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==Locations==
 
==Locations==
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* [[Washington DC]]
 
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* [[New York]]
 
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* [[Chicago]]
 
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* [[Mojave Desert]]
 
 
* [[Baltimore]]
 
* [[Baltimore]]
 
* [[California]]
 
* [[California]]
 
* [[Glendale]]
 
* [[Glendale]]
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* [[Palo Alto]]
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* [[Los Angeles]]
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* [[San Diego]]
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* [[San Fernando]]
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* [[San Fernando Valley]]
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* [[San Joaquin Valley]]
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* [[San Quentin]]
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* [[San Francisco]]
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* [[Santa Monica]]
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* [[Saint Louis]]
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* [[Sun Village]]
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* [[Palmdale]]
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* [[Irwindale]]
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* [[Lancaster]]
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* [[El Monte Legion Stadium]]
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* [[Orange County]]
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* [[Encino]]
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* [[Monterey]]
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* [[Edwards Air Force Base]]
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* [[Las Vegas]]
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* [[Pomona]]
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* [[Park Avenue]]
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* [[Chicago]]
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* [[Nevada]]
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* [[Utah]]
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* [[Georgia]]
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* [[Alaska]]
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* [[Virginia]]
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* [[Washington]]
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* [[Miami]]
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* [[Alabama]]
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* [[New York]]
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* [[Manhattan]]
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* [[Madison Square Garden]]
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* [[New Jersey]]
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* [[Broadway]]
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* [[The Broadway]]
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* [[Lankershim Boulevard]]
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* [[Laurel Canyon]]
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* [[Long Island]]
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* [[White Street]]
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* [[Canter's Deli]]
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* [[Mojave Desert]]
 
* [[Cucamonga]]
 
* [[Cucamonga]]
 
* [[Garrick Theatre]]
 
* [[Garrick Theatre]]
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* [[Greenwich Village]]
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* [[Reseda]]
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* [[Houston]]
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* [[Sunset Boulevard]]
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* [[Westchester]]
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* [[Huntingpark]]
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* [[Langley]]
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* [[Cheviot Hills]]
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* [[Boney's Market]]
 
* [[Pal Studio]]
 
* [[Pal Studio]]
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* [[Granada Hall]]
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* [[Granada Hills]]
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* [[Sunset Strip]]
 
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* [[Haight-Ashbury]]
 
 
* [[Lincoln Center]]
 
* [[Lincoln Center]]
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* [[San Francisco]]
 
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* [[Los Angeles]]
 
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* [[Boston]]
 
 
* [[Hollywood]]
 
* [[Hollywood]]
 
* [[Hollywood Boulevard]]
 
* [[Hollywood Boulevard]]
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* [[Miami]]
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* [[Fresno]]
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* [[Alaska]]
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* [[125th]]
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* [[Pomona]]
 
* [[Fillmore East]]
 
* [[Fillmore East]]
 
* [[Fillmore West]]
 
* [[Fillmore West]]
 
* [[Wyoming]]
 
* [[Wyoming]]
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* [[Playa del Rey]]
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* [[Pauley Pavilion]]
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* [[Shrine Exposition Hall]]
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* [[Jai Alai Fronton]]
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* [[Royce Hall]]
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* [[Uptown Hall]]
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* [[Glenoaks]]
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* [[Canal]]
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* [[Cafe au-Go-Go]]
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* [[Canoga Park]]
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* [[Circle Star Theatre]]
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* The [[Freak Out! Hot Spots]]  (where all 69 locations are American)
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* [[Freak 2: Hot Spots]]
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* [[:Category:Clubs And Bars]]
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* [[:Category:Radio Stations]]
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* [[:Category:Recording Studios]]
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* [[:Category:Schools & Colleges]]
  
 
==Track and album references to America==
 
==Track and album references to America==
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* [[It's From Kansas]]
 
* [[It's From Kansas]]
 
* [[The Voice Of Cheese]]: "Hello teenage America!"
 
* [[The Voice Of Cheese]]: "Hello teenage America!"
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* [[Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague]]: "Going to El Monte, legion stadium"
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* [[Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague]]: "Going to [[El Monte Legion Stadium]]"
 
* [[God Bless America]]
 
* [[God Bless America]]
 
* [[If We'd All Been Living In California...]]
 
* [[If We'd All Been Living In California...]]
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* [[Heavenly Bank Account]]
 
* [[Heavenly Bank Account]]
 
* [[I Don't Wanna Get Drafted]]
 
* [[I Don't Wanna Get Drafted]]
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* [[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch]]: "America's polluted waters"
 
* [[Valley Girl]]  (about girls from the San Fernando Valley)
 
* [[Valley Girl]]  (about girls from the San Fernando Valley)
 
* [[Cocaine Decisions]]
 
* [[Cocaine Decisions]]
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==References to American institutions and brands==
 
==References to American institutions and brands==
 
* The [[CIA]]
 
* The [[CIA]]
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* The [[F.B.I.]]
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* The [[FBI]]
 
* [[The White House]]
 
* [[The White House]]
 
* [[The First Lady]]
 
* [[The First Lady]]
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* [[M.P.A.A.]]
 
* [[M.P.A.A.]]
 
* [[MCA]]
 
* [[MCA]]
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* [[PTC]]
 
 
* [[PCP]]
 
* [[PCP]]
 
* [[American Civil Liberties Union]]
 
* [[American Civil Liberties Union]]
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* [[The New Yorker]]
 
* [[The New Yorker]]
 
* [[Guitar Player Magazine]]
 
* [[Guitar Player Magazine]]
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* [[Life Magazine]]
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* [[Life (magazine)]]
 
* [[Relix]]
 
* [[Relix]]
 
* [[Record World]]
 
* [[Record World]]
 
* [[Stereo Review]]
 
* [[Stereo Review]]
 
* [[DownBeat]]
 
* [[DownBeat]]
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* [[Free Press]]
 
* [[The Washington Post]]
 
* [[The Washington Post]]
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* [[Boston Globe Jazz Festival]]
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* [[Miami Pop Festival]]
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* [[Los Angeles Museum Of Contemporary Art]]
 
* [[Los Angeles Free Press]]
 
* [[Los Angeles Free Press]]
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* [[Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra]]
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* [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]]
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* [[The Village Voice]]
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* [[Village Voice]]
 
* [[Newport Jazz Festival]]
 
* [[Newport Jazz Festival]]
 
* [[Barbie]], [[Ken]] and [[Cindy]]
 
* [[Barbie]], [[Ken]] and [[Cindy]]
 
* [[Studebaker Hawk]]
 
* [[Studebaker Hawk]]
 
* [[Oldsmobile]]
 
* [[Oldsmobile]]
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* [[Lincoln]]
 
 
* [[Dodge]]
 
* [[Dodge]]
 
* [[Pepsi Cola]]
 
* [[Pepsi Cola]]
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==Miscellaneous==
 
==Miscellaneous==
 
* [[United Mutations]]
 
* [[United Mutations]]
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* [[The Vault]]
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* [[Utility Muffin Research Kitchen]]
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* [[The Log Cabin]]
 
* [[The Plaster Casters Of Chicago]]
 
* [[The Plaster Casters Of Chicago]]
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* [[Wallich's Music City]]
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* [[Vito's Studio & Store]]
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* [[Sam Goody's Record Store]]
 
* [[Hawaiian Lunch]]
 
* [[Hawaiian Lunch]]
 
* [[KABC-TV L.A.]]
 
* [[KABC-TV L.A.]]
 
* [[Mark Spitz]]
 
* [[Mark Spitz]]
 
* 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.
 
* 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.
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* [[Halloween Concerts]]
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* [[Palladium]]
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* [[The Palladium Shows]]
 
 
* [[Church of American Secular Humanism]]
 
* [[Church of American Secular Humanism]]
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* [[Clean American Version]], a text that can also be seen on the artwork for [[Absolutely free]]
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* [[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)
 
* The M.O.I. American Pageant is the name of side two of [[Absolutely Free]] (track 10-15 on the CD version)
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* Zappa often used the monicker ''"American composer"'' to describe himself in the simplest way.  
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* Zappa often used the monicker ''"American composer"'' to describe himself in the most straightforward way.  
  
 
[[Category:Countries]]
 
[[Category:Countries]]

Revision as of 17:02, 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

Politics, Religion and Business

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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