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* [[If We'd All Been Living In California...]]
 
* [[If We'd All Been Living In California...]]
 
* [[It Ain't Necessarily The Saint James Infirmary]]
 
* [[It Ain't Necessarily The Saint James Infirmary]]
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* [[It Can't Happen Here]]: "Who could imagine that they would freak out in [[wikipedia:Minnesota| Minnesota]] (...), [[wikipedia:Kansas| Kansas]], (...) [[wikipedia:Washington D.C.|Washington D.C.]]?"
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* [[It Can't Happen Here]]: "Who could imagine that they would freak out in [[wikipedia:Minnesota| Minnesota]] (...), [[Kansas]], (...) [[wikipedia:Washington D.C.|Washington D.C.]]?"
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* [[It Has Just Been Passed…]] is about a ridiculous law in Arizona.
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* [[It Has Just Been Passed…]] is about a ridiculous law in [[Arizona]].
 
* [[It's From Kansas]]
 
* [[It's From Kansas]]
 
* [[JCB & Kansas On The Bus 1]]
 
* [[JCB & Kansas On The Bus 1]]
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* Zappa often used the moniker ''"American composer"'' to describe himself in the most straightforward way.
 
* Zappa often used the moniker ''"American composer"'' to describe himself in the most straightforward way.
  
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==Locations==
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==US States==
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* [[:Category:U.S. States]]
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==Cities==
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* [[Austin]]
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* [[Baltimore]]
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* [[Chicago]]
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* [[Cucamonga]]
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* [[Dallas]]
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* [[Detroit]]
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* [[Downey]]
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* [[El Paso]]
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* [[Encino]]
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* [[Fresno]]
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* [[Glendale]]
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* [[Glenoaks]]
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* [[Granada Hills]]
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* [[Hollywood]]
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* [[Houston]]
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* [[Irwindale]]
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* [[Lancaster]]
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* [[Langley]]
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* [[Las Vegas]]
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* [[Los Angeles]]
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* [[Miami]]
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* [[Monterey]]
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* [[New Jersey]]
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* [[New York]]
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* [[Ontario]] (California)
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* [[Palmdale]]
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* [[Palo Alto]]
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* [[Pomona]]
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* [[Reseda]]
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* [[San Antonio]]
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* [[San Diego]]
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* [[San Francisco]]
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* [[San Quentin]]
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* [[Santa Monica]]
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* [[Sun Village]]
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* [[Ventura]]
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* [[Washington]]
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* [[Westchester]]
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* [[Wyoming]]
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==Other locations==
 
* [[125th]]
 
* [[125th]]
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* [[Alabama]]
 
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* [[Baltimore]]
 
 
* [[Boney's Market]]
 
* [[Boney's Market]]
 
* [[Broadway]]
 
* [[Broadway]]
 
* [[Cafe au-Go-Go]]
 
* [[Cafe au-Go-Go]]
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* [[California]]
 
 
* [[Canal]]
 
* [[Canal]]
 
* [[Fembot in A Wet T-Shirt Nite#Notes About This Song|Canoga Park]]
 
* [[Fembot in A Wet T-Shirt Nite#Notes About This Song|Canoga Park]]
 
* [[Canter's Deli]]
 
* [[Canter's Deli]]
 
* [[Cheviot Hills]]
 
* [[Cheviot Hills]]
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* [[Chicago]]
 
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* [[Cucamonga]]
 
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* [[Detroit]]
 
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* [[Downey]]
 
 
* [[Edwards Air Force Base]]
 
* [[Edwards Air Force Base]]
 
* [[El Monte Legion Stadium]]
 
* [[El Monte Legion Stadium]]
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* [[Encino]]
 
 
* [[Fillmore Venues|Fillmore East]]
 
* [[Fillmore Venues|Fillmore East]]
 
* [[Fillmore Venues|Fillmore West]]
 
* [[Fillmore Venues|Fillmore West]]
 
* The [[Freak Out! Hot Spots]]  (where all 69 locations are American)
 
* The [[Freak Out! Hot Spots]]  (where all 69 locations are American)
 
* [[Freak 2: Hot Spots]]
 
* [[Freak 2: Hot Spots]]
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* [[Fresno]]
 
 
* [[Garrick Theatre]]
 
* [[Garrick Theatre]]
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* [[Georgia]]
 
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* [[Glendale]]
 
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* [[Glenoaks]]
 
 
* [[Granada Hills]]
 
* [[Granada Hills]]
 
* [[Greenwich Village]]
 
* [[Greenwich Village]]
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* [[Hollywood]]
 
 
* [[Hollywood Boulevard]]
 
* [[Hollywood Boulevard]]
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* [[Houston]]
 
 
* [[Huntingpark]]
 
* [[Huntingpark]]
 
* [[Irwindale]]
 
* [[Irwindale]]
 
* [[Jai Alai Fronton]]
 
* [[Jai Alai Fronton]]
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* [[Kansas]]
 
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* [[Lancaster]]
 
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* [[Langley]]
 
 
* [[Lankershim Boulevard]]
 
* [[Lankershim Boulevard]]
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* [[Las Vegas]]
 
 
* [[Laurel Canyon]]
 
* [[Laurel Canyon]]
 
* [[Lincoln Center]]
 
* [[Lincoln Center]]
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* [[Los Angeles]]
 
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* [[Massachusetts]]
 
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* [[Miami]]
 
 
* [[Mojave Desert]]
 
* [[Mojave Desert]]
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* [[Monterey]]
 
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* [[New Jersey]]
 
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* [[New York]]
 
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* [[Ontario]] (California)
 
 
* [[Orange County]]
 
* [[Orange County]]
 
* [[Pal Studio]]
 
* [[Pal Studio]]
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* [[Palmdale]]
 
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* [[Palo Alto]]
 
 
* [[Park Avenue]]
 
* [[Park Avenue]]
 
* [[Pauley Pavilion]]  
 
* [[Pauley Pavilion]]  
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* [[Pennsylvania]]
 
 
* [[Playa del Rey]]
 
* [[Playa del Rey]]
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* [[Pomona]]
 
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* [[Reseda]]
 
 
* [[Royce Hall]]
 
* [[Royce Hall]]
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* [[San Diego]]
 
 
* [[San Fernando Valley]]
 
* [[San Fernando Valley]]
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* [[San Francisco]]
 
 
* [[San Joaquin Valley]]
 
* [[San Joaquin Valley]]
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* [[San Quentin]]
 
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* [[Santa Monica]]
 
 
* [[Shrine Exposition Hall]]
 
* [[Shrine Exposition Hall]]
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* [[Sun Village]]
 
 
* [[Sunset Boulevard]]  
 
* [[Sunset Boulevard]]  
 
* [[Uptown Hall]]
 
* [[Uptown Hall]]
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* [[Utah]]
 
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* [[Ventura]]
 
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* [[Virginia]]
 
 
* [[Wall Street]]
 
* [[Wall Street]]
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* [[Washington]]
 
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* [[Westchester]]
 
 
* [[White Street]]
 
* [[White Street]]
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* [[Wyoming]]
 
 
* [[:Category:Clubs And Bars]]
 
* [[:Category:Clubs And Bars]]
 
* [[:Category:Radio Stations]]
 
* [[:Category:Radio Stations]]
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* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
 
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
 
* [[Yonder Mountain String Band]]
 
* [[Yonder Mountain String Band]]
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==American Zappa cover bands==
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* [[:Category:American Tributes & Cover Bands]]
  
 
==Writers==
 
==Writers==
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* [[Great Society]]
 
* [[Great Society]]
 
* [[Hawaiian Lunch]]
 
* [[Hawaiian Lunch]]
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* [[Hippies]]
 
* [[The Log Cabin]]
 
* [[The Log Cabin]]
 
* [[Willie Mays]]
 
* [[Willie Mays]]
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* [[Vito's Studio & Store]]
 
* [[Vito's Studio & Store]]
 
* [[Wallich's Music City]]
 
* [[Wallich's Music City]]
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* [[Yuppies]]
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==Frank Zappa about the United States==
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''"Remember: dumbness is the American way. Dumbness has created more progress for this country – just from people saying, Well, I really don't know what's going on here, but let's try this. And then they come up with something great. The best example of that is [[wikipedia:Thomas Edison|Thomas Edison]]. You know about the filament in the electric light bulb, don't you? He'd tried everything until he finally said, I'd be willing to try a piece of dental floss with some cheese on it if I thought it would work."''- Frank Zappa in ''[[Garni Du Jour, Lizard King Poetry And Slime]]'', interview by Tim Schneckloth, Down Beat, 1978.
  
  

Latest revision as of 15:49, 15 August 2026

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


Jan Donkers: "Your friend Captain Beefheart says he comes from Mars, where do you come from?"
Frank Zappa: "Well, I don't want you to hold it against me, but I come from the United States".

- Frank Zappa, Introducing...The Mothers, 1970.

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 moniker "American composer" to describe himself in the most straightforward way.

US States

Cities

Other 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

American Zappa cover bands

Writers

Comedians and TV Presenters

Politics, Religion and Business

Criminals

Fictional characters and associated media

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

Frank Zappa about the United States

"Remember: dumbness is the American way. Dumbness has created more progress for this country – just from people saying, Well, I really don't know what's going on here, but let's try this. And then they come up with something great. The best example of that is Thomas Edison. You know about the filament in the electric light bulb, don't you? He'd tried everything until he finally said, I'd be willing to try a piece of dental floss with some cheese on it if I thought it would work."- Frank Zappa in Garni Du Jour, Lizard King Poetry And Slime, interview by Tim Schneckloth, Down Beat, 1978.

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