Japan

Matt Groening: "Well, what about noh music? Japanese?"

Frank Zappa: "I like that. That to me is like – it's science-fiction Webern music. You know, people doing erratic grunts followed by one drumbeat and all this oddly balanced stuff. It's like points of sound in time oddly balanced, and I have no idea what it's about or what will be going on onstage, but the sound of it is something I find interesting." (FZ in The Mother Of All Interviews (Part 2))

Articles referencing Japan or Japanese topics

• Cheepnis: "while the monster just ate Japan"
• For The Young Sophisticate: "Would you still love me if my hair grew/ All down the side of my kimono?"
• On the cover of Sleep Dirt, the Smog Monster from Godzilla Vs. The Smog Monster can be seen.
• Rat Tomago, is named after a Japanese omelette (according to Zappa in Shut Up And Play Your Guitar, Guitar Player Magazine, May-June 1979), the tamagoyaki.
• A Little Green Rosetta: "Rang Tang Ding Dong, (I'm The Japanese Sandman)".
• Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk: "Hey, look, Godzilla!"
• On the Barking Pumpkin logo, the cat says "Holy shit!" in Japanese.
• German Lunch: "Zees are Japanese tools. Why do you bring Japanese tools to Germany where we make the finest tools ever, you, what are you doingk?"

Concerts

• 76/02/01 Tokyo Japan Asakusa Kokusai Gekijo
• 76/02/03 Osaka Japan Kosei Nenkin Kaikan
• 76/02/04 Kyoto Japan Kyoto Daigaku Seibu Kodo
• 76/02/05 Tokyo Japan Nippon Seinen-Kan
• Tokyo

Composers

• Toshiro Mayuzumi
• Tōru Takemitsu
• Hiromi Uehara

Pop and rock artists

• Boredoms
• Brain Police
• EL-MALO
• Merzbow
• Yoko Ono
• The Plastics
• Jun Shimoyama
• Sugizo
• The Tigers
• Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

Other

• Bun-raku
• El-Malo Ryuichiro Yunoki & Shigekazu Aida Meets Frank Zappa
• Godzilla
• Mothra
• Kohjitsu Ohyama
• Panta From Brain Police Meets Frank Zappa
• Rodan
• Yamamoto Seiichi, ATR, Hilah From Boredoms Meets Frank Zappa
• Jun Shimoyama Ex The Roosters Meets Frank Zappa
• Sugizo Meets Frank Zappa
• Shoji Umemura
• Atsushi Yanaka from Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Meets Frank Zappa

Record Companies

• Toshiba-EMI Limited
• VAP
• VideoArts
• Warner-Pioneer
• Yamaha Music & Visuals

Samplers And Promos

• Hot Rats (Box) (2001?, Disk Union/VideoArts 1208/14)
• Zappa In The Box (2004?, Disk Union/VideoArts 9001/10)
• Uncle Meat (Box) (2006, Disk Union/VideoArts VACK 1203/8)
• Burnt Weeny Sandwich (Box) (2006, Disk Union/VideoArts VACK 1209/14)
• Does Humor Belong In Music (Box) (2007, Disk Union/VideoArts VACK 5914/20)
• Sheik Yerbouti (Box) (2008, Disk Union/VideoArts VACK 1319/27)
• Lumpy Gravy (Box) (2008, Disk Union/VideoArts VACK 1328/37)
• Bongo Fury (Box) (2008, Disk Union/VideoArts VACK 1339/49)

Collectibles

• Peaches En Regalia Music Box

See Also

• Obi strip