Frank Zappa
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Alex Winter takes us behind the scenes of his extensive Frank Zappa documentary, Zappa
By Guitarist editors published
Wading through Zappa's exhaustive audio/video archive, Winter puts together a portrait of a visionary guitarist and artist at work

Weezer fan the flames of rock 'n' roll in Australian Guitar #143, out today
By Australian Guitar published
Now this is one fiery new issue!

Frank Zappa's last ever US show set for release as a live album
By Sam Roche published
Listen to I Ain't Got No Heart, from Zappa's performance at New York's Nassau Coliseum in 1988
![[L-R] Steve Vai and Frank Zappa](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NovwVabP2wgfWh2sJtGfxZ-320-80.jpg)
Frank Zappa once told Steve Vai his guitar tone sounded “like an electric ham sandwich”
By Sam Roche published
“I said, ‘Why? I've got the Strat, I've got the Marshall...” Vai recalls

The life and times of Frank Zappa – composer, satirist and towering giant of the electric guitar
By Alan di Perna published
Looking back at the career of the one-of-a-kind musician and guitar visionary

Watch the official trailer for Zappa, the first all-access documentary on Frank Zappa’s life and career
By Richard Bienstock published
The new film was directed by Bill & Ted star Alex Winter, and features Steve Vai and Mike Keneally

Inside Dweezil Zappa's mission impossible: performing his father's Hot Rats album live
By Henry Yates published
A half-century after the album’s original release, Zappa embarked on the ultimate labour of love when his Zappa Plays Zappa project planned to tour Hot Rats

Get a comprehensive look at Frank Zappa's guitars, amps, effects and more in a new book, Zappa Gear
By Richard Bienstock published
Zappa's diverse, often heavily modified collection is chronicled in more than 180 studio photos
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