Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Frank Zappa. Father of invention. Also celebrating birthdays: Zappa’s Thing-Fish (1984) and Everything Is Healing Nicely (1991). Read our Hidden Gems review of Chunga’s Revenge: The post Happy Birthday Frank Zappa appeared first on... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy 55th birthday Dweezil Zappa. Guitar hero. Read our Q&A with him: The post Happy 55th Birthday Dweezil Zappa appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Antimusic Rock — Ahead of the highly anticipated release of Frank Zappa's Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition, due September 13, Zappa Records/UMe have offered up another exciting auditory taste of the box set more info

Stereogum — Moon Unit Zappa is ready to share her story. The daughter of Frank Zappa, who appeared on his 1982 hit “Valley Girl,” has lived an eventful life from the very beginning. The weirdness is detailed in her new memoir, EARTH TO MOON, which is out ... more info

Antimusic Rock — In turn, Apostrophe (') also became Zappa's most successful venture to date-strictly commercially speaking, that is more info

Antimusic Rock — UMe and uDiscover Music are giving fans of the legendary Frank Zappa the chance to win exclusive items from The Vault more info

Antimusic Rock — Longtime Frank Zappa and Ray Charles bandmate Tom Fowler died earlier this month from complications of an aneurysm more info

Stereogum — Tom Fowler, best known as the bassist for Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention, has died. The musician suffered complications from an aneurysm and passed on July 2. He was 73. more info

Antimusic Rock — Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention's legendary three-hour performance at the famed Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood more info

Stereogum — Lowell George, the late Little Feat leader and Frank Zappa sideman, is the focus of a new tribute compilation called Long Distance Love, which was put together by the Swee Relief Musicians Fund. That compilation is out today, and it includes contr... more info