Editing Frank Zappa (section)

===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>