“Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read” (Frank Zappa)

According to Frank Zappa, "Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read." So what exactly does this statement mean?

It is evident that not everyone enjoys rock music. Rock music is definitely in a league of its own. It could be described as an “all over the place” genre, most of the time it is unstructured. My understanding of Frank Zappa’s statement is that it does not take an excellent individual to pull off rock journalism efficiently. Being a rock journalist is totally different to being an ordinary music journalist. The ordinary music journalist would review the latest Jazz or classical album to hit stores, over coffee in front of the fire, whereas the rock journalist would rather like to find out by personal experience by attending a rock concert alongside another fifty thousand rock-heads. Therefore, rock journalism is in a league of its own. It is unstructured, random and not a brain wrecker.