Politics
In March 1978, Miles wrote an article critical of the Canadian band Rush and its drummer Neil Peart which labeled the band as right-wing. In the article, published in UK's New Musical Express, Miles took exception to Peart's advocacy of the Objectivist philosophy of Ayn Rand. Miles also described Rand (a Russian born anti-communist) whi had become an American citizen as an "ultra right-wing American." Miles focused on Peart's politics and criticized the band's perceived aloofness and libertarian rhetoric. In the same interview Peart described the Sex Pistols as products of a "socialist" state.
In a 2005 biography of Frank Zappa, Miles criticized Zappa regarding his business oriented approach to art and complaints about inefficient labor union regulations. Zappa regularly described himself as "a devout capitalist" and attempted to broker joint commercial ventures with business interests in the former Soviet Union following the end of the Cold War in 1991.
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