I think the thing that still fascinates me about Zappa over all these years was his commitment to DIY principles and standing his ground. You very rarely see ot

I think the thing that still fascinates me about Zappa over all these years was his commitment to DIY principles and standing his ground. You very rarely see other artists with his level of fame doing this nowdays (or really ever). He definitely had some personality flaws as most people do, but I think deep down Zappa saw things he wanted to change about the world and did everything he could to make those changes a reality. Also the guy was incredibly prolific, let's see anyone else write/record/produce ~62 studio albums of highly complex, original music with a revolving cast of musicians while touring all over the world (and making movies too!) for multiple decades on end. I'm not sure audiences even have the attention span for someone like Zappa anymore.