The term freak appeared throughout the liner notes of the 1966 Mothers of Invention album, Freak Out!.
The album was produced by Tom Wilson, who would later become famous for producing albums by the Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa and Bob Dylan.
He has been credited with first using the terms "freak" and "freak-out" to describe the scene, and with Franzoni and other members of the troupe contributed to the first album by Zappa and the Mothers, Freak Out!.
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Bubba Hernandez and Alex Meixner were nominated in the Best Polka album category in the 50th Annual Grammy Awards for their self-titled debut album, Polka Freak Out.
"Freak the Freak Out" is the second single released from the soundtrack Victorious (2011), for the television series of the same name on Nickelodeon.