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Japan is a country in Asia. The capital is Tokyo. It is notable as the only Asian country where Frank Zappa and his band ever performed.
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Frank Zappa concerts in Japan
- 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
Japan referenced in Frank Zappa's work
- 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. [1]
- Dong Work For Yuda was inspired by John Smothers talking about musician Yuya Uchida and his bodyguard Gon, but mispronouncing them as "Don work for Yuta".
- 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?"
Composers
Pop and rock artists
- Boredoms
- Brain Police
- EL-MALO
- Merzbow
- Yoko Ono
- The Plastics
- Jun Shimoyama
- Sugizo
- The Tigers
- Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
- Yuya Uchida
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
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
Frank Zappa about 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), 1991.)
