Frank Zappa
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Frank Zappa's entire back catalogue to be released digitally
Frank Zappa's entire back catalogue to be released digitally
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Frank Zappa pre-Mothers tracks released on 5CD compilation
Frank Zappa pre-Mothers tracks released on 5CD compilation
The Wire Primers ed Rob Young
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Frank Zappa keyboardist Don Preston's solo electronics released
Frank Zappa keyboardist Don Preston's solo electronics released
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Captain Beefheart's Bat Chain Puller to get first official release
Captain Beefheart's Bat Chain Puller to get first official release
Essay from Issue 137
Frank Zappa: Don't do that on stage anymore
May 2007
For some, Frank Zappa was a musical iconoclast, capsizing the barriers between high and low culture. For others, he was a reactionary force, vilifying anything that didn't fit his cynical worldview. Ian Penman sits down with Zappa's newly reissued back catalogue and takes sides. This article originally appeared in The Wire 137 (July 1995).
Essay from Issue 148
Contract Breakers
March 2007
What's the connection between Neil Young, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, David Bowie, Frank Zappa and John & Yoko? They are all contract breakers, stars who got sick of playing the music industry fame game. Mark Sinker listens to the musicians who pissed off their record companies and fans alike. This article originally appeared in The Wire 148 (June 1996).
Issue 218
April 2002
ON THE COVER: Alice Coltrane - In an exclusive interview at her California home, Edwin Pouncey explores the cosmic jazz legend's ongoing quest for universal consciousness, from her part in Coltrane's ecstatic jazz through an illustrious solo career
FEATURES: Steve Beresford, Invisible Jukebox: David Grubbs, Bootlegs & plagiarhythms, Rebuilding Berlin Techno, Taylor Dupree, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Sunn 0))), Boards of Canada, Antipop Consortium, Reynols, Vinko Globokar, Frank Zappa
Issue 144
February 1996
ON THE COVER:Talvin Singh
FEATURES: Amon Düül, Frank Zappa, LFO, Evan Parker, Goldie's Jukebox
Issue 137
July 1995
On The Cover: Main
Features: Scanner, Zappa, Magma, Bruce Gilbert, Henry Threadgill, Sufi
Issue 116
October 1993
ON THE COVER: Paul Weller
FEATURES: Dead Can Dance, Bootsy, Guitar Abusers: Hendrix, Zappa, Clapton; Django Bates, Catalyst, Royal Trux
Issue 90
August 1991
ON THE COVER: Prince, Dance, Music, Sex, Romance - All this and God too!
FEATURES: Frank Zappa, David Sanborn, Elliott Carter, Rick Margarita, Barbara Dennerlein, Lisa Fischer, Vangelis
Issue 34
December 1986
ON THE COVER: Lester Bowie
FEATURES: Dexter Gordon, Loose Tubes, Val Wilmer, Paul Lytton & Paul Lovens, Branford Marsalis, Frank Zappa, Serge Chaloff