Interviews
Between 1990 and 2017, I interviewed a number of people who knew FZ – professionally, or otherwise. These included Arthur Barrow, Bruce Bickford, Pauline Butcher, Warren Cuccurullo, Bob & Thana Harris, Mike Keneally, Ed Mann, Lisa Popeil, Craig ‘Twister’ Steward, Joe Travers, The Tornadoes, Chad Wackerman, Denny Walley, Albert Wing and Bob & Candy Zappa. The full transcripts of most of these interviews can be found in my book Frank Talk: The Inside Stories Of Zappa’s Other People (Wymer, 2017).
Since 2017, I have spoken with Sergio Albonico, Jay Anderson, members of Ensemble Modern, Patrick O’Hearn, Alessandra Izzo, Tony Palmer, Kris Peterson, Karen Sperling and Moon Unit Zappa.
On this page, you can find my interviews with the following (conducted between 1990 and 2025):
Dick Barber
Lady Bianca
Terry Bozzio
Jimmy Carl Black
Napoleon Murphy Brock
Lorraine Belcher Chamberlain
Spencer Chrislu
Dr. Dot
Bunk Gardner
Mike Keneally
Martin Lickert
Brenda Starr Light
Nigey Lennon
David Logeman
Robert Martin
Essra Mohawk
Kent Nagano
Miss Sparkie Parker
Craig Pinkus
Mark Pinske
Don Preston
Scott Thunes
Art Tripp
Steve Vai
Mark Volman
Ray White
Ike Willis
Ahmet Zappa
Dweezil Zappa
If you don't want to buy my book and would like to see any of the other interviews mentioned at the top of the page, drop me a line and I’ll consider adding them to the site. If not, please enjoy the ones that are here!
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