FARGO - Most kids find a colorful way to defy their parents' authority and for many it involves playing music their folks can't stand. That was a problem for Dweezil Zappa as his father Frank was ...

Dweezil Zappa stressed again and again how thoroughly his band had done their homework. At several points during Monday’s two and a half hour show, he explained how the seven-member ensemble had ...

Dweezil Zappa spends most of his time either learning or performing the music of his late father, Frank Zappa. The writer of “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow” made more than 65 albums during his career ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images When it comes to guitar in modern music, Dweezil Zappa says the guitar riff ...

Perhaps the late Frank Zappa’s style was just a bit too experimental for the Remington razor. “My dad wrote a jingle for the Remington razor company and they rejected what he turned in,” his son, ...

Frank Zappa didn't write songs hoping they'd end up behind glass in a museum. He wrote them to be performed. Zappa -- composer, guitarist, producer, satirist, genius -- created an incredibly vast body ...

There’s no way Frank Zappa would have wanted it like this. The enigmatic, brilliant, avant-garde rock composer departed this world in 1993, leaving behind a complicated yet revered body of musical ...

When it comes to musical iconoclasts, the late Frank Zappa left behind quite the creative legacy despite only living to the age of 52 before succumbing to prostate cancer in 1993. Three-plus decades ...

When your first name is “Dweezil,” you probably don’t need a last name. But if you have a last name, it may as well be Zappa, making you the heir to one of the deepest and most unconventional catalogs ...

For the past several years, Dweezil Zappa passed through Houston playing music composed by and originally recorded by his father, Frank Zappa. The tour's name spoke to that: Zappa Plays Zappa. This ...