He has produced outlines of the history of rock bands for various magazines, such as Sounds, NME, Melody Maker and Rolling Stone.
[1] In 1969, Frame founded the English alternative rock magazine ZigZag.
[3] He was also an A&R man for B&C Charisma Records, and the manager of the band, Starry Eyed and Laughing.
In October 2007, his 500-page book, The Restless Generation - How rock music changed the face of 1950s Britain, was published by Rogan House.
The Rock Family Trees books were used as the basis for the BBC Television series Rock Family Trees in the 1990s,[5][6] narrated by John Peel.