- Kevin Elson, the guy who did all those albums for
- Journey who hired drummer
- Ansley Dunbar in 1974, who played on Hot Rats, rocking out with
- "(Frank) Zappa was very technical and impressed by things that were musically challenging - weird time signatures, strange keys, awkward chord sequences. Zappa was important to me as an example of everything I didn't want to do. I'm very grateful to him, actually." This direct quote was taken from a Guardian interview with
- Brian Eno
