references to frank zappa by other artists
- in music
aardvark
recorded a track in which they mention zappa, "joe's garage"
and 'catholic girls' |
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acid
mothers temple & the melting paraiso u.f.o.:
absolutely freak out - zap your mind (2001, 2lp, usa, static caravan / resonant) - album title is a reference to the first two mothers albums |
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aerosmith: get a grip (??, cd) includes a quote from 'dynamo hum' (frank zappa) |
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after crying: ?? (??,??) - recorded a zappa tribute |
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tim alexander and brain recorded a zappa
tribute on "various
artists: drum nation
volume one", entitled 'shut up and play yer drums' |
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anne frank zappa: anne frank zappa (2010, 7", nl, stardumb) - album cover & bandname link to frank zappa |
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joseph
benzola |
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john
bergamo: on the edge (1) (1986, cd, ger, cmp cd 27) - 'whatever', (john bergamo) dedicated to frank zappa |
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bguti
orchestra: 3
strippers in gaza (2012, cd, nl, vulcano) - incl '3 strippers from gaza', a frank zappa tribute |
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the
black napkins, dutch experimental music trio, named after the
zappa composition |
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blues etílicos: água mineral (????, cd, brasil, ??) - 'frank zappa vai para a martinica' (fz goes to martinica), a zappa tribute |
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bozzio : frank | ||
brain and tim alexander recorded a
zappa tribute on "various
artists: drum nation
volume one", entitled 'shut up and play yer drums' |
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there's a band called brain
police |
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caballero
reynaldo: clásico con twist (1) (1995, cd, spain, hall of fame hof-005-cd) - album cover = reference to frank zappa |
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caballero
reynaldo:
intercanvis (2010, cd, spain, hall of fame records) - album cover = reference to frank zappa |
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chato!: live in the studio session 2018 (2020, download, --, bandcamp) - includes 'in memoriam, frank zappa', a frank zappa tribute |
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chickn: wowsers (2018, lp+cd, europe, inner ear records) - incl. 'elevational love of frank zappa' |
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coffin break:
cry (1991, 7", nl, k134) - picture of zappa on the back-cover of the picture sleeve |
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concordia chamber ensemble: concordia chamber ensemble (2005, cd, usa, mmc records) - incl. 'frank' (peter homans), a tribute to the music of frank zappa (quotes 'king kong' (frank zappa) |
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cotterjohn:
conceptpeace (2002, cd, usa, private release) - including a zappa tribute |
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jim cox recorded a track called
"frankie's in town" |
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deep purple: ?? (??, lp) includes 'smoke on the water' - = about the fire at the montreux frank zappa concert |
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dr.lotech &
the minimal man: journey
into light (2001, cd, usa, left-of-centre blp-cd 4032) - incl.'frank's house' (a zappa reference) |
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mattias ia eklundh: freak
guitar - the road less traveled (2005, cd, france, replica records rpl028) - incl. a frank zappa tribute |
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ensemble 4'33": hearts of 4.33. (1998, cd, ??, solyd records) - incl.'4.33 variations on frank zappa's theme' (aigui) |
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erasorheads: ?? (??, ??) - incl. 'punk zappa three' |
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the fall: extricate (??,cd) includes 'i'm frank' - a tribute to frank zappa |
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flat earth society: answer songs the tour incl. 'leave nothing' by bruno vansina (an 'answer song' to zappa's 'peaches en regalia'), did not make it to the cd |
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fred frith: freedom in fragments (2002, cd, usa, tzadik) - incl. 't square park lark' (for frank zappa) |
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pierrejean gaucher:
melody makers II (2012, cd, france, musiclip mu 1205) - incl. 'sleep sweet', pierrejean gaucher's sequel to frank zappa's 'sleep dirt' |
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gov't mule:
gov't mule (1995, cd, usa, relativity recordings) - incl. 'left coast groovies (for fz)', a frank zappa tribute |
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gov't
mule: the
georgia bootleg box (2011, 6cd, usa, evil teen) - incl. 'left coast groovies (for fz)', a frank zappa tribute |
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gspotwagner:
slip into life (2007, cd, ger, moidabord / forke4) - incl. 'mein captain beefheart shrine', 'thanks to zappa - city of tiny lights' |
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marc guillermont: zappostrophe (??, cd, fr, ??) - a tribute to frank zappa |
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hasidic new wave:
kabalogy (1999, cd, usa, knitting factory records kfr-239) - incl. 'the frank zappa memorial bris' |
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eduardo
kusdra, maguinho de alcântara brecht: brazuka kitchen - a
collection of bass & drum duets (2013, cd, ??, private release) - incl. 'zappa' (kusdra, de alcântara brecht) |
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lagq: lagq's guitar
heroes (2004, cd, usa, telarc cd-80598) - incl. 'let's be frank', a frank zappa tribute |
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jon
larsen: strange news from mars (2007, cd, norway, zonic entertainment zen 2001) - feat.various ex-zappa bandmembers |
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jon
larsen: a portrait of jon larsen (2010, cd, norway, zonic entertainment) = compilation / feat. jimmy carl black; rommy mars and bruce fowler |
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lbt: my songs (2020, lp, ger, enja) - includes a track called 'zappa' |
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paul lehrman:
king frank |
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the dennis leloup
quartet has performed a piece entitled 'fatalement frank
zappa'. |
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thierry maillard trio and philharmonic orchestra: ethnic
sounds (2016, cd, france, ilona records) - incl. 'zappa' (a tribute) |
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john mayall: blues from laurel canyon (1968, lp, uk, decca) - incl. '2401' about zappa's place in laurel canyon |
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enrico merlin: somewhere! (2019, cdr, italy, private release) - jazz bluegrass from hell (refers to FZ) |
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eddie meduza:
garagetaper (1980, lp, sweden, cbs) - album cover = reference to frank zappa |
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christophe monniot | ||
the morticians: freak out (1987, 7", usa, tin soldier tin-1) - artwork uses "freak out" album cover |
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muthas of
invention |
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jon nelson:
gran calavera electrica (200?, cd, usa, sunken gong records jn 0102) - incl. 'gran calavera electrica' (s.barber's tribute to frank zappa) |
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the newest model: empty notion (1989, cd-single, japan, sf-006) - artwork uses "freak out" album cover |
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nine inch nails:
closure (1997, 2vhs, usa, trimark home video) - incl. 'broken hearts are for assholes' (frank zappa) |
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nine inch nails:
closure (2006, 2dvd-bootleg, brazil, dvd ex 1001) - incl. 'broken hearts are for assholes' (frank zappa) |
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fred norris -
at the howard stern tv-show, 1993/12/07 (1993/12/07, tv-show, usa) - included a zappa tribute sung by fred norris |
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nts:
zapporno (2017, lp, czech republic, amplion records) = frank zappa tribute |
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frank nuyts:
za-va-pa (1991/12/03) - 'za-va-pa' is dedicated to frank zappa; the composition was performed by jan michiels on piano. |
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odin:
odin (1972, lp, ger, vertigo) - incl.'tribute to frank' = tribute to frank zappa |
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orquesta romanticos de cuba: temas de peliculas (1971, lp, ??, zafiro zv-584) - picture of frank zappa on the album cover |
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monty oxymoron:
living my life backwards (2005, cdr, uk, oxy 001) - incl. 'zappafrank', a zappa tribute |
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jay
phlitman & kim kangaroo: say yes to live! (2007, cdr, bel, kaspar hauser records khr011) - mentions frank zappa during 'happy attictune' |
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jay phlitman
& kim kang: candy queen speedway (2012, 10"ep, belgium, bananafishin' records 002) - happy attictune mentions frank zappa in the lyrics |
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jay phlitman &
kim kang: monsters (2014, lp, belgium, bananafishin' records 004) - mentions frank zappa and captain beefheart in the lyrics |
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the plaster
caster blues band: the plaster casters (1969, lp, usa, bluestime / flying dutchman) - 'you didn't try to ball me', dedicated to frank zappa |
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the plaster
caster blues band: lanoola goes limp / you didn't try to ball me (1969, 7"-promo, usa, bluestime / flying dutchman) - 'you didn't try to ball me', dedicated to frank zappa |
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hermann
schindler |
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the rudy schwartz project:
enhanced florence henderson (1994, k7, usa, private release / joe newman) - album dedicated to & including tribute to frank zappa |
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the rudy schwartz project: günther
packs a stiffy (1995, cd, usa, sealand 502cd) – incl. 'frank' (joe newman) = about frank zappa |
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judith sloan: denial of the fittest (1998, cd, usa, ??) - includes 'a play', a song that mentions zappa in its lyrics |
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markus stauss:
trank zappa grappa in varese? - cryptic echoes - live in belgium (2006, cdr-promo, switzerland, fazzul music) |
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howard stern
- the 1993/12/07 tv-show (1993/12/07, tv-show, usa) - included a zappa tribute, sung by fred norris |
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the stooges: the
weirdness (2007, cd, usa, ??) - mentions frank zappa during 'mexican guy' |
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les tailleurs de notes: s/t (2012, lp, france, inpolysons) - incl. 'zappa en velours' |
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utopianisti: utopianisti (2011, cd, finland, private release) - incl. 'waltz for fz' (markus pajakkala) |
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vai: ?? -> 'frank' on the ultra zone + bootleg ?? | ||
twan van gerven: how
u gonna stroke yer solo (2020, cd, nl, private release) - album liner notes mention "home is where the heart is..." |
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jan
vayne: media plaza movements (1999, cd, nl, media plaza) - incl. 'het medialab [frank vincent zappa, 1940 - 1993]', inspired by frank zappa |
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pierre vervloesem: home made (1994, cd, bel, carbon 7) - incl. '04/12/1993' (tribute to frank zappa) |
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pierre vervloesem: home made (2014, download, bel, off records ovd004) = remastered & augmented // - incl. '04/12/1993' (tribute to frank zappa) |
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voice of venus: polyrhythms / algorithms (2021, cd, usa, private release) - incl. zappa tribute |
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warsaw |
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we're late
for class:
transmissions vol.1 (2008, download, usa, private release) - incl.'sequel to the return of the son of monster magnet' |
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dweezil zappa:
go with what you know (2006, cd, usa, zappa records zr 20003) - incl. 'all roads lead to inca' and 'chunga's whiskers' |
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various artists:
sheik, rattle & roll (2019, cd, uk, prog magazine 2019 06) - feat. panzerpappa |
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