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• 1966
  • 1966-07 Kooks, Little Green Books And Zappa Blows Bicycle by Jerry Hopkins – Los Angeles Free Press
  • 1966-07 GUAMBO Is An Act Of Love – Mothers, Happenings, Dancing by Jerry Hopkins – Los Angeles Free Press
  • 1966-08 'Freak Out' Set Saturday Night at Shrine – Independent
  • 1966-09 Top Tunes by Ronnie Oberman – Los Angeles Free Press
  • 1966-09 Look Out Plastic People, the Mothers Have Arrived by ? – Los Angeles Free Press
  • 1966-10 Pot Is Good, But LSD Better by Mary Miller – Daily Trojan
  • 1966-10 Wild Freaks Run Amok To Save Mankind – Daily Trojan
  • 1966-10 Portrait of a freak by TomMcGrath – International Times
  • 1966-12 Shock Rock: Take Musical Satire One Step Further by Robert Shelton – The New York Times
• 1967
  • 1967-01 Freakout! by Earl Leaf – Teen
  • 1967-01 Mothers Of The World Unite! Inventively! by Nick Auf der Maur – The Gazette
  • 1967-05 Mothers of Invention at the Garrick by Dan Sullivan – The New York Times
  • 1967-05 'Mothers,' Hip Style by Stephen MacDonald – Wall Street Journal
  • 1967-08 Interzappa Tones by Bill Levy – International Times
  • 1967-10 In-Person: The Mothers Of Invention by Doon Arbus – Cheetah
  • 1967-12 A Word Sums Up Mothers Of Invention: Genius by Frank Kofsky – Open City
  • 1967-12 Town Hall Rocks To A Zany Group by Robert Shelton – The New York Times
  • 1967-00 Mother–Mother by Joe Mancini – GQ Scene
• 1968
  • 1968-01 Mothers of Invention, un-convention provide a tremendously wild evening by John Macfarlane – Toronto Daily Star
  • 1968-02 Motherly Love by Frank Kofsky – Jazz & Pop
  • 1968-04 The Mothers by Carl Nagin – Avatar (New York)
  • 1968-05 The Mothers Of Invention by Paul Zukas – Dude
  • 1968-06 Zapping With Zappa – Newsweek
  • 1968-06 Mother Is A Mother by Gene Youngblood – Los Angeles Free Press
  • 1968-07 Zappa At The Rock-And-Roll by John Wolfe – Orpheus
  • 1968-08 Park Show Offers Satiric Ensemble by Robert Shelton – The New York Times
  • 1968-08 Zappa: Musical Trip by Rich Mangelsdorff – Kaleidoscope
  • 1968-09 That's Funny, You Don't Look Like The Musician Of The Year by Jerry Hopkins – TeenSet
  • 1968-12 The 1955 Zappa by Miles – International Times
• 1969
  • 1969-01 Bizarre Deal Brings Mothers To Reprise – Cash Box
  • 1969-02 The GTO's by John Burks, Jerry Hopkins, Paul Nelson – Rolling Stone
  • 1969-02 Cruising With Ruben And The Jets by Bryan Willis – OZ
  • 1969-02 Scorching Blast Of Fresh Air by Peter Goddard – Toronto Telegram
  • 1969-03 Frank Zappa by John Lannan – SoCal
  • 1969-03 Bizarre Isn't The Word ... by Dave Swaney – TeenSet
  • 1969-05 Boston Globe Jazz Festival by Alan Heineman – Down Beat
  • 1969-05 Frank Zappa versus the teenage archetypal America theme (part 6) by Miles – International Times
  • 1969-06 Hello boys and girls, my name is Frank ... by Jonathan Kundra – Circus
  • 1969-06 Zappa by ? – Black Dwarf
  • 1969-06 Frank Zappa versus the Incredible Hulk by Mitch Howard – International Times
  • 1969-07 Wow by Jerry Powers – Miami Free Press
  • 1969-07 Newport Jazz Festival by David Walley – East Village Other
  • 1969-07 Father of the Mothers by M.H. – Beat Instrumental
  • 1969-11 Boss Of The Mothers by Nat Freedland – Knight
• 1970
  • 1970-01 Europe's Answer To Woodstock: The First Actuel Paris Music Festival by Jane Welch – Down Beat
  • 1970-01 Rats by Miles – International Times
  • 1970-04 The Mothers of Invention, their achievement and last albums by Miles – International Times
  • 1970-05 Zappa – Outrageous Star by Allan McDougall – Musical Express
  • 1970-06 Hit It, Zubin – Time
  • 1970-07 Hot Waxx! – Friends
  • 1970-07 Mothers Of Invention – Zappa De Guthrie by Thomas Utne – Hundred Flowers
  • 1970-08 Frank Zappa: he observes our extremes, absurdities – by Geoffrey Cannon – The Guardian
  • 1970-09 Frank Zappa by Chris Hodenfield – Strange Days
  • 1970-09 Chunga's Revenge by Chris Hodenfield – Strange Days
  • 1970-09 Frank Zappa Gonna Get You If You Don't Watch Out by Rick Bolsom & David Walley – Changes
  • 1970-10 Zappa Pie And Motherhood by Joseph McDonough – The Heights
  • 1970-11 King Kong by Rab Spall – International Times
  • 1970-11 Chunga's Revenge by Felix Dennis – OZ
  • 1970-12 Students Rap With Frank Zappa – Impact
  • 1970-12 The Zappian Way by Chris Welch – Melody Maker
• 1971
  • 1971-02 They Seem To Think Frank's Obscene by Chris Charlesworth – Melody Maker
  • 1971-02 Zappa's Got A Brand New Bag by Michael Watts – Melody Maker
  • 1971-02 Blue Moon! by Chris Charlesworth – Melody Maker
  • 1971-10 Mudsharks, Motels and Mothers by Michael Watts – Melody Maker
  • 1971-10 200 Motels – The Film – The Album by Michael Overton & Steve Peacock – Sounds
  • 1971-10 Zappa Glorifies Himself On Film by Steve Randall – Daily Trojan
  • 1971-11 The Future Of Concert Music And The L.A. Philharmonic by Mike Mitchell – SoCal
• 1972
  • 1972-01 Zap! Zap! Zappa! by Bill Gray – Impact
  • 1972-01 Zappa Kills 'Em And Is Almost ..... Killed Too by Glenn Wheatley – Planet
  • 1972-09 Zappa Creates Musical Magic by Don Heckman – The New York Times
  • 1972-10 Oval Gas Works by MAC – International Times
  • 1972-10 No Commercial Potential by Jonathon Green – International Times
  • 1972-12 Frank Zaps in for a fine concert by Bob Fox – The San Francisco Phoenix
• 1973
  • 1973-06 Inside Frank Zappa by John Robinson – Soundblast
  • 1973-07 Freak no more by Daryl Nugent – GoSet
  • 1973-07 Australian May Join Zappa by Tony Wright – GoSet
  • 1973-07 Zappa au go go by Jennifer Lois Brown – Digger
  • 1973-07 After Grand Wazoo – where to? by Alan Watson – Digger
  • 1973-09 Dirty Frank by CR and Gordian – International Times
• 1974
  • 1974-02 Antelope Valley Blues by Nigey Lennon – L.A. Voice
  • 1974-05 Backstage With The Grand Wazoo by Neal McGarity – The UMBC Retrieve
  • 1974-05 Plucking the nirvanic musical chord with Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart by Dean Graham – The Hot Flash
  • 1974-07 Smelly feet and dog wee: Uncle Frank does it again by Jonathon Green – International Times
  • 1974-07 Zappa: Continuity Is the Mother's Mother by Barry Hansen – Rolling Stone
  • 1974-10 Monsieur Zappa's rock circus by Allan Jones – Melody Maker
• 1975
  • 1975-07 Zappa and the Captain Cook by Steve Weitzman – Rolling Stone
  • 1975-09 Zappa Gives UCLA Audience The Bird by L. Roy Goldberg – Daily Trojan
  • 1975-12 Zappa Carries Musical 'Mothers' Tongue to Yugoslavian Crouds by Barbara Lewis – The Tennessean Showcase
• 1977
  • 1977-09 Zappa presents 'zircon-incrusted' concert season by Jim Healey – The Des Moines Register
• 1979
  • 1979-05 Frank Zappa: The Original Freak Strikes Oil as the Sheik by Dennis Broe – Good Times
  • 1979-12 Zappa Rides Again by Mary Campbell – Associated Press
• 1980
  • 1980-02 Mechanic of 'Joe's Garage' father of 'Baby Snakes' – Zappa Lives! by David Fricke – Circus
  • 1980-03 Mensch with a dirty mind by Don Shewey – Rolling Stone
• 1981
  • 1981-11 Zappa: Still Crude After All These Years by Robert Legault – The Rocket
• 1982
  • 1982-01 Close Encounter With Zappa by Arthur Deco – Milkshake Madmoiselle
  • 1982-02 Ex-Zappa Vocalist Discusses Politics Of Music Industry by Dave Stanton – Daily Trojan
  • 1982-07 'Girls' is awesome, fer sure by Daniel Winkel – Waukesha Freeman
  • 1982-12 Conversation With Artie Tripp by Jeff Slyker – Mother People
• 1983
  • 1983-06 Nagano On Conducting Zappa by Dan Forte – Mix
  • 1983-11 Opera Crowd Whoops for Zappa by Robert Commanday – San Francisco Chronicle
• 1984
  • 1984-01 Dweezil: Rocking Out Of His Father's Shadow by Jeff Silberman – Music Connection
  • 1984-02 ZAPPA, VOL.1 by Thom Holmes – Recordings of Experimental Music
  • 1984-04 A Conference Of Composers – Capitol
  • 1984-05 Puppets - Symphony - Zappa by Stephanie Zimmerman – In Performance
  • 1984-06 The Berkeley Symphony Plays Frank Zappa by Terry Hawkins – KPFA Folio
  • 1984-06 Zappa Pokes Into The Fine Arts by Larry Kelp – The Oakland Tribune
  • 1984-06 In Tune by Terry Hawkins – East Bay Express
  • 1984-06 Zappa in Polyester by D.S. Crafts – East Bay Express
  • 1984-06 Zappa's Entertaining Concert by Scott Beach – The San Francisco Examiner
  • 1984 Zappa In San Francisco - May 18th, 19th & 20th by Len Callo - Mother People
  • 1984 A Zappa Affair by Len Callo - Mother People
• 1985
  • 1985-03 Where's The Beef? – Express
  • 1985-09 The White House Vs. Frank Zappa On Sex by Rosanne Less – Metro Times
  • 1985-12 Frank Zappa takes on the U.S. Senate in 'Porn Wars' by Rip Rense – The Los Angeles Times
  • 1985-12 Did Frank Forget How To Freak Out? by Steve Hochman – Music Connection
  • 1985 The Jimmy Carl Black Interview by Gregarious – Mother People
• 1986
  • 1986-10 Frank Zappa: The Maryland Years by Rafael Alvarez – The Baltimore Sun Magazine
  • 1986-11 Frank Zappa Addresses Issue Of Censorship by Scott Davis – Daily Sundial
  • 1986-11 Frank Zappa by Lisa White – Duckberg Times
  • 1986-11 Zappa urges speech audience to fight censorship and conformity by thinking by Tom Sinclair – The Diamondback
• 1987
  • 1987-02 Programming Perilous Polyrhythms by Steve De Furia – Keyboard
  • 1987-03 The Zappa Affair by Sarah Cahill – Option
  • 1987-10 Jimmy Carl Black – One Of Mother's Finest by Ron Young – Boogie
• 1988
  • 1988-03 Frank Zappa Palace Theater 2/2/88 by Dave Turner – Buzz
  • 1988-03 Only The Weather Was Cold by Glenn Rechler – East Coast Rocker
  • 1988-08 The Zappa Zoo by Jennifer Ash – Life
• 1989
  • 1989-12 Zappa Keeps Eye Now On Bottom by Patrice Apodaca – Los Angeles Times
• 1990
  • 1990-03 Ray Collins: Zappa's Mouthpiece by Steve Propes – Sh-Boom
  • 1990-05 Just Plain Folks by Drew Wheeler – Billboard
  • 1990-05 Zappa: Leading The Way In Digital & CD Technologies by Jim Bessman – Billboard
  • 1990-05 We Are What We Watch by Drew Wheeler – Billboard
• 1991
  • 1991-04 Urban Leader: Ed Mann and Tommy Mars interviewed in Wuppertal 10.3.91 by Axel Wünsch, Aad Hoogesteger, Harald Hering and Achim Mänz – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1991-04 Just Another Band From Ume: Zappsteetoot by Matt Galagher – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1991-07 A Mars A Day: Tommy Mars in conversation by Axel Wünsch and Aad Hoogesteger – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1991-10 Mother People: Don Preston And Jimmy Carl Black Interview Moers Festival 18.5.91 by Axel Wünsch and Aad Hoogesteger – T'Mershi Duween
• 1992
  • 1992-02 Happy Birthday, Frank! by Robert L. Doerschuk – Keyboard
  • 1992-02 Hail And Farewell by Ben Watson – The Wire
  • 1992-03 Jimmy Carl Black Interview: Moers Festival 19.5.91 by Axel Wünsch and Aad Hoogesteger – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1992-10 All Bass Players Are Failed Ukulele Players: The Arthur Barrow Interview by Tom Brown and Slev Uunofski – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1992-11 The Return Of The Son-Of-Zappa Rap or Dweezil In Never Netherlands by Axel Wünsch and Aad Hoogesteger – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1992-11 Interview With Bunk Gardner September 1992 by Fred Tomsett – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1992-11 Don Preston Interview 26 8 92 by Fred Tomsett – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1992-11 Eddie, R.U. Kidding? by Axel Wünsch and Aad Hoogesteger – T'Mershi Duween
• 1993
  • 1993-02 Texan Grandmother In Interview Shock Horror by Roland St. Germain – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1993-02 Dweezil Goes Out To Lunch: Yet Another Interview! by Ben Watson and Danny Houston – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1993-03 Zappa's Swedish Universe: An Interview With Mats Öberg by Håkan Engborg – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1993-06 Billy's Private Parts: A Few Words From Billy James by Fred Tomsett – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1993-08 Hats Off To Mike Keneally by Fred Tomsett – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1993-12 Idol by Matt Groening – The New Yorker
  • 1993-12 Revolutionary by Václav Havel – The New Yorker
• 1994
  • 1994-01 Zappa – Personal reminiscenses by David Dudley, David Zinman, Nigey Lennon, Daniel Schorr, James F. Baylan, Dimitri Ehrlich – City Paper
  • 1994-02 Gail Zappa Speaks With Howard Stern – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1994-09 Zappa by Kimberly A. Stoilis – Public News
  • 1994-12 A different Zappa emerges in epic 'operapantomine' by Rip Rense – The Milwaukee Journal
• 1995
  • 1995-01 Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Interview by Douglas J Noble – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1995-07 Yåbbä Zåppä Dôô by Mike McGonigal – huH
  • 1995-07 From Hungary With Love by Gabor Csupo – huH
  • 1995-09 Stevie's Enormous Mouth: Bits Of A Chat With Steve Vai by Douglas J Noble – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1995-12 The Ryko Variations: Gary Steel Talks To Jill Christiansen – T'Mershi Duween
• 1996
  • 1996-02 The Final Conflict by Ben Watson – The Wire
  • 1996-04 One More Time For The World Tour by Adrian Coen – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1996-05 Discussion With A Neglected Orphan by Paul Remington – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1996-07 Robert Martin Sez Hello by Evil Prince – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1996-10 Thing-Fish Rap: Ike Willis Chats by Evil Prince – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1996-11 The Trombone's Connected To The Lip Bone: Bruce Fowler Interview by Evil Prince – T'Mershi Duween
• 1997
  • 1997-07 You're So Vai by Gary Steel – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1997-10 Mars Needs Evil Princes: A Conversation by Evil Prince – T'Mershi Duween
• 1998
  • 1998-12 "I was a teenage MOOSE freak!" by Rob Chapman – Mojo
• 1999
  • 1999-01 Mann Alive! by Evil Prince – T'Mershi Duween
  • 1999-01 Life Of The Party by Connie Bruck – The New Yorker
• 2000
  • 2000-03 Chatting With A. Wing And A Prayer by Fred Banta – T'Mershi Duween
  • 2000-03 The Be-Bop Bass Notes: Tom Fowler Interview by Evil Prince – T'Mershi Duween
  • 2000-03 Strictly Genteel: The BPO tackles Zappa by Jeff Miers – Buffalo Beat
• 2001
  • 2001-12 Digging the Nuggets by Daniel Felsenfeld – Andante
  • 2001-00 Form and the Concept Album: Aspects of Modernism in Frank Zappa's Early Releases by James Borders – Perspectives of New Music
• 2002
  • 2002-11 Frank Zappa: The controversy and touring hell of 1970-71 by Dave Thompson – Goldmine
• 2003
  • 2003-05 Allan Zavod interview by Avo Raup
• 2004
  • 2004-01 Keeper Of The Flame, Gail Zappa interview by Phil Alexander – Mojo
• 2005
  • 2005-03 Nobody Looks Good Wearing Brown Lipstick by Russ Cooper – Warrior
• 2007
  • 2007-11 Getting The Call, Giving It All (Peter Wolf interview) by Mr. Bonzai – Keyboard
• 2009
  • 2009-05 Frank Talk, Gail Zappa interview by Alan Clayson – Record Collector
• 2010
  • 2010-00 The Second Coming by John Collinge – Progression
  • 2010-00 A Couple Of Real Creative Mothers by John Collinge – Progression
  • 2010-09 Zappa Days by Erik Maza – The Baltimore Sun

Zappa articles & interviews in German:

• 1968-09 Bei lebendigem Leibe Fressen – Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser – Konkret
• 1968-00 Nehmt den Alten ihre Macht: Frank Zappa – Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser – Das Buch der neuen Pop-Musik
• 1970-11 Frank Zappa – Mark Williams – Sounds
• 1972-00 Der Egotrip der Rock-Zeit – Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser – Rock-Zeit
• 1974-11 Alla Zappa – Urban Gwerder – Jazz
• 1978-04 Frank Zappa – ?? – Spotlight
• 1979-06 Zappas Größtes Ding! – ?? – Rennbahn Express
• 1980-12 Autogrammkarte, interessante Fotos und zehn Fragen an Frank Zappa – ?? – Bravo
• 1981-12 Zappa Interview – ?? – Spotlight
• 1982-06 Pappa Zappa – Steven Rosen – Fachblatt Music Magazin
• 1982-07 Alles Scheisse! – Sylvie Simmons – Musik Express
• 1982-12 Sonate für Reifen und Lenkstange – Norbert Obermanns – Oldie Markt
• 1985-01 Im Hagel von Zappas Giftpfeilen – Franz Schäfer – Stereo
• 1987-04 Papa Zappa – Paul Amberg – TIP
• 1988-05 Der Grosse Zappano – Claus Böhm – Audio
• 1988-09 Frank Zappa - Finanzhai des Rock 'n' Roll – Illona Müller – Penthouse
• 1992-04 Frank Zappa – Christian Pleister – Max
• 1992-07 Die Ärtzte haben mich schon totgesagt – Stefan Sezoner – Salto
• 1992-08 Alles grosser Betrug – Thomas Hüetlin, Rüdiger Falksohn – Der Spiegel
• 1992-09 Jeder Dirigent ist ein Diktator – Klaus Winninger – Wiener
• 1992-09 Solange es mir gefällt – Hartwin Möhrle, Stefan Sezoner – Journal Frankfurt
• 1992-09 Struwwelpeter – Carsten Beckmann, Matthias Wagner – Zitty

Zappa articles & interviews in Dutch

• 1970-06 Frank Zappa: "film voor je ooren" – Pim Oets – Het Vrije Folk
• 1971-11 De industrie wilde het Fillmore album ontzettend geil aanprijzen (interview with Frank Zappa) – Jip Golsteijn – Oor
• 1971-11 Ian heeft alleen maar muziek aan z'n hoofd(interview with Ian Underwood) – Jip Golsteijn – Oor
• 1971-11 Met 1+3+3 Mothers On The Road – Jip Golsteijn – Oor
• 1988-08 De Groucho Marx van rock 'n' roll – Rob van Scheers – VPRO Gids

Zappa articles & interviews in French

• 1967-11 Au secours voila les Mamans !!! – Philippe Rault – Rock & Folk
• 1984-01 Zappa-Boulez, meme combat? – Philippe Olivier & Patrice Bollon – Liberation
• 1991-08 Comment Zappa? – Serge Loupien – Liberation

Zappa articles & interviews in Finnish

• 1974-09 Frank Zappa poltti näppinsä Suomessa – Raila Kinnunen & Jorma Blomqvist – Apu

Zappa articles & interviews in Spanish

• 1980-04 Hidrogeno y estupidez – ? – Pelo
• 1987-00 Frank Zappa – ? – Guitarristas Del Mundo

Zappa articles & interviews in Italian

• 1988-06 Diavolo o diavolo? – Katia Natola – Tuttifrutti

External Zappa articles and interviews sites:

• GSW project – 32 volumes of audio books to download
• zertrez interviews (Firefox incompatible forsaken site. All interviews from here are included into Geir Corneliussen's list, but some remarks are lost.)
• Geir Corneliussen's Maybe You Thought I Was The Packard Goose
• Interviews and articles @ St. Alphonzo's Pancake Homepage
• Interviews by The Idiot Bastard
• Bengt Jönsson's Interviews from Swedish and Danish radio
• Andy Murkin's Zappa Music Resources
• The jjs homepage (mostly in German)