Near the end of the article comes this quote:
"Hovering over a later part of the book is Zappa's decision to fire the Mothers, because he feels his music has become too complicated for them to play well. He tells Pauline this long before he breaks the news to the band members, who haven't found the fortune or fame (he forbids them from doing interviews) he promised at the outset. And after he lets them go, he then has the nerve to ask them to be interviewed, without pay, for his documentary Uncle Meat. When they protest, he tries to placate them by offering to forgive a $10,000 debt they've supposedly incurred through various equipment and travel expenses!"
I am hesitant to believe any biography written from the point of view of another person, because it is difficult to discern how much of what is said is hearsay/opinion versus first hand experience. I will have to try to track this book down to get a better picture.
If this account is true however, it does not go very far to improve my image of Zappa. Seems like a pretty scheisty move which belies a deep seated self interest and calculating approach to relationships.
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