AP - Dec 17, 2009
It took more than a year, but Baltimore officials finally decided where to put a bust of rocker Frank Zappa that was given to the city by his fans in Lithuania. The eccentric musician s statue will be...
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Gail Zappa, widow of U.S. rock legend Frank Zappa, has failed in her bid to stop a German music festival from using her husband's name and image. Zappa and her family trust had launched a lawsuit...
More »Reuters - May 8, 2008
Frank Zappa fans can soon enjoy a previously unreleased 1972 concert recording, the latest material from the deceased rock star's archives to be unveiled. Wazoo, a two-disc set documenting Zappa&#...
More »AP - May 8, 2008
Frank Zappa s widow is on board with plans for a bust of the eccentric rocker in his hometown of Baltimore. Gail Zappa tells The Associated Press that she supports the project, which was spearheaded...
More »AP - Apr 9, 2008
Frank Zappa s widow is trying to stop a German fan club from using the Grammy-winning rocker s name for its annual Zappanale festival. Gail Zappa says the German-based Arf Society s use of Zappa s name...
More »AP - Jul 30, 2007
Berlin has named a street honoring Frank Zappa. Zappa s brother, Bobby Zappa, said the Grammy-winning rocker, who died in 1993, would have been pleased, in a letter of thanks. Frank-Zappa-Strasse...
More »AP - Feb 23, 2006
Dweezil Zappa will participate in a special tribute to his late dad, Frank Zappa, while My Morning Jacket, Ryan Adams and the North Mississippi All-Stars will be among the acts vying for key awards at...
More »Reuters - May 6, 2005
Few acts can trot out a Peter Jennings newsreel before a concert and have a hard-rock audience of 6,000 erupt in cheers. For fans of System of a Down, however, a pre-show report on genocide is as fitting...
More »Reuters - Sep 23, 2004
U.K. rock act Supergrass will begin work on its fifth studio album next month at a studio it is building in northern France. We ve already found a well outside one of the barns, so we ll make that...
More »AP - Jul 29, 2004
One of the longest-running traditions in American music began 100 years ago when a now-forgotten performer sat down at a steam calliope and let fly with Bill Bailey, Won t You Please Come Home. It...
More »Reuters - Jul 1, 2004
The doors to Frank Zappa s vault will be blown wide open via a new series of archival releases under the moniker Joe s Corsage, a nod both to Zappa s 1979 album Joe s Garage and Zappa archivist Joe Travers...
More »Reuters - Jun 6, 2004
There is not much to write about Gene Simmons that has not been written before. But the man himself can find plenty to say about his extraordinary life. As co-founder, bassist and co-vocalist of rock...
More »AP - Feb 4, 2004
For five decades, names like Ella Fitzgerald and Jimi Hendrix have blared out in neon letters above the doors of the Olympia concert hall. The famed Paris concert hall turns 50 on Thursday, marking...
More »AP - Jan 16, 2004
She s had her hands all over the naked bodies of the biggest names in music. But she s no groupie. Meet masseuse Dorothy Stein, aka Dr. Dot. She s worked her magic on the necks, arms and lower backs...
More »Reuters - Jan 13, 2004
A Canadian furniture store apologized to the widow of Frank Zappa on Tuesday for using one of the late U.S. rock star s signature songs without consent in a television commercial. Ameublements Tanguay...
More »AP - Jan 13, 2004
Frank Zappa s widow appeared in a Canadian court Monday seeking unspecified damages from a furniture company for using one of her husband s tunes in a 1995 appliance advertisement. Gail Zappa and her...
More »USRN - Jun 11, 1999
(6/10/99, 7 p.m. PDT) - In an exclusive chat with LAUNCH this afternoon, the multi-talented Cree Summer took some time out from promoting her debut album, Street Faërie, to chat with fans about working...
More »USRN - Jan 7, 1998
(1/7/98) - Record producer Nik Venet, who worked with the Beach Boys, Linda Ronstadt and Frank Zappa, died January 2nd after battling Burkitt s lymphoma. He was 61. Venet came to Los Angeles in the 1950s...
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