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 1974
October 23
Vol.1 No.3
Frank
Zappa: a Mother Only a Face Could Love
Interview by Michael Bourne, 2 pp
Bourne: Do you think the audience expects you to be
obnoxious?
Zappa: I don't think they expect it anymore. They did for a
while.
Bourne: Did you ever expect to escape that image?
Zappa: Let me tell you something. I used to be purposely
obnoxious onstage. That was definitely called for, based on the audiences we
played for and the manner in which the text/content of the songs had to be put
across to the audience. What we were saying at that time was something you
didn't just want to say: "Excuse me, but I'd like to inform you that..." You
went out there onstage and you yelled it at them, and smashed a few vegetables,
because our audiences then were really very straight. There wasn't too much of
the long-haired hippy element coming to see us. It was mostly very straight kids
who needed to relate to the fact of other possibilities in life. (read more)
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