Celebrity Life
Check Back Into Frank Zappa’s ‘200 Motels’ With Giant 50th-Anniversary Reissue
Six-CD deluxe box set for 1971 soundtrack features unreleased demos, studio outtakes, alternate takes, radio ads, interviews, and "Dialog Protection Reels"
The Specials Preview Covers Album With ‘Freedom Highway’
Release will feature new takes on 12 protest songs
Captain Beefheart’s Oddball Masterpiece ‘Trout Mask Replica’ Finally Comes to Streaming
Ahmet Zappa explains why one of the weirdest albums of all time has taken so long to hit streaming, and expounds on the record's shambolic legacy
The Sudden, Lucrative Gold Rush for Old Music
As the giants of classic rock contemplate retirement, music execs are dreaming up increasingly bold new ways to eke value out of their brands, images, and back catalogs
20 Worst ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hosts
As we brace for Elon Musk hosting the long-running sketch show, here's a look back at the 'SNL' Host Hall of Shame
Frank Zappa’s Final U.S. Concert in 1988 Set for First-Ever Release
Zappa ’88: The Last U.S. Show, recorded March 25th, 1988 at New York’s Nassau Coliseum, arrives June 18th
Chester Thompson on His Years With Genesis, Frank Zappa, and Weather Report
He spent 30 years in Genesis as a touring drummer, but he had a falling out with Phil Collins in 2010 and they haven't spoken since
‘Zappa’ Review: A Modernist Mozart Who Happened to Be a Rock Star
An exhaustive new documentary on Frank Zappa offers up a portrait of an artist as a walking contradiction