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1966
- 1966-12 Zappa Zaps the Big Lie by Liza Williams – Los Angeles Free Press
1967
- 1967-03 Zappa by East Village Other – International Times
- 1967-06 Frank Zappa the Incredible Boss Mother by Don Paulsen – Hit Parader
- 1967-07 The Boss Mother Meets The Animals by Frank Zappa – Hit Parader

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
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
- 1968-01 Does This Mother Know Best? by W.H. Manville – Saturday Evening Post
- 1968-02 Necessity Is ... – Discoscene
- 1968-03 Head Mother Speaks Out by Anna Maria Stramese – Underground Digest
- 1968-04 We're Only In It For the Money (review) by Barret Hansen – Rolling Stone
- 1968-04 Tragedy Comes To Frank Zappa: ‘They Called Us Entertainment’ by Sue C. Clark – Rolling Stone
- 1968-05 Frank Zappa – The Head Mother by Stuart J. Scott – Big Ten
- 1968-05 Where Is Frank Zappa? Part I – Discoscene
- 1968-06 Where Is Frank Zappa? Part II – Discoscene
- 1968-07 Where Is Frank Zappa? Part III – Discoscene
- 1968-07 Frank Zappa by Jerry Hopkins – The Rolling Stone
- 1968-08 Where Is Frank Zappa? Part IV – Discoscene
1969

1969-02 The Groupies and Other Girls by John Burks, Jerry Hopkins, Paul Nelson – Rolling Stone
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
1969-07 ZigZag Unzips by Dick Lawson – ZigZag
1969-07 Uncle Meat by Pete Drummond – Oz
1969-10 Zappa Interviewed by Robert Levin – GO Magazine
1969-10 Frank Zappa: The Mother of Us All by Larry Kart – Down Beat
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
- 1970-01 Understanding The Underground by Frank Zappa – Record Mirror
- 1970-01 Grandson Of Ives by J. Ramsey Campbell – Stardock
- 1970-06 You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here by David Walley – Rock Magazine
- 1970-07 The Aesthetics Of Freakery by Mike Bourne – Down Beat
- 1970-08 '50s Teenagers And '50s Rock by Frank Zappa – Evergreen Review
- 1970-08 A frank talk with Zappa on being a 'rebel chief'! by Caroline Boucher – Disc and Music Echo
- 1970-08 Frank Zappa by Jay Ruby – Jazz & Pop
- 1970-11 Zappa – The Great Satirist by Bob Dawbarn – Sounds
- 1970-11 Zapparap on the Zappaplan by Craig McGregor – The New York Times
- 1970-12 Mother's Union by Richard Williams & Michael Watts – Melody Maker
- 1970-12 Zappa's Return by Dai Davies – Music Now
1971
- 1971-01 I Dreamed I Interviewed Frank Zappa In My Maidenform Bra by David Reitman – Rock Magazine
- 1971-01 Zappa 200 Motels: File Under Popular by Miles – International Times
- 1971-02 '200 Albert Halls' or 'Penis Dimension Meets The Fathers of Convention' by Ernia Eban & John Ralph – Time Out
- 1971-04 Say A Good Word For The Groupies, Frank by Keith Altham – Record Mirror
- 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
- 1971-09 Hey Hey Hey, Mister Snazzy Exec! by Frank Zappa – Circular
- 1971-11 Hypothetical Interview With Frank Zappa by Frank Zappa As Told To Suzie Creamcheese & Rodney Bingenheimer by Frank Zappa – Phonograph Record Magazine
- 1971-11 Zappa's Latest Box Of Tricks by Steve Peacock – Sounds
- 1971-12 Touring Can Make You Crazy by Ian Pollock – Time Out
- 1971-12 We Are The Mother People by Ian Pollock – Rainbow Theatre Program
- 1971 Zap! Into Zappaland – Movies Now
1972
- 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
- 1972-02 It's All Music by Norma McLain Stoop – After Dark
- 1972-09 Fearless Frank tells what he'll lay on you at the Oval concert by Danny Holloway – Musical Express
- 1972-11 Frank Zappa: If His "Friends" Could Hear Him Now by Steve Peacock – Rock Magazine
1973
- 1973-01 Let's Talk Clothes by Dino Orlando – Words & Music
- 1973-04 Frank Zappa: The Great Southern and Western Expedition Is On! – Zoo World
- 1973-04 Zappa: An Interview by Dan Foote, Chuck Bufe, John Ridgway – New Times
- 1973-05 Zappa Tour – GoSet
- 1973-07 The Zappa Interview by Ian Meldrum, David N. Pepperell, Jenny Brown – GoSet
- 1973-07 946 Motels Later by Robert Oman – Beetle
- 1973-09 Godmother Zappa by Charles Shaar Murray – Go-Set
- 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
- 1973-12 A Chat Wit The Mother Superior by David Rensin – Circular
1974
- 1974-01 Mother In Lore by Patrick and Barbara Salvo – Melody Maker
- 1974-02 Dialogue: Frank Zappa by Patrick William Salvo – Coq
- 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
1974-11 Frank Zappa by Elliot Cahn – Los Angeles Free Press
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
- 1975-01 What's A Mother To Do? by Steve Weitzman – Zoo World
- 1975-04 Frank Zappa by Bruce Pollock – In Their Own Words
- 1975-05 Zappa by Thomas Glynn – Modern Hi-Fi & Music
- 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
- 1975-00 Frank Zappa and the Enterprise of Serious Contemporary Music by Peter Kountz – Popular Music & Society
1976
- 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
- 1976-12 The Secret Life Of Zappa by Eve Brandstein – BLAST
1977
- 1977-02 Zoot Allures! by Susin Shapiro – Gig
- 1977-03 Zappa – IT
- 1977-03 Zappa by Tony Bacon - International Musician And Recording World
- 1977-04 Zappa on Air – Nuggets
- 1977-12 Frank Zappa – A Would-be Chemist Who Turned to Music by Rip Rense – The Valley News
- 1977-12 Frank Zappa Interview by Michael Branton – College
1978
- 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
- 1978-01 Rebel Without Applause by Michael Snyder, Blair Jackson – BAM
- 1978-03 Artists' Profile: Frank Zappa by Joseph Laux – Modern Recording
- 1978-09 Zappa Speaks Up – Dan Warfield – The Stars And Stripes
- 1978-09 Frank Zappa: Bad weather in person – Steven Reddicliffe – Chronicle Telegram
- 1978-11 When Confronting Frank Zappa There Is No Middle Ground – Gene Kalbacher - The Aquarian Night Owl
- 1978-00 A Mother Speaks Frankly by Chris August – Synapse
1979
- 1979-02 A Mother in the studio by J.C. Costa – International Musician And Recording World
- 1979-03 Cherry Bomb Unzips Frank Zappa – Cherry Bomb – Cheri

1979-04 Interview: Frank Zappa by Charlene Keel – Genesis
1979-04 Record Review Interview: Frank Zappa by Michael Davis – Record Review
1979-04 Cruising Down Memory Lane With Frank Zappa by David Fricke – Trouser Press
1979-04 A Little Visit With Frank Zappa by Steve Simels – Stereo Review
1979-04 A Conversation With Frank Zappa by Dave Rothman – Oui
1979-05 Shut Up And Play Your Guitar by John Dalton – Guitar
1979-08 Zappa by Dan Forte – Musician
1979-09 The Island-Ear Interview: Frank Zappa by IE – Island Ear
1979-09 Warning! The Real Zappa by ? – Gold Coast Free Press
1979-11 Frank Zappa Unveils Secrets Of The Universe by Bob Mahon – Sweet Potato
1979-12 Frank Zappa: The Myth Of 'Joe's Garage' by John Swenson – Rolling Stone

1980
- 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
- 1980-04 Zingers From Zappa by D.Housing – Prairie Sun
- 1980-04 The Sanest Man In The World Today? by Headley Gritter – RAM
- 1980-06 Totally Frank by Barry Alfonso – Songwriter
- 1980-07 Madman Or Genius by Headley Gritter – Music Pulse
- 1980-09 On The Record - Frank Zappa by John Stix – Guitar World
- 1980-12 Frankly Speaking by George Tirebiter – Upbeat
1981
- 1981-04 Frank Zappa by Ben Manilla – WLIR Free Flight
- 1981-12 Zappa: He Are What He Is by Bill Milkowski – Good Times
1982
- 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
- 1982-09 Zappa by Dorothy Sirus – Music Exchange
- 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
- 1983-01 NON-FOODS: Stepping Outside The Beat by Frank Zappa – Guitar Player
- 1983-01 Frank Zappa by Frances Lynn – Ritz Magazine
- 1983-01 The Zappas On Video Games by Merle H. Reagle – JoyStik
- 1983-02 Groupies As People by Frank Zappa – High Times
- 1983-02 Frank Zappa: Guitar Player by Bill Milkowski – Down Beat
- 1983-02 Frank Zappa's not only in it for the money by Derk Richardson – Bay Guardian
- 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
- 1984-01 Z=AP² by Robert Cassella – Gold Coast Free Press
- 1984-01 Approaching the Mellow Age by Jeff Silberman – Music Connection
- 1984-04 Classical Zappa by Barbara Zuck – Capitol
- 1984-07 So You Think Frank Zappa Is A Weirdo by Larry Samson – City Life
- 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
- 1984-12 Zappa Dishes It Out by Roger Dakotah – Public News
- 1984 Artist As Genetic Design Flaw by Chen – Ecolibrium Interviews
1985
- 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 Frank Zappa vs. Kandy Stroud – The Georgetowner
- 1985-09 Lynching With Bonzai: Frank Zappa by Mr. Bonzai – Mix
- 1985-11 Frank Zappa, Abbey Lincoln & Johnny Colon Speak Out by Nancy Newhouse – Manhattan Arts
- 1985-12 Zapping Back At Big Brother & Other Mothers by Roy Trakin – Music Connection
1986
- 1986-01 The Computerized Musician by Kathy Yakal – COMPUTE!
- 1986-01 Why Pin It On Rock And Roll? by John Anthony Wilcox and Robert J. Sodaro – Fairfield County Advocate
- 1986-01 Zappa On Rating Records by Bill Templeton – Music
- 1986-04 Megabytes at Barking Pumpkin by Alan di Perna – Keyboards, Computers & Software
- 1986-05 Zappa: Now And Then by Steve Vai & John Stix – Guitar
- 1986-10 The License To Be A Maniac by Josef Woodard – Musician
- 1986-10 Frank Zappa Meets The PMRC by John Anthony Wilcox & Robert J. Sodaro – Relix
- 1986 Conversation With FZ by Alain Chauvat – Mother People
- 1986 Zappa by Pete Crowther – Speakout
1987
- 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
- 1987-02 Frank Zappa: Jazz From Hell by Paul Gilby – Sound On Sound
- 1987-03 Frank Zappa: Samplin' Fool by Jeff Spurrier – Music & Sound Output
- 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
- 1987-07 Frank Zappa's Revenge by Bill Templeton – Music
- 1987 Frank Zappa: The SongTalk Interview by Paul Zollo – SongTalk
1988
- 1988-02 Frank Zappa '88 by Dave Turner – Buzz
- 1988-03 A Talk With Frank Zappa by Bill Camarata – Scene
- 1988-03 Artist, Businessman, Politician by Harold De Muir – East Coast Rocker
- 1988-03 Citizen Zappa by Jim Macnie – New Paper
- 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
- 1988-11 A Mind For The Body Politic by Julius Robertson – Cash Box
- 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
- 1989-04 What You Can Do Onstage With Records, CDs, Videos by William Ruhlmann – Relix
- 1989-07 Zappa by Deborah Parisi – Rhythm
- 1989-08 Zappa talks frankly about art, politics by Karla Tipton – Antelope Valley Press
- 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
- 1989-10 Frank Zappa Has a Tip for Serious Musicians: Get a Real-Estate License by Laurence Vittes – Los Angeles Reader

1989-12 Frank Zappa by Elin Wilder – High Times

1990
- 1990-03 Frank Zappa Talks About His Early Doo-Wop Days & Says, Radio Today Is Crap! by J.P. Cantillon – Sh-Boom
- 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
- 1990-09 Frank Zappa Discusses Upcoming CD Projects by Pete Howard – ICE
- 1990 Zappa! by RockHEAD – RockHEAD
1991
- 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
- 1991-07 Signs Of The Times by Bob Guccione – Spin

1991-00 The Mother of All Interviews: Zappa on Music and Society by Florindo Volpacchio – Telos

1992

1992-09 Frankfurt Press Conference 21.7.92 by Axel Wünsch and Aad Hoogesteger – T'Mershi Duween

1993 ...
- 1993-05 Frank: Fearless and still fighting by Alex Kershaw – The Guardian Weekend
- 1993-06 Frank's Wild Years by Joe Jackson – RCD
- 1993-11 Civilization Phase III – General Notes by Frank Zappa – Black Page
- 1994-03 The Last Days Of Frank Zappa by Ben Watson – Mojo
- 1998-12 "I was a teenage MOOSE freak!" by Rob Chapman – Mojo
- 1999 The Lost Interview – READ
- 2003-12 Dynamo Frank by Alan di Perna – Guitar World
- 2004-01 The Last Post by Phil Alexander – Mojo
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