Articles by Zappa and interviews with Zappa:
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1967-06 Frank Zappa the Incredible Boss Mother by Don Paulsen – Hit
Parader
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1967-08 Meet the Boss Mother sussing out Britain... by Nick Jones –
Melody Maker
- 1967-09 Frank Zappa: The Mothers of
Invention by Frank Kofsky – Jazz & Pop
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1967-09 Mother Of Two Runs Off With Uncle Meat – Song Hits
- 1967-10 Frank Zappa On Freedom by
Frank Zappa – Hit Parader
- 1967-12 Frank's Favourite Topic: Creeps Are The Backbone Of This
Country by John Bryan – Open City
- 1967 Mothers Of
Invention: Strange People – Great Sound! – Freak Out, U.S.A.
- 1968-01 Does This Mother Know
Best? by W.H. Manville – Saturday Evening Post
- 1968-07 Frank Zappa by Jerry Hopkins – The Rolling Stone
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1969-06 The Truth Is – They're Not As Ugly As Their Pictures by Chris
Welch – Melody Maker
- 1969-06
An Explosion Of Non-Communication by Chris Welch – Melody Maker
- 1969-06 Frank Zappa by Joe Medjuck – Take One
- 1969-10 Frank Zappa: The Mother of Us
All by Larry Kart – Down Beat
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1969-10 The Mothers Are Dead, But Zappa's Still Very Much Alive by
Richard Williams – Melody Maker
- 1969-11 The
Beefheart Zappa Talk-in by Richard Williams – Melody Maker
- 1969-11 It's all
in self-defence by Jonathan Green – Friends
- 1969-11 The Frank
Zappa Column? by Debbi Smith – STROBE
- 1969 Frank Zappa & Paul Eberle Rapping In Los Angeles '69
– LA Star
- 1970-01
Understanding The Underground by Frank Zappa – Record Mirror
- 1970-01 Grandson Of
Ives by J. Ramsey Campbell – Stardock
- 1970-07 The Aesthetics Of
Freakery by Mike Bourne – Down Beat
- 1970-08 '50s
Teenagers And '50s Rock by Frank Zappa – Evergreen Review
- 1970-11 Zappa – The Great Satirist
by Bob Dawbarn – Sounds
- 1971-06 Edgard Varèse: The Idol of
My Youth by Frank Zappa – Stereo Review
- 1971-06 Zappa On The Move Again
by Richard Green – Hit Parader
- 1971-11 Zappa's Latest
Box Of Tricks by Steve Peacock – Sounds
- 1971-12 Touring Can Make You Crazy by Ian Pollock – Time Out
- 1971 I Dreamed I Interviewed Frank Zappa In My Maidenform
Bra by David Reitman – ROCK Magazine
- 1971 Zap! Into Zappaland – Movies
Now
- 1972-01 Frank Zappa: Portrait of
the Artist as a Businessman by Rob Partridge/Paul Phillips – Cream
- 1972-01 Being Perfectly Frank by Steve Turner – Beat Instrumental
- 1972-09 Fearless Frank
tells what he'll lay on you at the Oval concert by Danny Holloway – Musical Express
- 1972-09 Frank Zappa: If His
"Friends" Could Hear Him Now by Steve Peacock – ROCK Magazine
- 1973-07 The Zappa Interview by Ian Meldrum, David N. Pepperell, Jenny Brown
– GoSet
- 1973-07
946 Motels Later by Robert Oman
– Beetle
- 1973-11 Frank Zappa – his own favourite
recording artist by Dave Perkins – Eyeopener
- 1973-12 A Conversation (?) with
The Eternally Charming Frank Zappa by Steve Rosen – ROCK Magazine
- 1974-01 Mother In
Lore by Patrick and Barbara Salvo – Melody Maker
- 1974-04 The Grand Design of Which
Apostrophe Is but an Element by Barry Hansen – Circular
- 1974-05 Look Out Pretty Mama I'm On The Road Again
by Tom Davis – Bugle American
- 1974-05 An Evening With Frank Zappa
by Taylor Martin – Reflector
- 1974-05 Frank Zappa and the Mothers at the
Riverside – 4/23/74 by B.P. – Bugle American
- 1974-05
The Grand Wazoo Speaks
by Ed Baker – The Hot Flash
- 1974-07 Grand
Mother by Chris Lloyd – Melody Maker
- 1974-10 Frank Zappa: a Mother Only a
Face Could Love by Michael Bourne – American Eye
- 1974-12
FRANK ZAPPA vs. The Tooth Fairy by Ed Naha – Creem
- 1974-12 Frank Zapp – Funny Mother
by Chris Lloyd – Beetle
- 1974-12 Frank Zappa's Dream: A Rock Group Of 80 Or More Musicians by
Mary Campbell – Associated Press
- 1974-12 A Rendezvouz With The Grand Wazoo by John David Kalodner –
Concert
- 1975-01 What's A
Mother To Do? by Steve Weitzman – Zoo World
- 1975-06 The Truth – The Whole Truth – And
Nothing But The Cheeseburger by Michael Gray – Let It Rock
- 1975-06 What Did You Do In The
Revolution, Dada? by Karl Dallas – Let It Rock
- 1975-06 Frank Zappa Talks Of Faves, Raves
And Composers In Their Graves by Giovanni Dadomo – Let It Rock
- 1975-12 Frank Zappa: Outraged
Consumer by Scott Cohen – Circus Raves
- 1975-12 Frank Zappa: "The Beat Goes On, But Backwards" by Peter
Cowan – Oakland Tribune
- 1975-12 A Matter of Taste by Rob Fixmer – Bugle American
- 1976-03 Zappa: 'I
AM a human being' by Jane Elliot – Melody Maker
- 1976-06 A Unique
Musical Force or Blasphemous Freak: Which Is Frank Zappa? by Rip Rense –
The Valley s
- 1976-12 The Father Of The Mothers
Zappa! by Terry Wilson – Focus Rock Entertainment
- 1977-03 Zappa – IT
- 1977-04 Zappa on Air – Nuggets
- 1977-12
Frank Zappa – A Would-be Chemist Who Turned to Music by Rip Rense –
The Valley s
- 1978-01 Zappa Digs
Sabs Shock! by Sandy Robertson – Sounds
- 1978-01 Phi Zappa
Crappa Interview by Dave Fass and Dave Street – Acid Rock
- 1978-01 Stern
Words In Knightsbridge by Paul Rambali – NME
- 1978-01 Carry On Composing by Karl Dallas –
Melody Maker
- 1979-02 A Mother in the
studio by J.C. Costa – International Musician And Recording World
- 1979-04 Interview:
Frank Zappa by Charlene Keel – Genesis
- 1979-04 Record Review Interview:
Frank Zappa by Michael Davis – Record Review
- 1979-05 Shut Up And Play Your
Guitar by John Dalton – Guitar
- 1979-08 Zappa by Dan Forte – Musician
- 1978-09 Zappa Speaks Up – Dan Warfield – The Stars And Stripes
- 1978-09 Frank Zappa:
Bad weather in person – Steven Reddicliffe – Chronicle
Telegram
- 1980-01 Zappa: Speak Out by Paul Colbert – Musicians Only
- 1980-02 Zappa Busy As Ever While
Coming Out of Joe's Garage by Michael Davis – Record Review
- 1982-02 FZ – WLIR
Interview, Ritz, November 17th, 1981 by Ben Manilla - Mother People
- 1982-03 Frank
Zappa by John Swenson – Guitar World
- 1982-04 Frank Zappa by Dan Forte –
Musician
- 1982-11
ABSOLUTELY FRANK: First Steps In Odd Meters by Frank Zappa – Guitar
Player
- 1982-12
ABSOLUTELY FRANK: Putting Some Garlic In Your Playing by Frank Zappa –
Guitar Player
- 1983-01
NON-FOODS: Stepping Outside The Beat by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
- 1983-01 Frank Zappa by Frances
Lynn – Ritz Magazine
- 1983-02 Groupies As
People by Frank Zappa – High Times
- 1983-02 Frank Zappa: Guitar Player
by Bill Milkowski – Down Beat
- 1983-03
NON-FOODS: Bass, Sports, And Adventure by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
- 1983-04
NON-FOODS: Coming To Grips With Polyrhythms by Frank Zappa – Guitar
Player
- 1983-05
NON-FOODS: Stretching Out With Vamps by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
- 1983-06 An
Interview With Frank Zappa by Dan Forte – Mix
- 1983-07
NON-FOODS: Feedbacks, Effects, And Tone by Frank Zappa – Guitar
Player
- 1983-11
NON-FOODS: Not The Moody Blues by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
- 1983-12
NON-FOODS: Digital Sampling And Guitar by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
- 1983-04
NON-FOODS: Video-Assisted Ignorance by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
- 1984-04 Classical Zappa by
Barbara Zuck – Capitol
- 1984-08 Orchestral
Maneuvers by Bill Milkowski – Modern Recording & Music
- 1984-08 Frank Zappa – Meadow Brook Music Festival
catalog
- 1984-09 His Best Friends Are
Computers by Bill Camarata – Scene
- 1984-10 (F)RANK
HYPOCRISY by Mick Wall – Kerrang!
- 1984-11 Frank Zappa by Gary A.
Shay – Songwriter Connection
- 1984 Z=AP2
by Robert Cassella - Mother People
- 1985-03 Frank Zappa
Interview by Pete Christensen – Express
- 1985-06 Frank Zappa and the Scarlet Letter
by Dot Stone – RIP
- 1985-06 The Art Of Being
Frank by Philip Bashe – International Musician And Recording World
- 1985-09 Lynching With Bonzai: Frank Zappa by Mr. Bonzai –
Mix
- 1985 Artist As Genetic Design Flaw by Chen – Ecolibrium
Interviews
- 1986-01 The Computerized Musician – Kathy Yakal –
COMPUTE!
- 1986-05 Zappa: Now And Then by Steve
Vai & John Stix – Guitar For The Practicing Musician
- 1986 Conversation
With FZ by Alain Chauvat - Mother People
- 1987-01 Frank
Zappa On... The '80s Guitar Clone by Dan Forte – Guitar Player
- 1987-01 Interview From Hell by
Bill Forman – BAM
- 1987-01 Winter In America by Steve
Lyons and Batya Friedman – Option
- 1987-02 Father
Of Invention by Rick Davies – Music Technology
- 1987-03 Zappa On
Jazz From Hell by Frank Zappa – Music & Sound Output
- 1987-03 Frank's Wild Years by Steve
Lyons and Batya Friedman – Option
- 1987-06
Channel X – Milwaukee Journal
- 1987-06 Frank Zappa and
the Scarlet Letter by Dot Stone - RIP
- 1987 Frank Zappa: The SongTalk Interview
by Paul Zollo – SongTalk
- 1988-03 A Talk With
Frank Zappa by Bill Camarata – Scene
- 1988-05 Zappa vs. The Mothers Of Prevention by Jesse Nash –
RockBill
- 1988-08 Frank Zappa by Jesse Nash –
The Beat
- 1988-09 Frank Zappa by Alan di
Perna – Musician
- 1988 A Pre-Tour
Interview With FZ At His House - January 12th, 1988 by David Turner &
Lisa Weisbery - Mother People
- 1988 Maverick by
J.B. Griffith – Pulse!
- 1989-04 What You Can Do Onstage With
Records, CDs, Videos by William Ruhlmann – Relix
- 1989-07 Zappa by Deborah Parisi –
Rhythm
- 1989-09 About the abortion issue in Untited States by Frank Zappa –
Tuttifrutti
- 1989-10 An Evening With Pierre Boulez And Frank
Zappa by Den Simms – T'Mershi Duween
- 1989-12 Frank Zappa
by Elin Wilder – High Times
- 1990-04 The
Interview Of The Century, Part 1 by
Den Simms, Eric Buxton, Rob Samler – Society Pages
- 1990-05 Frank
Zappa's Crusade – 25 Years And Counting by Drew Wheeler – Billboard
- 1990-06 The
Interview Of The Century, Part 2 by
Den Simms, Eric Buxton, Rob Samler – Society Pages
- 1990-09 The
Interview Of The Century, Part 3 by
Den Simms, Eric Buxton, Rob Samler – Society Pages
- 1990 Zappa! by RockHEAD – RockHEAD
- 1991-07 Zapparap: For Real! by
Libby Purvis, Brian Hayes & Sybil Roscoe – T'Mershi Duween
- 1991-07 Way Down
In Zealand by Gary Steel – T'Mershi Duween
- 1992-09 Frankfurt Press Conference
21.7.92
by Axel Wünsch and Aad Hoogesteger – T'Mershi Duween
- 1993 Frank's Wild Years
by Joe Jackson – RCD
- 1999 The Lost Interview – READ
- 2003-12 Dynamo
Frank by Alan di Perna – Guitar World
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