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==Composers and conductors==
 
==Composers and conductors==
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* [[Charles Amirkhanian]]
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* [[George Antheil]]
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* [[John Cage]]
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* [[Elliott Carter]]
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* [[Aaron Copland]]
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* [[Robert Craft]]
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* [[Fred E. Graff]]
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* [[Michael Hedges]]
 
* [[Charles Ives]]
 
* [[Charles Ives]]
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* [[Moondog]]
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* [[Kent Nagano]]
 
* [[Conlon Nancarrow]]
 
* [[Conlon Nancarrow]]
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* [[Robert Craft]]
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* [[Chris Opperman]]
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* [[Fred E. Graff]]
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* [[Leo Ornstein]]
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* [[George Antheil]]
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* [[Walter Piston]]
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* [[John Cage]]
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* [[Gardner Read]]
 
* [[Roger Huntington Sessions]]
 
* [[Roger Huntington Sessions]]
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* [[Sid Sharp]]
 
* [[Joel Thome]]
 
* [[Joel Thome]]
 
* [[Jack Tillar]]
 
* [[Jack Tillar]]
 
* [[Joe Stuessy]]
 
* [[Joe Stuessy]]
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* [[Kent Nagano]]
 
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* [[Sid Sharp]]
 
 
* [[Michael Zearott]]
 
* [[Michael Zearott]]
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* [[Leo Ornstein]]
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* [[Aaron Copland]]
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* [[Chris Opperman]]
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==Hip hop Musicians==
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* [[Elliott Carter]]
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* [[Arsonists]]
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* [[Gardner Read]]
 
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* [[Walter Piston]]
 
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* [[Moondog]]
 
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* [[Charles Amirkhanian]]
 
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* [[Eddie Van Halen]]
 
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* [[Michael Hedges]]
 
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* [[Tyler, The Creator]]
 
 
* [[Action Bronson]]
 
* [[Action Bronson]]
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* [[Mike E. Clark]]
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* [[Wikipedia:DJ Signify|DJ Signify]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Z-Trip|DJ Z-Trip]]
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* [[I'm The Slime#Notes About This Song|Ill Bill]]
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* [[J Dilla]]
 
* [[J*Davey]]
 
* [[J*Davey]]
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* [[Dog Eat Dog]]
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* [[Madvillain]]
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* [[MF Doom]]
 
* [[Mr. Dibbs]]
 
* [[Mr. Dibbs]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Z-Trip|DJ Z-Trip]]
 
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* [[Arsonists]]
 
 
* [[Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire]]
 
* [[Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire]]
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* [[Tyler, The Creator]]
 
* [[Young Chris]]
 
* [[Young Chris]]
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* [[MF Doom]]
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==Blues singers==
 
==Blues singers==
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==Rock, Folk and Pop Artists==
 
==Rock, Folk and Pop Artists==
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* [[Elvis Presley]]
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* [[The Allman Brothers Band]]
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* [[Bill Haley & His Comets]]
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* [[Trey Anastasio]]
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* [[Bob Dylan]]
 
 
* [[Joan Baez]]
 
* [[Joan Baez]]
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* [[Wikipedia:The Beach Boys|Beach Boys]]
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* [[Wikipedia:The Beach Boys|The Beach Boys]]
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* [[Jimi Hendrix]]
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* [[Chuck Berry]]
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* [[Jim Morrison]]
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* [[Jello Biafra]]
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* [[Grateful Dead]]
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* [[Black Oak Arkansas]]
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* [[Janis Joplin]]
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* [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]]
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* [[Punky Meadows]]
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* [[Pat Boone]]
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* [[Peter Frampton]]
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* [[Tim Buckley]]
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* [[The Byrds]]
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* [[John Cale]]
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* [[Captain Beefheart]]
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* [[Richard Carpenter]]
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* [[Les Claypool]]
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* [[Kurt Cobain]]
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* [[Alice Cooper]]
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* [[David Crosby]]
 
* [[Christopher Cross]]
 
* [[Christopher Cross]]
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* [[Michael Jackson]]
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* [[John Denver]]
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* [[Madonna]]
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* [[Devo]]
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* [[The Byrds]]
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* [[Disco Biscuits]]
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* [[The Village People]]
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* [[Dog Eat Dog]]
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* [[Sam The Sham & The Pharaos]]
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* [[Dream Theater]]
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* [[Simon & Garfunkel]]
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* [[Bob Dylan]]
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* [[Sonny & Cher]]
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* [[The Feederz]]
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* [[Keith Moon]]
 
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* [[Twisted Sister]]
 
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* [[Helen Reddy]]
 
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* [[Grand Funk Railroad]]
 
 
* [[Larry Fischer|Wild Man Fischer]]
 
* [[Larry Fischer|Wild Man Fischer]]
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* [[Captain Beefheart]]
 
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* [[The Velvet Underground]]
 
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* [[John Cale]]
 
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* [[Lou Reed]]
 
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* [[Mötley Crüe]]
 
 
* [[Jon Fishman]]
 
* [[Jon Fishman]]
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* [[Peter Frampton]]
 
* [[John Frusciante]]
 
* [[John Frusciante]]
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* [[The Fugs]]
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* [[wikipedia:Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]] (1931 – 1991) was a prominent rock concert promoter, who flourished from the 1960s until his death.  He operated the [[Fillmore Venues]].
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* [[Grand Funk Railroad]]
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* [[Grateful Dead]]
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* [[Bill Haley & His Comets]]
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* [[Jimi Hendrix]]
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* [[Michael Jackson]]
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* [[Ron Jarzombek]]
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* [[Jefferson Airplane]]
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* [[Janis Joplin]]
 
* [[Henry Kaiser]]
 
* [[Henry Kaiser]]
 
* [[The Leaves]]
 
* [[The Leaves]]
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* [[Kurt Cobain]]
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* [[Little Richard]]
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* [[Tom Waits]]
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* [[Living In A Box]]
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* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
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* [[Gary Lucas]]
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* [[Jello Biafra]]
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* [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
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* [[Madonna]]
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* [[The Mars Volta]]
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* [[Punky Meadows]]
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* [[Moe.]]
 
* [[The Monkees]]
 
* [[The Monkees]]
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* [[wikipedia:Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]] (1931 – 1991) was a prominent rock concert promoter, who flourished from the 1960s until his death.  He operated the [[Fillmore Venues]].
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* [[Keith Moon]]
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* [[Alice Cooper]]
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* [[Jim Morrison]]
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* [[Devo]]
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* [[Mötley Crüe]]
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* [[Trey Anastasio]]
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* [[Ted Nugent]]
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* [[Tiny Tim]]
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* [[The Osmonds]]
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* [[Tim Buckley]]
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* [[Elvis Presley]]
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* [[David Crosby]]
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* [[Helen Reddy]]
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* [[The Allman Brothers Band]]
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* [[Lou Reed]]
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* [[The Residents]]
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* [[Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs]]
 
* [[Neil Sedaka]]
 
* [[Neil Sedaka]]
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* [[John Denver]]
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* [[The Seeds]]
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* [[Jefferson Airplane]] and [[Grace Slick]]
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* [[The Shaggs]]
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* [[Chuck Berry]]
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* [[Ron Simasek]]
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* [[Little Richard]]
 
 
* [[Gene Simmons]]
 
* [[Gene Simmons]]
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* [[The Residents]]
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* [[Simon & Garfunkel]]
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* [[The Shaggs]]
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* [[Nancy Sinatra]]
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* [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
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* [[Slash]]
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* [[Grace Slick]]
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* [[Sonny & Cher]]
 
* [[Bruce Springsteen]]
 
* [[Bruce Springsteen]]
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* [[Amboy Dukes]]
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* [[Steely Dan]]
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* [[The Turtles]]
 
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* [[The Fugs]]
 
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* [[The Osmonds]]
 
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* [[Nancy Sinatra]]
 
 
* [[Suburban Lawns]]
 
* [[Suburban Lawns]]
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* [[System Of A Down]]
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* [[Telesma]]
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* [[David Thomas]]
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* [[Tiny Tim]]
 
* [[The Tubes]]
 
* [[The Tubes]]
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* [[David Thomas]]
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* [[The Turtles]]
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* [[Richard Carpenter]]
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* [[Twisted Sister]]
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* [[The Feederz]]
 
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* [[J Dilla]]
 
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* [[I'm The Slime#Notes About This Song|Ill Bill]]
 
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* [[Madvillain]]
 
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* [[Wikipedia:DJ Signify|DJ Signify]]
 
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* [[Dream Theater]]
 
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* [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]]
 
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* [[Pat Boone]]
 
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* [[Black Oak Arkansas]]
 
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* [[Gary Lucas]]
 
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* [[System of a Down]]
 
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* [[Living in a Box]]
 
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* [[Walk the Moon]]
 
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* [[The Mars Volta]]
 
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* [[Moe.]]
 
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* [[Les Claypool]]
 
 
* [[Umphrey's McGee]]
 
* [[Umphrey's McGee]]
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* [[Eddie Van Halen]]
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* [[The Velvet Underground]]
 
* [[Frank Vignola]]
 
* [[Frank Vignola]]
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* [[The Village People]]
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* [[Tom Waits]]
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* [[Walk The Moon]]
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* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
 
* [[Yonder Mountain String Band]]
 
* [[Yonder Mountain String Band]]
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* [[Disco Biscuits]]
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* [[Ron Jarzombek]]
 
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* [[Steely Dan]]
 
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* [[Slash]]
 
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* [[The Seeds]]
 
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* [[Isaac Hayes]]
 
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* [[Telesma]]
 
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* [[Ron Simasek]]
 
  
 
==Writers==
 
==Writers==

Revision as of 12:24, 27 August 2021

Frank Zappa dressed up as Uncle Sam for a 1988 publicity shoot to promote voting in the presidential elections.

While Zappa was born and raised in the United States he was often critical of the American government, its foreign policy, organized religion, media, corporations and the consumer culture.

Track and album references to America

  • Various characters associated with the U.S.A. can be seen in You Are What You Is (The Music Video), including President Reagan, a Ku Klux Klan member and a Playboy Bunny
  • Clean American Version, a text that can also be seen on the artwork for Absolutely Free
  • The M.O.I. American Pageant is the name of side two of Absolutely Free (track 10-15 on the CD version)
  • Zappa often used the monicker "American composer" to describe himself in the most straightforward way.

Locations

References to American institutions and brands

Composers and conductors


Hip hop Musicians


Blues singers

Doo-wop and R&B singers

Jazz Composers

Rock, Folk and Pop Artists


Writers

Comedians and TV Presenters

Politics, Religion and Business

Criminals


Fictional characters


Scientists

Painters

Bandmembers, Supporting Cast, Family Members and Other

Note: Most of the people listed here are or were Americans and therefore would be too numerous to list each one of them indvidually on this page. Occasionally some of them might be born in another country:

Miscellaneous

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