • 1977-03 Frank Zappa Zaps Back by Michael Iachetta – I-AM
  • 1977-03 Zappa – IT
  • 1977-03 Zappa by Tony Bacon - International Musician And Recording World
  • 1977-03 Frank Zappa: O.K. Frank, Let It Roll … by Chris Salewicz – New Music Express
  • 1977-04 Zappa on Air – Nuggets
  • 1977-08 Formula Perfecto by James Riordan – Musician's Guide
  • 1977-10 Zap Out by Tony Paris – Signal
  • 1977-10 What's A Mother To Do? by Ken Paulson – Triad
  • 1977-11 Frank Zappa: A Study In Survival by James Riordan – Musician
  • 1977-12 Frank Zappa – A Would-be Chemist Who Turned to Music by Rip Rense – The Valley News
  • 1977-12 Frank Zappa Interview by Michael Branton – College
  • 1977-12 Zappa takes aim for the New Year by M. B. Kleber – Los Angeles Free Press
  • 1977-12 Zappa Vs. The Bleeding Gums by Peter Lopilato – Primo Times
• 1978
  • 1978-01 Frank Zappa On His Current State Of Affairs by Samuel Graham – Record World
  • 1978-01 [Formula Perfecto] by James Riordan – Rocky Mountain Musical Express
  • 1978-01 Zappa Digs Sabs Shock! by Sandy Robertson – Sounds
  • 1978-01 Phi Zappa Crappa Interview by Dave Fass and Dave Street – Acid Rock
  • 1978-01 Stern Words In Knightsbridge by Paul Rambali – NME
  • 1978-01 Carry On Composing by Karl Dallas – Melody Maker
  • 1978-01 Rebel Without Applause by Michael Snyder, Blair Jackson – BAM
  • 1978-03 Artists' Profile: Frank Zappa by Joseph Laux – Modern Recording
  • 1978-05 Frank Zappa: Garni Du Jour, Lizard King Poetry and Slime by Tim Schneckloth – Down Beat
  • 1978-05 A Mother Speaks Frankly by Chris August – Synapse
  • 1978-09 I hate playing in England by Hugh Fielder – Sounds
  • 1978-09 Zappa Speaks Up – Dan Warfield – The Stars And Stripes
  • 1978-09 Frank Zappa: Bad weather in person – Steven Reddicliffe – Chronicle Telegram
  • 1978-11 When Confronting Frank Zappa There Is No Middle Ground – Gene Kalbacher - The Aquarian Night Owl
  • 1978-00 Frank Zappa by Julie Moller – Obelisk II
• 1979
  • 1979-02 A Mother in the studio by J.C. Costa – International Musician And Recording World
  • 1979-07 Frank Zappa's Basement Tapes by Salley Rayl – Rolling Stone
  • 1979-03 Cherry Bomb Unzips Frank Zappa – Cherry Bomb – Cheri
  • 1979-04 Interview: Frank Zappa by Charlene Keel – Genesis
  • 1979-04 Record Review Interview: Frank Zappa by Michael Davis – Record Review
  • 1979-04 Cruising Down Memory Lane With Frank Zappa by David Fricke – Trouser Press
  • 1979-04 A Little Visit With Frank Zappa by Steve Simels – Stereo Review
  • 1979-04 A Conversation With Frank Zappa by Dave Rothman – Oui
  • 1979-04 2000 Mots by Ralph Denyer – Sound International
  • 1979-05 Shut Up And Play Your Guitar by John Dalton – Guitar
  • 1979-06 Zappa's Post-Funk LP "Zoot" Suits Him Just Fine by Jim Trombetta – Crawdaddy
  • 1979-08 Zappa by Dan Forte – Musician
  • 1979-09 The Island-Ear Interview: Frank Zappa by IE – Island Ear
  • 1979-09 Warning! The Real Zappa by ? – Gold Coast Free Press
  • 1979-10 Frank Zappa vs. The World by Michael Branton – BAM
  • 1979-11 Pop Music's Central Scrutinizer by Dan Forte – M.I.
  • 1979-11 Frank Zappa: He's Only 38 and He Knows How to Nasty by Clark Peterson – Relix
  • 1979-11 Frank Zappa Unveils Secrets Of The Universe by Bob Mahon – Sweet Potato
  • 1972-12 Unfolding the Cosmic Truth by Clark Peterson – Collage
  • 1979-12 Frank Zappa: The Myth Of 'Joe's Garage' by John Swenson – Rolling Stone
• 1980
  • 1980-01 Enjoying the glandular arena by Karl Dallas – Melody Maker
  • 1980-01 Zappa: Speak Out by Paul Colbert – Musicians Only
  • 1980-02 Interview with the Composer by Michael Bloom – Trouser Press
  • 1980-02 Zappa Busy As Ever While Coming Out of Joe's Garage by Michael Davis – Record Review
  • 1980-03 Zappa Comes Clean by D. Housing – Berkeley Barb
  • 1980-03 Frank Zappa: America's Weirdest Rock Star Comes Clean by John Swenson – High Times
  • 1980-04 Zingers From Zappa by D.Housing – Prairie Sun
  • 1980-04 The Sanest Man In The World Today? by Headley Gritter – RAM
  • 1980-04 Frank Zappa remembers San Ber'dino by Mark Lundahl – The San Bernardino Sun
  • 1980-05 Common Sense by Mike Farrace – Freebird
  • 1980-06 Frank Zappa's Baby Snakes by Ed Naha – Genesis
  • 1980-06 Little Band We Used To Play In by Michael Davis – Keyboard
  • 1980-06 Totally Frank by Barry Alfonso – Songwriter
  • 1980-07 Frank Zappa: Too Weird Even for Los Angeles? by Michael Goldberg – Enlisted Times
  • 1980-07 Madman Or Genius by Headley Gritter – Music Pulse
  • 1980-09 On The Record - Frank Zappa by John Stix – Guitar World
  • 1980-12 CFMU Interview by Bruce Mowat – Radio Times
  • 1980-12 Frankly Speaking by George Tirebiter – Upbeat
• 1981
  • 1981-04 Frank Zappa by Ben Manilla – WLIR Free Flight
  • 1981-10 Two Orchestral Stupidities by Frank Zappa – Musician
  • 1981-11 Frank Zappa on Edgar Varèse by John Diliberto and Kimberly Haas – Down Beat
  • 1981-11 A Look At The Salt Lake Favorite by Steve Chapman – The Event
  • 1981-12 Zappa: He Are What He Is by Bill Milkowski – Good Times
• 1982
  • 1982-02 FZ – WLIR Interview, Ritz, November 17th, 1981 by Ben Manilla – Mother People
  • 1982-03 Frank Zappa by John Swenson – Guitar World
  • 1982-04 Frank Zappa by Dan Forte – Musician
  • 1982-05 Fuck Unions is what I got to say by Co de Kloet
  • 1982-09 Zappa by Dorothy Sirus – Music Exchange
  • 1982-11 Frank And Moon Zappa Go AM by Michael Goldberg – Creem
  • 1982-11 ABSOLUTELY FRANK: First Steps In Odd Meters by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
  • 1982-12 ABSOLUTELY FRANK: Putting Some Garlic In Your Playing by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
• 1983
  • 1983-01 NON-FOODS: Stepping Outside The Beat by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
  • 1983-01 Frank Zappa by Frances Lynn – Ritz Magazine
  • 1983-01 To Be Perfectly Frank by Edwin Pouncey – Sounds
  • 1983-01 The Zappas On Video Games by Merle H. Reagle – JoyStik
  • 1983-02 I'm Different by Tom Mulhern – Guitar Player
  • 1983-02 Groupies As People by Frank Zappa – High Times
  • 1983-02 Frank Zappa: Guitar Player by Bill Milkowski – Down Beat
  • 1983-02 Frank Zappa's not only in it for the money by Derk Richardson  – Bay Guardian
  • 1983-03 NON-FOODS: Bass, Sports, And Adventure by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
  • 1983-03 Frank Zappa - Right or Wrong? by Colin Germano – Happening
  • 1983-04 NON-FOODS: Coming To Grips With Polyrhythms by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
  • 1983-04 Frank Zappa - Right or Wrong? by Colin Germano – Happening
  • 1983-05 Big Bad Frank Rails Against the World by Blair Jackson – BAM
  • 1983-05 NON-FOODS: Stretching Out With Vamps by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
  • 1983-06 An Interview With Frank Zappa by Dan Forte – Mix
  • 1983-07 NON-FOODS: Feedbacks, Effects, And Tone by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
  • 1983-11 NON-FOODS: Not The Moody Blues by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
  • 1983-12 NON-FOODS: Digital Sampling And Guitar by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
  • 1983-04 NON-FOODS: Video-Assisted Ignorance by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
• 1984
  • 1984-01 It's About Mr. Flynt by Frank Zappa – Hustler
  • 1984-01 Music by the Zappa-Boulez Duo by Michael Zwerin – International Herald Tribune
  • 1984-01 Z=AP² by Robert Cassella – Gold Coast Free Press
  • 1984-01 Approaching the Mellow Age by Jeff Silberman – Music Connection
  • 1984-04 Classical Zappa by Barbara Zuck – Capitol
  • 1984-05 The serious side of Frank Zappa by Michael Heaton – San Francisco Examiner
  • 1984-06 The '60s Mother Still Breaks Social, Musical Convention by Ben Fong-Torres  San Francisco Chronicle
  • 1984-07 So You Think Frank Zappa Is A Weirdo by Larry Samson – City Life
  • 1984-08 Orchestral Maneuvers by Bill Milkowski – Modern Recording & Music
  • 1984-08 Frank Zappa – Meadow Brook Music Festival catalog
  • 1984-09 His Best Friends Are Computers by Bill Camarata – Scene
  • 1984-10 (F)RANK HYPOCRISY by Mick Wall – Kerrang!
  • 1984-11 Total Freak Out by Hugh Fielder – Sounds
  • 1984-11 I stand accused: Zappa lays down the law by Jeffrey Sewald – The Pitt News
  • 1984-11 It Just Might Be Frank by Robert O'Brian – RockBill
  • 1984-11 Frank Zappa by Gary A. Shay – Songwriter Connection
  • 1984-11 Total Freak Out by Hugh Fielder – Sounds
  • 1984-12 Zappa Dishes It Out by Roger Dakotah – Public News
  • 1984 Artist As Genetic Design Flaw by Chen – Ecolibrium Interviews
• 1985
  • 1985-03 Frank Zappa Interview by Pete Christensen – Express
  • 1985-06 The Art Of Being Frank by Philip Bashe – International Musician And Recording World
  • 1985-08 Extortion, Pure And Simple ... by Frank Zappa – Cash Box
  • 1985-09 Frank Zappa vs. Kandy Stroud – The Georgetowner
  • 1985-09 Lynching With Bonzai: Frank Zappa by Mr. Bonzai – Mix
  • 1985-09 Frank Zappa In California by Metro Times – Metro Times
  • 1985-10 I care about music, not about middle-age by Lee Michael Katz – USA Today
  • 1985-11 Frank Zappa, Abbey Lincoln & Johnny Colon Speak Out by Nancy Newhouse – Manhattan Arts
  • 1985-12 Zapping Back At Big Brother & Other Mothers by Roy Trakin – Music Connection
• 1986
  • 1986-01 The Computerized Musician by Kathy Yakal – Compute!
  • 1986-01 Why Pin It On Rock And Roll? by John Anthony Wilcox and Robert J. Sodaro – Fairfield County Advocate
  • 1986-01 Zappa On Rating Records by Bill Templeton – Music
  • 1986-04 Megabytes at Barking Pumpkin by Alan di Perna – Keyboards, Computers & Software
  • 1986-05 Zappa: Now And Then by Steve Vai & John Stix – Guitar
  • 1986-06 The Sin In Synclavier by Dan Forte – Guitar Player
  • 1987-06 Frank Zappa Zapped By 'Late Show' by Deborah Caulfield – Los Angeles Times
  • 1986-09 Frank Zappa and His Digital Orchestra by John Diliberto – Electronic Musician
  • 1986-10 The License To Be A Maniac by Josef Woodard – Musician
  • 1986-10 Frank Zappa Meets The PMRC by John Anthony Wilcox & Robert J. Sodaro – Relix
  • 1986-11 Revolt Against Mediocrity by Batya Friedman and Steve Lyons – The Progressive
  • 1986-11 Frank Talk by David Fricke – Rolling Stone
  • 1986-12 Influences - One Size Fits All – Making Music
  • 1986 Conversation With FZ by Alain Chauvat – Mother People
  • 1986 Zappa by Pete Crowther – Speakout
• 1987
  • 1987-01 Frank Zappa On... The '80s Guitar Clone by Dan Forte – Guitar Player
  • 1987-01 Zappa & Son by Tom Wheeler – Guitar Player
  • 1987-01 Interview From Hell by Bill Forman – BAM
  • 1987-01 Album Interview - Jazz From Hell – Making Music
  • 1987-01 Winter In America by Steve Lyons and Batya Friedman – Option
  • 1987-02 Sample This! by Robert L. Doerschuk & Jim Aikin – Keyboard
  • 1987-02 Father Of Invention by Rick Davies – Music Technology
  • 1987-02 Frank Zappa: Jazz From Hell by Paul Gilby – Sound On Sound
  • 1987-03 Frank Zappa: Samplin' Fool by Jeff Spurrier – Music & Sound Output
  • 1987-03 Zappa On Jazz From Hell by Frank Zappa – Music & Sound Output
  • 1987-03 Frank's Wild Years by Steve Lyons and Batya Friedman – Option
  • 1987-04 Zappa's Inferno by Noë Goldwasser – Guitar World
  • 1987-04 At Home In His Kitchen by Jeff Burger – Sound Engineer and Producer
  • 1987-06 Channel X – Milwaukee Journal
  • 1987-06 Frank Zappa and the Scarlet Letter by Dot Stone – RIP
  • 1987-06 Zappa by Michael Smolen – Stereo Review
  • 1987-07 Master Of The Musically Absurd by Dee Ann Rexroat – The Gazette
  • 1987-07 Frank Zappa's Revenge by Bill Templeton – Music
  • 1987-10 In Search Of A Definition by Marion Long– Omni
  • 1987 Frank Zappa: The SongTalk Interview by Paul Zollo – SongTalk
• 1988
  • 1988-02 Frank Zappa '88 by Dave Turner – Buzz
  • 1988-02 Frank Zappa Waves Flag For Freedom by Don McLeese – Chicago Sun-Times
  • 1988-02 Zappa Keeps Zinging Along by Frank Rizzo – Hartford Courant
  • 1988-02 Zappa: A Review/Interview by Rob Lederer – The Eagle
  • 1988-03 Frank Zappa Interview Part II by Dave Turner and Lisa Weisberg – Buzz
  • 1988-03 A Talk With Frank Zappa by Bill Camarata – Scene
  • 1988-03 Artist, Businessman, Politician by Harold De Muir – East Coast Rocker
  • 1988-03 Citizen Zappa by Jim Macnie – New Paper
  • 1988-03 The Zappa Interview by Sheila Gavin – Monroe Doctrine
  • 1988-04 Frank Zappa - a misunderstood man by John Swenson – Register-Pajaronian
  • 1988-04 Meeting Zappa by Nicolas Slonimsky – Harper's Magazine
  • 1988-05 Zappa vs. The Mothers Of Prevention by Jesse Nash – RockBill
  • 1988-07 The Blunt Way by Michael Davis – Creem
  • 1988-08 Frank Zappa by Jesse Nash – The Beat
  • 1988-08 Yes, I Am A Rich Man: The Sheraton Hotel Press Conference, Oslo – Society Pages
  • 1988-09 Frank Zappa by Alan di Perna – Musician
  • 1988-10 Democracy's Pitchman by Joe Morgenstern – Los Angeles Times Magazine
  • 1988-10 Frank Zappa Interview by Bob Marshall
  • 1988-11 A Mind For The Body Politic by Julius Robinson – Cash Box
  • 1988-11 Frank Zappa's Getting Out The Vote (!) by Joe Morgenstern – The Milwaukee Journal
  • 1988 A Pre-Tour Interview With FZ At His House - January 12th, 1988 by David Turner & Lisa Weisberg – Mother People
  • 1988 Maverick by J.B. Griffith – Pulse!
  • 1988 On Junk Food for the Soul. In Defense of Rock and Roll. by Frank Zappa – New Perspectives Quarterly
• 1989
  • 1989-01 Frank Zappa: Moving On To Phase Three by William Ruhlmann – Goldmine
  • 1989-03 Censorship And Zappa by Patrick Quinn – The Note
  • 1989-04 What You Can Do Onstage With  Records, CDs, Videos by William Ruhlmann – Relix
  • 1989-05 The Porn Wars by Frank Zappa with Peter Occhiogrosso – Penthouse
  • 1989-06 Sharp Words From Music's Cutting Edge by Ron Chepesiuk – Gallery
  • 1989-06 At 48, Zappa isn't afraid to face the music by Bo Emerson – The San Bernardino Sun
  • 1989-07 Zappa by Deborah Parisi – Rhythm
  • 1989-07 Frank Zappa ... Live! by Allan Handleman – The Rock Report
  • 1989-08 Zappa talks frankly about art, politics by Karla Tipton – Antelope Valley Press
  • 1988-09 Frankly A Freak by Charles Shaar Murray – The Observer
  • 1989-09 About the abortion issue in Untited States by Frank Zappa – Tuttifrutti
  • 1989-10 An Evening With Pierre Boulez And Frank Zappa by Den Simms – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1989-10 Frank Zappa Has a Tip for Serious Musicians: Get a Real-Estate License by Laurence Vittes – Los Angeles Reader
  • 1989-12 Frank Zappa by Elin Wilder – High Times
  • 1989-12 Franks Wild Years by Andy Gill – Q
• 1990
  • 1990-02 Frank Zappa Interview by Rob Chepesiuk – Overseas!
  • 1990-03 The Broadcast Industry Is A Big Disappointment! by J.P. Cantillon – Sh-Boom
  • 1990-03 Frank Zappa – Trading Partner by David Corn – The Nation
  • 1990-04 The Interview Of The Century, Part 1 by Den Simms, Eric Buxton, Rob Samler – Society Pages
  • 1990-05 Frank Zappa's Crusade – 25 Years And Counting by Drew Wheeler – Billboard
  • 1990-06 Zappa Looks East From The West by Lee Zhito – Music & Media
  • 1990-06 Frank Zappa on Rock of the 60s and the '90s ... by Rob Chepesiuk – Music Monitor
  • 1990-06 The Interview Of The Century, Part 2 by Den Simms, Eric Buxton, Rob Samler – Society Pages
  • 1990-09 The Interview Of The Century, Part 3 by Den Simms, Eric Buxton, Rob Samler – Society Pages
  • 1990-09 Frank Zappa Discusses Upcoming CD Projects by Pete Howard – ICE
  • 1990 Frank Zappa (1988) by Kurt Loder – Bat Chain Puller
  • 1990 Zappa! by RockHEAD – RockHEAD
• 1991
  • 1991-06 He's A Human Being. He Has Emotions, Just Like Us. Part 1 by Den Simms, Rob Samler – Society Pages
  • 1991-07 Zapparap: For Real! by Libby Purvis, Brian Hayes & Sybil Roscoe – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1991-07 Signs Of The Times by Bob Guccione – Spin
  • 1991-09 He's A Human Being. He Has Emotions, Just Like Us. Part 2 by Den Simms, Rob Samler – Society Pages
  • 1991-11 Poetic Justice by Matt Resnicoff – Musician
  • 1991-00 The Mother of All Interviews: Zappa on Music and Society by Florindo Volpacchio – Telos
• 1992
  • 1992-01 Make A Zappa Noise Here by Alastair Sutherland – Music Express
  • 1992-09 Frank Zappa is a man for all seasons by Zjakki Willems – Oor
  • 1992-09 Frankfurt Press Conference 21.7.92 by Axel Wünsch and Aad Hoogesteger – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1992 FZ: Drowning in the News Bath by Jon Winokur – The Portable Curmudgeon Redux
• 1993 ...
  • 1993-04 A Mother Of Invention by Joe Jackson – Hot Press
  • 1993-04 Playboy Interview: Frank Zappa by David Sheff – Playboy
  • 1993-05 Frank: Fearless and still fighting by Alex Kershaw – The Guardian Weekend
  • 1993-06 Frank's Wild Years by Joe Jackson – RCD
  • 1993-06 Unholy Mother by David Mead – Guitarist
  • 1993-08 Just when you thought it was safe by Phil Wilding – Cutting Edge
  • 1993-08 Frank Zappa by Dan Quellette – Pulse!
  • 1993-11 Civilization Phase III – General Notes by Frank Zappa – Black Page
  • 1993-12 My epitaph: anything, anytime, any place, for no reason at all – Humo
  • 1993-12 An indefatigable inventor by Joe Jackson – The Irish Times.
  • 1994-02 A Real Mother by Andy Gill – Q
  • 1994-03 The Last Days Of Frank Zappa by Ben Watson – Mojo
  • 1994-03 Absolutely Frank by Joe Spiegel – EQ
  • 1994-03 Absolutely Frank by James Rotondi & Jas Obrecht – Guitar Player
  • 1994 The Mother of All Interviews (Part 1) by Don Menn – Best Of Guitar Player
  • 1994 The Mother of All Interviews (Part 2) by Don Menn – Best Of Guitar Player
  • 1995-10 Zappa's Political Connection by Edward Lagrossa – The Aquarian Weekly
  • 1998-12 "I was a teenage MOOSE freak!" by Rob Chapman – Mojo
  • 1999 The Lost Interview – READ
  • 2003-12 Dynamo Frank by Alan di Perna – Guitar World
  • 2004-01 The Last Post by Phil Alexander – Mojo
  • 2015-00 The Holloway Files. Frank Zappa (1972) by Danny Holloway – L.A. Records
  • 2018-11 Frank Zappa by Pete Frame – Mojo

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