Frank-Zappa-Strasse: Berlin Freaks Out!

Lawrence Van Gelder's "Arts, Briefly" column in the July 30, 2007 New York Times has more, and follows.

Berlin Block Rocks for Zappa

Frank Zappa, the Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who died in 1993, is now a street in Berlin. In a ceremony that included a tribute concert with 17 bands playing into the night, Frank-Zappa-Strasse was unveiled late Saturday in Marzahn, a district of Communist-era high-rise housing on the eastern fringe of the city, Agence France-Presse reported. Two years ago Orwo Haus, a former factory that calls itself Europe’s biggest practice studio for young bands, initiated a campaign to rename the 980-foot-long Street 13 in honor of Zappa.

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Below, a monument to Zappa in Lithuania.

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