A super-deluxe edition of Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels soundtrack will mark the album's 50th anniversary. Released in October 1971, the original LP contained music related to his surreal movie of the same ...

At Wednesday’s 10th birthday party for Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic will perform the world premiere of Frank Zappa’s “200 Motels.” It’s made up of 13 orchestral suites by the ...

He works in mysterious ways.

Is that a real poncho? I mean, is that a Mexican poncho, or is that a Sears poncho? Marc With a C intends to find out as he continues to traverse Frank Zappa‘s monolithic catalog this time from 1971’s ...

Ringo Starr — dressed as Frank Zappa, mustache and all, yet playing someone named “Larry the Dwarf” – descends on wires from the ceiling of a TV studio while holding a prop genie lamp. Our Master of ...

A recording of one of the most unorthodox performances in the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s history — a 2013 rendition of the orchestral suites from Frank Zappa’s “200 Motels” — will be released Nov. 20.

Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels is getting a massive 50th-anniversary reissue for the 1971 film soundtrack. Long out-of-print, the new definitive six-CD box set arrives November 19th packed with the original ...

With Peter Jackson’s re-cut of The Beatles: Get Back coming at the end of November, we are reminded the Beatles were cinematic stars as well as musical artists. Beyond the group’s films, John Lennon ...

The history of Frank Zappa’s “200 Motels” is much like its composer; enigmatic and riddled with disparate dimensions. Originally culled from various musical scribblings written while on tour, and ...