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

Frank Zappa saw the writing on the wall in the 1980s. Frank Zappa was very outspoken in the 1980s about what he saw as creeping theocracy in U.S. politics, especially from the Religious Right and the Reagan-era Republicans. He frequently warned about the danger of mixing Christian dogma with legislation. One of the most famous examples was his 1986 testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee during the PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) hearings. While that hear