Zappa vs. Censors.

• Author: Fisher, Anthony L.
• Position: Briefly Noted - Frank Zappa - Brief article

Armed with a dry, acerbic wit, rock-jazz-classical-freakout composer Frank Zappa was unafraid to get idiosyncratically political in his defenses of free expression and opposition to government meddling. The new documentary Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words consists entirely of archival footage delivering a pure jolt of Zappa's personality and thought.

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On being offered a lot of money to play an event hosted by French Communists, he said, "Fuck the Communists. I don't like those people." At 1985's infamous Parental Music Resource Center congressional hearings--which led to parental advisories on recordings--Zappa called the Tipper...