Artist: Frank Zappa

Title: Pretty Pat

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Interviewer: Who came up with the name "Mothers of Invention"? 

FZ: I did. 

Interviewer: Just . . . ? 

FZ: Well, it was sort of forced upon me because, uh, the group was originally

called "The Mothers" and, uh, our original contract was with Verve Records, 

a subsidiary of MGM, and they refused to sign a group called "The Mothers" 

because they felt that the . . . that it was obscene. And so they wanted to 

change it to "The Mothers Auxiliary." So, out of necessity, we became "The 

Mothers of Invention." Is that pretty pat? 

Interviewer: That's it. 

FZ: That's what happened