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 1969
October 17
No 187
Zappa Interviewed
Interview by Robert Levin, 1 p (5)
"Our records sold well, but to the limited audiences that already liked us. We
couldn't reach the people who needed to hear us. Radio stations wouldn't play us
– even 'underground' stations which just play as many blues records as they can.
Our stuff, without being listened to, was categorically thrown into the garbage
can by radio station programmers. There was no alternative but for us to
separately get into other things. I think the members of the group had talent
that would have been very difficult to maximize in the Mothers where their
talents were ignored by the public. One good thing is that they will now be able
to bring what they learned with the Mothers – the skills they learned with the
Mothers – to other groups and situations and help spread the word around a
little bit. (read more)
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