FRANK ZAPPA’S LEGENDARY 1971 FILLMORE EAST RUN IN NYC AND SHOCKING FINAL RAINBOW THEATRE GIG IN LONDON WITH THE MOTHERS GETS PROPER 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION WITH DEFINITIVE EIGHT-DISC BOXED SET, THE MOTHERS 1971 ASTONISHING AMOUNT OF UNRELEASED LIVE MATERIAL UNEARTHED FROM THE VAULT CONTAINS EVERY NOTE PLAYED OVER FOUR SHOWS ACROSS TWO NIGHTS THAT CLOSED […]

Joe “Vaultmeister” Travers takes Scott Parker, Phil Surkis, and you, the listener, on a very special guided tour of the soon to be released 200 Motels 50th Anniversary box set. If you thought you knew 200 Motels, think again!  Plus, previews of upcoming ZappaCast shows featuring Pamela Des Barres and Jim Pons! For all things […]

Monstrous collection brings together newly remastered soundtrack with staggering amount of unreleased and rare material unearthed from the vault, including original demos, studio outtakes, work mixes, interviews and early audio edit of the film. Soundtrack will also be available on 2LP and 2CD, and everything will be available for streaming in standard and hi-res audio.

The ZappaCast team are joined by Frank Zappa’s longest tenured drummer, the legendary Chad Wackerman.

“Zappa 88: The Last U.S. Show” also includes performances from additional shows from the ’88 tour and first official release of “The Beatles Medley”
Available June 18 via Zappa Records/UMe

Host Scott Parker and producer Phil Surkis are joined by multi-instrumentalist and vocal monster, Robert Martin. Martin was in every Zappa band from 1981 through 1988, and is still very involved in Frank’s music as part of the “The Zappa Band”.  Martin discusses his early career playing on classic Philly soul tracks, how he auditioned […]

New year, new ZappaCast! What’s in store for 2021? Host Scott Parker and producer Phil Surkis are joined by Ahmet Zappa and Joe “Vaultmeister” Travers, as they answer all manner of FZ related questions from near and far.  Are some of their answers serious and loaded with secret underground candy-rock psychedelic profundities? Maybe.   Keep […]

HAPPY FRANKSGIVING! ZAPPA ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE DIGITALLY TODAY VIA ZAPPA RECORDS/UMe AS ACCLAIMED “ZAPPA” DOCUMENTARY IS NOW AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE IN The U.S. ON DEMAND 68-TRACK ALBUM FEATURES 12 UNRELEASED TRACKS FROM THE VAULT INCLUDING PERFORMANCES FROM THE WHISKY A GO-GO IN ’68, THE FILLMORE WEST IN ’70 AND “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” IN ’78  […]

“Franksgiving” is almost here!  To celebrate this momentous occasion, host Scott Parker and producer Phil Surkis welcome Alex Winter, Ahmet Zappa and Joe Travers to the ZappaCast. The conversation takes a deep dive into the making of Winter’s extraordinary new documentary, ZAPPA. ZAPPA will be released by Magnolia Films in the U.S. on November 27th, […]

Scott Parker welcomes back Joe “Vaultmeister” Travers, and Zappacast producer Phil Surkis. Joe shares the real deal behind the recent Mothers 1970 box, and the imminent Halloween 1981 box. Deep cut: Joe shares about his ultimate FZ fanboy life as the drummer for The Zappa Band.      ZappaCast is: Created & Hosted by Scott […]