Comment by asdfasdfasdf33

I think Zappa was mostly influenced by Varese. I can't see much Satie in his work. However, Satie's music and ideas had a big impact on John Cage, who in turn was obviously a very influential figure in experimental music.

Zappa listed his influences on Freak Out. I love Satie but don't really hear him in Zappa's music.

Pamela Zarubica, Art Laboe, Hal Zeiger, Jim Guercio, Henry Vestine, Alice Stewart, Lillian Rudolph, Mark Cheka, Herb Cohen, Tom Wilson, Fyllis, Lucille, Jack Tillar, Don Cerveris, Vic Mortenson, Terry Kirkman, Frankie Lee Simms, Sonny Boy Williamson, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Little Walter, Maurice Ravel, Joe Polly, Don & Dewey, Lee Zagon, Steve Mann, Skip Diamond, Silvestre Revueltas, Arnold Schoenberg, Joe Perrino, Jerry Hillberg, Donna #1, Donna #2, Loeb & Leopold, Sacco & Vanzetti, Gene & Eunice, Robert Craft, Carl Greenhouse, Dave Aerni, Bob Keene, Nick Venet, Jim Economides, Alvis Haba, Leo Ornstein, Elvis Presley, Barry McGuire, Don Julian, Tiny Tim, Cordwainer Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Scheckley, Randy De Wees, Dick Barber, Eberhard Kronhausen, Yves Tanguy, Lenny Bruce, Ravi Shankar, Chatur Lal, N.C. Mullick, Jules Feiffer, The Bokelmans, Floyd, Ernie Tosi, Shirley Eiler, Mr. Ballard, Brian Epstein, David Crosby, Herman Rudin, Joe De Santis, Bruce Gordon, Frank DeCova, Roland Kirk, Wolfman Jack, Snuff Garrett, Molly Bee, Ernie Freeman, Lew Irwin, Fred C. Dobbs, John Tasker Howard, Cecil Forsythe, Charles Brown, James Joyce, George Di Carl, Diane Baker, Melvin Belli, Bulent Arel, Maurice Kagel, Leonard Allen, Dr. Brossman, Jerry Murnane, Uncle Ed, The Hypnotist, Animal Huxley, Salvador Dali, Vincent Persichetti, Carol, Sabicas, Charles Middleton, Lance Reardon, Sabu, J. Arthur Rank, Luigi Nono, Sylvia Brigham, Steffie, Avedis Zildjian, Little Arthur Matthews, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Bill Stulla, Rosemarie De Camp, Bobby Jamieson, B. Mitchell Reed, Cordy, Ruthie, Joyce, Jesse Kaye, Phil Spector, Evy, Lynn Johnson, Pete, Leonard Gorrzyca, Don Vliet, Pepper, Lauren, Charles Mingus, Pierre Boulez, Anton Webern, Igor Stravinsky, Willie Dixon, Guitar Slim, Edgar Varese, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Elmer Valentine, Phil Tanzini, John Beck, Mario, Bob Reiner, Eric Dolphy, Bram Stoker, Cecil Taylor, Bill Evans, Johnny Otis, Preston Love, Slim Harpo, Karl Kohn, Bob Narciso, Johnny Guitar Watson, Tim Sullivan, Sonny Tufts, John Wayne, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Junior Madeo, Jeff Harris, Bobby Atler, Daddy-O Curtis Crump, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Joe Huston, Chuck Higgins, Big Jay McNeely, Jim Sherwood, Sandy Schwanekamp, Nadine Reyes, Kaye Sherman, Donald Woods, Richard Berry, Huggy Boy, Vernon Greene, Hunter Hancock, Willie Mae Thornton, Lightnin’ Slim, Roger Huntington Sessions, Charles Ives, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Terry Wimberly, Johnny Franklin, Teddy Bunn, Jeepers, Paul Buff.