History ReferencedBy / FrankZappa

* ''Boredoms:'' Group members Yamamoto Seiichi, ATR, and Hilah compiled their favorite Zappa tracks on CD as ''Yamamoto Seiichi, ATR, Hilah from Boredoms Meets Frank Zappa'' (1999).

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* Music/JohnLennon, Music/YokoOno and Zappa performed on stage together in 1971. Lennon included the recordings on his LiveAlbum "Some Time In New York City" (1973), but ommitted a lot of stuff and retitled one of Zappa's compositions "King Kong" as "Jamrag". Zappa's lawyers sued. In 1992 the entire concert could be heard uncensored on Zappa's "Playground Psychotics" (1992).

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic wrote the song "Genius in France" as a tribute to Zappa on his album "Poodle Hat" (2003). Long time friend Dweezil Zappa played guitar and vocals.

* Music/{{Kiss}}: The front singer, Gene Simmons, is a fan of Zappa who visited Zappa at home and was able to check out his archives. After Zappa's death Simmons asked Gail if he could use some of the unused material? In collaboration with guitar work and vocals from Zappa's children Dweezil, Ahmet, Gail and Moon Simmons added his bass and vocals to an unused guitar track by Zappa. He also added spoken parts by Zappa to the track. It was released as "Black Tongue" on Simmons' solo album "Asshole" (2004).

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Zappa had a guest appearance in two episodes, broadcast on December 11, 1976 and October 21, 1978, both with Creator/JohnBelushi. He appeared in the Coneheads sketch too [[note]] about a family of extraterrestrial aliens from the planet Remulak stuck on Earth, whose heads were all cone shaped [[/note]], which would later inspire Zappa's song "Conehead" from ''Music/YouAreWhatYouIs'' (1980). Because Zappa broke the fourth wall during the show [[note]] Creator/DanAykroyd said in a 1993 Playboy interview: "(...) We were doing the Coneheads scene, which Frank loved. We were all in position to do it when Frank, said, 'What am I supposed to do? Read these cards?' It totally broke the reality; it was awful.(...) Maybe he thought he was above the whole thing or he was nervous or he didn't like the script. Maybe he thought he was being funny. But in fact the audience sort of gasped." he was banned from ever appearing again." [[/note]]

* In January 1990 Zappa was invited by Czechoslovakian President Vàclav Havel, a life long Zappa fan, to become Cultural Ambassador of Czechoslovakia. Zappa sent him several of his albums to complete his record collection. Havel's favourite Zappa album was ''Music/BongoFury''. Zappa was invited to Czechoslovakia where he was given a hero's welcome. During the communist regime rock music was banned, especially Music/VelvetUnderground, Music/TheRollingStones and Zappa due to their rebellious nature. Many people bootlegged the albums and were arrested or beaten up if they got caught owning or listening to these records. A Czech underground band called "The Plastic People Of The Universe" was directly inspired by the song "Plastic People" from ''Music/AbsolutelyFree'', which was seen as a revolutionary anthem. Zappa had many talks with the new Czech government to help promote tourism to the country. Unfortunately Havel was forced to conclude his collaboration with Zappa under pressure of the American government. US Secretary of State James Baker even re-routed a trip through Europe to visit Havel and pressure him into doing business with the United States instead of Zappa. After Zappa's death in 1993 Havel said: "Frank Zappa was one of the gods of the Czech underground, I thought of him as a friend. Whenever I feel like escaping from the world of the Presidency, I think of him."

* ''Things We Lost in the Fire'': The soundtrack features "The Little House I Used To Live In" from ''Music/BurntWeenySandwich'' and "Zoot Allures" and "Black Napkins" from ''Music/ZootAllures''.

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