A new documentary makes clear Frank Zappa’s life and legacy as an ultra-individualist and musical innovator, who fought for free speech and lifestyle liberation in ways that appealed to dissidents in America and communist countries alike. | Reason Magazine

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Listen to the ZAPPA soundtrack. Showcasing 69 total songs (including 12 previously unreleased), Zappa songs from his extensive catalog spanning four decades; live tracks and songs from Zappa’s labels Straight / Bizarre Records and 26 Original Score cues newly composed by John Frizzell for the documentary. | Frank Zappa

72K views · 1.1K reactions | Now presented as Frank originally intended, with remastered audio, rare photos, new cover art & liner notes. Preorder now. | Frank Zappa | Facebook

In 1985, FrankZappa read the First Amendment from a pocket constitution, and then defended Prince at Senate hearings about labeling and regulating music with explicit lyrics. Zappa: "No one has forced Mrs. Baker or Mrs. Gore to bring Prince or Sheena Easton into their home. Thanks to the Constitution they are free to buy other forms of music for their children." | National Constitution Center