Ben Watson (b1956) is a British writer noted for his writings on Frank Zappa. He made contributions to "The Wire" and "Hi-Fi News". His writings display the influences of Theodor Adorno and the Frankfurt School, the Situationists, James Joyce and J.H. Prynne (Watson's tutor at Cambridge University).
Watson wrote several books and articles about Zappa: Frank Zappa - The Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play (1995), Frank Zappa: The Complete Guide to His Music (1998, revised in 2005) and Academy Zappa: Proceedings of the First International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology (2005). He additionally wrote the article The Last Days of Frank Zappa and an obituary.
He is interviewed in Frank Zappa - The Freak-Out List (2010).
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