Near the end of the new Frank Zappa documentary, the film’s compelling subject is shown in a montage of archived images that are poignantly joyful. The suggestion is that the idiosyncratic musician, ...

"I'm famous," the late Frank Zappa says in a new doc, "but most people don't even know what I do." What he did was music – doo-wop, jazz-rock, guitar-rock, orchestral music and satirical pop – in ...

It would be a monumental task for anyone to boil the life and work of Frank Zappa down enough to fit into a feature-length film, but wisely, Thorsten Schütte takes a different approach with Eat That ...

Alex Winter’s documentary on the late musician Frank Zappa — titled “Who the F*@% is Frank Zappa” — has raised $876,362 on Kickstarter, making it the top fundraising campaign for a documentary via ...

Frank Zappa doc shows the man and his music, while David Bowie biopic wasn't allowed to use any songs You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Reviews ...

In June of 1974, Frank Zappa and his rapturous band, the Mothers of Invention, invited a small audience to the their rehearsal hall on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, Calif. Together, they performed for ...

With an already unwieldy catalogue by the late 1960s, Frank Zappa nonetheless highlighted five songs to date that brought him ...

In the days before the internet, there was no getting around the power of the media to shape the world's understanding of public figures. Artists had a direct link to audiences through their work, but ...

“Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words” pulls together interview, concert and behind-the-scenes footage to commemorate one of the rock era’s most idiosyncratic star musicians. Thorsten ...