Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and former San Diegan Frank Zappa, who died of cancer in 1993, appears poised to return to concert touring next year — in hologram form. The Zappa Family Trust announced ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. With his eccentric, experimental music, the rock iconoclast believed that, for all of his influential innovation, he was seen as a “threat” in the ...

Frank Zappa sadly died on this date in 1993 just 17 days before his 53rd birthday after a yearslong battle with cancer. The legendary composer, bandleader, guitarist and activist was born on December ...

Gail Zappa, widow of the late Frank Zappa, died this afternoon at the age of 70. According to TMZ, she passed away in Los Angeles after a long illness. After Frank's death in 1993 from cancer at age ...

Frank Zappa may have passed on Dec. 4, 1993, but his musical legacy has been kept very much alive by his eldest son, Dweezil, ...

The Zappa Family Trust has teamed with Eyellusion to produce hologram performances of Frank Zappa. The “Frank Zappa – Back On The Road: The Hologram Tour” concerts featuring the late musician are ...

Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson said one of his biggest regrets was failing to connect with Frank Zappa in 1993. The American icon was dying, and the British prog veteran was one of a group of people ...

More than three decades after Frank Zappa died of prostate cancer, Adrian Belew still vividly remembers the final time he saw the musician who helped launch his career. "My last time seeing Frank ...

The late outsider virtuoso musician Frank Zappa released three instrumental volumes titled Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar. And for 24 years, that's just what his oldest son Dweezil Zappa did regarding the ...

I was having a conversation with a fellow friar, Br. Anthony, this weekend about the recent death of Gail Zappa, the widow of musician Frank Zappa (1940-1993). While proud of his lack of mainstream ...

Zappa passed away in 1993, having elevated rock music to another level through his cross-pollinations of jazz, rock, pop, doo-wop, and artistic absurdity. By Lars Brandle, Billboard Frank Zappa 1969 - ...