Zappa (2020) is an engaging American biographical drama film. Directed by noted director Alex Winter, the film delves deep into the unseen and private vaults to give an insight into the rock and roll ...

Anti-maskers trying to overcome the Black Plague of the 21st Century through force of will? Streaming media services paying musicians pennies on the dollar? Celebrities who are famous for being famous ...

With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life and career of enigmatic groundbreaking rock star ...

Alex Winter’s “Zappa,” a documentary biopic of the experimental rock pioneer, composer, and activist Frank Zappa is a sprawling at times shaggy work, testing the outer limits of mood and tone, ...

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IN OCTOBER 1978 Frank Zappa appeared on “Saturday Night Live” as both host and musical guest. Alex Winter, a teenager at the time, watched him perform and was impressed by Zappa’s talent—he ...

Some of progressive rock’s most legendary music will be performed on the same stage this summer, as King Crimson have announced a 2020 tour with the Zappa Band. Last year, King Crimson celebrated ...

America in 1969 was nearly as weird as it is today. A seemingly endless war in Southeast Asia, the horrific assassinations of political progressives and creepy Richard Nixon’s presidency cast shadows ...