Editing Frank Zappa (section)

==Legacy==
{{main|Frank Zappa in popular culture}}
Zappa was a controversial figure. As [[Geoffrey Himes]] noted in 1993 after the artist's death, Zappa was hailed as a genius by conductor [[Kent Nagano]] and nominated by Czechoslovakian President [[Václav Havel]] to the country's cultural ambassadorship, but he was in his lifetime rejected twice for admission into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. In ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981), [[Robert Christgau]] dismissed Zappa's music as "sexist adolescent drivel ... with meters and voicings and key changes that are as hard to play as they are easy to forget."<ref name="wp"/> According to Himes:

{{blockquote|Admirers and detractors agree that Zappa's music—with its odd time signatures, unorthodox harmonies and fiendishly difficult lines—boasts a rare cerebral complexity. But that's where the agreement ends. Some fans find his sophomoric jokes ("Don't Eat the Yellow Snow") and pop music parodies ("Sheik Yerbouti") a crucial counterbalance to the rarefied density of the music; other devotees find the jokes an irrelevant sideshow to music best appreciated in a chamber or orchestral setting. The critics find the humor's smug iconoclasm a symptom of the essential emptiness of Zappa's intellectual exercises.<ref name="wp"/>}}

===Acclaim and honors===
{{Quote box|quote=Frank Zappa was one of the first to try tearing down the barriers between rock, jazz, and classical music. In the late Sixties his Mothers of Invention would slip from [[Stravinsky]]'s "[[Petrushka (ballet)|Petroushka]]" into [[The Dovells]]' "[[Bristol Stomp]]" before breaking down into saxophone squeals inspired by [[Albert Ayler]]|source= — ''The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll'', p. 497|width=365px}}

''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' (2004) writes: "Frank Zappa dabbled in virtually all kinds of music—and, whether guised as a satirical rocker, jazz-rock fusionist, guitar virtuoso, electronics wizard, or orchestral innovator, his eccentric genius was undeniable."<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Brackett|editor-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely Revised and Updated 4th Edition|date=2004|place=New York|publisher=Fireside|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/903 903]|isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8|url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/903}}</ref> Even though his work drew inspiration from many different genres, Zappa was seen as establishing a coherent and personal expression. In 1980, biographer David Walley noted that "The whole structure of his music is unified, not neatly divided by dates or time sequences and it is all building into a composite".<ref name="walley80"/>{{rp|3}} On commenting on Zappa's music, politics and philosophy, [[Barry Miles]] noted in 2004 that they cannot be separated: "It was all one; all part of his 'conceptual continuity'."<ref name="miles"/>{{rp|383}}
[[File:Zappa.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Zappa in 1977]]
''[[Guitar Player]]'' devoted a special issue to Zappa in 1992, and asked on the cover "Is FZ America's Best Kept Musical Secret?" Editor Don Menn remarked that the issue was about "The most important composer to come out of modern popular music".<ref>{{cite book |first=Don|last=Menn|editor-last=Menn|editor-first=Don|contribution=From the Editor|title=Zappa! Guitar Player Presents|date=1992|page=3|place=San Francisco, CA|publisher=Miller Freeman|issn=1063-4533}}</ref> Among those contributing to the issue was composer and [[musicologist]] [[Nicolas Slonimsky]], who conducted premiere performances of works of [[Charles Ives|Ives]] and Varèse in the 1930s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kozinn|first=Allan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/27/books/nicolas-slonimsky-author-of-widely-used-reference-works-on-musicdies-at-101.html |title=Nicolas Slonimsky, Author of Widely Used Reference Works on Music, Dies at 101|date=December 27, 1996|newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=August 17, 2008}}</ref> He became friends with Zappa in the 1980s,<ref>In December 1981, the then 87-year-old Slonimsky made a guest appearance on piano at a Zappa concert. Miles, 2004, ''Frank Zappa'', pp.&nbsp;295–296.</ref> and said, "I admire everything Frank does, because he practically created the new musical millennium. He does beautiful, beautiful work&nbsp;... It has been my luck to have lived to see the emergence of this totally new type of music."<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Menn|editor-first=Don|contribution=Nicolas Slonimsky – The Century's Preeminent Lexicographer Nails Zappa Down|title=Zappa! Guitar Player Presents|date=1992|pages=6–7|place=San Francisco, CA|publisher=Miller Freeman|issn=1063-4533}}</ref> Conductor [[Kent Nagano]] remarked in the same issue that "Frank is a genius. That's a word I don't use often&nbsp;... In Frank's case it is not too strong&nbsp;... He is extremely literate musically. I'm not sure if the general public knows that."<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Menn|editor-first=Don|contribution=Kent Nagano – Premiering Zappa with the London Symphony Orchestra|title=Zappa! Guitar Player Presents|date=1992|pages=8–11|place=San Francisco, CA|publisher=Miller Freeman|issn=1063-4533}}</ref> [[Pierre Boulez]] told ''[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]'' magazine's posthumous Zappa tribute article that Zappa "was an exceptional figure because he was part of the worlds of rock and classical music and that both types of his work would survive."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Frank Zappa |last=Isler |first=Scott |date=February 1994 |magazine=[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]] |via=afka.net |url=https://www.afka.net/Mags/Musician.htm#1994Feb}}</ref> In 1994, jazz magazine ''[[DownBeat]]''{{'}}s critics poll placed Zappa in its Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=720 |title=1994 Down Beat Critics Poll |publisher=Down Beat Magazine |access-date=August 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216121831/http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=720 |archive-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref> Zappa was posthumously inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1995. There, it was written that "Frank Zappa was rock and roll's sharpest musical mind and most astute social critic. He was the most prolific composer of his age, and he bridged genres—rock, jazz, classical, avant-garde and even novelty music—with masterful ease".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/frank-zappa|title=Frank Zappa|publisher=The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.|access-date=August 14, 2008}}</ref> He was ranked number 36 on [[VH1]]'s ''100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock''<ref name="youtube.com"/> in 2000. In 2005, the U.S. [[National Recording Preservation Board]] included ''We're Only in It for the Money'' in the [[National Recording Registry]] as "Frank Zappa's inventive and iconoclastic album presents a unique political stance, both anti-conservative and anti-counterculture, and features a scathing satire on hippiedom and America's reactions to it".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/registry/nrpb-2005reg.html|title=The National Recording Registry 2005|date=May 24, 2005|series=National Recording Preservation Board|publisher=The Library of Congress|access-date=August 18, 2008}}</ref> The same year, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine ranked him at No.&nbsp;71 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.<ref name="RSImmortals">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/frank-zappa-20110420|title=100 Greatest Artists|publisher=Rolling Stone Music|access-date=May 1, 2013|date=December 3, 2010|archive-date=November 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123114608/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/frank-zappa-20110420|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, he was ranked at No.&nbsp;22 on the list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time by the same magazine.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/frank-zappa-20111122|title=45 Frank Zappa|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=June 4, 2011|archive-date=December 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202023857/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/frank-zappa-20111122|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, ''[[Guitar World]]'' magazine placed Zappa atop its list of "15 of the best progressive rock guitarists through the years."<ref>{{cite web|access-date=December 12, 2020|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/artist-news-artist-lists/15-prog-rocks-best-guitarists-through-years/29666|date= September 1, 2016 |title=15 of Prog-Rock's Best Guitarists Through the Years |website=[[Guitar World]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902131114/http://www.guitarworld.com/artist-news-artist-lists/15-prog-rocks-best-guitarists-through-years/29666|archive-date=September 2, 2016}}</ref> The street of [[Partinico]] where his father lived at number 13, Via Zammatà, has been renamed to Via Frank Zappa.<ref>{{cite news |last=Zoppi |first=Maurizio |date=November 29, 2012 |title=La famiglia di Frank Zappa a Partinico alla riscoperta delle origini del chitarrista |url=https://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/palermo/notizie/spettacoli/2012/29-novembre-2012/famiglia-frank-zappa-partinicoalla-riscoperta-origini-chitarrista-2112935208190.shtml |work=[[Corriere della Sera]] |location=[[Palermo]], Italy |trans-title=Frank Zappa's family in Partinico rediscovering the guitarist's origins |access-date=December 30, 2017 |language=it}}</ref> Since his death, several musicians have been considered by critics as filling the artistic niche left behind by Zappa, in view of their prolific output, eclecticism and other qualities, including [[Devin Townsend]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=December 12, 2020|url=https://metalinjection.net/reviews/album-review-devin-townsend-empath|date=March 29, 2019 |title=Album Review: DEVIN TOWNSEND Empath|website=[[Metal Injection]]|first=Jordan |last=Blum|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331202634/https://metalinjection.net/reviews/album-review-devin-townsend-empath|archive-date=March 31, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=December 12, 2020|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/devin_townsend_the_issue_i_have_with_frank_zappa.html|date=March 10, 2017 |title=Devin Townsend: The Issue I Have With Frank Zappa|website=[[Ultimate Guitar]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311042952/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/devin_townsend_the_issue_i_have_with_frank_zappa.html|archive-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=December 12, 2020|url=https://louderthanwar.com/devin-townsend-order-of-magnitude-empath-live-volume-1-album-review/|date=October 19, 2020|title=Devin Townsend: Order Of Magnitude – Empath Live Volume 1 – album review|first= Gareth |last=Allen |website=[[Louder Than War (website)|Louder Than War]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=December 12, 2020|url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/09/06/devin-townsend-project-expect-the-unexpected|date=September 6, 2016|title=Devin Townsend Project: Expect the unexpected|first=Jason|last=Ferguson|website=[[Orlando Weekly]]|archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116093625/https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/09/06/devin-townsend-project-expect-the-unexpected|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Mike Patton]]<ref name="wire">{{cite magazine|title=Mike Patton {{!}} Fantômas hysteria|magazine=[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]|date=April 2005 |first=Phil |last=Freeman|number=254}}</ref><ref name="questionnaire">{{cite web|access-date=December 12, 2020|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/mike_patton-fantomas|date=April 1, 2005|title=Mike Patton {{!}} The Exclaim! Questionnaire|website=[[Exclaim!]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907115121/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/mike_patton-fantomas|archive-date=September 7, 2017}}</ref><ref name="prog">{{cite web|access-date=December 12, 2020|url= https://classicrock.net/mike-patton-prog/|date=March 7, 2014|title=Mike Patton – Prog?|first=Raziq |last=Rauf |website=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |location=Germany|language=de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812003551/https://classicrock.net/mike-patton-prog/|archive-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref> and [[Omar Rodríguez-López]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=December 12, 2020|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/21595-omar-rodrguez-lpez-albums-ipecac-review-7-12-mars-volta-at-the-drive-in|date=January 19, 2017 |title=Omar Rodríguez-López |first=Timothy |last=Archer|website=[[The Quietus]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=December 12, 2020|url=https://imposemagazine.com/music/omar-rodriguez-lopez-and-i-was-totally-destroying-it |date=2011|title=Reviews: Omar Rodriguez Lopez + I Was Totally Destroying It|website=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]]|first=Anthony Mark |last=Happel}}</ref>

====Grammy Awards====
In the course of his career, Zappa was nominated for nine competitive [[Grammy Award]]s, which resulted in two wins (one posthumous). In 1998, he received the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/frank-zappa|title=Frank Zappa &#124; Artist|website=grammy.com|date=May 19, 2020 |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|access-date=June 11, 2020}}</ref>
{{awards table}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[22nd Annual Grammy Awards|1980]] || "[[Rat Tomago]]" || [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance|Best Rock Instrumental Performance]] || {{nom}}
|-
| "[[Dancin' Fool]]" || [[Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance|Best Male Rock Vocal Performance]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[25th Annual Grammy Awards|1983]] || "[[Valley Girl (song)|Valley Girl]]" || [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[27th Annual Grammy Awards|1985]] || ''[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger|The Perfect Stranger]]'' || [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition|Best New Classical Composition]] || {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[30th Annual Grammy Awards|1988]] || "Jazz from Hell" || [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition|Best Instrumental Composition]] || {{nom}}
|-
| ''[[Jazz from Hell]]'' ||rowspan="2"| [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance|Best Rock Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)]] || {{won}}
|-
| [[31st Annual Grammy Awards|1989]] || ''[[Guitar (Frank Zappa album)|Guitar]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
| [[32nd Annual Grammy Awards|1990]] || ''[[Broadway the Hard Way]]'' || [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Musical Cast Show Album]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[38th Annual Grammy Awards|1996]] || ''[[Civilization Phaze III]]'' || [[Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package|Best Recording Package – Boxed]] || {{won}}
|-
| [[39th Annual Grammy Awards|1997]] || Frank Zappa || [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award|Lifetime Achievement Award]] || {{won|Honored}}
{{end}}

===Artists influenced by Zappa===
Many musicians, bands and orchestras from diverse genres have been influenced by Zappa's music. Rock artists such as [[The Plastic People of the Universe]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/06/plastic-people-velvet-revolution-1989 |title=1989 and all that: Plastic People of the Universe and the Velvet Revolution |first=Ed |last=Vulliamy |date=September 6, 2009 |work=The Guardian |access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref> [[Alice Cooper]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview with Alice Cooper |last=Quigley |first=Mike |date=September 1969 |publisher=Poppin, Issue #5}}</ref> [[Larry LaLonde]] of [[Primus (band)|Primus]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Doug|last=Elfman|title=Primus plays Hard Rock|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Oct-15-Wed-2003/news/22374264.html|work=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]|date=October 15, 2003|access-date=March 14, 2009|archive-date=April 6, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040406235351/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Oct-15-Wed-2003/news/22374264.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Fee Waybill]] of [[the Tubes]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Randall|first=David|title=Get Ready to ROCK! Interview with singer and frontman of American rock band The Tubes, Fee Waybill|url=http://www.getreadytorock.com/10questions/fee_waybill.htm|date=2004|publisher=getreadytorock.com|access-date=August 13, 2008}}</ref> all cite Zappa's influence, as do [[progressive rock|progressive]], [[alternative rock|alternative]], [[electronic music|electronic]] and [[avant-garde]]/[[experimental rock]] artists like [[Can (band)|Can]],{{refn|group="nb"|"CAN was formed by ex-student of Stockhausen Irmin Schmidt, who, fired by the sounds of Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa abandoned his career in classic music to form a group which could utilise and transcend all boundaries of ethnic, electronic experimental and modern classical music." {{cite web|title=CAN – The Lost Tapes|url=http://www.spoonrecords.com/news/losttapes.php|website=Spoon Records}}.}} [[Pere Ubu]],{{refn|group="nb"|"The group is very influenced by Capt. Beefheart and Frank Zappa. The roots of Pere Ubu lie in a comedy cover band called Rocket from the Tombs&nbsp;..."{{cite book|title=Punk Diary: 1970–1979|date=1994|publisher=Vintage|isbn=978-0-09-952211-9|page=22|author=George Gimarc}}.}} [[Yes (band)|Yes]],<ref>{{cite web |author1=Obi-Dan |title=Interview: Original 'Yes' Lead Singer Jon Anderson |url=https://geeksofdoom.com/2011/06/29/interview-original-yes-lead-singer-jon-anderson |website=Geeks of Doom |access-date=November 14, 2020 |date=June 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Nick Deriso |title=Something Else! Interview: Yes' Steve Howe on Jon Davison, performing classic LPs, a renewed solo focus |url=http://yesworld.com/2013/05/keys-to-shredding-yes-great-new-interview-with-steve-howe/ |website=Yesworld.com |access-date=November 14, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116225057/http://yesworld.com/2013/05/keys-to-shredding-yes-great-new-interview-with-steve-howe/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Soft Machine]],<ref>{{cite news|author1=Pierre Perrone|title=Hugh Hopper: Innovative bassist with Soft Machine and stalwart of the Canterbury scene|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hugh-hopper-innovative-bassist-with-soft-machine-and-stalwart-of-the-canterbury-scene-1703161.html|work=The Independent|date=June 11, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Graham Bennett|title=Soft Machine: Out-bloody-rageous|date=2005|publisher=SAF|isbn=978-0946719846}}</ref> [[Henry Cow]],<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4475|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Henry Cow|last=Boisen|first=Myles|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 13, 2008}}</ref> [[Faust (band)|Faust]],<ref>{{cite book|author1=Andy Wilson|title=Faust – Stretch Out Time 1970–1975|date=2006|isbn=978-0955066450|page=171|publisher=Andy Wilson |quote=Along with The Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa is the most obvious influence at work on Faust. Members of the group studied and admired his music. If Faust had any kind of leader or centre in the early days, other than Uwe, it was Rudolf Sosna, and Sosna was seriously interested in Zappa, forever trying to finally work out and unpick his musical 'system' so as to put it to work himself.}}</ref> [[Devo]],<ref>{{cite web|author1=Pete Feenstra|title=Interview: Gerald Casale (Devo)|url=http://www.getreadytorock.com/rock_stars/devo.htm|website=Get Ready to Rock|publisher=hotdigitsnewmedia|date=June 2007|quote=GC: We didn't know the Tubes at the time, probably not until we were on song number twenty or so, but we got to realise they were deep into what we were doing, while both Zappa and Captain Beefheart were an inspiration to us.}}</ref> [[Kraftwerk]],<ref>{{Cite news|author1=Joe Queenan|title=Vorsprung durch Techno|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/22/vinylword.joequeenan|newspaper=The Guardian |date=February 22, 2008}}</ref> [[Trey Anastasio]] and [[Jon Fishman]] of [[Phish]],<ref name="RSImmortals"/> [[Jeff Buckley]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley|date=2011|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-211195-1|page=96|author=David Browne}}</ref> [[John Frusciante]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cleveland|first=Barry|url=http://www.emusician.com/eqredirects//article/exclusive-outtakes-from/sep-06/23282|date=September 2006|title=Exclusive Outtakes from GP's Interview with John Frusciante!|magazine=Guitar Player|access-date=August 12, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825231941/http://www.emusician.com/eqredirects//article/exclusive-outtakes-from/sep-06/23282|archive-date=August 25, 2012}}</ref> [[Steven Wilson]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Prasad|first=Anil|url=http://www.innerviews.org/inner/wilson2.html|title=Steven Wilson: Past Presence|author-link=Anil Prasad|date=2013|access-date=February 4, 2015}}</ref> and [[The Aristocrats (band)|The Aristocrats]].<ref>{{cite web | access-date = February 6, 2017 | url = http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/the-aristocrats-bryan-beller-we-are-a-rowdy-musical-democracy-6597037 | date = January 15, 2014 | title = The Aristocrats' Bryan Beller: "We Are a Rowdy Musical Democracy" | first = Lauren | last = Wise | website = [[Phoenix New Times]]}}</ref>

[[Paul McCartney]] regarded ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' as [[the Beatles]]' ''Freak Out!.''<ref>MacDonald, 1994, ''Revolution in the Head'', p. 171.</ref> [[Jimi Hendrix]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Jimi Hendrix: Musician|edition=illustrated|first1=Keith|last1=Shadwick|publisher=Backbeat Books|date=2003|isbn=978-0-87930-764-6|page=117|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sbiSD1jXeaMC}}</ref> and heavy rock and metal acts like [[Black Sabbath]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.black-sabbath.com/interviews/tonygeez_0594.html|publisher=black-sabbath.com|date=May 1994|title=Black Sabbath Online: Tony Iommi & Geezer Butler Interview|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113135050/http://www.black-sabbath.com/interviews/tonygeez_0594.html|archive-date=January 13, 2012|access-date=August 12, 2008}}</ref> [[Living Colour]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Berndtson|first=Chad|date=October 5, 2017|title=Interview: Living Colour Guitar Wizard Vernon Reid Talks 'Shade' & Worldwide Touring|url=https://www.jambase.com/article/interview-living-colour-guitar-wizard-vernon-reid-talks-shade-worldwide-touring|access-date=December 4, 2020|website=Jambase}}</ref> [[Simon Phillips (drummer)|Simon Phillips]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hit-channel.com/interviewsimon-phillips-solototojeff-beckthe/68192|title=Interview:Simon Phillips (solo, Toto, Jeff Beck, The Who)|newspaper=Hit Channel – Ειδήσεις Ελληνική & Ξένη Μουσική Νέα Τραγούδια |publisher=Hit-channel.com|date=June 20, 2014|access-date=May 16, 2015}}</ref> [[Mike Portnoy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mikeportnoy.com/aboutmike/bio.aspx|title=about mike|publisher=mikeportnoy.com|access-date=April 22, 2009|archive-date=February 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225201450/http://www.mikeportnoy.com/aboutmike/bio.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Warren DeMartini]],<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Menn|editor-first=Don|contribution=Warren De Martini – Ratt Guitarist Turns Zappa Stylist|title=Zappa! Guitar Player Presents|date=1992|page=14|place=San Francisco, CA|publisher=Miller Freeman|issn=1063-4533}}</ref> [[Alex Skolnick]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/testaments-alex-skolnick-launches-rap-alter-ego-skoly-d-takes-down-right-wing-echo-chambers-in-b-i-g-l-i-e-video/ |title=TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK Launches Rap Alter Ego SKOLY-D, Takes Down Right-Wing Echo Chambers In 'B.I.G. L.I.E.' Video |date=January 6, 2022 |publisher=Blabbermouth |access-date=January 11, 2022}}</ref> [[Steve Vai]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vai.com/vaiography|title=All About Steve Vai|publisher=Vai.com|access-date=August 12, 2008}}</ref> [[Strapping Young Lad]],<ref name="In Music We Trust interview">{{cite web|last=Sos|first=Mike|date=August 2005|title=Interview: Strapping Young Lad: An extreme metal all-star squad|work=In Music We Trust|url=http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/71h16.html|access-date=January 31, 2008}}</ref> [[System of a Down]],<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Tom|last=Sinclair|title=Mezmerize (2005): System of a Down|url=https://ew.com/article/2005/05/16/mezmerize/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 16, 2005|access-date=June 28, 2010|archive-date=August 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814194322/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1060789,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Clawfinger]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clawfinger.net/main.php?band|title=The official Pages|publisher=clawfinger.net|access-date=August 12, 2008|archive-date=December 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230094826/http://www.clawfinger.net/main.php?band|url-status=dead}}</ref> have acknowledged Zappa as inspiration. On the classical music scene, Tomas Ulrich,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=15347|title=Tomas Ulrich at All about Jazz|work=All About Jazz|access-date=November 13, 2008}}</ref> [[Meridian Arts Ensemble]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meridianartsensemble.com/about.htm|title=Meridian Arts Ensemble&nbsp;– About Us|publisher=meridianartsensemble.com|access-date=August 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705132800/http://www.meridianartsensemble.com/about.htm|archive-date=July 5, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Ensemble Ambrosius]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ensembleambrosius.com/node/2 |title=Academic Zappa: Seriously Taken Musical Study of Frank Zappa's Music – At Last |publisher=ensembleambrosius.com |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112011024/http://www.ensembleambrosius.com/node/2 |archive-date=January 12, 2012}}</ref> and the Fireworks Ensemble<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fireworksensemble.org/about|title=About fireworks|publisher=fireworksensemble.org|access-date=August 25, 2008}}</ref> regularly perform Zappa's compositions and quote his influence. Contemporary jazz musicians and composers [[Bobby Sanabria]], [[Bill Frisell]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songtone.com/artists/Frisell/default.html|title=Bill Frisell biography|publisher=Songline/Tonefield Productions|access-date=August 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127021659/http://www.songtone.com/artists/Frisell/default.html|archive-date=November 27, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[John Zorn]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Penguin Guide To Jazz on CD, Seventh Edition|last1=Cook|first1=Richard|last2=Morton|first2=Brian|date=2004|place=London|publisher=Penguin Books|page=1721|isbn=978-0-14-101416-6}}</ref> are inspired by Zappa, as is funk legend [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p65136|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: George Clinton|last=Bush|first=John|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 13, 2008}}</ref>

Other artists affected by Zappa include ambient composer [[Brian Eno]],<ref>{{cite web |author1=Edward Helmore |title=Interview – 'The business is an exciting mess' – Edward Helmore talks to Brian Eno and David Byrne |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/27/brian-eno-david-byrne |work=The Guardian |access-date=January 13, 2020 |date=March 27, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=On gospel, Abba and the death of the record: an audience with Brian Eno|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jan/17/brian-eno-interview-paul-morley|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=August 9, 2013|author=Paul Morley|date=January 17, 2010}}</ref> new age pianist [[George Winston]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgewinston.com/us/biography |title=George Winston biography |publisher=georgewinston.com |access-date=June 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331000214/http://www.georgewinston.com/us/biography |archive-date=March 31, 2010}}</ref> electronic composer [[Robert Gluck|Bob Gluck]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electricsongs.com/gluckbio.html|title=gluckbio.html|publisher=electricsongs.com|access-date=September 1, 2008}}</ref> parodist artist and disk jockey [[Dr. Demento]],<ref>{{cite web|author1=Charlie Jane Anders|title=Doctor Demento pays tribute to Frank Zappa, his musical inspiration|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/5833271/doctor-demento-pays-tribute-to-frank-zappa|website=Gizmodo|publisher=Gizmodo Media Group|date=August 22, 2011|quote=Demento called Zappa "the most major musical inspiration for me when I began the Dr. Demento Show, and he remains one of our half dozen most requested artists to this day."}}</ref> parodist and novelty composer [["Weird Al" Yankovic]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://weirdal.com/archives/faq/ |title='Weird Al' Yankovic: Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=weirdal.com |access-date=February 26, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220231245/http://weirdal.com/archives/faq/ |archive-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref> [[industrial music]] pioneer [[Genesis P-Orridge]],<ref>[[Simon Reynolds|Reynolds, Simon]] (2005). ''Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984'', p. 255.</ref> singer [[Cree Summer]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/515722/cree-summer/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413043520/http://www.mtv.com/news/515722/cree-summer/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 13, 2018 | title=Cree Summer| website=[[MTV]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/03/03/cree-summer/ | title=Cree Summer| website=[[Chicago Tribune]]| date=March 3, 1991}}</ref> [[noise music]] artist Masami Akita of [[Merzbow]],<ref>Martin, 2002, ''Avant Rock'', p. 160.</ref> the Italian pianist [[Stefano Bollani]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.standaard.be/cnt/fk37t3b6 | title = 'Wij schudden Zappa's muziek' | last = Van Keymeulen | first = Karel | work = De Standaard | date = 23 March 2011 | access-date = 9 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/briljante-mix-van-stemmingen-en-sferen~b928164c/ | title = Briljante mix van stemmingen en sferen | last = Kamer | first = Gijsbert | date = 19 August 2016 | publisher = De Volkskrant | access-date = 9 April 2024}}</ref> the Italian band [[Elio e le Storie Tese]]<ref name="ondarock">{{cite web|last1=Lo Giudice|first1=Antonio|title=Elio e le Storie Tese. Tecniche di resistenza al nulla|url=http://www.ondarock.it/italia/elioelestorietese.htm|website=Ondarock.it|access-date=August 24, 2015|language=it}}</ref><ref name="repubblica">{{cite web|last1=Tricomi|first1=Antonio|title=La musica senza etichette dei militanti irriverenti|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2008/05/04/la-musica-senza-etichette-dei-militanti-irriverenti.html|website=[[la Repubblica]]|access-date=August 24, 2015|language=it|date=May 4, 2008}}</ref><ref name="bravo">{{cite web|last1=Giudici|first1=Luca|title=La vita tesa di Elio|url=http://www.bravonline.it/la-vita-tesa-di-elio-un-concerto-di-elio-e-le-storie-tese/|website=Bravo! Online|access-date=August 24, 2015|language=it|date=May 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811214453/http://www.bravonline.it/la-vita-tesa-di-elio-un-concerto-di-elio-e-le-storie-tese/|archive-date=August 11, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Chilean composer Cristián Crisosto from [[Fulano (band)|Fulano]] and [[Mediabanda]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chileanskies.com/2015/03/los-10-discos-fundamentales-de-cristian-crisosto-clsk-entrevista/|title=Los 10 discos fundamentales de Cristián Crisosto [CLSK Entrevista]|date=March 2, 2015|website=CLSK|language=es-CL|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cientounorevista.com/media-banda-santiago-chile-rock-jazz-eclecticismo/|title=Media Banda de Santiago de Chile es rock jazz, eclecticismo -|date=August 4, 2017|language=es|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irock.cl/la-chilena-regina-crisosto-deslumbra-con-su-voz-en-berklee-tributando-a-frank-zappa/|title=La chilena Regina Crisosto deslumbra con su voz en Berklee, tributando a Frank Zappa|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=January 23, 2019 |language=es-CL|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref>

===References in arts and sciences===
[[File:Doberan Zappa-Denkmal3.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Frank Zappa bust by Vaclav Cesak in [[Bad Doberan]], Germany]]
Scientists from various fields have honored Zappa by naming new discoveries after him. In 1967, paleontologist Leo P. Plas Jr., identified an extinct [[mollusc]] in Nevada and named it ''Amaurotoma zappa'' with the motivation that, "The specific name, ''zappa'', honors Frank Zappa".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Plas|first=Leo P. Jr.|title=Upper Wolfcampian (?) Mollusca from the Arrow Canyon Range, Clark County, Nevada|date=March 1972|journal=[[Journal of Paleontology]]|volume=46 |number=2 |pages=249–260 |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/jpaleontol/article/46/2/249/107650/Upper-Wolfcampian-Mollusca-from-the-Arrow-Canyon}}</ref>

In the 1980s, biologist Ed Murdy named a [[genus]] of [[gobiidae|gobiid]] fishes of New Guinea ''Zappa'', with a [[species]] named ''Zappa confluentus''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Murdy|first=E.O.|title=A Taxonomic Revision and Cladistic Analysis of the Oxudercine Gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae)|publisher=Records of the Australian Museum|date=1989|isbn=978-0-7305-6374-7}}</ref> Biologist Ferdinando Boero named a Californian [[jellyfish]] ''Phialella zappai'' (1987), noting that he had "pleasure in naming this species after the modern music composer".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Boero|first=Ferdinando|title=Life cycles of Phialella zappai n. sp., Phialella fragilis and Phialella sp. (Cnidaria, Leptomedusae, Phialellidae) from central California|date=April 1987|journal=Journal of Natural History|volume=21|pages=465–480|doi=10.1080/00222938700771131|issue=2|bibcode=1987JNatH..21..465B }}</ref>

Belgian biologists Bosmans and Bosselaers discovered in the early 1980s a Cameroonese spider, which they in 1994 named ''[[Pachygnatha zappa]]'' because "the ventral side of the abdomen of the female of this species strikingly resembles the artist's legendary moustache".<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bosmans|first1=Robert|last2=Bosselaers|first2=Jan|title=Spiders of the genera ''Pachygnatha'', ''Dyschiriognatha'' and ''Glenognatha'' (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), with a revision of the Afrotropical species|date=October 1995|journal=Zoologica Scripta|volume=23|pages=325–352|doi=10.1111/j.1463-6409.1994.tb00392.x|issue=4|s2cid=83546554}}</ref>

A gene of the bacterium ''[[Proteus mirabilis]]'' that causes urinary tract infections was in 1995 named ''zapA'' by three biologists from Maryland. In their scientific article, they "especially thank the late Frank Zappa for inspiration and assistance with genetic nomenclature".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wassif|first1=Christopher|last2=Cheek|first2=Diana|last3=Belas|first3=Robert|title=Molecular Analysis of a Metalloprotease from ''Proteus mirabilis''|date=October 1995|journal=Journal of Bacteriology|volume=177|pages=5790–5798|pmid=7592325|issue=20|pmc=177400|doi=10.1128/jb.177.20.5790-5798.1995}}</ref> Repeating regions of the genome of the human tumor virus [[Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus|KSHV]] were named ''frnk'', ''vnct'' and ''zppa'' in 1996 by [[Yuan Chang]] and [[Patrick S. Moore]] who discovered the virus. Also, a 143 base pair repeat sequence occurring at two positions was named ''waka/jwka''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Nucleotide sequence of the Kaposi sarcoma- associated herpesvirus (HHV8)|last1=Russo|first1=James J.|last2=Bohenzky|first2=Roy A.|last3=Chien|first3=Ming-Cheng|last4=Chen|first4=Jing|last5=Yan|first5=Ming|last6=Maddalena|first6=Dawn|last7=Preston Parry|first7=J.|last8=Peruzzi|first8=Daniela|last9=Edelman|first9=Isidore S.|last10=Chang|first10=Yuan|last11=Moore|first11=Patrick S.|journal=[[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America]]|volume=93|date=December 1996|pages=14862–14867|doi=10.1073/pnas.93.25.14862|pmid=8962146|issue=25|pmc=26227|bibcode=1996PNAS...9314862R|doi-access=free}}</ref>
In the late 1990s, American paleontologists Marc Salak and Halard L. Lescinsky discovered a [[animal|metazoan]] fossil, and named it ''Spygori zappania'' to honor "the late Frank Zappa&nbsp;... whose mission paralleled that of the earliest paleontologists: to challenge conventional and traditional beliefs when such beliefs lacked roots in logic and reason".<ref>{{cite journal|title=Spygoria zappania New Genus and Species, a Cloudina-like Biohermal Metazoan from the Lower Cambrian of Central Nevada|last1=Salak|first1=Marc|last2=Lescinsky|first2=Halard L.|journal=[[Journal of Paleontology]]|volume=73|issue=4|date=July 1999|pages=571–576|doi=10.1017/s002233600003239x|bibcode=1999JPal...73..571S |s2cid=132540126 }}</ref>

In 1994, lobbying efforts initiated by psychiatrist John Scialli led the [[International Astronomical Union]]'s [[Minor Planet Center]] to name an [[asteroid]] in Zappa's honor: [[3834 Zappafrank]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Seachrist|first=Lisa|title=Space Rock Gets Zappa'd|journal=Science|volume=265|issue=5174|date=August 12, 1994|page=871|doi=10.1126/science.265.5174.871-c |pmid=17782133|bibcode=1994Sci...265..871.}}</ref> The asteroid was discovered in 1980 by Czechoslovakian astronomer [[Ladislav Brožek]], and the citation for its naming says that "Zappa was an eclectic, self-trained artist and composer&nbsp;... Before 1989 he was regarded as a symbol of democracy and freedom by many people in Czechoslovakia".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/special/rocknroll/0003834.html|title=(3834) Zappafrank|publisher=IAU: Minor Planet Center ([[Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory]])|access-date=August 15, 2008}}</ref>
In 1995, a bust of Zappa by sculptor Konstantinas Bogdanas was installed in [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]]. The choice of Zappa was explained as "a symbol that would mark the end of communism, but at the same time express that it wasn't always doom and gloom."<ref name="Pompilio"/> A replica was offered to the city of Baltimore in 2008, and on September 19, 2010—the twenty-fifth anniversary of Zappa's testimony to the U.S. Senate—a ceremony dedicating the replica was held, and the bust was unveiled at a library in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/09/16/zappa-comes-home/|title=Zappa comes home|last=The Baltimore Sun|date=September 16, 2010|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=September 19, 2010|archive-date=March 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306091117/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-09-16/entertainment/bs-ae-zappa-cover-0917-20100916_1_gail-zappa-southeast-anchor-library-lithuania|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/09/16/zappa-looza-a-full-guide-to-the-weekends-events/|title=Zappa-looza: A full guide to the weekend's events|last=The Baltimore Sun|date=September 16, 2010|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=September 19, 2010|archive-date=January 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102145706/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-09-16/news/bs-ae-zappa-rail-0917-2-20100916_1_southeast-anchor-library-zappa-plays-zappa-zappa-related|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Frank-Zappa-Straße in Berlin.jpg|thumb|right|Frank-Zappa-Straße in Berlin]]
In 2002, a bronze bust was installed in German city [[Bad Doberan]], location of the ''[[Zappanale]]'' since 1990, an annual music festival celebrating Zappa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zappanale.de|title=Zappanale&nbsp;– Startseite|publisher=zappanale.de|access-date=August 14, 2008}}</ref> At the initiative of musicians community [[ORWOhaus]], the city of Berlin named a street in the [[Marzahn]] district "Frank-Zappa-Straße" in 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/30/AR2007073000690.html|title=Berlin Names Street After Frank Zappa|agency=The Associated Press|date=July 30, 2007|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=August 15, 2008}}</ref> The same year, Baltimore mayor [[Sheila Dixon]] proclaimed August 9 as the city's official "Frank Zappa Day" citing Zappa's musical accomplishments as well as his defense of the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zappa.com/whatsnew/news/baltimore.html |title=What's New in Baltimore? |publisher=Zappa.com |access-date=August 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808113218/http://www.zappa.com/whatsnew/news/baltimore.html |archive-date=August 8, 2008}}</ref>

=== ''Zappa'' documentary ===
The biographical documentary ''[[Zappa (2020 film)|Zappa]]'', directed by [[Alex Winter]] and released on November 27, 2020, includes previously unreleased footage from Zappa's personal vault, to which he was granted access by the Zappa Family Trust.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=July 24, 2015|title=Frank Zappa Documentary by Alex Winter Starts Production|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/frank-zappa-documentary-by-alex-winter-starts-production-59287/|access-date=December 30, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Tangcay|first=Jazz|date=November 29, 2020|title=Alex Winter on Telling the Story of 'Paradoxical' Frank Zappa in New Doc: 'It Took Us Years to Get it Right'|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/alex-winter-frank-zappa-documentary-1234840123/|access-date=December 30, 2020|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>