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Frank Zappa was one of the most accomplished composers of the rock era; his music combines an understanding of and appreciation for such contemporary classical figures as Stravinsky, Stockhausen, and Varèse with an affection for late-'50s doo wop rock & roll and a facility for the guitar-heavy rock that dominated pop in the '70s. But Zappa was also a satirist whose reserves of scorn seemed bottomless and whose wicked sense of humor and absurdity have delighted his numerous fans, even when his lyrics crosse... Read More

Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Guitar Slim and Johnny Guitar Watson

Alice Cooper, Beastie Boys, Can, Devo, Faith No More, Primus, They Might Be Giants, Nurse With Wound, Meat Puppets, Mr. Bungle, Pere Ubu, Half Japanese, Mark Mothersbaugh, Subhumans, Funkadelic, Alternative TV, Psychic TV, Flo & Eddie and Foetus