Well well well now! Anybody wish they had a pair of bongos? Well, we have some right over here! In this fun and mildly crazed episode, Scott and Bill listen as Vaultmeister Joe reveals all about the creation of the 50th Anniversary Edition of BONGO FURY, an unapologetically amazing set! If your like your Dish […]
Available July 17 Via Zappa Records/UMe Los Angeles – May 26, 2026 – In his trailblazing and incredibly prolific career, artist, composer and all-around musical pioneer Frank Zappa released 62 albums during his lifetime, both as a solo artist and with the Mothers of Invention and the Mothers. Coupled with more than 70 posthumous releases since his death […]
Archival Series Dedicated To Zappa’s Rare, Unearthed, And Unexpected Recordings From The Vault Launching The 60th Anniversary of Freak Out! With Zappa ’66: Vol 1 — Live At TTG Studios, Featuring 17 Previously Unheard Recordings Available May 15 As A 180-Gram 2LP Set On Translucent Red Vinyl, CD, And High-Resolution Digital Formats Via Zappa Records/UMe […]
Did you say you want some more? Well here’s some more! In part two of our discussion of the drummers of FZ, drummers Joe and Bill school non-drummer Scott about the finer points of Frank’s drumming royalty, replete with super-exciting insights and high-level geeking out. It’s a good time, don’t ya know! For all things […]
A LONG time in the making, this one! Join drummers Joe and Bill, and non-drummer Scott, as they discuss the drummers of FZ, from the 60s to the 80s! This is a highly informative and entertaining discussion, in which the strengths of each drummer get their deserved appreciation, allowing us to chart the development of […]
Legendary Beefheart/Mothers Live Collaboration From Zappa’s Ever-Fertile Mid-‘70 Period Newly Expanded With 48 Additional Unreleased Live And Rare Studio Tracks Six-Disc, 57-Track Super Deluxe Edition Contains Five Cds And Blu-Ray Audio Disc With Outtakes, Oddities, 2025 Mixes And Extended Length Vault Masters, Plus Two Previously Unreleased Concerts Recorded In May 1975 In Austin, Texas That […]
Are you ready for THE BIG ONE? In this episode, Scott and Bill chat with His Vaultmeisterness Joe about HALLOWEEN 78, the new box set! This box was a task to put together without a doubt, and Joe unpacks the process for us! This is Hotcha to a ridiculous extreme! For all things FZ, visit […]
Are you ready for a two-fer blast of the ZappaCast? In this episode — part one of a two part spectacular — Joe, Bill and Scott discuss the absolutely fabulous 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe edition of Frank’s 1975 masterwork ONE SIZE FITS ALL! It’s a splendid conversation, replete with lasers, strobe lights and smoke machines […]
Folks, more than ten years before there was the YOU CAN’T DO THAT ON STAGE ANYMORE series, there was THE IMPOSSIBLE CONCERT, a project put together by Frank for radio broadcast that was the prototype for the Stage series. In this hysterical, historical episode, Vaultmeister Joe takes Scott and Bill through the history of this […]
