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ContactMusic — Frank Zappas actress daughter Moon Unit has filed for divorce from Matchbox 20 rocker Paul Doucette The couple has been married for nine years and share a seven-year-old daughter named Mathilda Plum Zappa filed the papers in Los Angeles last week... more info

Starpulse — Frank Zappa's Mothers Of Invention madcap sidekick Jim 'Motorhead' Sherwood has died, aged 69. The classically-trained multi-instrumentalist and vocalist passed away on Christmas Day, according to... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News Petra Niemeier - K & K/Redferns Jim 'Motorhead' Sherwood, the original woodwind player for Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, passed away on December 25 at the age of 69, the Guardian reports. His cause of death is yet to be... more info

ContactMusic — Frank Zappas Mothers Of Invention madcap sidekick Jim MOTORHEAD SHERWOOD has died aged 69 The classically-trained multi-instrumentalist and vocalist passed away on Christmas Day 25Dec11 according to RollingStone com Sherwood was a longtime f... more info

Guardian Music — Member of Frank Zappa's original Mothers of InventionJim "Motorhead" Sherwood, who has died aged 69, was a member of Frank Zappa's original Mothers of Invention. He appeared on all the group's early albums, up to and including Weasels Ripped My Flesh... more info

ContactMusic — Late american rocker Captain Beefheart is set for a posthumous return to the charts - a lost album he made with music icon Frank Zappa is set to be released next month Jan12 The star real name Don Van Vliet recorded Bat Chain Puller in 1976 but the..... more info

Guardian Music — Recording shelved in 1976 because of a legal dispute to be released on what would have been Don Van Vliet's 71st birthdayA long-lost Captain Beefheart album is to finally be released, on what would have been Don Van Vliet's 71st birthday. Bat Chain P... more info

Guardian Music — Take a look at the gigs our writers will be reviewing this week, and tell us about any live music you've seen recentlyHere are some of the gigs our writers will be reviewing in the next few days (all subject to last-minute change.) If you've seen, ar... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonFrank Zappa was one of the harder of musical tastes to acquire. A determined contrarian, before his death in 1993 he recorded close on 80 albums of music that melded intricate progressive rock, ferocious avant jazz, demented time sign... more info