Frank Zappa: The Mother of Inversion
Richard Gehr, Fanfare, 30 June 1991
Frank Zappa is a long-standing foe of warning about violent or sexually explicit lyrics advocated by the Parents Music Resource Center and adopted by some major labels.
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