Frank Zappa was like the Lenny Bruce of rock, courageously hammering at hypocrisy and following his muse to places no one had dreamed of before—and doing it with a combination of dead-serious intent and biting black humour. Whether he was leading The Mothers in savage satire of the ‘60s psychedelic counter-culture from which they emerged, letting his guitar do the talking during dazzling jazz-rock fusion fests or displaying his knack for composing complex but beautiful, classical-influenced instrumentals, Zappa was the eternal underdog, constantly keeping a a step ahead of the establishment.