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Freak Out! The Frank Zappa Story

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07/10/2006

BBC Radio 4 - Freak Out! The Frank Zappa Story

Germaine Greer presents a profile of eccentric 1970s rock icon Frank Zappa.

4 Extra Debut. Germaine Greer remembers the eclectic musician and activist who died in 1993. With Zappa's family and friends. From October 2006.

Germaine Greer presents a profile of Frank Zappa, the 1970s icon of eccentric rock whose range of work included serious orchestral composition, film-making and social activism, particularly in the field of anti-censorship. 

Contributors include Gail Zappa, son Dweezil, guitarist Steve Vai, family friend and author Peter Occhiogrosso and David Butcher, chief executive of the Britten Sinfonia.

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