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* [[The Madison Panty-Sniffing Festival]]
 
* [[The Madison Panty-Sniffing Festival]]
 
* [[Emperor Of Ohio]]
 
* [[Emperor Of Ohio]]
* [[Operation Gladio]] (unreleased track)
 
 
* [[Agency Man]]: "Let's try California..."
 
* [[Agency Man]]: "Let's try California..."
 
* [[Outrage At Valdez]]
 
* [[Outrage At Valdez]]
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* [[Moondog]]
 
* [[Moondog]]
 
* [[Charles Amirkhanian]]
 
* [[Charles Amirkhanian]]
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* [[Eddie Van Halen]]
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* [[Michael Hedges]]
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* [[Kevin Murphy]]
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* [[Dan Studney]]
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* [[Tyler, The Creator]]
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* [[Action Bronson]]
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* [[J*Davey]]
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* [[Dog Eat Dog]]
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* [[Mr. Dibbs]]
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* [[DJ Z-Trip]]
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* [[Arsonists]]
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* [[Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire]]
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* [[Young Chris]]
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* [[MF Doom]]
  
 
==Blues singers==
 
==Blues singers==
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* [[Dan Rather]]
 
* [[Dan Rather]]
 
* [[John Belushi]]
 
* [[John Belushi]]
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* [[Lord Buckley]]
  
 
==Politics, Religion and Business==
 
==Politics, Religion and Business==
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* The [[Iran-contra affair]]
 
* The [[Iran-contra affair]]
 
* The [[Cold War]]
 
* The [[Cold War]]
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==Criminals==
 
==Criminals==

Revision as of 14:19, 27 March 2014

Frank Zappa was born in Baltimore, U.S., but later moved to Lancaster, near 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

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