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1966
- 1966-06 Rock’n’ Freak by Ed Denson – Berkeley Barb
- 1966-07 Like Lawrence In Ara...Baby! by S. L. Weingarten – Courier-Post
- 1966-07 Kooks, Little Green Books And Zappa Blows Bicycle by Jerry Hopkins – Los Angeles Free Press
- 1966-07 GUAMBO Is An Act Of Love – Mothers, Happenings, Dancing by Jerry Hopkins – Los Angeles Free Press
- 1966-08 'Freak Out' Set Saturday Night at Shrine – Independent
- 1966-08 Popular Records: Pass Aspirin, Please by Pete Johnson – Los Angeles Times
- 1966-09 Top Tunes by Ronnie Oberman – Los Angeles Free Press
- 1966-09 Look Out Plastic People, the Mothers Have Arrived by ? – Los Angeles Free Press
- 1966-10 Pot Is Good, But LSD Better by Mary Miller – Daily Trojan
- 1966-10 Wild Freaks Run Amok To Save Mankind – Daily Trojan
- 1966-10 Portrait of a freak by TomMcGrath – International Times
- 1966-10 The Mothers Are Something to See by Charles Champlin – Los Angeles Times
- 1966-11 The Frenzied Frontier of Pop Music by Tom Nolan – Los Angeles Times WEST magazine
- 1966-12 The 'Unbelievably Awful' Mothers of Invention by Pete Green – Beat International
- 1966-12 Shock Rock: Take Musical Satire One Step Further by Robert Shelton – The New York Times
1967
- 1967-01 Freakout! by Earl Leaf – Teen
- 1967-01 Mothers Of The World Unite! Inventively! by Nick Auf der Maur – The Gazette
- 1967-05 Mothers of Invention at the Garrick by Dan Sullivan – The New York Times
- 1967-05 'Mothers,' Hip Style by Stephen MacDonald – Wall Street Journal
- 1967-08 Interzappa Tones by Bill Levy – International Times
- 1967-09 Mothers Of Invention: Absolutely Free by Steven Lowe – High Fidelity
- 1967-09 Mothers – Almost A Freak Out, Not A Love In, Definitely A Send-up! by Nick Jones – Melody Maker
- 1967-10 In-Person: The Mothers Of Invention by Doon Arbus – Cheetah
- 1967-10 Waving at the Fickle Future by Ed Denson – Berkeley Barb
- 1967-11 Jazz, Blues And The Mothers by Bertram Stanleigh – Audio
- 1967-11 Pop Music: Two Edges Of The Outer Limits by Don Paulsen – Escapade
- 1967-11 The Mothers Of Invention by Fred Vassi – Escapade
- 1967-11 'The biggest talent I have ever come across' says ex Dylan producer Tom Wilson of Frank Zappa by Frank Smythe – Record Mirror
- 1967-12 A Word Sums Up Mothers Of Invention: Genius by Frank Kofsky – Open City
- 1967-12 Town Hall Rocks To A Zany Group by Robert Shelton – The New York Times
- 1967-00 Mother–Mother by Joe Mancini – GQ Scene
1968
- 1968-01 Pop, Rock and Jelly by Jules Freeman – East Village Other
- 1968-01 Mothers of Invention, un-convention provide a tremendously wild evening by John Macfarlane – Toronto Daily Star
- 1968-02 Motherly Love by Frank Kofsky – Jazz & Pop
- 1968-03 Greatest Mother Of Them All by Kent Matheson – Rat Subterranean News
- 1968-04 The Mothers by Carl Nagin – Avatar (New York)
- 1968-05 The Mothers Of Invention by Paul Zukas – Dude
- 1968-06 Mothers Of Invention: We're Only In It For The Money by Steven Lowe – High Fidelity
- 1968-06 Zappa masterminds a Mothers' masterpiece by Bob Houston – Melody Maker
- 1968-06 Zapping With Zappa – Newsweek
- 1968-06 Mother Is A Mother by Gene Youngblood – Los Angeles Free Press
- 1968-07 Zappa At The Rock-And-Roll by John Wolfe – Orpheus
- 1968-08 Park Show Offers Satiric Ensemble by Robert Shelton – The New York Times
- 1968-08 Zappa: Musical Trip by Rich Mangelsdorff – Kaleidoscope
- 1968-09 That's Funny, You Don't Look Like The Musician Of The Year by Jerry Hopkins – TeenSet
- 1968-11 The BARBer – Berkeley Barb
- 1968-11 Ya Muddah! by Jef Jaisun – Berkeley Barb
- 1968-12 The 1955 Zappa by Miles – International Times
- 1968-12 A Bizarre Night At The Shrine by Pete Senoff – Open City
- 1968-12 Those Mothers Can Really Play by Ralph J. Gleason – San Francisco Chronicle
1969
- 1969-01 Bizarre Deal Brings Mothers To Reprise – Cash Box
- 1969-02 The GTO's by John Burks, Jerry Hopkins, Paul Nelson – Rolling Stone
- 1969-02 Cruising With Ruben And The Jets by Bryan Willis – OZ
- 1969-02 Scorching Blast Of Fresh Air by Peter Goddard – Toronto Telegram
- 1969-03 Mothers Of Invention: Cruising With Ruben And The Jets by Morgan Ames – High Fidelity
- 1969-03 Frank Zappa by John Lannan – SoCal
- 1969-03 Bizarre Isn't The Word ... by Dave Swaney – TeenSet
- 1969-04 They've come a long way, but not really so far by Martin Smith – The Daily Pennsylvanian
- 1969-05 Boston Globe Jazz Festival by Alan Heineman – Down Beat
- 1969-05 Frank Zappa versus the teenage archetypal America theme (part 6) by Miles – International Times
- 1969-06 Hello boys and girls, my name is Frank ... by Jonathan Kundra – Circus
- 1969-06 Zappa – Black Dwarf
- 1969-06 Frank Zappa versus the Incredible Hulk by Mitch Howard – International Times
- 1969-07 Wow by Jerry Powers – Miami Free Press
- 1969-07 Newport Jazz Festival by David Walley – East Village Other
- 1969-07 Father of the Mothers by M.H. – Beat Instrumental
- 1969-10 Collegiate Survey Indicates Zappa And Wald Are Favourites by Roger Doughty – Sarasota Journal
- 1969-10 Mephisto In Hollywood – Time
- 1969-11 Boss Of The Mothers by Nat Freedland – Knight
- 1969-11 A Typical Zappa Trick by John Yurko – The Observer
1970
- 1970-01 Europe's Answer To Woodstock: The First Actuel Paris Music Festival by Jane Welch – Down Beat
- 1970-01 Rats by Miles – International Times
- 1970-03 No Commercial Value by Davin Seay – Crawdaddy
- 1970-03 Bill Graham Opens Olympic by Rick Sakai – New University
- 1970-04 The Mothers of Invention, their achievement and last albums by Miles – International Times
- 1970-04 "Contempo '70" Plans Announced – The Echo
- 1970-05 Zappa – Outrageous Star by Allan McDougall – Musical Express
- 1970-05 Glad Zappa's Back by Linda Winer – Chicago Tribune
- 1970-05 Alchemy, Hagiography & Hieroglyphics vs. The Teenage American Archetypal Theme by Miles – Crawdaddy
- 1970-05 Mothers Day With The Mothers by Dick Lupoff – Crawdaddy
- 1970-06 Hit It, Zubin – Time
- 1970-07 Hot Waxx! – Friends
- 1970-07 Mothers Of Invention – Zappa De Guthrie by Thomas Utne – Hundred Flowers
- 1970-07 What Zappa Did To Zubin Mehta by David Felton – Rolling Stone
- 1970-08 Frank Zappa: he observes our extremes, absurdities – by Geoffrey Cannon – The Guardian
- 1970-09 Frank Zappa by Chris Hodenfield – Strange Days
- 1970-09 Chunga's Revenge by Chris Hodenfield – Strange Days
- 1970-09 Frank Zappa Gonna Get You If You Don't Watch Out by Rick Bolsom & David Walley – Changes
- 1970-10 Audience zapped by Mother's clean, sharp music talents by Zak Mmray – San Francisco Foghorn
- 1970-10 Zappa Pie And Motherhood by Joseph McDonough – The Heights
- 1970-11 King Kong by Rab Spall – International Times
- 1970-11 Zappa Et. Al. by Bill Betts – New University
- 1970-11 Chunga's Revenge by Felix Dennis – OZ
- 1970-11 Back Pages by Denny Burt – Winona Daily News
- 1970-12 Students Rap With Frank Zappa – Impact
- 1970-12 The Zappian Way by Chris Welch – Melody Maker
1971
- 1971-02 They Seem To Think Frank's Obscene by Chris Charlesworth – Melody Maker
- 1971-02 Zappa's Got A Brand New Bag by Michael Watts – Melody Maker
- 1971-02 Blue Moon! by Chris Charlesworth – Melody Maker
- 1971-03 Frank Zappa, The Royal Philharmonic And Me ... by Tony Palmer – The Observer
- 1971-04 Zubin And The Mothers by F. P. Tullius – Playboy
- 1971-06 Mothers Of Invention – Fifth Estate
- 1971-07 Zappa And The Horse by Allan Eastman – The Manitoban
- 1971-08 18 Sides of The Mothers – Circular
- 1971-09 200 Motels by Robert Carrington – RDH Comix
- 1971-09_Kaylan: Mother Was A Turtle by Harold Bronson – Rolling Stone
- 1971-10 Mudsharks, Motels and Mothers by Michael Watts – Melody Maker
- 1971-10 200 Motels – The Film – The Album by Michael Overton & Steve Peacock – Sounds
- 1971-10 Zappa Glorifies Himself On Film by Steve Randall – Daily Trojan
- 1971-10 Zappa: In it for the Money by Maynard Stubbs – Statesman
- 1971-11 The Future Of Concert Music And The L.A. Philharmonic by Mike Mitchell – SoCal
- 1971-11 'Motels': Rock and bedroll by Dudley Saunders – Louisville Times
- 1971-11 Zappa's Zany Zooms Perk Stormy 'Trip' by Ned Freedland – Billboard
- 1971-11 200 Motels by David Fenton – Ann Arbor Sun
- 1971-11 200 Motels by Tom Harper – The Great Speckled Bird
- 1971-11 Reservations Required by Jay Cocks – Time
1972
- 1972-01 Mothers End In Flames by Urban Gwerder – Door
- 1972-01 200 Motels by Mike Mahan – Door
- 1972-01 Zap! Zap! Zappa! by Bill Gray – Impact
- 1972-01 Zappa Kills 'Em And Is Almost ..... Killed Too by Glenn Wheatley – Planet
- 1972-04 Geronimo Black by Cameron Crowe – Door
- 1972-07 "Waka-Jawaka" Zappa's Best Yet by Bob Wiggins – The Crimson White
- 1972-09 Zappa Creates Musical Magic by Don Heckman – The New York Times
- 1972-10 Oval Gas Works by MAC – International Times
- 1972-10 No Commercial Potential by Jonathon Green – International Times
- 1972-11 Music like mothers used to make by Carlos Cardona – Argus
- 1972-11 Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention by Susan Walters – The Citizen-Advertiser
- 1972-12 Frank Zaps in for a fine concert by Bob Fox – The San Francisco Phoenix
- 1972-00 The Mothers: Just Another Band From L.A. by John Tobler – ZigZag
1973
- 1973-04 A Dedicated Musician by Phil Gould – Spartan Daily
- 1973-05 Concert Review: Frank Zappa, Mahavishnu Orchestra by John Morris and Bob Hippler – Fifth Estate
- 1973-06 Inside Frank Zappa by John Robinson – Soundblast
- 1973-07 Freak no more by Daryl Nugent – GoSet
- 1973-07 Australian May Join Zappa by Tony Wright – GoSet
- 1973-07 Zappa au go go by Jennifer Lois Brown – Digger
- 1973-07 After Grand Wazoo – where to? by Alan Watson – Digger
- 1973-08 The Life & Times Of Frank Zappa And The Mothers by Trevor Lewis – Woroni
- 1973-09 Dirty Frank by CR and Gordian – International Times
- 1973-10 Mothers' Release: Mind Pollution is Satirized by Zappa by Evan Sarzin – The Daily Pennsylvanian
- 1973-11 Finest display of musical talent by Mary King – Daily Kent Stater
- 1973-11 Frank Zappa, Mothers To Appear Saturday by Alison Beddow – Statesman
- 1973-12 Zappa Still Baffles His Fans by Iain MacLeod – Montreal Gazette
- 1973-12 Mothers of Invention Zaps Out Audience With Esoteric, Crazy, Entertaining Music by Steve Cheseborough – Statesman
1974
- 1974-02 Antelope Valley Blues by Nigey Lennon – L.A. Voice
- 1974-02 Zappa Wires Crowd by Andrew Willard – The Stanford Daily
- 1974-02 Zappa Shows Flair For Weirdness by George Fuller – Spartan Daily
- 1974-04 Frank Zappa: Apostrophe by Paul Grant – Ann Arbor Sun
- 1974-05 I Hate Neon Lights by Bill Gubbins – Exit
- 1974-05 Frank Zappa Looks Like Frank Zappa! by Allan Powell – Exit
- 1974-05 Captain Beefheart / Dr. John at the Sports Arena by Scot Kutina – Exit
- 1974-05 Backstage With The Grand Wazoo by Neal McGarity – The UMBC Retrieve
- 1974-05 Plucking the nirvanic musical chord with Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart by Dean Graham – The Hot Flash
- 1974-05 Zappa by Bruce Pollock – River City Review
- 1974-07 The original performer of bizarre rock 'n roll by John Hinds – The Crison White
- 1974-07 Smelly feet and dog wee: Uncle Frank does it again by Jonathon Green – International Times
- 1974-07 Zappa: Continuity Is the Mother's Mother by Barry Hansen – Rolling Stone
- 1974-10 Monsieur Zappa's rock circus by Allan Jones – Melody Maker
- 1974-10 Relax, Frank. We ain't no liggers. A few of us just came to join in ... by Charles Shaar Murray – NME
- 1974-11 Zappa: Bard of the bizarre by Michael Young – The Lantern
- 1974-12 Frank Zappa's Dream: A Rock Group Of 80 Or More Musicians by Mary Campbell – Indiana Evening Gazette
1975
- 1975-05 Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart at Cobo Arena by Paul J. Grant – Ann Arbor Sun
- 1975-05 Zappa by D. Schweers – The Rag
- 1975-07 Zappa and the Captain Cook by Steve Weitzman – Rolling Stone
- 1975-09 Zappa Gives UCLA Audience The Bird by L. Roy Goldberg – Daily Trojan
- 1975-10 Zappa: Weirdly Great by Arch McLean – Technician
- 1975-10 Zappa in concert – unfulfilled potential by Bill Gardner – The Chronicle
- 1975-12 Zappa Carries Musical 'Mothers' Tongue to Yugoslavian Crouds by Barbara Lewis – The Tennessean Showcase
- 1975 All About Motherhood by Brian J. Murphy – Stereo
- 1975-12 Zappa As Reporter, Historian And Cynic by Michael Goldberg and Leslie Robinson – Berkeley Barb
1976
- 1976-09 Rock Humor (?) by Philip Bashe – Foxtrot
- 1976-12 Frank Zappa: Felt Forum by Dennis Horgan – Good Times
- 1976-12 The Frankness of Zappa by Scott Hopkins – Music Media
- 1976-12 Zoot Allures: Unadulterated Zappa by Alex Lippisch – Reporter
1977
- 1977-02 Caught In The Act - Frank Zappa by Chris Welch – Melody Maker
- 1977-02 Frank Zappa: Zoot Allures by Russell Shaw – Modern Recording
- 1977-09 Zappa presents 'zircon-incrusted' concert season by Jim Healey – The Des Moines Register
- 1977-10 Zappa breaks out new 'Dynamo Hum-dingers' by Robin E. Pond – The Lantern
- 1977-11 It's Not Easy Being a Genius by Gordy Schonfeld – The Daily Pennsylvanian
1978
- 1978-05 Frank Zappa Vs. The Bunny Thugs by Michael Davis – Creem
- 1978-07 Great Zappa As Usual by Luis Feliu – The Canberra Times
- 1978-09 Zappa zaps religion and drugs by Daniel S. Smith – The Lantern
- 1978-09 Frank Zappa Live by David Clamage – Studio Sound
- 1978-10 Where's That Zappa Comin' From by Joe Panholzer – Statesman
- 1978-10 Zappa: Overnight Sensation at U.M. by Mike Parykazu – Towerligh
- 1978-10 Frank Zappa "Studio Tan" by Tom Byrne – The Lumberjack
1979
- 1979-02 A Tasty Change From So-so Soup by Mark Ellen – New Musical Express
- 1979-04 Sheik Yerbouti – Frank Zappa by Scott C. Greene – The Ithacan
- 1979-05 Frank Zappa: The Original Freak Strikes Oil as the Sheik by Dennis Broe – Good Times
- 1979-12 Zappa Rides Again by Mary Campbell – Associated Press
1980
- 1980-02 Mechanic of 'Joe's Garage' father of 'Baby Snakes' – Zappa Lives! by David Fricke – Circus
- 1980-03 Mensch with a dirty mind by Don Shewey – Rolling Stone
- 1980-07 Record company zaps draft song by James Henke – Enlisted Times
- 1980-10 Freaked Out in the Gym by Neil Hauser – Statesman
1981
- 1981-04 In and out the meatgrinder by Paul Barclay – The Manitoban
- 1980-05 When Zappa got off on Stravinsky by Stephen Cera – The Baltimore Sun
- 1980-05 Frank Zappa has a famous rock cousin by Rafael Alvarez – The Baltimore Sun
- 1981-09 Zappa's Manager Branching Out by Bruce Duff – Music Connection
- 1981-10 Zappa Musical Talents Wild, Outrageous, But Controlled by Gene Triplett – The Oklahoman
- 1981-11 Zappa: Still Crude After All These Years by Robert Legault – The Rocket
1982
- 1982-01 Close Encounter With Zappa by Arthur Deco – Milkshake Madmoiselle
- 1982-02 Ex-Zappa Vocalist Discusses Politics Of Music Industry by Dave Stanton – Daily Trojan
- 1982-07 'Girls' is awesome, fer sure by Daniel Winkel – Waukesha Freeman
- 1982-12 Conversation With Artie Tripp by Jeff Slyker – Mother People
1983
- 1983-06 Nagano On Conducting Zappa by Dan Forte – Mix
- 1983-11 Opera Crowd Whoops for Zappa by Robert Commanday – San Francisco Chronicle
1984
- 1984-01 Dweezil: Rocking Out Of His Father's Shadow by Jeff Silberman – Music Connection
- 1984-02 ZAPPA, VOL.1 by Thom Holmes – Recordings of Experimental Music
- 1984-04 A Conference Of Composers – Capitol
- 1984-05 Puppets - Symphony - Zappa by Stephanie Zimmerman – In Performance
- 1984-06 The Berkeley Symphony Plays Frank Zappa by Terry Hawkins – KPFA Folio
- 1984-06 Zappa And The Symphony Set by Wiliam Huck – San Francisco
- 1984-06 Zappa Pokes Into The Fine Arts by Larry Kelp – The Oakland Tribune
- 1984-06 In Tune by Terry Hawkins – East Bay Express
- 1984-06 Zappa in Polyester by D.S. Crafts – East Bay Express
- 1984-06 Zappa's Entertaining Concert by Scott Beach – The San Francisco Examiner
- 1984-08 'Mothers to modern' – Zappa concert revives old, reveals new by Joe Tougas – MSU Reporter
- 1984-11 Frankie Goes To Stony Brook by Nancy Tamosaitis – Statesman
- 1984 Zappa In San Francisco - May 18th, 19th & 20th by Len Callo - Mother People
- 1984 A Zappa Affair by Len Callo - Mother People
1985
- 1985-03 Where's The Beef? – Express
- 1985-09 The White House Vs. Frank Zappa On Sex by Rosanne Less – Metro Times
- 1985-12 Frank Zappa takes on the U.S. Senate in 'Porn Wars' by Rip Rense – The Los Angeles Times
- 1985-12 Did Frank Forget How To Freak Out? by Steve Hochman – Music Connection
- 1985 The Jimmy Carl Black Interview by Gregarious – Mother People
1986
- 1986-03 Sony's Stickering Plans Come Unglued by Jim Bessman – Billboard
- 1986-03 RIAA Rep Picks Zappa to Fight Porno Bill, But It's News to Association by Bill Holland – Billboard
- 1986-10 Frank Zappa: The Maryland Years by Rafael Alvarez – The Baltimore Sun Magazine
- 1986-11 Frank Zappa Addresses Issue Of Censorship by Scott Davis – Daily Sundial
- 1986-11 Frank Zappa by Lisa White – Duckberg Times
- 1986-11 Zappa urges speech audience to fight censorship and conformity by thinking by Tom Sinclair – The Diamondback
1987
- 1987-02 Programming Perilous Polyrhythms by Steve De Furia – Keyboard
- 1987-03 The Zappa Affair by Sarah Cahill – Option
- 1987-10 Jimmy Carl Black – One Of Mother's Finest by Ron Young – Boogie
1988
- 1988-03 Frank Zappa Palace Theater 2/2/88 by Dave Turner – Buzz
- 1988-03 Only The Weather Was Cold by Glenn Rechler – East Coast Rocker
- 1988-08 The Zappa Zoo by Jennifer Ash – Life
1989
- 1989-12 No More Heroes by Penny Braybrooke – Guitarist
- 1989-12 Zappa Keeps Eye Now On Bottom by Patrice Apodaca – Los Angeles Times
1990
- 1990-03 Ray Collins: Zappa's Mouthpiece by Steve Propes – Sh-Boom
- 1990-05 Just Plain Folks by Drew Wheeler – Billboard
- 1990-05 Zappa: Leading The Way In Digital & CD Technologies by Jim Bessman – Billboard
- 1990-05 We Are What We Watch by Drew Wheeler – Billboard
- 1990-05 Das Capitalist by Neil Cohen – Continental Profiles
1991
- 1991-04 Urban Leader: Ed Mann and Tommy Mars interviewed in Wuppertal 10.3.91 by Axel Wünsch, Aad Hoogesteger, Harald Hering and Achim Mänz – T'Mershi Duween
- 1991-04 Just Another Band From Ume: Zappsteetoot by Matt Galagher – T'Mershi Duween
- 1991-07 A Mars A Day: Tommy Mars in conversation by Axel Wünsch and Aad Hoogesteger – T'Mershi Duween
- 1991-10 Mother People: Don Preston And Jimmy Carl Black Interview Moers Festival 18.5.91 by Axel Wünsch and Aad Hoogesteger – T'Mershi Duween
1992
- 1992-02 Happy Birthday, Frank! by Robert L. Doerschuk – Keyboard
- 1992-02 Hail And Farewell by Ben Watson – The Wire
- 1992-03 Jimmy Carl Black Interview: Moers Festival 19.5.91 by Axel Wünsch and Aad Hoogesteger – T'Mershi Duween
- 1992-10 All Bass Players Are Failed Ukulele Players: The Arthur Barrow Interview by Tom Brown and Slev Uunofski – T'Mershi Duween
- 1992-11 The Return Of The Son-Of-Zappa Rap or Dweezil In Never Netherlands by Axel Wünsch and Aad Hoogesteger – T'Mershi Duween
- 1992-11 Interview With Bunk Gardner September 1992 by Fred Tomsett – T'Mershi Duween
- 1992-11 Don Preston Interview 26 8 92 by Fred Tomsett – T'Mershi Duween
- 1992-11 Eddie, R.U. Kidding? by Axel Wünsch and Aad Hoogesteger – T'Mershi Duween
- 1992-autumn The Mothers Of Invention by Phil McMullen – Ptolemaic Terrascope
1993
- 1993-02 Texan Grandmother In Interview Shock Horror by Roland St. Germain – T'Mershi Duween
- 1993-02 Dweezil Goes Out To Lunch: Yet Another Interview! by Ben Watson and Danny Houston – T'Mershi Duween
- 1993-03 Zappa's Swedish Universe: An Interview With Mats Öberg by Håkan Engborg – T'Mershi Duween
- 1993-06 Billy's Private Parts: A Few Words From Billy James by Fred Tomsett – T'Mershi Duween
- 1993-08 Hats Off To Mike Keneally by Fred Tomsett – T'Mershi Duween
- 1993-10 PolyGram, Zappa In Legal Clash Over Song Rights by Melinda Newman – Billboard
- 1993-12 Idol by Matt Groening – The New Yorker
- 1993-12 Revolutionary by Václav Havel – The New Yorker
- 1993-12 The Duke of Prunes. Frank Zappa (1940-1993) by Michael Walsh – Time
- 1993-spring of Free Meat Money and Weasels: the Bunk Gardner interview by Phil McMullen – Ptolemaic Terrascope
- 1993-summer The Mothers Tapes (Spool Three) – Don Preston by Phil McMullen – Ptolemaic Terrascope
1994
- 1994-01 Zappa – Personal reminiscenses by David Dudley, David Zinman, Nigey Lennon, Daniel Schorr, James F. Baylan, Dimitri Ehrlich – City Paper
- 1994-01 Frank Zappa 1940-1993 by Mike Muso – Sun Zoom Spark
- 1994-02 Gail Zappa Speaks With Howard Stern – T'Mershi Duween
- 1994-03 The Satirist Is Silenced by Dan Ouellette – Down Beat
- 1994-03 The Mother Of Perversion by Peter Townshend – CD International
- 1994-03 First Impressions by Joe Chiccarelli – EQ
- 1994-03 The UMRK Mix by Bob Stone – EQ
- 1994-03 The Yellow Shark Sessions by Jon Varman – EQ
- 1994-09 Zappa by Kimberly A. Stoilis – Public News
- 1994-09 Legacy Of A Cultural Guerilla by John Corbett – Down Beat
- 1994-12 A different Zappa emerges in epic 'operapantomine' by Rip Rense – The Milwaukee Journal
- 1994-Winter A Fond Farewell to Frank Zappa by Robert J. Reina – The Absolute Sound
1995
- 1995-01 Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Interview by Douglas J Noble – T'Mershi Duween
- 1995-07 Yåbbä Zåppä Dôô by Mike McGonigal – huH
- 1995-07 From Hungary With Love by Gabor Csupo – huH
- 1995-07 A scabrous disembowelling of the hippy dream by John Bungey – Mojo
- 1995-09 Stevie's Enormous Mouth: Bits Of A Chat With Steve Vai by Douglas J Noble – T'Mershi Duween
- 1995-10 My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama by James Rotondi – Guitar Player
- 1995-12 The Ryko Variations: Gary Steel Talks To Jill Christiansen – T'Mershi Duween
- 1995-12 Mother Of All Musicians – Top 40
1996
- 1996-02 The Final Conflict by Ben Watson – The Wire
- 1996-04 One More Time For The World Tour by Adrian Coen – T'Mershi Duween
- 1996-05 Discussion With A Neglected Orphan by Paul Remington – T'Mershi Duween
- 1996-07 Robert Martin Sez Hello by Evil Prince – T'Mershi Duween
- 1996-10 Thing-Fish Rap: Ike Willis Chats by Evil Prince – T'Mershi Duween
- 1996-11 The Trombone's Connected To The Lip Bone: Bruce Fowler Interview by Evil Prince – T'Mershi Duween
1997
- 1997-07 You're So Vai by Gary Steel – T'Mershi Duween
- 1997-10 Mars Needs Evil Princes: A Conversation by Evil Prince – T'Mershi Duween
1998
- 1998-12 "I was a teenage MOOSE freak!" by Rob Chapman – Mojo
1999
- 1999-01 Mann Alive! by Evil Prince – T'Mershi Duween
- 1999-01 Life Of The Party by Connie Bruck – The New Yorker
2000
- 2000-03 Chatting With A. Wing And A Prayer by Fred Banta – T'Mershi Duween
- 2000-03 The Be-Bop Bass Notes: Tom Fowler Interview by Evil Prince – T'Mershi Duween
- 2000-03 Strictly Genteel: The BPO tackles Zappa by Jeff Miers – Buffalo Beat
2001
- 2001-12 Digging the Nuggets by Daniel Felsenfeld – Andante
- 2001-00 Form and the Concept Album: Aspects of Modernism in Frank Zappa's Early Releases by James Borders – Perspectives of New Music
2002
- 2002-04 Epiphanies by Jerry Hopkins – The Wire
- 2002-11 Frank Zappa: The controversy and touring hell of 1970-71 by Dave Thompson – Goldmine
2003
- 2003-01 We are the Mothers...and This Is What We Sound Like! by Chris Michie – Mix
- 2003-05 Allan Zavod interview by Avo Raup
2004
- 2004-01 Keeper Of The Flame, Gail Zappa interview by Phil Alexander – Mojo
- 2004 Frank Zappa in Concert and Players Programs by Jean-Louis LeRoux
2005
- 2005-03 Nobody Looks Good Wearing Brown Lipstick by Russ Cooper – Warrior
2007
- 2007-11 Getting The Call, Giving It All (Peter Wolf interview) by Mr. Bonzai – Keyboard
2009
- 2009-05 Frank Talk, Gail Zappa interview by Alan Clayson – Record Collector
2010
- 2010-00 The Second Coming by John Collinge – Progression
- 2010-00 A Couple Of Real Creative Mothers by John Collinge – Progression
- 2010-09 Zappa Days by Erik Maza – The Baltimore Sun
- 2010-10 Frank Zappa by Richard Unwin – Flux
2012
- 2012-10 Frank Zappa: Reissues by Joseph Stannard – The Wire
2014
- 2014-09 Hand Signals – Shindig!
- 2014-09 Happy Together by Harvey Kubernik – Shindig!
2017
- 2017-06 Invisible Jukebox. Louis Moholo-Moholo by Mike Barnes – The Wire

Zappa articles & interviews in German:

1968-09 Bei lebendigem Leibe Fressen – Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser – Konkret
1968-11 Zappa kostete nur 100 Mark – Pop
1968-11 Underground und Symphonie-Orchester: Frank Zappa – Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser – Pop
1968-00 Nehmt den Alten ihre Macht: Frank Zappa – Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser – Das Buch der neuen Pop-Musik
1970-11 Frank Zappa – Mark Williams – Sounds
1972-02 Zappa und das Feuer von Montreux – Elias – Pop
1972-11 Frank Zappa and Hot Rats Orchestra in der Deutschlandhalle – Wolfgang Glitscher – Sounds
1972-00 Der Egotrip der Rock-Zeit – Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser – Rock-Zeit
1973-12 Mit Schneewittchen und den 7 Zwergen auf Yurrip-Expedition – Urban Gwerder – Pop
1974-11 Alla Zappa – Urban Gwerder – Jazz
1972-11 Ex-Mutter Zappa und sein neues «Hot Rats Orchestra» in Berlin – Pop
1975-02 Win A M.O.I. Dream Date – Walter Hartmann – Der Metzger
1978-04 Frank Zappa – ?? – Spotlight
1979-06 Zappas Größtes Ding! – ?? – Rennbahn Express
1980-12 Autogrammkarte, interessante Fotos und zehn Fragen an Frank Zappa – ?? – Bravo
1981-12 Zappa Interview – ?? – Spotlight
1982-06 Pappa Zappa – Steven Rosen – Fachblatt Music Magazin
1982-07 Alles Scheisse! – Sylvie Simmons – Musik Express
1982-12 Sonate für Reifen und Lenkstange – Norbert Obermanns – Oldie Markt
1985-01 Im Hagel von Zappas Giftpfeilen – Franz Schäfer – Stereo
1987-04 Papa Zappa – Paul Amberg – TIP
1988-05 Der Grosse Zappano – Claus Böhm – Audio
1988-07 Zappa per Zufall – Illona Müller – Hollywood
1988-07 Nicht nur Vaters Sohn – Michaela Hauke – Hollywood
1988-09 Frank Zappa - Finanzhai des Rock 'n' Roll – Illona Müller – Penthouse
1992-04 Frank Zappa – Christian Pleister – Max
1992-07 Die Ärtzte haben mich schon totgesagt – Stefan Sezoner – Salto
1992-08 Alles grosser Betrug – Thomas Hüetlin, Rüdiger Falksohn – Der Spiegel
1992-09 Jeder Dirigent ist ein Diktator – Klaus Winninger – Wiener
1992-09 Solange es mir gefällt – Hartwin Möhrle, Stefan Sezoner – Journal Frankfurt
1992-09 Struwwelpeter – Carsten Beckmann, Matthias Wagner – Zitty

Zappa articles & interviews in Danish

1967-09 Ungdom er magt – Børge
1967-10 Det hele er kold forretning – Sten Lau – Børge

Zappa articles & interviews in Dutch

1970-06 Frank Zappa: "film voor je ooren" – Pim Oets – Het Vrije Folk
1971-11 De industrie wilde het Fillmore album ontzettend geil aanprijzen (interview with Frank Zappa) – Jip Golsteijn – Oor
1971-11 Ian heeft alleen maar muziek aan z'n hoofd(interview with Ian Underwood) – Jip Golsteijn – Oor
1971-11 Met 1+3+3 Mothers On The Road – Jip Golsteijn – Oor
1988-08 De Groucho Marx van rock 'n' roll – Rob van Scheers – VPRO Gids

Zappa articles & interviews in French

1967-11 Au secours! Voila les Mamans !!! – Philippe Rault – Rock & Folk
1972-03 Montreux: pfuit ... plus d'casino – Urban Gwerder & Errrk – Oeuf
1981-04 Recontre avec ... Zappa – Spliff
1984-01 Zappa-Boulez, meme combat? – Philippe Olivier & Patrice Bollon – Liberation
1991-08 Comment Zappa? – Serge Loupien – Liberation

Zappa articles & interviews in Finnish

1973-10 Zappa rakastui suomalaisen yleisöön – Matti Laipio – Intro
1973-10 Zappa: liikenero ja musiikinero samassa persoonassa! Palkkio 150 000 markkaa? – Suosikki
1974-09 Frank Zappa poltti näppinsä Suomessa – Raila Kinnunen & Jorma Blomqvist – Apu
1976-08 U.S.A. Super Adventure Volume 1 – Jyrki-Boy – Suosikki

Zappa articles & interviews in Spanish

1980-04 Hidrogeno y estupidez – ? – Pelo
1987-00 Frank Zappa – ? – Guitarristas Del Mundo

Zappa articles & interviews in Italian

1988-06 Diavolo o diavolo? – Katia Natola – Tuttifrutti

Zappa articles & interviews in Portuguese

1978-06 Frank Zappa Quarto nº 253 – Jose Oliveira – Música & Som

Zappa articles & interviews in Russian

1989-00 Frank Zappa in Moscow?! – NSK

External Zappa articles and interviews sites:

GSW project – 32 volumes of audio books to download
zertrez interviews (Firefox incompatible forsaken site. All interviews from here are included into Geir Corneliussen's list, but some remarks are lost.)
Geir Corneliussen's Maybe You Thought I Was The Packard Goose - defunct
Interviews by The Idiot Bastard
Bengt Jönsson's Interviews from Swedish and Danish radio
Andy Murkin's Zappa Music Resources
The jjs homepage (mostly in German)