5/19/2023 0 Comments Frank Zappa by Daniel SchröderHis own influence, meanwhile, ranges far beyond commercial success. He could make metal, pop, rock, and blues, along with free-form jazz (à la Albert Ayler) and even classical. Closer to home, Zappa earned a place within the upper echelons of Rolling Stone’s list of Greatest Guitarists Of All Time. Celebrated by the Velvet Revolutionaries in Prague, he also became a friend of Czech writer and philosopher Václav Havel. He was also an advocate for free speech and personal choice, and was quite prepared to accept any barbs that came his way. Zappa is one of the few artists operating in a rock or post-rock medium who deserves the epithet “genius.” He poked fun at both the establishment and the counterculture with varying degrees of venom.
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