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Steve Vai has discussed his time playing in Frank Zappa‘s band, during which he says he experienced “a complete breakdown.”Vai joined Zappa’s touring band between 1980 and 1983, and is also credited on seven of his albums.Appearing on the Cassius Morris Show, Vai said: “Things came to a head for me when I was touring with Frank Zappa and I was in Montreal in 1980, and I just had a complete, sort of, breakdown, anxiety attack, that lasted a year and a half.”“It was panic, it was all fear, there’s

Zappa, the authorised documentary covering the life and career of Frank Zappa, have been shared.The album is set to feature highlights from the composer’s vast back catalogue, live recordings, interview clips and a dozen unreleased tracks from the unclassifiable artist’s vaults.The 3CD/5LP release of ‘Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ spans 68 tracks, ranging from the Mothers of Invention’s ‘Freak Out’ to the musician’s final orchestral work ‘The Yellow Shark’.The film had been due to

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAlex Winter, the “Bill and Ted’s” actor who is himself a noted director and producer, saw in Frank Zappa’s story an icon who embodied everything about music and culture in the 1970s. At the same time, he wanted to capture the man behind the myth.

Frank Zappa was always waiting to get zapped.With his eccentric, experimental music, the rock iconoclast believed that, for all of his influential innovation, he was seen as a “threat” in the industry.“Basically, my career has been, year after year, waiting to be disposed of,” says the late legend in the new documentary “Zappa,” which arrives on demand Friday.But, before dying of prostate cancer at 52 in 1993, Zappa would build a Rock & Rock Hall of Fame résumé over 62 albums released in his

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIf you grew up with Frank Zappa, and he loomed large in your youth-cultural pop rebel sandbox (as he did in mine), he seemed to be many things at once. The outrageous hippie with the thick black T-shaped goatee who looked weird and threatening enough to represent something very far removed from peace and love.

Also Read: 'Belushi' Film Review: Celebratory Documentary Can't Escape John Belushi's Sad EndThe competitive Viewfinders section consists of 11 films, including films set in Venezuela (“A La Calle”), Puerto Rico (“Landfall”), the Dominican Republic (“Stateless”) and the West Bank (“The Viewing Booth”).The Metropolis competition is made up entirely of films set in New York, among them films about NYPD detective-turned-informant Bob Leuci (“Blue Code of Silence”), fashion queen Ruth Finley

Frank Zappa‘s legendary log cabin home, is currently up for sale.Located in the heart of the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, California, the 2.4-acre plot is listed at $999,000 (£755,000) on the US real estate site Redfin.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: It won’t be absolutely free, but a new Frank Zappa movie is coming to North America. Magnolia Pictures has acquired rights to Zappa, a documentary directed by Bill & Ted’s Alex Winter that will hit theaters and VOD on Thanksgiving weekend.Billed as an intimate and expansive look into the innovative life of the iconic — and iconoclastic — musician and artist, the pic was made with unfettered access to the Zappa family trust and all archival footage.

creator Jon Kricfalusi, the subject of a new documentary hitting streaming services Aug.

Longtime music manager Bennett Glotzer, who helped guide the careers of such legendary artists as Janis Joplin and Frank Zappa, died on July 9 in Los Angeles due to complications from heart disease. He was 86.

Frank Zappa, has died aged 71, according to her former bandmate.The musician’s death was confirmed by Pamela Des Barres – aka GTOS’ Miss Pamela, and later the author of the memoir I’m With The Band – in a post on Instagram yesterday (July 28). No cause of death was given.“My beloved sister for most of my life, Miss Mercy has just passed.

Also Read: 'Bill & Ted Face the Music' Trailer: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Are Still Excellent to Each Other (Video)Though he’s best-known for playing Bill in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” Winter has become a prolific documentary filmmaker in recent years, starting with his 2012 Napster doc “Downloaded” and including films on bitcoin, blockchain, the Panama Papers and Frank Zappa.

Chris Willman Music WriterLaurel Canyon is a very real place, but it comes off almost as a Brigadoon-style dream in the commemoration of the L.A.

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Emil Richards, the famed percussionist, vibraphone specialist and L.A. session player who performed with Frank Sinatra, George Harrison, Frank Zappa and scores of other greats and beat the bongos on the Mission: Impossible theme song, has died.