Magazine indexes
Chronological (texts in English only):
- 1953
- October 3
Saturday
Evening Post : Weasels Ripped My Flesh
- October 3
- 1956
- September
Man's Life
: Weasels Ripped My Flesh
- September
- 1965
- August 13
The Bakersfield Californian : The Run
Home Slow ad - September 10
Los Angeles
Free Press : The Mothers ad - "The Mothers
is a nice little band" - September 25
KRLA Beat
: Tiny ad for a group called The Mothers - October 1
Los Angeles
Free Press : The Mothers ad - "Rasputin
say: The Mothers is a nice little band ... I suppose" - October 2
KRLA Beat
: Tiny ad for a group called The Mothers - October 9
KRLA Beat
: Tiny ad for a group called The Mothers - October 16
KRLA Beat
: Tiny ad for a group called The Mothers - October 23
KRLA Beat
: The Mothers ad - call "Frank Zapa" - December 8
KFWB/98 Hitline
: Look
Out Plastic People The Mothers Have Arrived - December 31
Los Angeles
Free Press : A Year End Garland from the Free
Press
- August 13
- 1966
- June 24
Berkeley Barb
: Rock’n’
Freak - July 8
Los Angeles
Free Press :
Kooks, Little Green Books And Zappa ... - July 9
Cash
Box : Album Reviews - Freak Out! - July 9
Record
World :
MGM Goes Way Out
For 'Freak Out' - July 10
San Francisco
Chronicle : Rock LPs – Some Remarkable
Experiments - July 15
Detroit Free Press :
If You Get Headache - July 23
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner :
Mothers
Invent Sounds Worse Than Music - July 24
Courier-Post
:
Like Lawrence In Ara...Baby! - July 29
Los Angeles
Free Press :
GUAMBO Is An
Act Of Love – Mothers ... - August 7
Los
Angeles Times :
Popular Records: Pass Aspirin, Please - August 13
Record
World :
N.Y. 'Freak Out' - September 10
KRLA Beat
: Psychedelic Music – Is It Next? - September 12
Daily Trojan
: Ad - the Mothers at the Shrine Exposition Hall - September
Audio
: Jazz and all that. Mothers of Invention: Freak Out! - September
Los Angeles
Free Press
- October 3
Daily Trojan
: Pot
Is Good But LSD Is Better - October 4
Los
Angeles Times :
The Mothers Are Something to See - October 5
Daily Trojan
: Wild
Freaks Run Amok To Save Mankind - October 14
NME :
[The annual croquet match] - October 31
IT
: Portrait of a
freak - November 4
NME :
The Mothers of Invention "It Can't Happen Here"/"How
Could I Be Such A Fool" - November 12
Cash
Box : Newcomer
Picks - Trouble Comin' Every Day - November 19
Disc and Music Echo
: [Freak Out!] - November 19
Record Mirror
: The Mothers of Invention: It Can't Happen Here; How
Could I Be Such A Fool - November 27
Los
Angeles Times :
The Frenzied Frontier of Pop Music - November
TeenSet :
Hollywood Group Scene - December 1
The Paper
: Concert ad - December 1
The Village
Voice :
The Pop Bag - December 8
The Paper
: Concert ad - December 25
The New York Times
:
Son of Suzy Creamcheese - December 30
Los Angeles
Free Press :
Zappa Zaps the
Big Lie - December
Beat Instrumental
:
The 'Unbelievably Awful' Mothers of Invention - December
Cavalier : Freak
Out! - picture story - December
Teen :
My Fair &
Frantic Hollywood
- June 24
- 1967
- January 14
Montreal Gazette
:
Mothers Of The World Unite! Inventively! - January
Teen :
Freakout! - January
TeenSet
- Fifty-Four Fab, Boss Questions
- ZOWIEWOWIE
- February 1
East Village
Other :
Mutation Blues - February 11
Melody Maker
: Psychedelic Pop - March 4
Melody Maker
: Freak out with
the Mothers - March 13
IT
: Zappa - March 25
KRLA Beat
: The Generation G-a-p ... It's Widening - March
Hit Parader
: Eric Burdon Is Freaking Out - March
Hullabaloo
: Mothers
Of Invention - April 27
Wellesley
News :
"Mother-Images"
Freak Out, Creamcheese, Psychedelics - April
Beat Instrumental
: Freak Out
- Mothers Of Invention VLP 9154 (review) - April
The Sun
: Frank Zappa - May 6
Billboard
: Centerfold ad - May 6
Cash Box
: Talent On Stage: Boston's American Festival
Of Music - May 20
Cash Box
: Best Bets - Why Don't You Do Me Right - May 25
The New York Times
: Mothers
of Invention at the Garrick - May 25
The Village
Voice : 21 Win '67 'Obies' - May 26
The Wall Street
Journal :
'Mothers,'
Hip Style - May
Hit Parader
: Granny' Gossip - May
World Countdown
: Zappa statement on poison gas and FZ poster giveaway - June 1
The Village
Voice :
Theatre: Absolutely Freeeee - June 10
Cash Box
: Free As Can Be - June 24
Cash Box
: Album Reviews - Absolutely Free - June 24
Melody Maker
: Mothers here
in October - June 29
DownBeat :
Panther organs ad - June
Hit Parader
: Frank
Zappa the Incredible Boss Mother - June
Jazz :
The Joyful Noise - July 29
Billboard :
Merson's 'Invention' Radio Spot Clicking - July
Hit Parader
: The
Boss Mother Meets The Animals - August 21
IT
- August 26
Melody Maker
: Meet
the Boss Mother, sussing out Britain... - August
Evergreen Review
: Absolutely Free ad - August
Hit Parader
: My Favorite
Records - August
Sing Out!
: Folk Rock Is A Drag ad - September 2
Disc and Music Echo
: [Absolutely Free] - September 2
Record Mirror
: Frank
Zappa of the Mothers of Invention – the Hard Guy who
doesn't radiate love ... - September 9
Fabulous 208
: On Our Wavelength - September 23
Disc and Music Echo
: Big Leg Emma - September 23
Intro :
In It For The Money - September 23
NME :
The Mothers of Invention - tame but really great ("Big
Leg Emma") - September 23
Record Mirror
: The Mothers Of Invention: Big Leg Mama; Why Don't
You Do Me Right - September 30
Disc and Music Echo
- September 30
Melody Maker
: Mothers
– Almost A Freak Out, Not A Love In, Definitely A Send-up! - September 30
NME :
Mothers Woo In-Crowd - September 30
Record Mirror
: The Mothers Of Invention "Absolutely Free" - September
16 : Spot
The Errors! - September
High Fidelity
: Mothers
Of Invention: Absolutely Free - September
Hit Parader
: Hagstrom guitar & Absolutely Free ads - September
Hullabaloo
: The Mothers Of Invention - September
Jazz & Pop
: Frank Zappa
(Pt I) - September
Rave :
The Big Pop Movement - Underground Groups - September
Song Hits :
Mother Of
Two Runs Off With Uncle Meat - Fall
Freak Out, U.S.A.
: Mothers
Of Invention: Strange People ... - Fall
GQ Scene :
Mother-Mother - Autumn
Pop-See-Cul
:
Heroes And Villains - October 7
Melody Maker
: Mothers live
up to their name - October 20
Berkeley Barb
: Waving
at the Fickle Future - October
Cavalier : Claudia
On The California Pop Circuit - October
Cheetah :
In-Person:
The Mothers Of Invention - October
Esquire
:
Secular Music - October
Hit Parader
: Frank
Zappa On Freedom - October
Jazz & Pop
: Frank Zappa
(Pt II) - October
Music Maker
: Speaking
Of Mothers, Meet Frank - November 11
Record Mirror
: 'The
biggest talent I have ever come across' says ex Dylan
producer Tom Wilson of Frank Zappa - November 15
Fifth
Estate :
Mothers
To Zap Detroit - November
Audio
: Jazz, Blues
And The Mothers - November
Escapade
- December 1
Fifth
Estate :
Head
Mother Speaks - December 1
The Varsity
: The
Mothers of Invention - December 2
Cash Box
: Best Bets - Sonics - Any Way The Wind Blows - December 16
Record Mirror
: Frank Zappa - the Hitler of song, says Eric - December 22
Open City
- December 23
The New York Times
: Town
Hall Rocks To A Zany Group - December 23
Toronto Daily Star
:
Opera – the next big thing in rock - December 30
Cash Box
: Best Bets - Lonely Little Girl - December
Hit Parader
: Hagstrom guitar & United Mutation ads
- January 14
- 1968
- January 5
East Village
Other :
Pop, Rock and Jelly - January 11
The Village
Voice :
Zappa and the Mothers: Ugly Can Be Beautiful - January 12
GO Magazine : New
Mothers' LP Sleeve The Wildest Yet - January 13
Saturday
Evening Post :
Does this Mother know best? - January 26
The Varsity
: The
Mothers – A nice place to visit - January 29
Toronto Daily Star
:
Mothers of Invention, un-convention provide a tremendously
wild evening - January 29
The Varsity
: The
Mothers – A nice place to visit - January
New England Scene
: The Mothers - January
Rave :
Rave's New Year Honours List - February 3
Melody Maker
: Those
Beefheart Blues - February 10
KRLA Beat
: Zappa Voted Top Musician - February 24
Cash Box
: Look It's Clean ad - February 24
Rolling Stone
: Meat And Monster Films For Mothers - February 29
San Francisco Express Times :
The Apocalypse According To Saint Zappa - February
Discoscene
: Necessity
Is ... - February
Jazz & Pop
: Motherly
Love - February
Teen
Scoop :
The Mothers
"Thing" – Invention - March 4
Rat Subterranean
News :
Greatest Mother
Of Them All - March 9
Cash Box
: Album Reviews - We're Only In It For The Money - March 23
Disc and Music Echo
: 'Mothers' LP: send-up of the Beatles - March 28
New York Free Press
:
Leader Of The Mothers - March
Underground
Digest :
Head Mother Speaks Out - April 6
Rolling Stone
:
We're Only In It For The Money (review) - April 26
Avatar :
The Mothers - April 27
Rolling Stone
- Monkees Give Zappa Bum Steer
- Tragedy Comes To Frank Zappa: 'They Called Us Entertainment
- May 11
Cash Box
: Album Reviews - Lumpy Gravy - May 17
Daily Sundial
: Zappa's
Dream: Super Pool Of Musicians - May 25
NME :
Eric Clapton a Mother - May
Big Ten :
Frank Zappa
- The Head Mother - May
Discoscene
: Where
Is Frank Zappa? Part I - May
Distant Drummer
:
Zappa At The Rock-And-Roll - May
Dude :
The Mothers Of
Invention - May/June
Hullabaloo
- Live From N.Y. The Others Brothers Show
- Records
- June 3
Newsweek :
Zapping With
Zappa - June 3
The San Diego Union
:
The Mothers Of Invention In Hit Concert - June 4
Fifth
Estate :
[Head
Mother Frank Zappa ...] - June 10
KXOA Music Scene
: Concert announcement - June 15
Melody Maker
: Zappa
masterminds a Mothers' masterpiece - June 15
Record Mirror
: The Mothers Of Invention "We're Only In It For The
Money" - June 16
Datebook :
What I Am,
See, Is I'm an Appliance – an Ugly Reminder - June 21
Los Angeles
Free Press :
Mother Is A Mother Is A Mother Is A Mother - June 22
Rolling Stone
- Los Angeles Scene
- Lumpy Gravy (review)
- June 28
Life
- The Most Popular Music
- The Oracle Has It All Psyched Out
- June
Discoscene
: Where
Is Frank Zappa? Part II - June
High Fidelity
: Mothers
Of Invention: We're Only In It For The Money - June
Hit Parader
: The
Incredible History Of The Mothers - July 12
IT
: Lumpy Gravy - July 15
The Paper
: Zap And
Other Hungers - July 20
Rolling Stone
: Frank
Zappa - July
Beat Instrumental
: We're Only
In It For The Money (review) - July
Discoscene
: Where
Is Frank Zappa? Part III - July
Orpheus :
Zappa At The
Rock-And-Roll - August 5
The New York Times
: Park
Show Offers Satiric Ensemble - August 9
Kaleidoscope
: Zappa:
Musical Trip - August 17
Melody Maker
: Mothers for London date - August 23
Kaleidoscope
- August 30
Georgia Straight
:
Zappazappazappafrankzappa - August 31
Record Mirror
: From The Underworld: Undergroung Groups by Derek Boltwood - August
Discoscene
: Where
Is Frank Zappa? Part IV - August
Jazz & Pop
:
My Brother Is An Italian Mother - August
The Rebel
Breed :
Freakout! - August
Stereo Review
: Mothers
Of Invention: We're Only In It For The Money - September 10
Ogdensburg Journal :
The Mothers’ Musical Message Called Meaningful
And Warped - September 14
Record Mirror
: From New York The Hawk Report - September
Crawdaddy! : Frank
Zappa cartoon on the cover - September
TeenSet :
That's
Funny, You Don't Look Like The Musician Of The Year - October 4
IT
: Full page ad - October 5
Melody Maker
- October 5
Record
Mirror
- October 17
Der Abend
: All the
Toys Are Broken - October 18
IT
: ---- - October
Guitar Player
- Zap - October
Hit Parader
: Granny's Gossip - October
TeenSet : Centerfold "Incredible
Zappa Pinup!" - November 1
Berkeley Barb
:
The BARBer - November 2
Melody Maker
: Who
Would Have Thought The Mothers Could Be Boring? - November 22
Berkeley Barb
: Ya
Muddah! - November 28
Fifth
Estate :
Mixed
Mead-Ear - November 30
Cash Box
: Album Reviews - Cruising With Ruben & The Jets - November
Eye
- What's Sexy? Fifteen celebrities tell what turns them on
- Frank Zappa Songbook
- November
New England Scene
: "We fixed Zappa's amp!!" ad - December 2
San Francisco Chronicle :
The Mothers Can Really Play - December 6
Teaspoon Door
: Ruben And The Jets By The Mothers Of Invention - December 11
San Francisco Express Times : Who's Ruben? - December 13
IT
: The 1955 Zappa - December 13
Open City
: A Bizarre
Night At The Shrine - December 21
Melody Maker
: FZ on the cover and centerfold - December 21
Rolling Stone
:
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (review) - December 28
Melody Maker
: Zappa Versus
The States - December
Beat Instrumental
: Lumpy Gravy
(review) -
Arrows
: Lumpy Gravy
- January 5
- 1969
- February 1
Cash Box
: Bizarre
Deal Brings Mothers To Reprise - February 15
Melody Maker
: The Mothers take
an hilarious look at the heyday of rock and roll - February 15
Rolling Stone
:
The Groupies and Other Girls - February 22
Disc and Music Echo
: Zappa rocks - February 24
Toronto Telegram
:
Scorching Blast Of Fresh Air - February 25
Counterpoint
- February 28
Time :
Manners And Morals. The Groupies. - February
Jazz & Pop
: 6th Annual Intl. Critics' Poll
Results - February
OZ : Cruising With
Ruben And The Jets (review) - March 8
Record
World : Bizarre Inks 5 Acts - March
Creem
: Captain
Beefheart and his Magic Band - March
High Fidelity
: Mothers
Of Invention: Cruising With Ruben And The Jets - March
Psyche
Pscene :
Zappa - March
SoCal :
Frank Zappa - March
TeenSet :
Bizarre Isn't
The Word ... - March
Distant Drummer
:
An Album For Germans - April 19
Cash Box
: Album Reviews - Uncle Meat - April 24
The Daily
Pennsylvanian :
They've come a long way, but not really so far - April 24
San Diego Door
: Rock Scene - April 28
The Spectrum
: Mothers Of Invention - May 1
DownBeat :
Boston Globe
Jazz Festival - May 1
Washington Free Press :
The Money Game - May 3
Melody Maker
: The Mothers Are
Coming! - May 7
The Spectrum
: Concert review - Mothers Of Invention - May 9
IT
: Frank Zappa versus
the teenage archetypal America theme (part 6) - May 10
Billboard
: Zappa
Paints a Picture Of Two Worlds Divided - May 24
Top Pops
: The Mothers Of Invention: Mothermania - May 31
Melody Maker
: Will
Brum Ever Be The Same Again - May 31
Record Mirror
: Cool, But Rare - May 31
Rolling
Stone :
Uncle
Meat - May
Hit Parader
: Platter Chatter: Cruising With Ruben And The Jets - June 1
The Black Dwarf
: Zappa - June 7
Disc and Music Echo
: Mother Superior - June 7
Melody Maker
- June 7
Record Mirror
: The
Incurable Frank Zappa - June 8
The
Sunday Press :
Contemporary
Music Has Message - June 13
IT
- Frank Zappa versus the Incredible Hulk
- Pete talks about Tommy
- June 14
Melody Maker
: From the tongue
in cheek, to the brain in ferment (Uncle Meat
review) - June 18
Daily
Variety :
Mothers of
Invention, Chicago, Youngbloods - June 18
East Village
Other :
Rock - June 19
Ann
Arbor Argus :
Zappa
Interview - June 26
DownBeat :
The Mothers
of Invention: Uncle Meat - June 28
Record World :
New Execs
at Bizarre - June
Beat Instrumental
: L.P. Reviews - Mothermania - June
Circus :
Hello boys
and girls, my name is Frank ... - June
Creem
: Uncle Meat - June
Take One :
Frank Zappa - June 7
Melody Maker
- July 12
Billboard
: The New
Trends in Music - July 16
East Village
Other :
Newport Jazz Festival - July 18
Miami Free Press
- The Miami Jazz Festival
- Wow
- July
Beat Instrumental
:
Father Of The Mothers - July
Circus :
Rock And Revolution - July
Hit Parader
: The Lead Guitar Of Henry Vestine - July
OZ :
Uncle Meat - July
ZigZag :
ZigZag Unzips - August 1
Berkeley Tribe
: Wild Man Record - August 8
Los Angeles
Free Press :
Frank Zappa
... He's Bizarre - August 9
Rolling
Stone :
An Evening With Wild Man Fischer - August 29
IT
:
Zapparap - August
Beat Instrumental
: L.P. Reviews - Uncle Meat - August
Creem
- Trout Mask Replica (Lester Bangs)
- The Age Of Rock
- Trout Mask Replica (Richard C. Walls)
- August
Stereo Review
: Mothers
Of Invention: Uncle Meat - September 5
Fusion
- Frank Zappa Interview
- Trout Mask Replica
- September
Esquire
: The Unco-optables - October 3
Sarasota
Journal :
Collegiate
Survey Indicates Zappa And Wald Are Favourites - October 17
GO Magazine :
Zappa Interviewed - October 18
Rolling
Stone :
Mother's
Day Has Finally Come - October 25
Melody Maker
: The
Mothers Are Dead, But Zappa's Still Very Much Alive - October 30
DownBeat
- Frank Zappa: The Mother of Us All
- Music Workshop: Little House by Frank Zappa
- October 31
Time :
Mephisto In Hollywood - November 5
Record Mirror
: Zappa
and the Crawling Eye - November 8
Disc and Music Echo
- Zappa: Now It's Time For Gravy
- Beefheart, Hamburgers, Hang-Ups ...
- November 8
Melody Maker
: The
Beefheart Zappa Talk-in - November 15
Cash Box
: Album Reviews - Hot Rats - November 18
The Observer
: A Typical
Zappa Trick - November 19
The Polytechnic
:
Motherless Child's Latest Invention - November
Audio
: Light listening.
Uncle Meat. - November
Knight :
Boss Of The
Mothers - November
STROBE :
The Frank Zappa
Column? - December
Beat Instrumental
: L.P. Reviews - Trout Mask Replica - December 4
Helix : Goodbye
Mothers: The Frank Zappa Press Release - December 5
Los Angeles
Free Press : Frank Zappa/Hot Rats - December 6
Record World :
Straight Up with Straight - December 12
Fusion
: The Mother
of Some of Us - December 12
Friends
- It's all in self-defence
- There are forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers
-
LA Star :
Frank Zappa &
Paul Eberle Rapping In Los Angeles '69
- February 1
- 1970
- January 17
Record Mirror
- Understanding The Underground
- 21st Century Pop People, P-Z
- January 22
DownBeat :
Europe's
Answer To Woodstock: The First Actuel ... - January 28
IT
: Rats - January
Stardock :
Grandson
Of Ives - January
Stereo Review
: The
Mothers Of Invention: The **** Of The Mothers - February 21
Cash Box
: Album Reviews - Burnt Weeny Sandwich - February
Circus
:
The 70's: A Newer, Bigger, Better Fronting to
Thinking - March 7
Disc and Music Echo
: Frank Zappa
"Hot Rats" - March 7
Rolling Stone
:
Hot Rats - March 11
New University
: Bill
Graham Opens Olympic - March 19
Daily Trojan
: Zappa To Perform Tonight In Bovard - March 19
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa:
Hot Rats - March 21
Disc and Music Echo
- Zappa for Pop Proms
- Zappa's 100-man session!
- March 21
Melody Maker
: Hot Rats is hot stuff! - March 28
New Musical Express
: Zappa Leads Way From 60's To 70's - March 30
Crawdaddy
: No Commercial
Value - April 3
Daily Sundial
: bePOPalua - April 4
Melody Maker
: Hot Rats - hot Zappa! - April 9
IT
: The Mothers of
Invention, their achievement and last albums - April 11
Melody Maker
: IOW Bid For Zappa - April
Beat Instrumental
- Hot Rats
- Permanent Damage
- April
Creem
: Mothers /
Rezapped - April
The Echo :
"Contempo
'70" Plans Announced - April
Hit Parader
: What
Ever Happened To The Mothers Of Invention? - May 3
The Sun Magazine
:
Frank Zappa Of Necessity Founded The Mothers Of Invention - May 7
Chicago
Tribune :
Glad
Zappa's Back - May 9
New Musical Express
: Zappa - Outrageous
Star - May 11
New York :
. . . And Thy Mother - May 14
Rolling Stone
:
The Odyssey of Captain Beefheart - May 23
Melody Maker
: Zappa For Britain - May 25
Crawdaddy
- May 28
DownBeat :
GTOs Permanent
Damage - May 30
Disc and Music Echo
: Zappa saves
his show from shambles - May
Beat Instrumental
: FZ on the cover - June 1
Time :
Hit It, Zubin - June 8
Rock Magazine :
You're Probably
Wondering Why I'm Here - June 18
IT
: A GTO is an average - June 22
The Great
Speckled Bird : Cosmic Ripoff - June 25
DownBeat :
The Mothers
Of Invention: Burnt Weenie Sandwich - June
The Eagle Bone Whistle
: Concert ad - June
Revolution
: Frank
Zappa "Hot Rats" - June
Stereo Review
: The
Mothers Of Invention: Burnt Weeny Sandwich - July 4
Disc and Music Echo
: Zappa's band
of band leaders! - July 4
New
Musical Express
- Shrewd, But With A Lot Of Heart
- Bath - Hub Of World's Pop Talent
- July 9
Rolling Stone
: What
Zappa Did To Zubin Mehta - July 10
Friends
- July 10
Hundred Flowers
- July 11
Melody Maker
- July
The Eagle Bone Whistle
:
Zappa In San Antonio - August 4
East Village
Other : Mothers - August 6
Rolling Stone
: King
Kong. Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa - August 28
Los Angeles
Free Press :
Adderly blows but Zappa's at the wheel - August 29
Disc and Music Echo
:
A frank talk with Zappa on being a 'rebel chief'! - August 30
Overseas
Weekly
: The Great Universal Grab Bag of
Assorted Facts and Useful Information - August
Beat Instrumental
- Zappa with Mothers
- An Evening With Wild Man Fischer
- August
Evergreen Review
: '50s
Teenagers And '50s Rock - August
Jazz & Pop
: Frank Zappa - August
The Guardian :
Frank Zappa:
he observes our extremes, absurdities - September 11
Strange Days
- September 15
Changes :
Frank Zappa
Gonna Get You If You Don't Watch Out - September 19
Disc and Music Echo
: Inventive Mothers offer some ripping old album material - September 19
Melody Maker
- Zappa dates
- 1970 Pop Poll results
- September
Circus : Zappa
Reforms Mothers For Money-Making Tour - September
High Fidelity
: Mothers Of Invention: Burnt Weeny Sandwich - September
National Lampoon
: College Concert Cut-Ups - October 1
Rolling Stone
:
Weasels Ripped My Flesh (review) - October 2
The Daily Aztec
:
Zappa defiles Sabbath with two-hours show - October 5
The Daily Aztec
:
Mothers: too much! - October 12
Florida Flambeau
:
Rock Minstrel's Life Not Rosey - October 9
San Francisco Foghorn
- October 21
The Round Table
- These Mothers is Crazy
- It's Homecoming - College Hi-Jinx
- October 28
The Heights
: Zappa
Pie And Motherhood - October
Creem
- October
The Eagle Bone Whistle
: Concert ad - October
Friends :
Weasels Ripped My Flesh ad - November 5
IT
: Half page ad - November 7
Sounds :
Zappa – the
great satirist - November 8
The New York Times
: Zapparap
on the Zappaplan - November 13
New University
: Zappa
Et. Al. - November 19
IT
: King Kong - November 28
Disc and Music Echo
: Why I'm Sick Of Zappa - November 29
Winona
Daily News :
Back Pages - November
OZ :
Chunga's Revenge
(review) - December 5
Melody Maker
- December 5
Music Now :
Zappa's
Return - December 5
New
Musical Express
- December 5
Sounds
- December 10
DownBeat :
The Mothers
Of Invention: Weasels Ripped My Flesh - December 21
Impact :
Students Rap
With Frank Zappa - December 24
DownBeat :
35th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll - December 24
Rolling Stone :
Chunga's Revenge (review) - December
Revolution
: Captain
Beefheart and His Magic Band "Trout Mask Replica" - December
The Seed :
Zappa - December
ZigZag
: Chunga's Revenge album ad -
The Image :
Editorial
- January 17
- 1971
- January 16
NME :
Establishment
Versus The Underground - January 21
Door
: Chunga's Revenge - January 23
Record Mirror
: Was
this the real Reuben Sano standing up at last? - January 25
Rock Magazine :
I Dreamed I Interviewed
Frank Zappa In My Maidenform Bra - January 28
IT
: Zappa 200 Motels:
File Under Popular - January 29
The Bryn Mawr-Haverford College News :
1970: A Year of Death, Disappointment, Some Good Music - January
Crescendo
: Jean-Luc Ponty "King Kong" - January
Stereo Review
: The
Mothers Of Invention: Weasels Ripped My Flesh - February 1
Music Now
: Zappa:
'The Albert Hall Is Obscene' - February 13
Melody Maker
- February 13
The Spectator
: Necessity
and Invention - February
High Fidelity
: Chunga's
Revenge / Lick My Decals Off, Baby - March 19
Fusion
: Captain Beefheart - March
Changes : Zappa
On 200 Motels - March
Creem
- March
Stereo Review
: Frank
Zappa: Chunga's Revenge - April 10
Record Mirror
: Say
A Good Word For The Groupies, Frank - April 28
Door
: Frank Zappa &
Zubin Mehta – 200 Hotels (Bootleg) - April 29
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa:
Chunga's Revenge - April
Playboy :
Zubin And
The Mothers - May 21
Scene :
Coming: Humble
Pie & Mothers - May-June
Albert
: Live Interview With Frank Zappa - June 3
Fifth
Estate :
Mothers
Of Invention - June 3
Scene :
Humble Pie equals
The Mothers in Fantastic Concert - June 5
Go-Set : A Frank
Zappa Spectacular 200 Motels starring Ringo Starr..... - June 6
The
Smith Tapes :
Frank
Zappa - June 7
Psyche
Pscene News :
Frank Zappa - June 19
Melody Maker
: The
ballad of John, Yoko and Frank Zappa - June
Hit Parader
: Zappa
On The Move Again - June
Stereo Review
- July 14
The Manitoban
: Zappa
And The Horse - July 31
Sounds :
Frank Zappa Tour - August 7
Cash Box
: Album Reviews - Fillmore East, June 1971 - August 16
Circular : Mothers
Contest - August 18
Door
: The Mothers
"Fillmore East, June 1971" - August 20
Fusion : Zappa. Another look at last season's
genius - August 23
Circular
- 18 Sides of The Mothers
- Notorious Chicken Killers
- August 26
Scene :
The Mothers
"Fillmore East - June 1971" - August
Honey
: Zapp! Frank Zappa Versus The Follower Of Convention - September 10
San Francisco Foghorn :
Mothers
and Turtles (record review) - September 15
Beetle :
Zappa Rings
Our Chimes - September 16
Rolling Stone
: Kaylan:
Mother Was A Turtle - September 20
Circular :
Hey Hey Hey,
Mister Snazzy Exec! - September 23
Scene :
Captain Beefheart
"Trout Mask Replica" - September 24
Life : Rock stars
at home with their parents - September 30
Rolling Stone
:
Fillmore East (review) - September
High Fidelity
: The
Worst of The Mothers - September
RDH Comix
: 200 Motels - September
Creem
: Glendora High School wall painting - Fall
Movies Now
- Zappa Cartoons
- Zap! Into Zappaland
- October 1
The Bryn Mawr-Haverford College News :
Mothers and Turtles Together - October 7
Scene :
The Mothers
Of Invention "200 Motels" (Sound Track) - October 11
Circular : You're
Probably Wondering Why I'm Here - October 15
Statesman
: Zappa:
In it for the Money - October 21
IT
: Hey Hey
Hey Mister Snazzy Executive! - October 22
Statesman
: Zappa: Profane of
Insane - October 23
Melody Maker
: Mudsharks,
Motels and Mothers - October 23
Sounds :
200 Motels
– The Film – The Album - October 26
The Vidette
: '200 Motels'
– Zappa's most fulfilling - October 28
Kaleidoscope
: Zappa:
Vieved / Interviewed - October 29
Daily Trojan
: Zappa
Glorifies Himself On Film - November 6
Cash Box
: Album Reviews - Frank Zappa's 200 Motels - November 6
Sounds : Looking
For A Leader - November 11
Scene : Gift
List Grows For Half-Time Drawing "An Orgy Of Giving" - November 12
Ann Arbor
Sun :
200
Motels - November 13
Melody Maker
: Is
Herb a father to the Mothers? - November 15
SoCal :
The Future Of
Concert Music And The L.A. Philharmonic - November 20
Billboard
: Zappa's
Zany Zooms Perk Stormy 'Trip' - November 22
The
Great Speckled Bird :
200 Motels - November 27
New Musical Express
- November 27
Sounds :
Zappa's
Latest Box Of Tricks - November 27
Disc and Music Echo
: Why Zappa chose
Albert Steptoe as his new bass player - November 29
Time :
Reservations
Required - November
High Fidelity
: The
Mothers: Fillmore East, June 1971 - November
Phonograph Record Magazine
:
Hypothetical Interview With Frank Zappa by Frank Zappa
As Told To Suzie ... - November
Stereo Review
: The
Mothers Of Invention: The Mothers, Fillmore East – June
1971 - December 1
Grapevine
: 200
Motels – Life On The Road, Part 1 - December 4
Sounds :
Frank's turtles
in disguise - December 5
The
Milwaukee Journal :
On Tour With the Mothers of Invention - December 9
DownBeat :
Film review:
Frank Zappa's 200 Motels - December 11
Melody Maker
: Mother's lose gear in fire - December 17
Ink :
Our Frank, which art in Mothers, hallowed be Thy Motels... - December 17
Time Out :
Touring Can
Make You Crazy - December 18
Disc and Music Echo
- Frank Zappa out for three weeks
- Original Zappa
- December 18
Melody Maker
- December 23
Fifth
Estate :
10, 50,
100, 200 Motels - December 23
Grapevine
: 200
Motels – Life On The Road, Part 2 - December 25
Disc and Music Echo
: FZ on the cover - December 27
Circular
: Guess Who - December
Audience
: 200 Motels - December
High Times
: Frank's Dirty Song - December
Ink : Our Frank,
which art in Mothers, hallowed be Thy Motels... - December
OZ :
2001 Motels – Thus
Spake Zappathusa - December
Planet
: Planet Saluts A Vanguard Of Giants - December
The Seed :
200 Motels -
DownBeat
: The Aesthetics
Of Freakery -
KMET:
Interview
with Martin Perlich
- January 16
- 1972
- January 13
Door
: Mothers End
In Flames - January 19
Planet :
Zappa Kills 'Em
And Is Almost ..... Killed Too - January 20
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa:
200 Motels - January 27
Door
: 200 Motels - January
Beat Instrumental
:
Being Perfectly Frank - January
Cream :
Frank Zappa:
Portrait of the Artist as a Businessman - January
Impact :
Zap! Zap! Zappa! - January
Right On!
: Frank Zappa's 200 Motels - January
Soundblast
: The Zany Business of Being Frank Zappa - February 5
New Musical Express
: Forget the leg
a while. It’s ZAPPA on rock, porn and blues. - February 12
New Musical Express
- February 12
The
Great Speckled Bird : No Commercial Potential
(review) - February 17
The Vidette
: Madhouse
in "200 Motels" - February
After Dark
: It's
All Music - February
Creem
: 200 Motels:
What's The Deal? - February
High Fidelity
: 200
Motels - February
Muther Grumble
:
Zappa - March
Seventeen
: Close-up:
On Zest in the West - Rocking in the Sun - April 8
Cash Box
: Album Reviews - Just Another Band From L.A. - April 8
Record Mirror
:
Love Over Gold (Captain
Beefheart) - April 10
Circular :
Just Another Band From L.A. featured on the
cover - April 13
Scene :
The Mothers
"Just Another Band From L.A." - April 27
Door
: Geronimo Black - May
Muther Grumble
:
Captain Beefheart - June 8
Rolling Stone
: Just
Another Band From L.A. (review) - June 8
Scene :
Geronimo Black - June 17
Billboard
: Redding Sues Frank Zappa - June
Fusion : Frank
Zappa Unfurled - July 17
The
Crimson White :
"Waka-Jawaka" Zappa's Best Yet - July 20
Scene :
Frank Zappa
"Waka/Jawaka" - July 22
Cash Box
: Album Reviews - Waka/Jawaka - July
Circus : See the
thigs of L.A. / In Your Chevrolet - July
Creem
: Just Another Band From L.A. full page ad - July
High Fidelity
: The
Mothers: Just Another Band from L.A. - August 18
Los Angeles
Free Press : Frank Jumped - August 25
Melody Maker
:
Zappa: past flops and future shocks - August 26
Disc : Zappa back
to Britain for just one day - August 26
Sounds : Zappa
Rock Back At The Oval - August
Beat Instrumental
: Just Another Band From L.A. - September 1
The Staff
: Hot Rats concert ad - September 2
Disc
- September 2
Melody Maker
: Zappa At Oval - September 2
New Musical Express
- Fearless Frank tells what he'll lay on you at the Oval concert
- Everything you always wanted to know about the Mothers...
- September 8
The Staff
: Hot Rats concert ad - September 14
DownBeat :
The Mothers:
Just Another Band From L.A. - September 14
Rolling Stone
: No
Commercial Potential: The Saga of Frank Zappa and the
Mothers of Invention - September 16
New Musical Express
: Zapped At The Oval - September 23
Sounds
- The Zappa Talk-In
- Zappa: Red Hot Rat
- September 24
The New York Times
: Zappa
Creates Musical Magic - September 29
The Echo
- Just Another Band From L.A. (review)
- Waka/Jawaka (review)
- September
Creem
: Rock 'n' Roll News on No Commercial Potention
book - October 4
IT
: Oval Gas Work - October 9
Circular :
The Complete History of Last Week's Mothers of Inve
... - October 12
Rolling Stone
:
Waka / Jawaka (review) - October 18
IT
: No Commercial
Potential - October 21
The Digger
: A letter
to Unka Frank, MCP supreme - October
Circus
- Waka/Jawaka * Hot Rats
- The Phlorescent Leech and Eddy: The Saga of the Great Zappa Escape
- November 2
Rock Magazine :
Frank Zappa:
If His "Friends" Could Hear Him Now - November 3
The Citizen-Advertiser
:
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - November 9
DownBeat :
Meet The Grand Wazoo - November 13
Circular : The
Garden of Burbank - November 17
Argus/Dimension
: Music like
mothers used to make - November
Creem
: The Phloresent Leech and Eddie - November
Stereo Review
: The
Mothers: Just Another Band from L.A. - December 7
Scene :
Frank Zappa
"Grand Wazoo" - December 22
The San
Francisco Phoenix :
Frank Zaps in for a fine concert - December
High Fidelity
: Frank
Zappa: Waka/Jawaka – Hot Rats - Spring
Fat Angel
:
Frank Zappa - Fall/Winter
Concert : Frank
Zappa -
DownBeat
: The Many Sides of Buell Neidlinger -
ZigZag
- The Mothers: Just Another Band From L.A.
- Just A Few More Bands From L.A.
- January 13
- 1973
- January 2
The Straight
Creek Journal :
SCJ Interview: Capt. Beefheart - January 13
Melody Maker
: Pray silence
for the Grand Wazoo - Januar
Stereo Review
: Frank
Zappa: Waka/Jawaka – Hot Rats - January
Words &
Music :
Let's
Talk Clothes - February 1
Rolling Stone
: The
Grand Wazoo (review) - February
Beat Instrumental
: Grand Wazoo - March 10
Disc :
Frank Talk - March 12
The Great
Speckled Bird : Mother Music - April 4
Spartan Daily
: A Dedicated
Musician - April 7
New Musical Express
- Bizarre goings on with Uncle Meat
- Zappa: nine-album set of Mothers out soon
- April 18
New Times
: Zappa:
An Interview - April 21
Go-Set : Bizarre
Goings On With Uncle Meat - April 26
Scene :
Two top jazz
bands Mothers & John McLaughlin come to Kent - April 26
Zoo World
: Frank
Zappa: The Great Southern and Western Expedition Is
On! - April
Action
: Spectrum Rocker Of The Month - May 3
Daily
Kent Stater
- An extraordinary evening of music
- Zappa: his music, himself
- May 10
Scene :
Bring him home,
mother to mom - May 14
SoCal : Filling
The Hall With Music - May 24
DownBeat :
The Mothers:
The Grand Wazoo - May 26
Go-Set :
Zappa Tour - May 26
Fifth
Estate :
Concert
Review: Frank Zappa, Mahavishnu Orchestra - May
Soundblast
: Zappa Is Coming - May
Rock Scene
: Captain Beefheart's Clear Spot - June 2
New Musical Express
: Zappa here for gigs in September - June 7
DownBeat :
Caught In
The Act - June 23
The Digger
: Here, anybody
want to do it with this giraffe? - June
The Digger
: Zappa Talks
Movies - June
Soundblast
: Inside
Frank Zappa - July 7
Go-Set :
Freak no more - July 14
The Digger
- July 14
Go-Set
- July 19
DownBeat :
Zappa Inprovisation
- July 21
Go-Set :
Zappa In Australia - July 21
TV Week
: (poster) - July 25
On Dit
: More groupies,
less dope: Zappa - July
Beetle :
946 Motels
Later - August 2
Woroni
: The Life &
Times Of Frank Zappa And The Mothers - August 25
Melody Maker
:
Zappa:
Past Flops And Future Shocks - August 25
New Musical Express
:
Godmother - August 25
Record
Mirror
:
Zappa
- a booga of a good talker - August
Creem
: The Androgyny Hall Of Fame - September 1
Disc :
The life and
times of Frank Zappa - September 1
New Musical Express
- September 13
DownBeat :
The Perspective
of Frank Zappa - September 21
IT
: Dirty Frank - September 22
Go-Set :
Godmother Zappa - September 22
New Musical Express
:
Frank Zappa
/ Wembley - September 23
Cash Box
: Album Reviews - Over-Nite Sensation - October 4
Scene :
The Mothers
"Over-Nite Sensation" - October 6
The Hornet
: The Hornet File On Frank Zappa - October 10
The Daily Pennsylvanian :
Mothers' Release: Mind Pollution is Satirized by Zappa - October 18
Shakin'
Street Gazette : concert ad - November 10
Fifth
Estate :
Concert
Review: Zappa - November 15
Shakin'
Street Gazette : concert ad - November 22
Eyeopener :
Frank Zappa –
his own favourite recording artist - November 23
The Varsity
: Frank
Zappa likes Stravinsky: an interview - November 29
Daily
Kent Stater :
Finest display of musical talent - November 29
Scene :
Frank Zappa
and The Mothers. Akron Civic Center. November 27 - November 30
The Record
: Frank
Zappa twitches and tangos with his Mothers in Aud - December 10
Circular
A Chat With
The Mother Superior - December 20
Rolling Stone
: Over-Nite
Sensation (review) - December 22
Sounds :
Ultra-Modern
String Bean - December 26
Montreal Gazette
:
Zappa Still Baffles His Fans - December 31
Rock Magazine :
A Conversation
(?) with The Eternally Charming Frank Zappa - December
Creem
: As They Were book review
- January 2
- 1974
- January 5
Melody Maker
: Mother
In Lore - January 26
New Musical Express
- Kicks in the ear
- Zappa gigging in Hollywood
- January 31
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa
and The Mothers: Over-Nite Sensation - February 20
Spartan Daily
: Zappa
Shows Flair For Weirdness - February 21
The Stanford
Daily :
Zappa Wires Crowd - February 22
L.A. Voice :
Antelope
Valley Blues - February
Coq :
Dialogue: Frank
Zappa - February
Sunshine
: Zappa Is A Mother (Plus An Overnite Sensation) - March 15
Iconoclast
: Zappa:
The Composer Speaks - March 20
Salient
: Overnite Sensation: Frank Zappa - March 25
The
Great Speckled Bird :
Zappa: "there are all different kinds of crazy" - March
Music Canada Quarterly
:
Hungry Freaks Zappa - April 6
Cash Box
: Album Reviews - Apostrophe (') - April 17
Walrus!
: March 21st concert review - April 18
Scene : Frank
Zappa "Apostrophe" - April 19
Ann Arbor
Sun :
Frank
Zappa: Apostrophe - April 29
Circular :
The Grand
Design of Which Apostrophe Is but an Element - April
Buddy :
Zappa Rappa - April
High Fidelity
: Frank
Zappa & The Mothers: Over-nite Sensation - April
The Spectacle
: Zappa: Apostrophe - May 1
Exit
- May 1
Shakin'
Street Gazette : Z'A'P'P'A' Apostrophe (') - May 2
Bugle American
- May 3
Reflector :
An Evening
With Frank Zappa - May 13
The UMBC Retriever
:
Backstage With The Grand Wazoo - May 23
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa:
Apostrophe (') - May 25
New Musical Express
: Mother's Day
memories - May 28
Walrus!
: May 5th concert review - May
The Hot Flash
- May
River City
Review :
Zappa - June 6
Rolling Stone
:
Apostrophe (') (review) - June 10
Daily Variety
: Zappa
Asks $2 Mil In Contract Breach Suit Against ATIL - July 4
Rolling Stone
: Zappa:
Continuity Is the Mother's Mother - July 6
Melody Maker
: Frank Zappa: outrage and invention - July 9
The Vidette
: Zappa receives
abnormal reaction - July 17
The
Crimson White :
The original performer of bizarre rock 'n roll - July 20
Melody Maker
: Grand
Mother - July
IT
: Smelly feet and
dog wee: Uncle Frank does it again - June 2
TV Prevue :
Frank Zappa on the cover - August 3
Cash Box :
Cash Box Profile: Frank Zappa after 10 years ...
- August 14
Walrus!
: July 15th concert review - August
Circus Raves
- Captain Beefheart – Unconditionally Guaranteed
- Frank Zappa – Apostrophe
- August
Creem :
Frank Zappa:
Apostrophe - August
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review :
The Father
Of Mothers Plus One Son - August
Hot Licks :
Whatever happened to the good old nihilistic anachy
of Frank Zappa and his Mothers? - August
Hustler :
Frank Zappa's
Got Brand New Shoes - September 7
Billboard
: Frank Zappa: Santa
Monica Civic Auditorium - September 15
Borrowed
Times :
The
Notorious Zappa - September 21
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - Roxy & Elsewhere - September
Creem : Frank Zappa
Doin' The Hand Jive - October 1
Shakin'
Street Gazette : 'Mhuman Getsme Blues:
The Story of Bizarre/Straight Records - October 4
Argus/Dimension
: Roxy and Elsewhere, Frank Zappa/Mothers - October 5
Melody Maker
: Monsieur
Zappa's Rock Circus - October 5
New Musical Express
: Relax, Frank.
We ain't no liggers. A few of us just came to join in
... - October 7
Circular : Celluloid
Artifacts Meet Reality - October 9
Walrus!
: Roxy & Elsewhere - October 10
Shakin'
Street Gazette : Zappa. Roxy And Elsewhere
(review) - October 23
American Eye
:
Frank
Zappa: a Mother Only a Face Could Love - November 15
The Pitt News
:
Frank Zappa, Syria Mosque, November 6 - November 16
New Musical Express
- November 18
Circular : Zappa/Mothers
tour schedule - November 21
The Lantern
: Zappa:
Bard of the bizarre - November 23
New Musical Express
: How to sub
and lay out a Frank Zappa Lookin' Back (II) - November 29
Los Angeles
Free Press :
Frank Zappa - November 30
New Musical Express
: How to complete
the subbing and layout of a very long Frank Zappa Lookin'
Back (II) - November
Circus Raves
: Frank
Zappa Leaps Out Of The Underground With 'The Mothers
Of Invention, Live All Over The Place' - December 5
The Advocate
: Zappa
is Misunderstood - December 5
Scene :
Frank Zappa
and The Mothers, Mannfred Mann's Earth Band. Public
Hall. December 3 - December 14
Indiana Evening Gazette :
Frank Zappa's
Dream: A Rock Group Of 80 Or More Musicians - December 19
Scene :
Duke has love
affair with variety - December
Beetle :
Frank Zappa
– Funny Mother - December
Concert :
A Rendezvouz
With the Grand Wazoo - December
Creem :
Frank Zappa
vs. The Tooth Fairy: -
Popular
Music & Society :
Frank Zappa and the Enterprise of Serious Contemporary
Music -
SunRise :
The Poodle
Chews It
- January 5
- 1975
- January 2
Rolling Stone
:
Roxy & Elsewhere (review) - January 2
Zoo World
: What's
A Mother To Do? - January 8
Walrus!
: This Year's Most Significant Recordings
- January 15
The Advocate
: New
Zappa album is mixture of new, old - January 15
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa &
The Mothers: Roxy & Elsewhere - February 27
The Polytechnic
:
Zappa and crews live album showcases bizarre brilliance - February
Playboy :
Playboy After Hours. Recordings.
Roxy & Elsewhere - March
Stereo Review
: Frank
Zappa/Mothers: Roxy & Elsewhere - April 26
Disc
- Zappa In Court
- One Size Fits All
- April 26
Melody Maker
: Court
in the act - April 26
New Musical Express
: 'What is
a groupie?' asked his Lordship... - April 26
Sounds :
Frank and his
law suit – he wears it well - April 30
The Cowl
- Zappa Climaxes Successful Spring Weekend
- Zapping Around With Head Mother
- April
Creem :
The Frank Truth - May 3
Sounds
- Allen Toussant: 'Why Would Anyone Dig Me?'
- Zappa And The Groupie Papers
- May 8
The Vidette
: Zappa displays
unique performance - May 14
Walrus!
: Zappa & Beefheart in New Haven - May 23
Ann Arbor
Sun :
Frank
Zappa & Captain Beefheart at Cobo Arena - May 26
The Rag
: Zappa - May
Creem :
Lip Stiffeners: A Guide To Facial Foliage - May
Modern
Hi-Fi & Music :
Zappa - June 11
Walrus!
: Zappa & Beefheart in Charleston - June
Let It Rock
- July 3
Rolling Stone
: Zappa
and the Captain Cook - July 5
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - One Size Fits All - July 17
Scene :
Frank Zappa
and The Mothers "One Size Fits All" - July 19
New Musical Express
: Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (review) - July 23
Walrus!
: One Size Fits All - July
Crawdaddy
: Zappa
Downs Beefheart - August 6
The Pitt News
:
Zappa & Mothers Score in New Release - September 11
Rolling Stone
: One Size Fits All (review) - September 12
Los Angeles
Free Press :
Frank Zappa –
expecting the remarkable - September 25
Daily Trojan
: Zappa
Gives UCLA Audience The Bird - September
Crawdaddy
: When In
Doubt Say 'Arf' - September
Creem :
One Size Fits
All - Fall
Stereo :
All About Motherhood - October 18
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - Bongo Fury - October 19
Advance News :
Frank Zappa: Blazing New Trails - October 19
The Dallas Times Herald :
Wielding words 'like chemicals' - October 20
Technician
: Zappa:
Weirdly Great - October 20
The Chronicle
:
Zappa in concert – unfulfilled potential - October
Creem
: It Takes One To Know One - November 5
Walrus!
: Bongo Fury - November
Argus
: Zappa: Answering
To His Own Image - December 17
Bugle American
: A
Matter Of Taste - December 21
Oakland Tribune :
Frank
Zappa: "The Beat Goes On, But Backwards" - December 24
San Francisco Examiner :
A 'Blacklisted Genius' Zaps The S.F. Sound - December 26
Berkeley Barb
: Zappa
As Reporter, Historian And Cynic - December 27
San Francisco Examiner :
An Old Flame Flickers Low - December 28
Tennessean
Showcase :
Zappa Carries Musical 'Mothers' Tongue to Yugoslavian
Crouds - December
Circus Raves
: Frank
Zappa: Outraged Customer - December
Stereo Review
: Frank
Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: One Size Fits
All -
Popular
Music and Society :
Frank Zappa and the Enterprise of Serious Contemporary
Music -
SunRise
: Zappa & The Mothers : One Size Fits All -
SunRise
: Zappa & Beefheart : Bongo Fury -
ZigZag : The Earliest
Days Of The Mothers – Just Another Band From L.A.
- January 2
- 1976
- January 1
Rolling Stone
:
Bongo Fury (review) - January 3
New Musical Express
: BLLLAAAaaaaahhhhhHHHHHH - January
Creem :
Penguins In
Bondage. Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart - February 26
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa &
The Mothers of Invention: One Size Fits All, Bongo Fury - March 6
Melody Maker
: Zappa: "I
AM a human being" - March
Crawdaddy
: Trout
Mask Replica / Uncle Meat - March
Rock Scene
: Labelle Hysteria - March
Stereo Review
: Zappa
- Beefheart - Mothers: Bongo Fury - April 1
Cooper Point Journal
Beefheart and Schenkel Display Bizarre Art - April 8
Cooper Point Journal
Portrait of the Mutants as Young Artists - April 17
New Musical Express
: At last the
truth can be told: Frank Zappa has no underware - April 29
Cooper Point Journal
200 Motels Can Make You Crazy - April
Stereo :
Hello Goodbye: Guest of the Month - Frank Zappa - June 27
The Valley News :
A
Unique Musical Force or Blasphemous Freak: Which Is
Frank Zappa? - August 14
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - Good Singin', Good Playin' - August 26
Rolling Stone
:
Frank Zappa's Low-Rent Rendezvous - September 17
The
Rock-N-Roll News
:
Zappa's Instrument Rentals - September 25
Record Mirror
: Frankly
Funky - How Zappa Got Railroaded - September
Crawdaddy :
Zappa's
Post-Funk LP "Zoot" Suits Him Just Fine - September
Creem
Zappa's been workin' on de railroad - September
Foxtrot
Rock Humor
(?) - October 12
Circus
Zappa's
Zoot Allures!: DiscReet Charm From Un-Bourgeois Z - November 20
Sounds
:
Zoot Suits - November 24
Scene :
Frank Zappa
"Zoot Allures" - November
Foxtrot
- One Too Many Motels With Frank Zappa
- Zoot Allures (review)
- November
High Fidelity
: Grand
Funk: Good Singin', Good Playin' - December 1
Walrus!
: Zoot Allures - December 4
New Musical Express
: Any Resemblance
is Purely Conceptual - December 6
The Vidette
: Zappa exhibits
finest talents in Chicago - December 15
Focus Rock Entertainment
: The Father
Of The Mothers Zappa! - December 18
Sounds :
Could a man
who stamps on poodles and sings about lonely person
devices become president of the US? - December 27
Good Times
: Frank
Zappa: Felt Forum - December 30
Rolling Stone
:
Zoot Allures (review) - December
BLAST :
The Secret Life
Of Zappa - December
Music Media
: The
Frankness of Zappa - December
Reporter
: Zoot Allures:
Unadulterated Zappa
- January 1
- 1977
- January 1
Melody Maker
: I’ll
give the Queen a backstage pass - January 13
DownBeat :
Electronic Projections - January 28
The Rock-N-Roll News
:
Frank Zappa rips Warner Brothers records - January
Beat
Instrumental :
Frank Zappa: Zoot Allures - January
Rock Scene
: Hot Pix - January
Triad
: How Frank
Zappa Runs His Rock Orphanage: No more Mothers, no more
Invention? - January
Guitar Player
- January
Sideburns
: Zoot Allures - Zappa - February 12
Sounds : It Can't
Happen Here - February 19
Melody Maker
- February 19
Record Mirror
: Frank
Zappa. London - February 19
The Spectator
: Father
of invention - February
Crawdaddy
: Frank
Zappa Gets The Mothership - February
Creem : Stars Car
No. 24. Frank Zappa - February
Gig :
Zoot Allures! - February
Modern
Recording & Music :
Frank
Zappa: Zoot Allures - March 5
Billboard :
Discreet Zaps Suit Over Zappa Tapes - March 5
New Musical Express
: Frank Zappa:
O.K. Frank, Let It Roll … - March
Beat Instrumental
: Frank Zappa - March
International
Musician And Recording World :
Zappa - March
IT
: Zappa - March
Creem : Zoot Allures
(review) - March
Punk :
Good For A Few Yawns - Frank
Zappa ... (comics) - April
Nuggets :
Zappa On Air - April
Stereo Review
: Frank
Zappa: Zoot Allures - May 7
New Musical Express
: Zappa sues previous licensees of Rainbow - May 7
Record
Mirror
: Zappa sues
over injury - May
Rock Scene
: Backstage at Madison Square Garden with Ted Nugent - May
Teenage
News : The Return Of The Grand Wazoo - August
Musician's
Guide :
Formula
Perfecto - September 8
The Daily
Aztec : Frank Zappa concert set - September 13
The Daily
Aztec :
Zappa's music isn't tiring - September 24
The Des Moines Register :
Zappa presents 'zircon-incrusted' concert season - September 26
The Gazette
: Zappa Concert
At Iowa City Promotes Album - September 27
The Vidette
: Audience
experiences Zappa - September 30
Austin Sun
: Brillo-ant - September
Creem : Kiss
Roots - October 1
International Times
:
"Its All Just A Matter Of Taste" - October 3
The Signal
: Zap Out - October 6
The Daily
Aztec :
Individuality
exemplifies Zappa's music - October 7
The Lantern
: Zappa
breaks out new 'Dynamo Hum-dingers' - October 11
Scene :
Frank Zappa.
Public Hall. October 9 - October 28
Triad
: What's A Mother
To Do? - November 3
Scene :
Zappa a muse? - November 5
Billboard :
Zappa Zaps WB, Discreet Over Album - November 17
The Daily Pennsylvanian :
It's Not Easy Being a Genius - November
Musician :
Frank Zappa:
A Study In Survival - December 15
DownBeat :
Readers' Poll Results - December 19
Good Times
: Frank
Zappa: The Palladium - December 30
Los Angeles
Free Press :
Zappa takes aim
for the New Year - December 30
The Valley News :
Frank
Zappa – A Would-be Chemist Who Turned to Music - December
Collage :
Frank Zappa
Interview - December
Creem : Creem's
Profiles: Frank Zappa - December
Primo Times
: Frank
Zappa Vs. The Bleeding Gums
- January 1
- 1978
- January 7
New Musical Express
: Uncle Frank back in town - January 7
Record Mirror
: Frank zaps in - January 11
The Aquarian
Weekly : Backstage With Zappa And The Angels - January 12
DownBeat :
Zappa: Urgent
Zaniness ... (concert review) - January 21
Record
World :
Frank
Zappa On His Current State Of Affairs - January 28
Melody Maker
: Carry
On Composing - January 28
Sounds
- Zappa Digs Sabs Shock!
- Ecstasy for dirtyminded boys and girls (For the boys...) (Review)
- January 28
New Musical Express
:
Stern Words In Knightsbridge - January
Acid Rock :
Phi Zappa
Crappa Interview - January
BAM :
Rebel Without
Applause - January
Rocky Mountain Musical Express :
Zappa - January
ZigZag :
Captain Beefheart: The Return of ... the Zig Zag Wanderer - February 4
New Musical Express
: I just wanna
be an all-round entertainer - February 4
Record Mirror
: Frank
Zzzzzappa - February 4
Sounds : Zappa's
fun-filled spectacular - March
Modern
Recording & Music :
Artists'
Profile: Frank Zappa - April 1
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - Zappa In New York - April 1
New Musical Express
:
Growing Up With Captain Beefheart - April 8
Melody Maker
: Double dose of declining Zappa (Zappa In New York) - April 8
Sounds : Obscene
and heard - April 13
Scene :
Frank Zappa
"Zappa In New York" - April 15
Record Mirror
: Frank
Zappa: Zappa In New York - April 17
Walrus! :
Zappa In New York - April 19
Eggz : Pipco Is
An Act Of Love (Zappa In New York) - May 18
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa:
Garni Du Jour, Lizard King Poetry ... - May
Creem :
Frank Zappa
Vs. The Bunny Thugs - May
Roadrunner
: Frank Zappa In New York (review) - May
Stereo Review
: Pop Rotogravure - May
Synapse
- Frank Zappa: A Mother Speaks Frankly, Pt. I
- Don Preston: Synthesist
- June
Crawdaddy :
Plastic
Man - June
Record Review
: Frank Zappa: ???? - July 13
DownBeat :
Zappa In
New York - July 14
The
Canberra Times :
Great Zappa As Usual - July 22
New Musical Express
:
The Monk On Zappa's Back - July
High Fidelity
: Frank
Zappa: Zappa In New York - July
Rock Scene
: Frank's Funny Punky's Whips - September 9
Sounds :
I hate playing
in England - September 16
Melody Maker
: Knebworth the beautiful - September 16
Music Week
: Knebworth - September 16
New Musical Express
: Knebworth
Goes Down The Tubes - September 16
Record Mirror
: Out To Lunch - September 21
The Lantern
: Zappa
zaps religion and drugs - September 26
The Stars And Stripes :
Zappa Speaks Up - September 29
Chronicle Telegram :
Frank Zappa: Bad weather in person - September 30
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - Studio Tan - September
Studio Sound
:
Frank
Zappa Live - October 5
Scene :
Frank Zappa.
Public Hall. October 1 - October 6
The Vidette
: Zappa's
concerts: a unique experience - October 12
The
Lumberjack :
Frank
Zappa "Studio Tan" - October 14
Music Week
: Fact Sheets. Studio Tan - October 16
Southern Jam
: Frank Zappa (concert review) - October 16
Walrus! :
Studio Tan - October 17
Fuse
- Frank Zappa: Statistical Density Is A Necessity
- Studio Tan (review)
- October 18
Statesman
: Where's
That Zappa Comin' From - October 20
Radio & Record News:
Studio Tan - October 20
Towerlight
: Zappa:
Overnight Sensation at U.M. - October 28
Record Mirror
: Frank
Zappa: Studio Tan - November 16
Music Connection
:
Saturday Night Loud - November 22
The Aquarian
Weekly :
When Confronting
Frank Zappa There Is No Middle Ground - November
Good Times :
Live at 'Saturday Night Live' - December
Rip It Up :
Studio Tan - December
Trouser Press
: Studio
Tan (review) - Fall/Winter
Rock Spectacular
: Mothers Of Invention -
Obelisk II :
Frank Zappa
- January 7
- 1979
- January
Feature
- Wild Magic
- Zappa And The New Reich
- January
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review : Rock (incl. Studio Tan) - January
High Fidelity
: Top 12 Best Pop Album Covers of 1978 (incl. Studio
Tan) - January
Trouser Press
: 100 Best Rock Guitarists - February 3
Music Week
: Zappa, CBS, WEA and the Nolans - February 10
Music Week
: CBS zaps into John Fruin - February 24
New Musical Express
: A Tasty Change
From So-so Soup - February 24
Record Mirror
: Hail
the not so hippy sheik - February 26
Record Business
:
Zappa: faultless professionalism - February
Feature
: Frank Zappa's ten favorite things in 1978. - February
International
Musician And Recording World :
A Mother in the
studio - March 3
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - Sheik Yerbouti - March 3
Melody Maker
: Frank
Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti - March 3
Music Week
: Frank
Zappa: Hammersmith Odeon - March 3
New Musical Express
: Overly
sub-standard - March 10
Music Week
: Frank Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti - March 10
Sounds : Up Yours - March 17
Music Week
: Fact Sheets. Sheik Yerbouti. Sleep Dirt - March 24
Music Week
: Frank Zappa: Sleep Dirt - March
Cheri :
Cherry Bomb
Unzips Frank Zappa - March
International
Musician And Recording World :
A Mother in the
studio - March
Roadrunner
: Frank Zappa Sleep Dirt (review) - April 12
The Ithacan
: Sheik
Yerbouti – Frank Zappa - April 27
San Francisco Foghorn :
Sheik
Yerbouti - Frank Zappa (record review) - April
Genesis :
Interview:
Frank Zappa - April
Oui :
A Conversation
With Frank Zappa - April
Record Review
: Record
Review Interview: Frank Zappa - April
Sound International
:
2000 Mots - April
Stereo Review
: A
Little Visit With Frank Zappa - April
Trouser Press
: Bad
Taste Is Timeless: Cruising Down Memory Line With Frank
Zappa - May 3
Rolling Stone
:
Sheik Yerbouti (review) - May 8
Good Times
: Frank
Zappa: The Original Freak Strikes Oil ... - May 12
Record Mirror
: Dancin' Fool (single) - May 19
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - Orchestral Favorites - May
Guitar
- Frank Zappa (Pt I)
- Sheik Yerbouti Tango
- May
People
: Frank Zappa Mothers One Invention Too Many, And Furious
Jewish Princesses Bite Back - May
Rock Scene
: New York Rock Scene / Nova Convention - May
Sound International
:
Just a Second Part from FZ - May
Trouser Press
: Sleep
Dirt (review) - June 4
Record Business
: Airplay chart (incl. Dancin' Fool) - June 9
Record Mirror
: Orchestral Favorites - June
Guitar
- Frank Zappa (Pt II)
- Rat Tomago
- June
Creem :
Frank Zappa:
Sheik Yerbouti - June
Stereo Review
: Frank
Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti - June
Trouser Press
: Sheik
Yerbouti (review) - July 26
Rolling Stone
: Frank
Zappa's Basement Tapes - July
Rip It Up :
Sheik Yerbouti
- July
Roadrunner
: Frank Zappa Sheik Yerbouti - August
Musician :
Zappa - September 8
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - Joe's Garage, Act I - September 22
New Musical Express
: Frank Zappa:
Joe's Garage - September 24
Island Ear
: The Island-Ear
Interview: Frank Zappa - September 29
Gold Coast
Free Press :
Warning! The Real Zappa - September 29
Sounds : Uncle
Meat - October 4
Scene :
Frank Zappa
"Joe's Garage. Act I" - October 5
BAM :
Frank Zappa vs.
The World - October 12
Radio & Record News:
Joe's Garage Act I - October 27
Cash Box :
Single Reviews - Joe's Garage - October 30
Circus
: Zappa still
makes bizarre music - November
Relix :
Frank Zappa:
He's Only 38 And He Knows How To Nasty - November
Sweet Potato
: Frank
Zappa Unveils Secrets Of The Universe - November
M.I. :
Pop Music's Central
Scrutinizer - November
Musician :
Joe's Garage Act I - December 1
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - Joe's Garage, Acts II & III - December 13
Rolling Stone
: Frank
Zappa: The Myth Of 'Joe's Garage' - December 28
Daily Intelligencer :
Zappa Rides Again - December 29
Sounds : He's
A Gar(b)age Band - December
Collage :
Unfolding
the Cosmic Truth - December
Creem
: Hubba! Hubba! More Zappa Krappa! - December
Rip It Up :
Orchestral
Favorites , Joe's Garage Act I - December
Roadrunner
: Frank Zappa Joe's Garage (Act 1) (review) - December
Stereo Review
: Frank
Zappa: Joe's Garage, Act I - December
Trouser Press
: Frank
Zappa: Joe's Garage Act 1 (review)
- January
- 1980
- January 12
New Musical Express
- Joe's Garage (single)
- Back To The Garage
- January 12
Record Mirror
: Joe's Garage (single) - January 14
Record Business
: Joe’s Garage Acts II & III - January 19
Sounds : Rock
'n' Roll Zoo - January 26
Melody
Maker :
Enjoying
the glandular arena - January 26
Musicians Only
: Zappa:
Speak Out - February 19
Circus :
Mecanic of 'Joe's
Garage' father of 'Baby Snakes' ... - February 21
Music Connection
: Quotable notes - February 21
Rolling Stone
: Frank Zappa’s ‘Baby Snakes’ (review) - February
Record Review
: Zappa
Busy As Ever While Coming Out of Joe's Garage
- February
Trouser Press
: Interview
with the Composer - March 3
Rolling Stone
: Mensch
with a dirty mind - March 27
Berkeley Barb
: Zappa
Comes Clean - March
High Times
- Frank Zappa: America's Weirdest Rock Star Comes Clean
- Reasons For A Lube Job, Part I
- March
Musician
: Joe's Garage
- Live & Uncensored - Broken English - April 4
RAM :
The Sanest Man
In The World Today? - April 7
The San Bernardino Sun
- Frank Zappa remembers San Ber'dino
- Zappa sings medley of the unknown
- April 12
Cash Box :
Single Reviews - I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted - April 19
Music Week
- CBS's Klinteberg optimistic
- Norway welcomes a more sophisticated soul sound
- April 26
Prairie Sun
: Zingers
From Zappa - April
After Dark
: All about Bette: Her co-stars, friends, and admirers
talk back - April
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa.
Joe's Garage. - April
Rip It Up :
Frank Zappa: Joe's Garage Acts II & III - May 9
The
Baltimore Sun
- May
Freebird
: Common
Sense - May
Rip It Up
- May/June
WET Magazine
:
Captain Beefheart - June 21
Record Mirror
: I Don't Wanna Get Drafted (single) - June 28
Melody
Maker :
Why Zappa has gone overground - June
Genesis :
Frank
Zappa's Baby Snakes - June
Keyboard :
Little Band
We Used To Play In - June
Songwriter
: Totally
Frank - July
Enlisted
Times
- July
Music Pulse
: Madman
Or Genius - July
Roadrunner
: Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band Shiny Beast
(Bat Chain Puller) (review) - September
Guitar World
: On
The Record - Frank Zappa - October 28
The Record
: Zappa
music still superior; flaws blamed on audio-overkill - October 29
Statesman
: Freaked
Out in the Gym - November 1
New Musical Express
:
Tales of transmutation from the Mojave Magic Man
- November 26
The Vidette
: Zappa performance
filled with goods, bads - December 6
Record Mirror
: Frank
Zappa. The Palladium, New York - December
Musician
:
Captain Beefheart's Iridescent Logic - December
Radio Times
: CFMU
Interview - December
Upbeat :
Frankly Speaking - Spring
Alternative Media
:
Cinemania (Baby Snakes) -
Hot Wacks
:
Zappa
- January 12
- 1981
- January 10
Melody
Maker :
Mothers
In Lore - January 22
Music Connection
- Zappa's New Album Spoofs Local Scene
- Captain Beefheart At The Whisky
- January
Trouser Press
:
Captain Beefheart - February
Roadrunner
: Beefheart Blows It! (concert review) - March
Rock Scene
: Hot Pix - March
Sound International
: Mick Glossop - April 6
The Manitoban
: In
and out the meatgrinder - April
DownBeat :
Captain Beefheart - May 11
New York : The
Zapping Of Edgard Varèse - May 16
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - Tinseltown Rebellion - May 23
Record Mirror
: Frank
Zappa. 'Tinsel Town Rebellion' - May
Boulevards
:
Beating 'Round The Bush With Beefheart - June 1
Record Business
: The Old Grey Whistle Test - June
24 Hours : Frank,
In Earnest - July 11
NME :
Frank Zappa: Tinseltown Rebellion - July
Modern
Drummer : Drum Soloist: Terry Bozzio - Summer
WLIR Free
Flight :
Frank
Zappa - August
Musician
: Frank Zappa:
Tinsel Town Rebellion - September 3
Music Connection
:
Zappa's Manager Branching Out - September 19
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - You Are What You Is - September
Trouser Press
: Tinseltown Rebellion (review) - October 3
Cash Box :
Album Breakout Of The Week: You Are What You Is - Frank
Zappa - October 15
The Oklahoman
: Zappa
Musical Talents Wild, Outrageous, But Controlled - October
Musician :
Two Orchestral
Stupidities - October
Stereo Review
: Frank
Zappa: Tinsel Town Rebellion - November 25
Scene :
Frank Zappa.
Public Hall, November 19 - November
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa
On Edgar Varèse - November
Guitar World
:
Shut Up 'N Play
Yer Guitar - November
High Times
:
Say Cheese - November
Its' Only Rock 'N' Roll :
Frank
Zappa, Austin Special Events Center, October 18th - November
Modern
Drummer :
Terry
Bozzio: Burnin' - November
The Rocket :
Zappa: Still
Crude After All These Years - Nov/Dec
ThroTTle
: Zappa's self-portrait and letter - December 1
Good Times
: Zappa:
He Are What He Is - December
The Event :
A Look At
The Salt Lake Favorite - December
Its' Only Rock 'N' Roll :
Frank
Zappa / You Are What You Is
- January 10
- 1982
- January
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review : Rock (incl. You Are What You
Is) - January
Milkshake
Madmoiselle :
Close Encounter With Zappa - January
Rock Scene
: Johansen Rocks The Ritz - February 11
Daily Trojan
: Ex-Zappa
Vocalist Discusses Politics Of Music Industry - March
Guitar World
: Frank
Zappa: The Interview - March
Roadrunner
: Frank
Zappa: Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar - April
Bite : Zappa - April
Musician :
Frank Zappa - April
Rip It Up :
Frank Zappa: You Are What You Is - May 16
Co de Kloet :
Fuck Unions
is what I got to say - May
Modern
Drummer :
Aynsley
Dunbar - June 5
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning
Witch - June 17
Scene :
Frank Zappa
"Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch" - June 21
Record Business
: Ship Arriving Too Late To Save a Drowning Witch - June 26
New Musical Express
: Frank Zappa: Valley Girl - June
Record Review
: Frank Zappa Interview - July
Record Collector
- Frank Zappa: many of his earliest releases are now attracting high prices
- Complete U.K. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention discography + values
- August
Musician
- Steve Vai. Flash And Theory
- Zappa: Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
- August
Record
- Missing Persons' First Album Will Be A Cricket's Favorite
- Beefheart Gets Past Mama-Heartbeat In Desert
- August
Relix : Ship Arriving
Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (review) - Aug/Sept.
Modern
Drummer :
Ed
Mann: Expanding Percussion - September 11
Cash Box :
On the cover - September 18
NME :
Extra Terrestrial
Man - October 19
The Advocate
: The
Valley Girl Mirrors The Eighties - November
Creem :
Frank And Moon
Zappa Go AM - November
Guitar Player
: Absolutely
Frank: First Steps In Odd Meters - November
Modern
Drummer :
Vinnie Colaiuta - November
Playboy
:
20 Questions: Frank And Moon Unit Zappa - December
Guitar Player
: Absolutely
Frank: Putting Some Garlic In Your ... - December
Stereo Review
: Frank
Zappa: Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
- January
- 1983
- January 17
Record Business
:
Clatter, clatter goes Zappa - January 22
NME :
Zap It To 'em'
Frank - January 23
Sounds :
To Be Perfectly
Frank - January
Guitar Player
: Non-Foods:
Stepping Outside The Beat - January
Joystik :
The Zappas
On Video Games - January
Modern Drummer
:
Chester Thompson: Up For The
Challenge - February 2
Bay Guardian :
Frank
Zappa's not only in it for the money - February 11
San Francisco Chronicle :
Opera
Crowd Whoops for Zappa - February
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa:
Guitar Player - February
Guitar Player
- Frank Zappa "I'm Different"
- Steve Vai: Zappa's "Little Italian Virtuoso"
- February
High Times :
Groupies
As People - March 12
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - The Man From Utopia - March
Guitar Player
: Non-Foods:
Bass, Sports, And Adventure - March
Happening :
Frank Zappa
- Right or Wrong? - Spring
Muppet Magazine
: Moon Zappa Meets Janice, or "Tubular Meets Groovy" - April 7
Scene :
Frank Zappa
"The Man From Utopia" - April
Guitar Player
: Non-Foods:
Coming To Grips With Polyrhythms - April
Happening :
Frank Zappa - Right or Wrong? - April
Hi-Fi for Pleasure
:
Rebel With A Cause - April
Musician
- Carvin MX mixer full page ad
- Missing Persons
- April
Trouser Press
: Watch Your Language - May 6
BAM :
Big Bad Frank
Rails Against the World - May 26
Rolling Stone
: The Man From Utopia (review) - May
Guitar Player
: Non-Foods:
Stretching Out With Vamps - May
Happening :
Frank Zappa
- Right or Wrong? - May
Modern
Drummer :
Chad
Wackerman: Enjoying All Challenges - June
Mix
- July 9
Cash Box :
Album Reviews - Zappa Vol. I - London Symphony Orchestra - July 21
Music Connection
:
Zappa, Vol. 1 - July
Guitar Player
: Non-Foods:
Feedbacks, Effects, And Tone - August
Heavy Metal
:
An Old Fart At Play: Conversations With Captain Beefheart - October
Musician : AKG
microphones ad - October
Rip It Up :
Frank Zappa: The Man From Utopia - November 11
RAM : Who's Weird? - November
Guitar Player
: Non-Foods:
Not The Moody Blues - November
Stereo Review
: Zappa - December
Guitar Player
: Non-Foods:
Digital Sampling And Guitar - December
Trouser Press
: 1983-1984 -
Hot Wacks
- Collecting Zappa
- The Mud Shark Anthology, Pt. I
-
Hot Wacks
: The Mud Shark Anthology, Pt. II -
The Journal For Serious Record Collectors
- Zappalog (The First Step of Zappalogy)
- Frank Zappa Interview
-
Ritz Newspaper :
Frank Zappa
- January 17
- 1984
- January 5
Gold Coast
Free Press :
Z=AP2 - January 10
International Herald Tribune :
Music by the Zappa-Boulez Duo - January 19
Music Connection
- January
Hustler :
It's About
Mr. Flynt - February
Recordings of Experimental Music :
ZAPPA, VOL.1 - Spring
American Music
: No
Commercial Potential: The Saga of Frank Zappa, Then
and Now - April 1
Capitol
- April
Guitar Player
: Non-Foods:
Video-Assisted Ignorance - April
Hustler : Thing-Fish - May 18
San Francisco Examiner :
The serious
side of Frank Zappa - May
One Two Testing
: The Best Guitar Breaks In The World - May/June
In Performance
: Puppets
- Symphony - Zappa: How It All Happened - June 10
Datebook :
The '60s Mother Still Breaks Social, Musical Convention - June 15
East Bay Express
:
In Tune - June 18
Oakland
Tribune :
Zappa
Pokes Into The Fine Arts - June 18
San Francisco Examiner :
Zappa's
Entertaining Concert - June 18
Time :
Class clown: Zappa with the puppet cast of his ballet - June 21
Bay Area Reporter
:
Berkeley Symphony Does Zappa - June 22
East Bay Express
:
Zappa in Polyester - June
KPFA Folio
: The Berkeley
Symphony Plays Frank Zappa - June
Music U.K. :
A
Rap A Zappa - June
One Two Testing
: The Best Producers In The World - June
San Francisco
: Zappa
And The Symphony Set - August 15
MSU Reporter
:
'Mothers
to modern' – Zappa concert revives old, reveals new - August 16
Scene :
Frank Zappa.
Blossom. August 12 - August
Modern
Recording & Music :
Orchestral Maneuvers - August
Musician :
Bookends.
Frank Zappa's Scott Thunes and Chad Wackerman - August
Slow Dazzle
: Panchromatic Resonance And Other Highly Ambient
Domains - September 6
Scene :
His Best Friends
Are Computers - September 29
Music Week
: Zappa signs to EMI - September 30
The New York Times
: Meeting
Of Musial Extremes - September
Record Collector
: Frank Zappa - October 4
Kerrang! :
(F)rank Hypocrisy - October 18
Kerrang! :
Frank Zappa, Hammersmith Odeon, London - October 18
USA Today
: I care
about music, not about middle-age - October 20
Sounds : Let's
Be Frank. Frank Zappa 'Them Or Us' - October
Digital Audio
:
Modern Music Is A Sick Puppy - November 7
Statesman
: Frankie
Goes To Stony Brook - November 10
Sounds :
Total Freak
Out - November 21
Scene :
Frank Zappa.
Front Row. November 14 - November 29
Scene :
Frank Zappa
"Them Or Us" - November 30
The Pitt News
: I stand
accused: Zappa lays down the law - November
Digital Audio
:
Modern Music Is A Sick Puppy (Part 2) - November
RockBill :
It Just Might
Be Frank - November
Songwriter
Connection :
Frank Zappa - December 12
Public News
: Zappa
Dishes It Out - December
Gramophone
:
Boulez Conducts Zappa - December
Modern
Drummer
- Terry Bozzio
- The Rhythms Of Frank Zappa
- December
Relix : FZ on the
cover and 2 photos inside - Winter
Puppetry Journal
: A Zappa Affair -
Ecolibrium
Interviews :
Artist As A Genetic Design Flaw -
The History
Of Rock : The Great Musicians: Frank Zappa
- January 5
- 1985
- January 24
Music :
The Music Interview
With Frank Zappa - February 7
Scene :
Frank Zappa
"Thing-Fish" "Francesco Zappa" - February
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review :
Zappa:
The Perfect Stranger - February
High Fidelity
: Zappa:
The Perfect Stranger - March
BAM Rock and Video : Richard
McCaffrey's Favorite Pics - March
Express
- March
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review : Frank Zappa: Them Or Us - March
Musician :
Grand Wazoo
Refuses to Kazoo - March
Stereo Review
: Frank
Zappa Established - April 13
NME :
Frank Zappa: Thing-Fish (review) - April
Modern
Drummer :
Update:
Jimmy Carl Black - June
International
Musician And Recording World :
The Art Of Being
Frank - July 13
Music Week
: Satire is the Mother of Invention - July
Gramophone
:
Frank Zappa plays Francesco Zappa - July
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review :
Frank Zappa:
Thing-Fish - August 31
Cash Box :
Extortion,
Pure And Simple ... An Open Letter To The Music Industry - September 11
Metro Times
- September 27
The Georgetowner
: Frank
Zappa vs. Kandy Stroud - September 30
Time :
Rock Is A Four-Letter Word - September
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review :
Zappa:
The Music of Francesco Zappa - September
Mix :
Lynching With
Bonzai: Frank Zappa - October 11
City Paper :
Mothers of Invention: Frank Zappa Defends Rock - October 14
Maclean's
:
Rock's War Of Words - November 22
Rockpool
: Frank Zappa
Rates the Ratings - November
Alternative
Rhythms :
Zappa Says No! - November
Manhattan Arts
: Frank
Zappa, Abbey Lincoln & Johnny Colon ... - December 16
The Long Beach Union :
Mothers of Prevention. An interview with Frank Zappa - December 21
Sounds
: Frank Zappa
"Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention"
- December 27
Scene :
Frank Zappa
"Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention" - December
International
Musician And Recording World :
To Be Frank - December
Music Connection
-
The History
Of Rock
- Sounds of Subversion
- Unconditionally Guaranteed
- Zappa
- January 24
- 1986
- January 9
Music :
Zappa On Rating
Records - January 15
Fairfield
County Advocate :
Why Pin It On Rock and Roll? - January 20
Music Connection
: Peter Wolf, Triple-Threat Hit Man - January 31
Circus
: Back Pages - January
COMPUTE! :
The Computerized
Musician - January
Mix : Mr. Z Goes
to Washington - January
Spin :
Mothers
of Prevention - February
KPFA Folio
: Frank Zappa live on KPFA - February
The Rocket
: Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Prevention - March 1
Music Week
: Zappa albums for EMI reissue - March 22
Billboard
- April
Keyboards, Computers &
Software :
Megabytes at Barking
Pumpkin - April
Playboy
: Strict Constructionist Of The Year - May 26
Maclean's
:
People - May
Audio
: Frank Zappa
Meets The Mothers of Prevention - May
Guitar For
The Practicing Musician
- Zappa: Now And Then ...
- Peaches En Regalia
- May
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review :
Frank Zappa:
Does Humor Belong In Music? - June
Guitar Player
: The
Sin In Synclavier - June
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review : Frank Zappa: Meets The Mothers
Of Prevention (European version) - Summer
Speakout :
Zappa - September
Electronic
Musician :
Frank Zappa and His Digital Orchestra - September
Musician : FZ
on CD full page ad - October 12
The Baltimore
Sun Magazine :
Frank
Zappa: The Maryland Years - October 13
Music Connection
: Dweezil Zappa, Self-Made Boy - October
Musician :
The License
To Be A Maniac - October
Relix :
Frank Zappa
Meets The PMRC - November 6
Rolling Stone
: Frank
Talk - November 12
The Diamondback
:
Zappa urges speech audience to fight censorship and
conformity by thinking - November 13
Daily Sundial
: Frank
Zappa Addresses Issue Of Censorship - November 25
Duckberg Times
: Frank
Zappa - November
The Progressive
:
Revolt Against Mediocrity - December
Making Music
: Influences
- One Size Fits All - December
The Wire
: The All American Composer -
S.P.E.W.
: Frank Zappa
on Rock and the Religious Right
- January 9
- 1987
- January 10
Music Week
: Jazz From Hell - January 16
BAM :Interview
From Hell - January 17
Cash Box :
Album Releases - Jazz From Hell - January
Cut :
Frank Zappa: Jazz
From Hell - January
Guitar Player
- January
Making Music
: Album
Interview - Jazz From Hell - February
Details
: [Cynthia Miles and Frank Zappa picture] - February
Keyboard
- Sample This!
- Pervasive Polythythms in Zappa's "The Black Page"
- February
Music Technology
:
Father Of Invention - February
Option :
Winter In America - February
Sound On Sound
: Frank
Zappa: Jazz From Hell - March 12
Rolling Stone
:
Jazz From Hell - March 26
Scene :
Frank Zappa
"Jazz From Hell" - March
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review :
Frank Zappa:
Jazz From Hell - March
Music &
Sound Output
- Frank Zappa: Samplin' Fool
- Engineering Jazz From Hell With Bob Stone
- Bob Rice's Synclavier Secrets
- Zappa On Jazz From Hell
- March
Option
- March
Jazziz :
Zappa - April 24
Goldmine : Frank
Zappa: CD collector tracks and remixes - April
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa:
Jazz From Hell - April
Guitar World
- April
High Fidelity
: The
CD Software Parade - Frank Zappa - April
Sound Engineer
and Producer :
At Home In His Kitchen - May
Record Collector
: Frank Zappa: The Early Albums - June 12
Los
Angeles Times :
Frank Zappa Zapped By 'Late Show' - June
Rip :
Frank Zappa and
the Scarlet Letter - June
Stereo Review
: Zappa - July 2
Music :
Frank Zappa's
Revenge - July 31
The Gazette
- Master of the musically absurd
- Zappa not for the faint-heated
- July
Audio
: Jazz From
Hell. Shut Up'n Play Yer Guitar. - July
Creem Rock-Shots
: Dweezil Zaps Into The Spotlight - July
Guitar World
- The Importance Of Being Dweezil
- Zappa's Whole Life - Part I
- August 3
Information Week
: Zappa Embraces 'Music Information Systems' - August 27
Rolling Stone
: We're
Only In It For The Money - September
Guitar World
: Zappa's Whole Life - Part II - October
Boogie Magazine
: Jimmy Carl
Black – One Of Mother's Finest - October
Omni :
In Search Of
A Definition - November 8
Datebook :
State-of-the-art
Weirdness From Zappa - November
Stereophile
:
FRANK ZAPPA on CD (and LP) Part I - December
Rock &
Roll Disc :
The Rock & Roll Disc Interview: Frank Zappa
- Holiday
Guitar Synth and MIDI :
Guitar
Sythesizer Artists Speak: Frank Zappa
- January 10
- 1988
- January
Musician : The
Return of FZ on CD full page ad - January
Q :
Megalomaniac - February 7
Ann Arbor News
- Zappa: still feisty after all these years
- Energetic, eclectic dances on tap
- February 15
The Eagle
: Zappa:
A Review/Interview - February 16
Hartford Courant
:
Zappa Keeps Zinging Along - February 21
Chicago Sun-Times
:
Frank Zappa Waves Flag For Freedom - February
Buzz :
Frank Zappa '88 - February
Traffic :
Weasels
Ripped Off My Interview But Zappa Returns - March 3
Scene :
A Talk With
Frank Zappa - March 10
Scene :
Frank Zappa.
Music Hall. March 5 - March 11
The Record
: Zappa
performance a Shea's crowd-pleaser - March 16
New Paper :
Citizen
Zappa - March 21
Monroe Doctrine
:
The Zappa Interview - March 24
Rolling Stone
: Frank Zappa - March 30
East Coast Rocker
- March
Buzz
- March
Maryland
Musician Magazine : Frank, You Mother ... a
retrospective and beyond - April 18
Fairfield
County Advocate : Perfectly Frank - April 28
Register-Pajaronian
:
Frank Zappa - a misunderstood man - April 30
Melody Maker
:
Frank Zappa. Wembley Arena - April
DownBeat :
FZ on CD - April
Harper's
Magazine :
Meeting Zappa - May
Guitar World :
Frank
plays again! - May
Musician : The
Zappa Chronicles half page ad - May
RockBill :
Zappa vs.
The Mothers Of Prevention - May
Stereophile
:
FRANK ZAPPA on CD (and LP) Part II - June
Spin :
Vote! - August 25
The Beat :
Frank Zappa
interview - August
Life :
The Zappa Zoo - August
Society Pages :
Yes,
I Am A Rich Man: The Sheraton Hotel Press Conference,
Oslo - September
Musician :
Frank Zappa - October 30
Los
Angeles Times Magazine :
Democracy's Pitchman - October
Bob Marshall :
Frank Zappa Interview - October
Guitar World
:
Guitar, You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Volume I - October
High Fidelity
: All
CDs Great And Small - November 7
Time :
Critic's Choice. Frank Zappa: Guitar - November 8
The Milwaukee
Journal :
Frank Zappa's Getting Out The Vote (!) - November 26
Cash Box :
A Mind For
The Body Politic - December 3
Cash Box :
Album Releases - Jazz From Hell - December
Modern
Drummer :
Chad
Wackerman - Winter
New Perspectives Quarterly :
On Junk Food for the Soul. In Defense of Rock and Roll. -
Pulse :
Maverick
- January
- 1989
- January 27
Goldmine
- Frank Zappa: Moving On To Phase Three
- Frank Zappa U.S. Discography And Price Guide
- January
Stereophile
:
Zappalanche! - February 2
The Philadelphia
Inquirer : Zappa Sells Zappa - March
The Note :
Censorship
And Zappa - April 22
Music &
Media : Zappa Plans World Orchestra - April
Relix :
Frank Zappa:
What You Can Do Onstage With New Records, CDs,
Videos - April
Strange
Things Are Happening : Frank Zappa And The
Mothers Investigations/Straight Records - May 22
People
:
Frank Zappa - May 29
Music Connection
: Local Notes - May
Penthouse :
The Porn
Wars - May
Spin : Absolutely
Free, Waka/Jawaka, One Size Fits All (review) - June 6
The San Bernardino Sun :
At 48, Zappa isn't afraid to face the music - June
Gallery :
Sharp Words
From Music's Cutting Edge - June
Record Collector
: Frank Zappa: The Bizarre Years - January
Stereophile
:
The Old Masters - July
Rhythm :
Zappa - July
The Rock Report
: Frank
Zappa ... Live! - August 11
Antelope
Valley Press :
Zappa talks frankly about art, politics - September 3
The Observer
: Frankly
A Freak - September
Tuttifrutti
: About
the abortion issue in the United States - Fall
Gray Areas
: Frank Zappa Talks About Tapes - October 13
Los Angeles
Reader :
Frank Zappa Has a Tip for Serious Musicians... - November
Guitar World
:
Frank
Zappa: Broadway The Hard Way - December
High Times
: Frank
Zappa: Somebody up there doesn't like me - December
Guitarist
: No More
Heroes - December
Q :
Frank's Wild
Years
- January 27
- 1990
- January
Modern
Drummer :
Ed Mann - January
Saudade
- Captain Beefheart: The End Of An Era
- Frank Zappa: Broadway The White House Way!
- February 7
East Coast Rocker
: Zappa Faces Lawsuit From Former Mothers - February
Overseas!
: Frank Zappa
Interview - March 19
The Nation
: Frank
Zappa – Trading Partner - March
Audio
: You Can't
Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 - March
Sh-Boom
- April 13
The
Gavin Report : Twenty Five Years Since Frank
Zappa's Hungry Freaks Daddy - April
Music Technology
:
Electric Eclectic - April
Society Pages (US) :
The
Interview Of The Century, Part 1 - May 19
Billboard
- May
Continental
Profiles :
Das Capitalist - May
DownBeat :
Son of FZ
on CD - June 2
Music &
Media :
Zappa
Looks East From The West - June 29
Boston After
Dark : The mother of invention Frank Zappa
cont... - June
Society Pages (US) :
The
Interview Of The Century, Part 2 - June
Australian Left Review
: Zapping Czechs - Summer
RockHEAD
: Zappa! - September
ICE :
Frank Zappa Discusses
Upcoming CD Projects - September
Music Monitor
: Frank
Zappa on Rock of the 60s and the '90s ... - September
Society Pages (US) :
The
Interview Of The Century, Part 3 - October
Angeles
: Father Of Invention - October
ICE :
Frank Zappa Discusses
Upcoming CD Projects (2) - December 2
Datebook : Maverick
Zappa Takes on the World - December
Music
Collector : Frank Zappa, Part 1 - Winter
Damp
- The Beefheart Poll
- Phone Calls To Don
- The Duplex Planet The Beefheart Edition
- Playing That Long Lunar Note With Zoot Horn Rollo
- The Unissued Beefheart
-
Bat Chain Puller
: Frank
Zappa (1988)
- January
- 1991
- January 31
Scene
: Zappa zaps back - January
Record Hunter
: Frankie
goes to Hellandback - Spring
Telos
- Introduction: Popular Music from Adorno to Zappa
- The Mother of All Interviews: Zappa on Music and Society
- May 16
Rolling Stone
: McCartney
and Zappa "Bootlegs" Due - June 21
LA Weekly
: Great Pop Things:
The Frank Zappa Story: Part One - June 28
LA Weekly
: Great Pop Things:
The Frank Zappa Story: Part Two - June
Select
- Dweezil Zappa: Confessions (review)
- Frank Zappa: The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (review)
- June
Society Pages (US) :
He's
A Human Being. He Has Emotions, Just Like Us. Part 1 - July 5
LA Weekly
: Great Pop Things:
The Frank Zappa Story: Part Three - July 8
Time :
If You Can't Beat Them ... - July 12
LA Weekly
: Great Pop Things:
The Frank Zappa Story: Part Four - July 13
Cash Box :
Independent Record News - You Can't Do That On Stage
Anymore, Vol. 4 - July
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa Makes
A Jazz Noise - July
Spin :
Signs Of The
Times - August
Record Hunter
: You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore Vol 4 / Make A
Jazz Noise Here - August
The Wire
: Zappa - The Works I - September
The Wire
: Zappa - The Works II - September
Society Pages (US) :
He's
A Human Being. He Has Emotions, Just Like Us. Part 2 - October
Record Hunter
: Frank's
Old Boots - October
Stereo Review
: Frank Zappa: Beat The Boots, Vol. 2 - November 14
Rolling Stone
: 100 Classic Album Covers - Weasels Ripped My Flesh - November
Musician :
Poetic Justice:
Frank Zappa Puts Us In Our Place - November
Stereophile
: 15 new Zappa CDs, 10 new LPs - Winter
Mondo 2000
: Frank Zappa for President
- January 31
- 1992
- January
Music Express
: Make
A Zappa Noise Here - February
Keyboard :
Happy Birthday,
Frank! - March 9
Maclean's
:
Tuning in the fathers of pop - April
Select : Roxy
And Elsewhere (review) - July
Record Hunter
: Frank's
Wild Years - July
Select : The Perfect
Stanger / The Music Of Francesco Zappa (review) - July
VOX :
Frank's
Wild Years - September
Rock World
: The Father
of Invention - October 1
Rolling Stone
: Zappa Première Set - November 21
Music & Media
: The DoRo Story - December
Rock World
: Frank
Zappa "Playground Psychotics" - Autumn
Ptolemaic
Terrascope :
The Mothers Of Invention -
The Portable
Curmudgeon Redux :
Drowning
in the News Bath -
Guitar Player Presents
- Zappa!
- The Century's Preeminent Lexicographer Nails Zappa Down
- Premiering Zappa with the London Symphony Orchestra
- Preparing the Ensemble Modern for the Frankfurt Festival
- Ratt Guitarist Turns Zappa Stylist
- Former Mothers Of Invention Drummer
- Like Father Like Munchkins
- The Simpson's Creator: "Frank Was My Elvis"
- Frank Zappa: The Mother Of All Interviews: Part 1 Part 2
- Zappa Music To Make Your Skin Crawl
- How it All Works with Gail Zappa
- Utility Muffin Research Kitchen: Dave Dondorf, Spencer Chrislu, Ali Askin, Todd Yvega ...
- January
- 1993
- January
Spin : Matt Groening.
Interview. - February 6
Music Week
: Transforming Metal Into Gold - February
DISCoveries
: The Collected History and Improvisations of Frank
... - February
Musician : The
100 Greatest Guitarists Of The 20th Century - Frank
Zappa - March
Sound Waves
: Frank Zappa: Viva La Bizarre - Spring
Ptolemaic
Terrascope :
of Free Meat Money and Weasels: the Bunk Gardner interview - April 7
Hot Press
: A Mother
Of Invention - April
Esquire
: Cucamonga Years: The Early Works of Frank Zappa, 1962-1964 - April
Playboy :
Playboy Interview:
Frank Zappa - May 15
The Guardian Weekend
:
Frank: Fearless and still fighting - May
Record Collector
: Frank Zappa On CD: 1966-1979 - June 25
International Herald Tribune :
Sons of Invention? The Zappa Brothers - June
Guitarist
- Unholy mother
- Three sides ...
- June
RCD :
Frank's Wild
Years - July
Q :
Frank Zappa Presents:
The Amazing Mr Bickford - Summer
Ptolemaic
Terrascope :
The Mothers Tapes (Spool Three) – Don Preston - August
Pulse :
Frank Zappa - August
Cutting Edge
: Just
when you thought it was safe - August
Q : And
Now, The End Is Near (book reviews) - October 9
Billboard
: PolyGram,
Zappa In Legal Clash Over Song Rights - October
EQ : Cooking
With Frank - November 27
Cash Box :
Pop Albums Reviews - The Yellow Shark - November
Record Collector
: Frank Zappa on CD: 1979-1988 - December 7
Daily Mirror
: The
Father Of Invention - December 7
The Guardian
- December 7
The Independent
:
Obituary: Frank Zappa - December 7
The Times
- December 9
Scene :
Frank Zappa:
1941-1993 - December 10
The Irish Times
:
An indefatigable inventor - December 16
Humo :
My epitaph: anything,
anytime, any place, for no reason at all - December 18
Cash Box :
Remembering Zappa - December 18
Melody Maker
: Frank Zappa R.I.P. - December 18
Music Week
: Frank Zappa 1940-1993 - December 18
New Musical Express
- Sittin' In The Dock With The Crazed
- Francis Vincent Zappa: 1940-1993
- December
In Tune
: Frank Zappa dead at 52 - December
Mojo
: Dropout Boogie - December
The New Yorker
- December
Riveted : FZ
on the cover
- January
- 1994
- January 19
City Paper
: Zappa - January 27
Rolling Stone
- Frank Zappa 1940-1993
- The Essential Zappa
- January
The Beat Goes
On
- Frank Zappa 1940-1993
- Obituary
- January
EQ :
Zappa: The Innovator - January
The Guitar Magazine
: Albert Collins and Frank Zappa tributes - January
Hi-Fi World
: Kiss my Aura, Dora ad. - January
Mojo
: Frank Zappa/Ensemble
Modern "The Yellow Shark" - January
Playgirl
: Sons of Invention - January
Socialist
Review :
Frank
Zappa: Spanner in the works - January
Sun Zoom
Spark :
Frank
Zappa 1940-1993 - February
Exposé : Remembering
Zappa - February
Guitar For
The Practicing Musician
- Frank's Garage
- Dirty Love
- February
Jazz Trumpet Journal
- Father Of Invention
- Zappa's Trumpets
- February
Loafing The
Donkey : Editorial - February
Making Music
: Frank Zappa 1940-1993 - February
Musician : Frank
Zappa - February
Q :
A Real Mother: Francis
Vincent Zappa II, 1940-1993 - February
Select : Frank
Zappa 1940-1993 - February
VOX :
VOX Closing Shot - February
The Wire
- Hail And Farewell
- Frank Zappa: The Yellow Shark (review)
- March
Audio
: Zappa's Universe &
The Yellow Shar - March
CD International
:
The Mother Of Perversion - March
EQ
- March
Guitar Player
: Absolutely
Frank - March
DownBeat :
The Satirist
Is Silenced - March
Mojo
- The Last Days Of Frank Zappa
- Dr. Zircon's Secret Lab
- The Antichrist
- The Grand Wazoo
- The Addams Family
- March
Spin :
Viva Zappa! 1940-1993 - March
Stereo Review
: Track Records - April
Guitar World
- Perfectly Frank
- Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar: A Tribute To A Guitar Genius
- April
Keyboard :
The Zappa Legacy - April
Q : The
Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play (review) - April
Relix : Forever
Frank: An Appreciation - May
DISCoveries
: Frank Zappa. His life in music. ... Pt I - May
Record Collector
: Frank Zappa on CD: 1988-1994 - June
DISCoveries
: Frank Zappa. His life in music. ... Pt II - Summer
The Puppetry Journal
: In Memoriam Frank Zappa - August
Gramophone
:
A Chance Operation - John Cage Tribute - August
Mojo : Frankologically
Zappatistical - August
VOX :
Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play
(review) - September 21
Public News
: Zappa - September
DownBeat :
Legacy Of
A Cultural Guerilla - October
Musician : Zappa
Rocks (Asteroid Zappafrank) - December 6
Los Angeles
Times : 'Civilization' à la Zappa - December 9
Goldmine : Frank Zappa: The Present Day Composer - December 18
San Francisco
Examiner :
Posthumous album shows Frank Zappa in his final
'Phaze' - December 24
Melody Maker
: John Peel on the highlights of his first 40-odd years
as a music lover - December
CompuServe Magazine
: Which Way to Planet Zappa - Winter
Atom Mind :
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention -
The Best
of Guitar Player - A Definitive Tribute To Frank Zappa
-
Blue Suede News
- Frank Zappa: Child Of The 1950s
- Help! I'm A Rock
-
SongTalk :
Frank Zappa:
The SongTalk Interview -
Why A Pig?
: Frank Zappa - Apocrypha
- January 19
- 1995
- January 12
Scene : Rock
And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees: The Class Of 1995 - January
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review : The Negative Dialectics of
Poodle Play - Apeil
Mojo :
Frank Zappa: Civilization Phaze III - May 5
Album Network
: Kill Ugly Radio sampler - May 6
Billboard
- May
Collector's
Choice Music : The Complete Frank Zappa Catalog - May
Seconds :
Cal Schenkel - May/June
Radical
Philosophy :
King Kong - June
it : Collecting Frank
Zappa: Part I – The Early Years - June
Musician : Frank
Zappa: Civilization Phaze III - July
huH
- July
Mojo :
A scabrous disembowelling
of the hippy dream (Review of 6 albums) - July
Record
Collector
- Promotional Toolbox: A Round-up Of Recent Collectable Promos
- Frank Zappa – You Can't Do That Again!
- July
Stereo Review
: Perfectly Frank - July
The Wire : Don't
Do That On Stage Anymore - August 2
The
Orange County Register : Viva Zappa! - August 21
The New Yorker
: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum - August 24
Rolling Stone
:
Civilization Phase III - August
Guitar World
: Absolutely
Frank - August
Mojo : The 100 Greatest
Albums Ever Made - August
Q : Frank Zappa: this
was your life - September
Ptolemaic
Terrascope : Frank Zappa Review - September
Real Groove
: The
Plateful Dead - Fall
Schwann Spectrum
:
The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die! - October 25
The Aquarian
Weekly
- October
Audio
: Zappa's Rules
on Ryko - October
Guitar Player
- My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
- Shut Up 'n Learn This Lesson
- October
Musician
- More Music Maestro
- Frankly Speaking: Interview with Gail Zappa
- October
Relix : Frank Zappa:
Withstanding The Test Of Time - November
Mojo :
Frank Zappa:
Strictly Commercial - The Best Of Frank Zappa - December
it : The Big Kahuna
#8 - December
Music Trader
: Zappa:
A Retrospective - December
Top 40 :
Mother Of All
Musicians -
College
Music Symposium : "Broadway the Hard Way:"
Techniques of Allusion in Music by Frank Zappa -
Exploitation
Retrospect : Zappa Crappa. An Appreciation
Of and ... -
Talking Drums
: Not
Your Average Joe
- January 12
- 1996
- January 15
The New Yorker
: Postscript Nicolas Slonimsky - February
Esquire
: Reality check. The Grand Wazoo - February
The Wire :
The Final Conflict - March
Guitar For The Practicing
Musician
- The Father Of Invention
- Pet Sounds: Z's Dweezil Zappa and Mike Keneally
- Warren Cuccurullo
- The Experimentalist: Adrian Belew
- March
Mojo : Only In It
For The Funnies (The Lost Episodes review) - March
Record
Collector
- Promotional Toolbox: A Round-up Of Recent Collectable Promos
- Zappa's "Lost Episodes"
- April
DISCoveries
: Zappa Catalog At Ryko - April
Gramophone
:
Prime Meridian - July
Audio
: Omnibus Wind Ensemble: Music by Frank Zappa - Summer
Performing Songwriter
:
Frank Zappa: Barking Pumpkin Records - September
Record
Collector
- Promotional Toolbox: A Round-up Of Recent Collectable Promos
- Zappa In Läther
- September
Total Guitar
- Frank Zappa: The Re-Issues
- San Ber'dino on CD
- November
Mojo : FZ on the
cover - November
Musician
: Frank Zappa:
Läther - November
People : Hollywood
Heirs: Dweezil, Moon Unit, Ahmet & Diva Zappa ... - December
DownBeat :
Frank Zappa:
Läther - December
Mojo : Electric
Don Quixote (review)
- January 15
- 1997
- January
Mojo : Frank Zappa
Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa (review) - January
Stereo Review
: Frank
Zappa: Läther - February
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review : Frank Zappa: Apostrophe. One
Size Fits All - February
Musician
- Excerpt from the August 1979 interview
- Dweezil Zappa: Home Studio
- February
Q : Electric
Don Quixote (review) - March
Bass Player
: Scott
Thunes. Requiem For A Heavyweight? - March
In Tune
: Läther - May
Select : Have
I Offended Someone? (review) - June
Mojo : No Commercial
Potential: The Saga Of Frank Zappa (review) - July
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review : Frank Zappa: Have I Offended
Someone? - August
EQ : Dweezil
Engine - August
Sound On Sound
:
Technological Tribute to Frank Zappa - September
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review : Frank Zappa: Strictly Genteel - September
Seconds :
Gail Zappa - December
Mixdown
: Frank Zappa:
a career of unmitigated audacity no cliques, no categories,
no bullshit - Winter
Avant : Zappa's
Amateur Anthropology: Food, Dwarfs, Conspiracy and Sex
- January
- 1998
- January
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review : Frank Zappa: 200 Motels - February 11
The Independent
:
The tornado that hits the classical G-spot - June
Guitar Player
: Classic Riffs: Zappa's Shut Up 'N Play Yer
Guitar - September
Guitar World
: 100 Greatest Solos: #60 "Zoot Allures" - October 23
Jam : Zappaween – St. Petersburg's Bogus
Pomp - November
Guitar Techniques
: Frank Zappa - Mystery Disc (review) - November
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review :
Frank Zappa:
Mystery Disc - December
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review : Frank Zappa: Mystery Disc - December
Mojo :
"I was a
teenage MOOSE freak!"
- January
- 1999
- February
Guitar World
- May
Gadfly :
The Universe of Frank Zappa - May
Guitar Techniques
: Frank Zappa soloing study - June
Guitar World
- July
DownBeat
: Hall of
Fame Outcasts: Jimi Hendrix & Frank Zappa - July
Modern Drummer
: The
Drummers Of Frank Zappa - September 23
San Diego Reader
:
Dirty Zappa's Dirty Little Secret - October
Bizarre : Frank
Zappa - December
Spin : The Making
Of Trout Mask Replica - Christmas
Guitar Techniques
: Confessions Of A Stunt Guitarist - Mike Keneally -
READ Magazine :
The Lost Interview -
The Interview :
The Interview
- February
- 2000
- March 23
Buffalo Beat
: Strictly
Genteel: The BPO tackles Zappa - May/June
American
Record Guide : Frank Zappa: Never Strictly
Genteel - June
Jazzwise
: Don Preston Trio: Transformation - July
Record Collector
- Zappa: the ongoing legacy
- Jimmy Carl Black
- September
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review :
Frank Zappa:
Everything Is Healing Nicely - September
Uncut
:
Sacred Cows. Reputations reassessed: Frank Zappa -
Play Guitar
Guitar Greats: Frank Zappa and Richie Blackmore -
Seconds :
Terry : Prince of Percussion - Autumn
Avant : Zappening
2000: Peoria, Illinois USA, 11th - 13th August 2000
- March 23
- 2001
- January
Gramophone
:
(The) Zappa Album - July
Juxtapoz :
Zapped! The Anti-Psychedelic Artistry of Cal Schenkel - Summer
Ugly Things
- Kim Fowley's Sins & Secrets Of The Silver Sixties
- The latest West Coast way of life-rebels with a cause, & their music
- October
Record Collector
: Zappa '69 - Winter
Mojo Collections
: Master Strokes -
Acta
Musicologica : The Mother of Invention
and Uncle Meat
- January
- 2002
- January 17
Rolling Stone
: RS
Hall Of Fame: Joe's Garage, Act I - January
Vintage
Guitar :
Sustaining the Zappa Legacy - January/Feb
Film Comment :
Knocking On Heaven's Door - Spring
Mojo Collections
: Mothers Superior - April
The Wire :
Epiphanies - August
Uncut
: From Here To Maternity (Threesome album review) - October
Guitar Buyer
- Hendrix/Zappa Strat: Burn Baby Burn
- Dweezil Zappa: Junior's Wailing
- November 2
The
Weekend Australian : Their Mamas & Their
Papas - November 29
Goldmine
- Frank Zappa: The controversy and touring hell of 1970-71
- Zappa acetate discovered
- 25 Collectible Frank Zappa Records
- December
Jazzwise
: Banned From Utopia: So Yuh Don't Like Modern Art - December
Relix : Frank Zappa:
Zappa Picks by Jon Fishman and Larry LaLonde
- January 17
- 2003
- January
Uncut
: Zappa Picks by Larry Lalonde and Zappa Picks by John
Fishman (review) - January
Guitar Techniques
: Frankly Speaking - January
Mix :
We are the Mothers...and
This Is What We Sound Like! - January
Mojo :
Through The Keyhole - Spring
Juxtapoz
: Zappa - June 21
Music & Media
: Zappa catalogue left in safe hands - June
Uncut
: Dangerous Kitchen: The Subversive World Of Zappa (review) - August
Uncut
: A Grandmothers Night at
the Gewandhaus ad - September
Jazzwise
: The Grandmothers: A Grandmothers Night at the
Gewandthaus - October
Australian Guitar
: The Frank Zappa Memorial Barbecue - November
Classic Rock
:
Trippin' The Light Fantastic - November
Mojo
- The Mojo Hall Of Fame 100: #30 Frank Zappa
- I'm The Slime on Piece Of Cake CD
- December 11
Rolling Stone
: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time - December
Guitar World
- Dynamo Frank
- In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky
- December
Jazzwise
- Frank Zappa's jazz legacy
- Interviews with Don Preston, Dweezil Zappa, George Duke, John Etheridge, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Vinnie Colaiuta, Colin Towns, Olli Vitaperko
- The great 'Bognor Regis mystery'
- Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar
- Frank Zappa: Halloween DVD-A
- January
- 2004
- January
DownBeat :
What Can
You Do That's Fantastic - January
Hi-Fi World
: Frank
Zappa "Halloween" - January
Film Comment
: Knocking On Heaven's Door - January
Mojo
- The Father Of Invention
- The Many Faces Of Frank Zappa
- Shhhh ... Genius At Work
- The Last Post
- Keeper Of The Flame
- January
Uncut
: "Jazz is not dead" albums
ad - January
United Entertainment Preview
: Audio channel programmed with FZ ... still available - February
Guitar Techniques
: Baby Snakes (review) - February
Uncut : Son
Of Suzy Creamcheese on CD - March
Jazzwise :
Frank
Zappa: Baby Snakes - March
Uncut :
The Torture Never Stops
DVD ad - April
Jazzwise
- Le Bocal: Oh No! ... Just Another Frank Zappa Memorial Barbecue
- John Etheridge and the Zappatistas: Pizza Express Jazz Club
- May
Gramphone
:
Ensemble Moderne plays Frank Zappa - June
Guitar Techniques
: Frank Zappa: Zoot Allures - July
Mojo : Son Of
Mr Green Genes on CD - September
Sound On Sound
:
Dweezil Zappa: 64-bit Computing & The Frank Zappa
Archive - Autumn
Eye :
Cal Schenkel - October
T Magazine : The Maths
Of Music - October
ICE : Surround-Sound
Seventies Magic - November 25
Rolling Stone
: Joe's Corsage - December
Record Collector :
Frank Zappa by Barry Miles -
Circuit
- January
- 2005
- January
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review : Mark Guillermont: Zappostrophe.
Tribute to Frank Zappa - January
Hi-Fi World
: Frank
Zappa "Quaudiophiliac" - March
Warrior :
Nobody Looks
Good Wearing Brown Lipstick - March
Mojo : The 50 Most
Out There Albums Of All Time - April 21
Rolling Stone
: The Immortals #71 - Frank Zappa - June
Relix : Exposed:
Baron Wolman - August
Blender
: EMy Music. Cillian Murphy. - October
The Times Magazine
: "Frank Zappa as a reluctant sheik" - October
Guitar &
Bass
- Father of invention
- Let's Be Frank
- October
Guitarist
: Viva Zappa! - October
Popular Science
: A Beetle by Any Other Name
- January
- 2006
- January
Guitar One
: Frank Zappa poster - February
Guitarist
Australia
- Viva Zappa!
- Frank was extraordinary
- Drummers were dropping like flies...
- Spring
Guitar Techniques
: Dweezil Zappa - Artist Interview - April
Relix :
The Many Minds Of Frank Zappa
- July
Guitar Techniques
: Dweezil Zappa - Licks, Part 2 - August
Guitar Player
- All In The Family
- Frank's Little Italian Virtuoso
- The Vaultmeister
- August
Guitar World
: Let's Be Frank - Autumn
Traps : Family
Tree of Frank Zappa drummers - November
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review :
Frank Zappa
and The Mothers of Invention: One Size Fits All - November
Mojo : Pimp My Ride
- January
- 2007
- February
Guitarist Australia
: The weird and wonderful mixolydian modes of Mr Zappa - March
Guitar One
- Mike Keneally. Rules? What rules?
- Frank Zappa. Shut Up and Take Yer Guitar Lessons.
- May
Bass Player
: Arthur Barrow. Audition Absurdities: Frank Zappa's
"St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast" - May
Mojo : Lou Pals
Up To Zappa - May
The Wire : The Inner
Sleeve (Weasels Ripped My Flesh) - June
Uncut :
Apostrophe and Over-Nite
Sensation DVD ad - July
Record Collector
: Classic Albums: Apostrophe ('); Over-Nite Sensation
DVD - August
Guitar World
:
Mother Load - August
Guitar Techniques
: Classic Albums: Apostrophe/Over-Nite Sensation (review) - Autumn
Traps
: Family Tree of Frank Zappa drummers - October
Modern Drummer
:
Aynsley Dunbar: Rocker With A Jazz Heart - November
Guitar
Player : Guitar Heroes A–Z - November
Keyboard
: Getting
The Call, Giving It All (Peter Wolf interview) - Holiday
Hustler
: A Frank Conversation With Dweezil Zappa -
TONEAudio :
A Guide To Getting Lucky (Burnt Weeny Sandwich review)
- February
- 2008
- February
Modern
Drummer :
Zappa
Plays Zappa's Joe Travers The Vaultmeister - May
Guitar Techniques
: Zappa In Barcelona (review) - May
Record Collector
: Flo & Eddie: The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie
/ Flo & Eddie - June
Guitar Techniques
: Frank Zappa - Live Transmission (review) - July
Elmore
- Days Of The Expanding (Jazz) Man
- Dweezil Zappa On Frank's Jazz
- July
Mojo : Double Trouble - July
Stubble
: Zappa Plays Zappa - August
Guitar Player
- Frank Zappa's Rare Gear
- The secret weapons behind Dweezil's killer tones
- In the studio with Dweezil Zappa
- September 19
LA Weekly :
Racy Against Time - September
Record Collector
News : Big Bidding on eBay - Autumn
Traps
- Terry Bozzio: Making Of A Complex Man
- Ed Mann: Learning From The Master
- Patrick O'Hearn: Fun With The Bozzio Show
- Chad Wackerman: Double The Trouble On Traps
- October
Blender
: Did Frank Zappa really have a backing
band made up entirely of groupies? - October
DownBeat : Zappa
Lives! - November
Record Collector
News :
Frank Zappa Mystery Disk: The Birth Of The Mothers Of
Invention - November
Stereophile
- February
- 2009
- January 16
Goldmine : Frank
Zappa: A peek inside the vaults - January
Uncut :
Jimmy Carl Black 1938-2008 - February
DownBeat : 75
Great Guitarists - February
The Wire : Frank
Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention: In The 1960s (DVD
review) - March
The Word : Mother
Superior - April
Bass Player
- Frank Zappa's "Alien Orifice" - Scott Thunes's ...
- Kids These Days
- May
Guitar Techniques
: Dweezil Zappa - Zappa Plays Zappa (review) - May
Guitarist :
Excerpts of Frank Zappa interview - May
Record Collector
:
Frank Talk - May
Guitar Legends
: 1969 - The Greatest Year Of Rock - July
DownBeat :
The Aesthetics
Of Freakery - August
Classic Rock
: Dee Snider of Twisted Sister on Frank Zappa/John Denver - August
Hi-Fi News & Record
Review :
Zappa's
Hot Rats LP - September
Classic Rock
: The Impossible Made Possible: Frank Zappa - September
Guitar Legends
- Gravest Hits
- Dynamo Frank
- "Apostrophe'" (score)
- October
DownBeat :
Ed Palermo Big Band: Obsessed With Zappa - December 21
The Rondo
Hatton Report
- King Kong: A Conversational Analysis – Paul Carr & Michel Delville
- The Bard Of Baltimore – Kanguy Chow
- Zappa’s Music Is a Sphere – Guillaume Dauzou & Sabrina Bergamin
- Author/Recipient Relationships in FZ Movies – Manuel de la Fuente
- My Dogs Are Barking – Andrew Greenaway
- Trouble With Pigs And Ponies – Andy Hollinden
- FZ And The English Language – John Loska
- When Zappa Played Like Coltrane – Philippe Mérigot
- La Dérive Uncle Meat – Didier Mervelet
- Waxing Lyrical; Why I Love Frank – Sarah Moore
- Isn’t It Romantic, Punky? – Simon Prentis
- Frank Zappa Versus the People – Pacôme Thiellement
- Are You Hung Up? – Hugo Vanneck
- On “Oh No” From Weasels Ripped My Flesh – Ben Watson
- December
Guitar World
: The Big Three-Oh! -
TONEAudio
- The Wild Man Is Back
- Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (review)
- January 16
- 2010
- January
Uncut :
20 Best Music DVDs : In
The 1960s - March 21
The Rondo
Hatton Report
- Thus Spake Zappathustra – Jordi Cuenca
- Zappa Over Miles – Susan Doanim
- Zappa So What - But Still – Silke Groetschel
- Trouble With Pigs & Ponies Pt Ii – Andy Hollinden
- The Chrome-Plated Megaphone Of Destiny – Pawnshop Marimba
- You Was A Fool – Philippe Merigot
- The Art Of The Ballet – Didier Mervelet
- Zappa In Asia – Kohjitsu Ohyama
- Monkish Meditations – Simon Prentis
- God Vibrations – Homer Shiroy
- The Fake Id Of Mr Green Genes – Vladimir Sovetov
- When I Went Into The Steinway – Daniel Whitehorse
- One More Time For The World – English Versions
- March
Guitar World
: Dad To The Bone - March
Notes
: Frank Zappa
and the Mothers of Invention in the '60s - Spring
Progression
: The
Second Coming - Spring
Progression
: A
Couple Of Real Creative Mothers - April
The Wire : Frank
Zappa: The Freak-Out List (review) - May
Mojo : How To Buy:
Frank Zappa - May
Spin : Mr. Zappa
Goes To Washington - May
Uncut : The 20
best albums of 1966 - June 21
The Rondo
Hatton Report
- The Origins Of IINK – Román García Albertos
- Cruisin’ For A Ruben – Sue Barashy
- Zappa’s Music Is A Time Machine – Guillaume Dauzou & Sabrina Bergamin
- Nostalgia For The Old Folks? – Tom Demonay
- I’m A Bandleader – Richard Hemmings
- Ten (Zen) Commendments – Simon Prentis
- Pourquoi Vouloir Mettre Un Caniche Dans Un Bocal? – John Raby
- A View From India – Mahesh Ramchandani
- There Is Such A Thing As Progress – Hugo Vanneck
- One More Time For The World – English Versions
- June
Classic Rock
: The Freak-Out! List / 200 Motels - July
Classic Rock
: The 50 Albums That Built Prog Rock - August
Classic Rock
: Dweezil Zappa: Return Of The Son Of ... - September 17
The Baltimore
Sun :
Zappa
Days - September 21
The Rondo
Hatton Report
- Don't Mess With Magdalena – Matt Aku
- A Note On Pumpkins – Corya Dereuter
- Narrativium Experiment – The Grotchy
- Trouble With Pigs And Ponies Pt III – Andy Hollinden
- Meeting The Man – Tina Irei
- Personal And Collective Memory – Philippe Mérigot
- The Ultimate Best Album – Kohjitsu Ohyama
- No Poo-Poo Jokes – Simon Prentis
- One More Time For The World – Original Versions
- September
Guitar World
: The 30 Coolest Guitarists Of All Time - October 30
The Guardian
:
You still sense Frank here - there's electricity
in the air - October
Classic Rock
- 150 Greatest Debut Albums Of All Time - Freak Out
- Buyer's Guide - Captain Beefheart
- October
Flux :
Frank Zappa - November
Guitarist
: Dweezil Zappa - November
Mojo Specials
: Mojo Classic 148-page Zappa special - November
Uncut : Frank Zappa:
Album By Album - November
The Word
- The Agony & The Ecstasy
- What Has Zappa Ever Done For Us?
- December 21
The Rondo
Hatton Report
- LINGUA FRANKA PART 1 / Arjun von CAEMMERER
- FRANK ZAPPA TRIBUTE / Paul CARR
- THE LIL' IPOD SHUFFLE / Sally GENAKU
- DIONYSUS ON A HALF SHELL / Ivor GOLDKIND
- FZ: A MEMORIAL CURLICUE / Ron GUY
- ZAPPA THE DATE-RAPE BASTARD / Eli MICHAELI
- PLAGUE-A-RHYTHM / Simon PRENTIS
- SGT PEPPER VS SGT FURY / John RABY
- RAT TOMAGO / Ozzy TING
- ONE MORE TIME FOR THE WORLD / English VERSIONS
- December
Classic Rock
: Zappa: The Hard Way (book review) - December
Guitar Player
- Viva Evolution!
- Gearzilla
- January
- 2011
- January 7
LA Weekly :
School Of Beefheart (CB tribute) - January 8
NME : Captain Beefheart
(CB tribute) - January 20
Rolling Stone
: Captain Beefheart 1941-2010 (CB tribute) - January
Uncut :
Paul Weller on "Peaches En
Regalia" - February
Guitar &
Bass : Gene Genius - February
Guitarist
: Frank Zappa. The Torture Never Stops DVD - February
The Wire : Don The
Revelator (CB tribute) - March 21
The Rondo
Hatton Report
- LINGUA FRANKA PART II / Arjun von CAEMMERER
- INCUR ODES / Sue GOYNDA
- ONE SHOT DEAL / Simon PRENTIS
- 500 WORDS ON FRANK / Pamela Goodheart ZARUBICA
- March
Classic Rock
- Captain Beefheart, January 15, 1941 - December 17, 2010
- Captain Beefhearts Far Cry
- March
Mojo : The Black
Rider (CB tribute) - March
Uncut : Captain
Beefheart, American Visionary, 1941-2010 (CB tribute) - March/April
Radical
Philosophy :
Captain Beefheart, Vorticist artist. - March/April
Record Collector
News :
Captain Beefheart - Musical Mystic (CB tribute) - June 21
The Rondo
Hatton Report
- LINGUA FRANKA PART III / Arjun von CAEMMERER
- CONFESSIONS OF A KUR ADDICT / Urban GRAFFITO
- IN PRAISE OF THE SHUFFLE / Harry KEATER
- HIT IT, FRANCESCO! / Ella KUNIGH
- NOTES ON THE AMAZING MR BICKFORD / John RILEY
- CRYSTALS AND TURDS / Paul SUTTON
- MERRY-GO-ROUND MADNESS / Bim YODER
- June
Guitar Player
Vault
- Frank Zappa "I'm Different"
- Steve Vai: Zappa's "Little Italian Virtuoso"
- June
Guitarist
: Solid Gold. The 10 greatest SG players. - July/August
Record Collector
News : Howard Kaylan - Let's Talk Frank Zappa
(CB tribute) - September 21
The Rondo
Hatton Report
- SHUT UP AND LISTEN SOME MORE? / Sam AYORE
- LINGUA FRANKA PART IV / Arjun von CAEMMERER
- REVIEW OF ‘MY LIFE WITH FRANK ZAPPA’ / Avner CLEW
- CALL ME BRUNO/FULAX / Bruno FARRUGIA
- FINE GIRL VS JEWISH PRINCESS / Anne SCHINDER
- FZ THE BRAVE ONE / Pamela Goodheart ZARUBICA
- September
Uncut :
Wild Man Fisher 1944-2011 - October 1
Telegraph Magazine
:
Pauline Butcher remembers life as Frank Zappa's
personal assistant, 1968 - October
Mojo Specials
: The Crazy Gang - October
Muse Magazine
: Zappa. Joe's Garage - October
Record Collector
: Born To Be Wild Man - December
Classic Rock
: Portraits: Baron Wolman - December
Guitar Player
: What I Learned At Dweezilla Boot Camp
- January 7
- 2012
- January
Guitarist
: What goes
around - March 21
The Rondo
Hatton Report
- STRAVINSKY'S INFLUENCE IN FZ'S MUSIC, PART 1 / John ANTHONY
- SUCH A BEAUTIFUL GUY / Billie BARBOUR
- REVIEW OF ‘MY LIFE WITH FRANK ZAPPA’ / Avner CLEWLINGUA FRANKA PART VI / Arjun von CAEMMERER
- TAKING THEMSELVES SURREALIOUSLY / Tom DEMONAY
- IF ONLY THEY COULDA HEARD IT / Andy HOLLINDEN
- FRANK ZAPPA'S NIGHTMARE / DJ PANGBURN
- THE MONSTER WHO NEEDED NO MAKEUP/ John RILEY
- March
Mixdown
: Zappa Plays
Zappa: Frank Assessment - March
Uncut
- Jim Sherwood (obituary)
- From Straight To Bizarre (DVD review)
- Spring
Guitar Techniques
: Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention - Carnegie
Hall (review) - April
The Wire
- Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band Bat Chain Puller
- From Straight To Bizarre: Zappa, Beefheart, Alice Cooper And LA's Lunatic Fringe (DVD)
- June 21
The Rondo
Hatton Report
- STRAVINSKY’S INFLUENCE, Pt 2 / John ANTHONY
- LINGUA FRANKA PART VII / Arjun von CAEMMERER
- FZ AND THE SET-LIST / Sean GAFFNEY
- DON’T JUBILEE’VE IT / Ken MAY
- BONGO ZAPPA, Pt 1 / Steve MOORE
- THE APPLIANCE OF SCIENCE / Sheila NYE
- INSIDE NOW / Simon PRENTIS
- BEN WATSON RUINED MY LIFE / John RILEY
- July
Guitar Player
: Artists: Dweezil Zappa - July
Rhythm : Vinnie
Colaiuta - July
The Wire : Frank
Zappa & Ray Collins "Fountain Of Love" - August
Collector's
Choice Music : Frank Zappa - The First 12 Albums!
Remastered and Back In Print! - September 21
The Rondo
Hatton Report
- LINGUA FRANKA PART VIII / Arjun von CAEMMERER
- THE POVERTY OF COMPLETISM / Mimi GABIN-KHAN
- WATERMELON IN EASTER HEY / Madge IMMANEY
- ZAPPA SURVIVOR / Scott SCHROEN
- WHEN COMPOSERS DECOMPOSE / Larry TESHMOW
- ZAPPA: HEGEL, OR, NOT AGAIN (AGAIN) / Ben WATSON
- September
Uncut : Dropouts
Boogie - September
Guitar Techniques
: Lydian Mode - Fall
Pomona College Magazine :
A Carefully Calculated Caper - October
Classic Rock
- GTO's Permanent Damage (review)
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - The Lost Broadcasts (review)
- The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money (review)
- October
Guitarist
: The Story Of Steve Vai - October
Prog
- The Albums that Built Prog - Freak Out
- Frank Zappa/Mothers Of Invention (12 reissues)
- October
Uncut : The Zappa
Motherlode: 12 albums reissued this month and 48 more
by the end of the year - October
The Wire :
Frank Zappa:
Reissues - November
Gramphone
:
Zappa arranged for the RAM’s new music ensemble - November
Hound Dawg Music
- Mother People: The Formation Of Frank Zappa And The Mothers
- Classical Album: The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out
- The Original Mothers Of Invention: The Best Band In The World
- The Making Of 200 Motels
- Classic Album: The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money
- An Interview With Zappa's Former Secretary Pauline Butcher
- John "Drumbo" French Talks Beefheart And Trout Mask Replica
- Recording Captain Beefheart's Masterpiece Trout Mask Replica
- The Story Of Wild Man Fischer
- Bill Mumy On Wild Man Fischer
- Dr. Demento On Wild Man Fischer And Zappa
- November
Q : Frank's Ocean - December 21
The Rondo
Hatton Report
- THE BEST COVERS YOU NEVER HEARD / John ANTHONY
- LINGUA FRANKA PART IX / Arjun von CAEMMERER
- THE CRUX OF THE BISCUIT / Mary HALLEY
- PTTAOASAGM / Simon PRENTIS
- ZAPPA SURVIVOR PT II / Scott SCHROEN
- December
Classic Rock
: The Fabulous Furry Freak Brother! - December
Guitarist
- The Band From Utopia
- Frank Zappa Style File
- December
Hi-Fi World
: Frank
Zappa "Hot Rats" - Autumn
Another Man
: A Conversation
Between Oscar Wilde and Frank Zappa
- January
- 2013
- March
DownBeat : CJO
Tips Hat to Zappa - March
Gramphone
: Rewriting The Rite - March
Uncut : Ray Collins
1936-2012 - April
DRUM! : Vinnie Colaiuta
On "Keep On Greasey" - May
DownBeat : Frank
Zappa: A Serious Man - May
The Wire : Frank
Zappa: Finer Moments - May/June
Record Collector
News :
Shell Shocked - July
Guitar &
Bass : Roxy Music - July
Record Collector
- The Confessions Of Kaylan
- A Token Of His Extreme
- July
Uncut : Frank
Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme (review) - August 2
Music Week
: Kobalt signs major Frank Zappa deal - Summer
Guitarist
: Shell Shocked (book review) - September
TONEAudio :
Audiophile Pressings (Freak Out! review) - September
Keyboard :
George Duke - The Final Interview - December
Classic Rock
: Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (review) - October
La Scena Musicale
: Frank Zappa, American Composer - October
Performances
Magazine : Frank Zappa: 200 Motes - The Suite - November
Premier Guitar
: Spontaneous Audio Devices - Son of Kong - December
Classic Rock
: 1993 AC/DC Meet Zappa! - December
Prog
- Frank Zappa: A Man For All Seasons
- Make A Prog Noise Here
- Frank Zappa: The Last Interview
- December
Uncut : Captain
Beefheart And His Magic Band: Trout Mask Replica (review) - Winter
Total Guitar
: The A-Z Of Prog Guitar
- March
- 2014
- January
TONEAudio :
Audiophile Pressings (Freak Out! review) - February 7
Pasatiempo
: Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar: Dweezil
Zappa - February
Prog : Uncle Meat
/ Roxy & Elsewhere (review) - February
Rock N Roll Industries
: Zappa Plays Zappa - March
Premier Guitar
: Pro Pedalboards: Dweezil Zappa - April
Uncut : Feat Don't
Fail Me Now - May
Guitar Player
: Classic Column: Frank Zappa Non-Foods - Feedbacks,
Effects, And Tone - May
Guitarist
: Adrian Belew - May
Steez
: Dweezil Zappa - September
Shindig!
- Maternal Flame
- Hand Signals
- Happy Together
- December
Guitar Player
- Shut Up & Look at this Guitar!
- Classic Column: Frank Zappa Absolutely Frank - Putting Some Garlic In Your Playing
- December
Uncut : Captain
Beefheart and The Magic Band - Sun Zoom Spark: 1970
to 1972
- January
- 2015
- January
Shindig!
: Blame Lucille - March
Uncut : The Story
Of Discreet Records - April 25
NME : This Week
In 1975 - Frank's Wild Years - June
Classic Rock
: Amercian Graffity - July
Prog
- The Torture Never Stops
- Over-nite Sensations
- One Last Dance
- July
Uncut : Ringo Starr
on 200 Motels - September
The Wire : Frank
Zappa Dance Me This - Fall
L.A. Record
: The
Holloway Files. Frank Zappa (1972) - October 9
Newsweek
:
Parental Advisory Forever: An Oral
History Of The PMRC's War On Dirty Lyrics - October
Guitar &
Bass : My Spinal Tap Moment ... - October
Premier Guitar
:
Forgotten Heroes: Denny Walley - October/Nov
Record Collector
News :
A Memorial and a Celebration - December
Relix
- In Memoriam: Gail Zappa
- Frank Zappa. Roxy: The Movie
- December
Uncut : Gail Zappa
1945-2015 - December
The Wire : Zappa
Plays Zappa / Grandmothers Of Invention (concert reviews) - Christmas
Record Collector
:
Zappa And Jazz: Did It Really Smell Funny, Frank? -
Rhythm Presents 100 Drum Heroes
- Vinnie Colaiuta
- Terry Bozzio
- Aynsley Dunbar
- January
- 2016
- January
Classic Rock
: Frank
Zappa "Roxy: The Movie" - January
Premier Guitar
:
Roots & Branches - January
Prog :
The 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time - January
Uncut : Frank
Zappa: Roxy The Movie (review) - February
NUTS!
: Bow Tie Daddy comic - March
Bass Player
: Kurt Morgan. Zappa Zealot - March
DownBeat : Zappa
Swings - March
Guitar Player
- Sharing The Force
- Dweezil Zappa's Creative Rhythmic Breakthroughts
- March
Guitar World
: Dweezil Zappa - March
Uncut : Pierre
Boulez 1925-2016 - Spring
Jocks &
Nerds : Frank Zappa - April 15
NME : Excelleeeeeeeeent! - May
JazzTimes
: The Ed Palermo Big Band One Child Left Behind - June
Uncut : Who The
Fuck Is Frank Zappa? - June
Vintage
Guitar :
Solo Sounds - July
Film Comment
: Total Freak-Out - July
Prog :
See For Miles - July
Radical
Philosophy :
Open your head - August 11
Rolling
Stone :
Zappa Vs. Zappa - August
Mojo Specials
: The Surreal People - September
Classic Rock
: Frank Zappa: The Lumpy Money Project/Object/ Road
Tapes Venue #1 - #3 - October
Guitarist
: Mike Keneally - October
Record Collector
:
Lumpy Money, Road Tapes, Venue #1, Road Tapes, Venue
#2, Road Tapes, Venue #3 - October
Uncut : Frank
Zappa for President/The Crux Of The Biscuit (review) - November 26
The Spectator
: Zurich's Wild Side - November
BBC Music Magazine
: Z is for Zappa - Christmas
Record Collector
:
Putting The Eyebrows On It
- January
- 2017
- January
Sight and Sound
: Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words - January
Uncut
: Films. Eat That Question (review) - January
The Wire :
Zappa/Mothers. Meat Light (review) - February
Illinois Entertainer : We're Only In It For
The Money - Lumpy Gravy - Ruben And The Jets (review) - February
Prog :
The Prog Interview: Terry Bozzio - March
Loud And Quiet:
Singing Pictures: One of Frank Zappa’s biggest risks
was his 1971 movie 200 Motels - March
Uncut
: 101 Weirdest Albums Of All Time - March
Mojo
Specials : Posters - Frank Zappa and Captain
Beefheart - March
Relix
:
Securing Zappa's Vault - April
Rhythm
: Terry Bozzio: Six Of The Best - May
JazzTimes
: Ed Palermo: The Gil Evans of Prog-Rock - June
The Wire :
Invisible
Jukebox. Louis Moholo-Moholo - July 11
Good Times
: Dweezil Zappa Calling His Own Shots In Westhampton
Beach - July
Long
Live Vinyl : The Story Behing The Sleeve -
We're Only In It For The Money - Septmber
British GQ
: Build a Woah! Record Library: #8 Hot Rats - October
Uncut
:
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: Absolutely
Free (review) - October
Relix
: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: Absolutely
Free - November 17
TLS :
Complicity in the vaudeville - November
Vintage Rock
: Top 40 Classic Rockers - Christmas
Record Collector
:
Freak Out! The Roots Of US Prog Rock
- January
- 2018
- January
Computer Music
: Blast From The Past. New England Digital Synclavier - January
Guitar World
:
Adrian Belew - January
Mojo :
Gary Lucas and Captain Beefheart - January
Record Collector
: Summer Of '82: When Zappa Came To Sicily (review) - March
JazzTimes
: The Ed Palermo Big Band The Adventures Of Zodd
Zundgren - March
Vintage
Guitar :
Frank Zappa: Halloween 77 - March
The Wire : Frank
Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention. Absolutely
Free: Expanded 50th Anniversary Edition - May 19
Billboard
: Holograms Hit The Road - May
Classic
Rock : Zappa/Mothers: The Roxy Performances
(review) - May
Guitar
Techniques : Fretboard Fluency - May
Uncut
: Anything You Want - June
Guitarist
: Frank Zappa: The Roxy Performances (review) - June
Illinois Entertainer : Burnt Weeny Sandwich
The Roxy Performances - June
Prog :
Zappa/Mothers: The Roxy Performances (review) - July
Record Collector
: Mid-life crisis? Mid-life Freak Out! - July/August
JazzTimes :
Loud Jazz - August
Classic
Rock : From Russia With Love - August
Hi-Fi World
: I said "Yes"! (The book by Arthur Barrow) - Summer
Rhythm
: Interview: Ryan Brown - October
Record Collector
: Most Wanted (1966 Balloon Farm concert poster) - October
Uncut : Power To
The People (We're Only In It For The Money) - November
Mojo :
Frank Zappa - December
DownBeat
: A Burst Of Zappa Reissues - December
Guitar Player
- December
Long
Live Vinyl : The Essential Laurel Canyon
- January
- 2019
- March 23
The Spectator
: Playing dead - March
Classic
Rock : 100 Greatest Albums of the 60s - April
Record Collector
News :
The Bizarre World Of Zappa - April
Guitar Player
:
Dweezil Comes Clean - May
Mojo :
Zappa's Holo-spectre Spooks London, As A Play Remembers
The Days - June
Goldmine
: Mondo Zappa Live - June
Prog
- This Is What I Call Genius!
- Zappa Lives Again
- August
Mojo :
Diary Of A Genius? - August
Prog
- Frank Zappa (from 100 Icons That Changed Our World)
- The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa (review)
- September
The Wire : Crude
Awakenings - November
Prog :
Dweezil And The Time Machine - December
Guitarist
:
Mission Impossible
- March 23
- 2020
- January
Classic
Rock : The Hot Rats Sessions (review) - January
Guitarist
: The Hot Rats Sessions (review) - January
Music Legends
: Frank Zappa: The Mothers Freak Out! - January
Prog :
The Hot Rats Sessions (review) - January
Record
Collector : The Hot Rats Sessions (review) - January
Shindig
: Peaches And Cream And Jams - Jan / Feb
Rhythms
: Classic album: Frank Zappa. Hot
Rats - Jan / Feb
YAM :
Iconoclast Meets Colossus - February
Hi-Fi World
: Frank
Zappa "Halloween 73" - February
DownBeat : Ed
Palermo Big Band: Run With It - February
Goldmine
: The Hot Rats Sessions (review) - February
Long
Live Vinyl : The Hot Rats Sessions (review) - February
Mojo :
Vermin In Ermine - February
Uncut : Frank Zappa:
The Hot Rats Sessions - February
The Wire : Frank
Zappa. The Hot Rats Sessions (review) - March
Jazzwise
: Frank Zappa:
The Hot Rats Sessions - Mar / Apr
Rhythms
: Honour Thy Father! - April
JazzTimes
: The Father of Invention. The Hot Rats Sessions (review) - April
Jazzwise
: Hold The Front Page - May
Stereophile
: Recording Of The Month: Frank Zappa - The Hot Rats
Sessions - July
Classic Rock
: Frank Zappa: Brighton Centre, April 16, 1988 (concert
review) - July
Illinois Entertainer : The Mothers 1970 - July
Prog :
The Mothers 1970 (review) - July
Shindig
: Enormous Cadenzas (The Mothers 1970 review) - August
Classic Rock
: Frank Zappa: The Mothers 1970 (review) - August
Goldmine
: Mothers & Others (The Mothers 1970 review) - August
Mojo :
The Tao Of Zappa - August
Record
Collector : Frank Zappa: The Mothers 1970 (review) - August
Rock And Blues International
: The Mothers 1970 - August
Sound On Sound
:
Craig Parker Adams: Mixing Frank Zappa - August
Uncut
: Frank Zappa: Mothers 1970 (review) - September
Rock And Blues International
: Lady Bianca - September
Uncut : An Audience
With Archie Shepp - October
Uncut : The GTO's:
Permanent Damage - October
Vintage Guitar
:
Zappa For President - November
Illinois Entertainer : Halloween '81 - November
Record Collector
News :
A new Frank Zappa documentary from director Alex Winter
... - December 7
The New Yorker
:
The Treasure in Frank Zappa’s Secret Subterranean Vault - December
DownBeat : Holiday
Hits: Frank Zappa 200 Motels - December
Guitar Techniques
: Frank Zappa - Halloween '81 (review) - December
The Wire : Zappa.
Alex Winter (review)
- January
- 2021
- January 20
Riverfront Times
: Keeper Of The Mystic Scrolls - January
Classic Rock
: Zappa (DVD review) - January
Guitar Player
: Best of 2020 Artist Picks : Dweezil Zappa - January
Guitarist
: To Be Frank - February
DownBeat
: Ed Palermo Big Band: Run With It - February
Uncut : Captain
Beefheart: Well, I Was Born In The Desert - March 20
New Zealand Listener : Artist of extremes - March
Uncut : Zappa
(DVD review) - March
Rhythms
- Frank Zappa: Live Detroit 1976
- Zappa (film)
- April
Guitar Player
: 25 Essentials Prog Rock Guitarists : Frank Zappa - May
Classic Rock
: 100 Most Influential Guitar Heroes - May
Rock And Blues International
: Frank Zappa's Final American Show To Be Released For
First Time Ever - June
Guitarist
: Perfectly Frank - June
Sound & Vision
: Zappa (film) - July
Classic Rock
: Frank Zappa/The Mothers Of Invention: Hi-res reissues
(review) - July
Illinois Entertainer : Frank Zappa: Zappa 88,
The Last U.S. Show - Summer
Classic Rock
: Frank Zappa: Zappa 88, The Last U.S. Show - August
Goldmine
:
Zappaland & Elsewhere - October
The Absolute Sound
:
Frank Zappa in Hi-Res (Finally!) - October
Hi-Fi World
: Beefheart: Through The Eyes Of Magic - December
Classic Rock
: Frank
Zappa 200 Motels (50th Anniversary Edition) - December
DownBeat
: Holiday Hits: Frank Zappa 200 Motels - Holiday
Guitar Player
: The 50 Greatest Solos All Time -
Australian
Guitar : Perfectly Frank
- January 20
- 2022
- January 17
In Touch Weekly
: Lady Gaga's Rock 'n' Roll Palace - January
Mojo :
Zappa Crashes At 200 Motels - January
Uncut : Frank Zappa:
200 Motels - February
Illinois Entertainer : 200 Motels. 50th Anniversary
Edition - February
Mojo :
Frank Zappa 200 Motels - February
Rock And Blues International
: The Mothers 1971 - February
The Wire : Frank
Zappa. 200 Motels. 50th Anniversary Edition (review) - March
The Wire : Frank &
Co: Conversations With Frank Zappa 1977-1993. Co de
Kloet (review) - April
Classic Rock
: Frank & Co: Conversations With Frank Zappa - April
Guitar Player
: Changing Gear: 25 Guitar Innovators - April
Mojo :
Frank & Co: Conversations With Frank Zappa 1977-1993 - May
Classic Rock
: Frank Zappa & The Mothers: The Mothers 1971 - May
The Wire : Frank
Zappa & The Mothers: The Mothers 1971 (review) - May
Uncut : Frank Zappa:
The Mothers 1971 - July
Classic
Rock
- Cynthia Plaster Caster
- Frank Zappa: Zappa/Erie
- September
Uncut : Frank Zappa:
Zappa/Erie - September
The Wire : Frank
Zappa: Zappa/Erie (review) - September
Rhythms
:
Frank Zappa In Australia - November
Classic Rock
: Frank Zappa: Zagreb '75 -
Australian
Guitar : Ten Essential Gibson SG Albums
- January 17
- 2023
- January
Classic Rock
: Frank Zappa: Waka/Wazoo - February
Mojo :
Frank Zappa: Zappa '80, Mudd Club/Munich - April
Classic Rock
: Frank Zappa: Waka/Wazoo - April
Illinois Entertainer : Waka/Wazoo box set - July
Illinois Entertainer : Frank Zappa: Zappa '80,
Mudd Club/Munich - August
Mojo :
Shake your tail (Funky Nothingness) - August
Uncut : Frank Zappa:
Funky Nothingness - August
The Wire : Frank
Zappa: Funky Nothingness - September
Record Collector News
: Zappa: Funky Nothingness - November
Shindig!
- LA Freak Scene
- Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary
- January
- 2024
- February
Sound & Vision
:
Frank Zappa: Over-Nite Sensation - March
Illinois Entertainer : Over-Nite Sensation
50th Anniversary - April
Percussive Notes
:
The Mallets of Invention: A listening guide to Frank
Zappa’s percussionists - July
Record
Collector News
:
Whisky A Go Go, 1968 - August 10
The Daily Telegraph
:
A name for ages - August 11
The Washington Post
:
Growing up Zappa - August
Mojo :
Whisky A Go Go, 1968 - August
Sound & Vision
: Atmos Truckin' (Dweezil Zappa) - September 27
Newsweek
:
Frank's an icon and My Dad - September
Mojo :
Moon Unit Zappa: Earth To Moon - October
Classic Rock
: Frank Zappa: Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition - October
Illinois Entertainer : Apostrophe (') 50th
Anniversary Edition / Whisky a Go Go 1968 - November
Record Collector
: Frank Zappa: Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition - November
Vintage Guitar
: Frank Zappa: Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary - December
The Oldie
:
Earth To Moon, Moon Unit Zappa
- February
The magazines were chosen in view of answers to these questions:
(1) Does Frank Zappa feature on the cover?
(2) Does an issue of the magazine include a CD featuring Frank Zappa?
(3) Is this magazine listed in
Urban Gwerder bibliography(appendix
in the Alain Dister book)?
(4) Does it contain a continuing part of some article/interview?
(5) Does the inclusion of this magazine help to broaden the view
of Frank Zappa presentation in the music press?