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* [[Hungry Freaks Daddy]]
 
* [[Hungry Freaks Daddy]]
 
* [[Trouble Every Day]]: was inspired by the [[Watts Riots]]
 
* [[Trouble Every Day]]: was inspired by the [[Watts Riots]]
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* [[It Can't Happen Here]]: "Who could imagine that they would freak out in [[Minnesota]] (...), [[Kansas]], (...) Washington D.C.
 
* [[The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet]]: "America's wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful... it really makes it!"
 
* [[The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet]]: "America's wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful... it really makes it!"
 
* [[Plastic People]]
 
* [[Plastic People]]
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* [[Concentration Moon]]: "American way/how did it start? Thousands of creeps killed in the park..."
 
* [[Concentration Moon]]: "American way/how did it start? Thousands of creeps killed in the park..."
 
* [[Harry You're A Beast]]: "That's you, American womanhood."  
 
* [[Harry You're A Beast]]: "That's you, American womanhood."  
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* [[Flower Punk]]: "I'm going up to Frisco to join a psychedelic band." (...) The youth in America today is so wonderful."
 
* [[Let's Make The Water Turn Black]]: "Selling lamps and chairs to San Ber'dino squares"
 
* [[Let's Make The Water Turn Black]]: "Selling lamps and chairs to San Ber'dino squares"
 
* [[The Idiot Bastard Son]]: "The father's a Nazi in Congress today/The mother's a hooker somewhere in L.A."
 
* [[The Idiot Bastard Son]]: "The father's a Nazi in Congress today/The mother's a hooker somewhere in L.A."

Revision as of 08:35, 9 December 2010

Frank Zappa was born in Baltimore, U.S., but later moved to the Mojave Desert.

In his work Zappa was very critical of his home country, especially the American government, its foreign policy, organized religion, media, advertisement corporations and the consumer culture. This is one of the reasons why his music was far more popular in Europe.

Despite his criticisms Zappa didn't hate his country.

Locations

Track and album references to America

References to American institutions and brands

Composers and conductors

Blues singers

Doo-wop and R&B singers

Rock, Folk and Pop Artists

Writers

Comedians and TV Presenters

Politicians, Religious leaders and Business People

Criminals

Fictional characters

Scientists

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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