''Video from Hell'' is a video released in 1987 by Frank Zappa. It is a compilation of pieces of music and video from a series of projects that Zappa presumably planned to finish and release for

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, including a companion video for the ''You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore'' series of albums, but those projects were ultimately never completed. Many pieces from this video had appeared on a one-hour '' Night Flight'' special entitled "You Are What You Watch". The music video for the song "G-Spot Tornado" features color 8mm footage that Zappa shot at a county fair in the early 1960s, while the music video for "Night School" features footage from the making of his feature film ''

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''. It also features the music video for "

You Are What You Is ''You Are What You Is'' is a 1981 double album by American musician Frank Zappa. His 34th album, it consists of three musical suites which encompass pop, doo-wop, jazz, hard rock, reggae, soul, blues, new wave and country. The album's lyri ...

" which was banned by MTV. A guitar solo duet between Zappa and

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taken from the song "Stevie's Spanking" was later released on ''

You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 ''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4'' is a two-CD set of live recordings by Frank Zappa, recorded between 1969 and 1988, and released in 1991. Track listing All tracks written by Frank Zappa, except where noted. Personnel Musici ...

''. As of December 2011, the video has not yet been released on DVD. Titled similarly to 1986's '' Jazz from Hell'' instrumental album, the title is explained as a political reference by Zappa: "Things in America can be from hell. Right now we have a president from hell

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and a National Security Council from hell, so we should add ''Jazz from Hell'' also."de la Fuente, Manuel (2016). "Zappa and His Cultural Legacy" (pp.33-48), ''Frank Zappa and the And'', p.45. Quotes Zappa in ''Video from Hell''. Carr, Paul; ed. Routledge. 2013 Ashgate. .

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* 1987 video albums Films directed by Frank Zappa 1980s musical films Films scored by Frank Zappa 1980s English-language films {{music-video-stub