Word: zappa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leader of the Ballets Russes, brought together Composer Igor Stravinsky and Choreographer Michel Fokine to create The Firebird; and Composer John Cage and Modern Choreographer Merce Cunningham have worked together frequently. Nor is it unheard-of for a rock musician to hang out with the classical avant-garde: Frank Zappa, formerly of the Mothers of Invention, has had his serious chamber works conducted by no less than Pierre Boulez. What distinguishes the SoHo artists is the familiar ease with which their works play off one another...
...called the parents movement a "hysteria campaign," and said that record companies, not the parents group, would determine what is obscene. Zappa said the labels would not prevent anyone from buying the records...
...issue of music censorship received national attention following a series of circus-like Senate hearings that pitted the likes of Sen. Paula Hawkins (R-Fla.) and Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) against Zappa and Dee Snyder of the heavy metal faves Twisted Sister...
...some students said that Zappa may have profited from his unusual appearance at this venue for hardcore politics...
...think Frank Zappa won in that he gained popularity for his new album," said Theodore J.F. Lubke '89. The album, which will be coming out later this month, is entitled, "Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention." The forthcoming record will feature live testimony from the PMRC in a 12 minute song called "Porn Wars...