Drummer Alan Myers, Devo’s ‘human metronome’ from 1976 to 1986, loses cancer battle

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17. Bluenorthwest is wrong

Zappa is a racist? Odd then that he played with non-white musicians throughout his career. Odd that he cited black artists (e.g. Johnny Guitar Watson) as his heroes. Odder still that a song on his first album has the line "I'm not black but there's a whole lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white".
Zappa is a sexist? Odd then that he never used scantily clad women to sell his records, he numbers leading feminist Germaine Greer among his fans, and most targets of his satire are men.
Zappa was homophobic? Odd then that 'Bobby Brrown' should have been a hit in gay discos and that he spends far more time sending up heteros than gays.

Blue doesn't have the faintest idea what he is talking about. He has completely misunderstood Zappa.