Frequently Asked Questions

The alt.fan.frank-zappa FAQ are split up in these parts:

About the alt.fan.frank-zappa FAQ
The Main FAQ (no longer maintained): A collection of frequently asked questions appearing in the alt.fan.frank-zappa newsgroup and answers to these questions.
Text version; HTML version; 105K gzipped PostScript version.
``Whatever Happened To ...'': Keeps track of all Zappa band members.
Related Artists: This FAQ brings together many of the "cover bands" and chamber music orchestras that do not include Zappa sidemen as MAIN members.
Covers & Tributes bands
Key Players for important figures who don't qualify for the other indixes
The Zappa Discography: The ``official'' Frank Zappa Discography.
Text version.
The Zappa Videography: About Zappa's video's and bootleg tapes.
Singles Discography: About the singles released by Zappa.
Text version.
The Zappa Bibliography: Every book written by/over Zappa is listed here.
Text version: Part One, Part Two,
Bootlegs: A huge listing of all of the bootlegs.
``Vinyl vs. CD's'': Are there any differences between Zappa Vinyls and CD's? Yes.
Text version.
The '88 Tour: The FAQ for the great '88 Tour.
Text version.
Notes and Comments: Discusses Zappa's Lyrics. The Notes and Comments are located at Vladimir's Site.
Cruising with YCDTOSA: An attempt to gather what affz said and will say about You Can't Do This On Stage Anymore (YCDTOSA). This part of the FAQ is bundled with the Notes and Comments FAQ, so you can find it at Vladimir's Site.

The FZ Shows document: Not a part of the FAQ, but a great source of information is this list of almost 400 known recorded Frank Zappa concerts between 1963 and 1992.
Text version; HTML version.