Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Frank Zappa: The Story of Frank Zappa

Hunter S. Thompson once said that “the music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs.” And then he quipped, “There’s also a negative side.”

This was mostly crass stuff, impressive for its single–minded pursuit of the lowest common denominator, but generally lacking any originality which could be traced through to later records as any kind of “influence”.