“He said he reflected the craziness around him – he’d see other people go nuts and write about that”: Frank Zappa’s talent for using popular music to sell unpopular music, by people who helped him

Frank Zappa.

Despite his wild reputation, freak persona and ‘filthy’ lyrics, Frank Zappa was one of rock’s most serious and progressive composers. In 2013 Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew, Mike Keneally and former Mother Don Preston told Prog about the musical method behind Zappa’s perceived madness.

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