ZappaCast

The Drummers of Frank Zappa! (part one)

A LONG time in the making, this one! Join drummers Joe and Bill, and non-drummer Scott, as they discuss the drummers of FZ, from the 60s to the 80s! This is a highly informative and entertaining discussion, in which the strengths of each drummer get their deserved appreciation, allowing us to chart the development of the drum position in the music of Frank Zappa! This is part one of two!

Behind The Scenes: Halloween 78!

Are you ready for THE BIG ONE? In this episode, Scott and Bill chat with His Vaultmeisterness Joe about HALLOWEEN 78, the new box set! This box was a task to put together without a doubt, and Joe unpacks the process for us! This is Hotcha to a ridiculous extreme!

One Size Fits All -- The 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe!

Are you ready for a two-fer blast of the ZappaCast? In this episode -- part one of a two part spectacular -- Joe, Bill and Scott discuss the absolutely fabulous 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe edition of Frank's 1975 masterwork ONE SIZE FITS ALL! It's a splendid conversation, replete with lasers, strobe lights and smoke machines you can't see! Part two, a discussion of the new HALLOWEEN 78 box set, coming very soon!  Arf, she said! 

The Impossible Concert

Folks, more than ten years before there was the YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON STAGE ANYMORE series, there was THE IMPOSSIBLE CONCERT, a project put together by Frank for radio broadcast that was the prototype for the Stage series. In this hysterical, historical episode, Vaultmeister Joe takes Scott and Bill through the history of this project, we uncover some of its component pieces and speculate on others, and have a spiffnificent time! Get on down, y'all!

Uncovering Cheaper Than Cheep!!

It’s the return of the ZappaCast!! And what an incredible treat we have for you! In this episode, we do a DEEP DISH dive into the new Frank Zappa album and film, CHEAPER THAN CHEEP! A virtually unheard of gem seeing the light of day from the Zappa Vault for the first time, Cheaper Than Cheep consists of performance material from a video shoot that Frank and the Mothers performed at for a television special that never materialized. Needless to say, this is MEGA! Vaultmeister Joe takes us behind the scenes of the making of this amazing project, which is a true gift to Zappa fans everywhere and a loving testament to an unbelievably great and unique Mothers lineup!