United Kingdom
"Lord, have mercy on the people in England, for the terrible food these people must eat." - Opening lines of Strictly Genteel.
Articles about Great Britain, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Albums and tracks
- In Frank Zappa's list with influences, printed in the sleeve of Freak Out!, writer Cecil Forsyth, film producer J. Arthur Rank and Beatles manager Brian Epstein are mentioned.
- Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin: Gustav Holst's Jupiter from The Planets is musically quoted.
- The sleeve of We're Only In It For The Money is a parody of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, while the idea to pose in women's dresses was based on The Rolling Stones' cover photo for Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow?. Musician Eric Burdon and explorer Richard E. Byrd can also been seen on the cover of We're Only In It For The Money.
- Absolutely Free (The Track): Donovan's Mellow Yellow is referenced.
- On Uncle Meat, during the band's performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Louie Louie was played on the pipe organ.
- The Mud Shark was based on an infamous incident involving Led Zeppelin.
- Do You Like My New Car?: "We are not groupies! (...) I told Robert Plant, I told Elton John (...) Roger Daltrey never laid a hand on me!".
- Martin Lickert, Keith Moon and Ringo Starr can be seen and heard in 200 Motels.
- Dental Hygiene Dilemma: "It's just as if Donovan himself appeared on my very own TV set".
- Interview (What's The Name Of Your Group?): "Have you been to England yet?"
- Scene 30: JCB & Rance: "The fuckin' Devil's got an English accent!"
- Magic Fingers: "beat you with a pair of tennis shoes I got from Jeff Beck".
- Strictly Genteel: "Lord, have mercy on the people of England and the terrible food these people must eat."
- Billy The Mountain: Edward Elgar's Pomp & Circumstance, March Nr. 1 is quoted.
- Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy: "I had a Roger Daltrey cape on."
- Titties 'n Beer and Punky's Whips: "More fluid than Jeff Beck".
- Dead Girls Of London
- Packard Goose: "All the rock'n roll writers are the worst kind of sleaze/selling punk rock like some new kind of English disease."
- At the 1981 Halloween concert, Zappa played Auld Lang Syne.
- British actor Claude Rains can be seen on the cover of Tinseltown Rebellion.
- The Blue Light: "A body of water to isolate England"
- London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I
- London Symphony Orchestra Vol. II
- Be In My Video: The line "let's dance the blues under the megawatt moonlight" references David Bowie's music video for Let's Dance.
- In Them Or Us (The Book) the question is asked: "Who'll be the 'Mozart' of your century? David Bowie?"
- We're Turning Again: "We can laugh at Keith Moon's jokes.". The song also references 'The Bonzo Dog Band's "Canyons Of Your Mind".
- English Tea Dancing Interludes.
- The London Cab Tape
- Uncle Meat Film Excerpt: "Look, I've seen everybody around, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Arthur Brown, and his fire and his head."
- Zappa covered Cream's Sunshine Of Your Love and Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven.
- During the Texas Medley, Zappa covered three Beatles songs with lyrics referring to US TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart.
- Frank Zappa dedicated The Real Frank Zappa Book to Stephen Hawking, among others.
- Zappa's Dio Fa features an appearance by Isaac Newton and The Queen.
- In the liner notes of Civilization Phaze III, the Holy Hand Grenade is mentioned, a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
- The Handsome Cabin Boy by Ewan MacColl is covered on The Lost Episodes.
Concerts & other locations
- 67/10/ London UK The Speakeasy
- 67/09/23 London UK Royal Albert Hall
- 68/10/23 London UK Colour Me Pop, BBC2 TV show
- 68/10/25 London UK Royal Festival Hall
- 69/06/06 London UK Royal Albert Hall
- 69/11/ London UK Speakeasy
- 70/06/20 London UK Speakeasy
- 70/11/26 Liverpool UK Mountford Hall
- 70/11/29 London UK Coliseum
- 71/12/10 London UK Rainbow Theatre
- 77/02/09-10 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 77/02/14 Edinburgh UK Playhouse Theatre
- 77/02/16-17 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 78/02/27 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 78/02/28-03/01 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 78/09/09 Stevenage UK Knebworth House Open Air Festival
- 79/02/12 Manchester UK Apollo
- 79/02/17-19 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 82/06/18-19 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 84/09/24-25 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 88/04/18-19 London UK Wembley Arena
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- The Barbican
- Bayswater
- Charing Cross
- Edgware Road
- Embankment
- Hammersmith Odeon
- Harley Street Clinic
- London
- London Symphony Orchestra (The Orchestra)
- Marylebone
- Queensway
- The Rainbow Theatre Incident
- Royal Albert Hall
- The Speakeasy Club, UK
- Spring Garden St.
- Waterloo station
Zappa associates from the United Kingdom
- Jack Bruce
- Pauline Butcher
- Eric Clapton
- Robert Davidson, the photographer of The Toilet Poster.
- Aynsley Dunbar
- Susan Glover
- Alex Harvey
- Eddie Jobson
- Nigel Leigh
- John Lennon
- Martin Lickert
- London Symphony Orchestra (The Orchestra)
- Keith Moon
- Tony Palmer
- Pink Floyd
- Ringo Starr
- Ralph Steadman
Classical composers, conductors and musicians
Jazz musicians
Folk musicians
Rock and pop artists
- Alternative TV
- Ian Anderson
- The Beatles, managed by Brian Epstein
- Jeff Beck
- Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne
- The Bonzo Dog Band
- David Bowie
- The Boxer Rebellion
- Jack Bruce
- Eric Burdon & The Animals
- Kate Bush
- Cardiacs
- Chumbawamba
- Eric Clapton
- John Cooper Clarke
- Phil Collins
- Cream
- Curved Air
- Deep Purple
- Dr. John
- Donovan
- Aynsley Dunbar
- The Fall
- Fila Brazillia
- The Flying Lizards
- Gentle Giant
- Alex Harvey
- Henry Cow
- Iron Maiden
- Mick Jagger
- Eddie Jobson
- King Kooba
- Led Zeppelin
- John Lennon
- Lew Lewis
- Brian May
- John Mayall
- Paul McCartney
- John McLaughlin
- Freddie Mercury
- George Michael
- Keith Moon
- Nazareth
- Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
- Pink Floyd
- Procol Harum
- Queen
- The Rolling Stones
- Soft Machine
- The Specials
- Spizzenergi
- Ringo Starr
- Sting
- Supergrass
- These New Puritans
- Tomorrow (The Band)
- Traffic (The Band)
- UK Subs
- Unkle
- The Who
- Steven Wilson
Actors, comedians, film directors, producers and documentary makers
- Julian Barratt
- Billy Connolly
- Martin Clunes
- Noel Fielding
- Judy Gridley
- Lenny Henry
- Nigel Leigh
- Simon McBurney
- Tony Palmer
- John Peel
- Claude Rains
- J. Arthur Rank
- Tracey Ullman
Writers, journalists, critics, magazines
- Cecil Forsyth
- Michael Gray
- Andrew Greenaway
- Robert Harris
- Hit Parader
- Let It Rock
- Melody Maker
- Barry Miles
- Charles Shaar Murray
- New Musical Express
- Tony Palmer
- Jeremy Paxman
- Ian Rankin
- Salman Rushdie
- William Shakespeare
- Robert Shelton
- Neil Slaven
- Ben Watson
- Irvine Welsh
- William of Ockham
- Matthew Wright
Visual artists
Film, radio and television
- Alice in Wonderland
- An American Werewolf In London
- BBC Television Tribute, produced by Nigel Leigh
- Dead Of Night
- Fraudulent DJ
- Gorgo
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Star Special
Interviews
Miscellaneous
- The Elephant Man
- Stephen Hawking
- Mr. Justice Mocatta
- Isaac Newton
- Peter Pan
- Punk
- The Queen
- Margaret Thatcher
