![]() He also played co-lead guitar (along with Reb Beach) on Winger's cover of Jimi Hendrix's " Purple Haze". ![]() Zappa can be heard playing lead guitar on the Fat Boys' "Wipe Out" (1987) and can be seen in the music video for Don Johnson's top 40 song, "Heartbeat". He also recorded some solo albums, as well as playing for other artists. In the 1980s, Zappa worked as an MTV VJ and was promptly fired after badmouthing MTV on The Howard Stern Show (also, he had his father Frank Zappa co-hosting, who said that it would be okay for young Republicans to kill themselves after a Suicide PSA). Gail and Frank hired an attorney and soon the name Dweezil was official. At the age of five years, Dweezil learned that his legal name was different, and he insisted on having his nickname become his legal name. "Dweezil" was a nickname coined by Frank for a funny-looking pinky toe of Gail's. Rattled at this turn of events, Frank rapidly listed the names of several musician friends, and the nurse added all of them to the birth certificate. The nurse at the hospital at which he was born refused to register him under the name Dweezil, to the point of arguing with Gail in the delivery room about it. ĭweezil's registered birth name was Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa. Zappa's father was of Sicilian, Greek, Arab, and French descent, and his mother was of German and Portuguese ancestry. He is the second of four siblings: his older sister, Moon, younger sister Diva and younger brother Ahmet, and is the cousin of actress Lala Sloatman. ![]() The band features renditions of Zappa's original material and the lineup has often included Zappa alumni such as Napoleon Murphy Brock, Steve Vai, Terry Bozzio and others.ĭweezil Zappa was born on September 5, 1969, in Los Angeles, California to Frank Zappa and Gail Zappa. In addition to writing and recording his own music, Dweezil has carried on the legacy of his father's music by touring with the group Zappa Plays Zappa. Able to learn directly from guitarists such as Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen, Dweezil released his first single (produced by Eddie Van Halen) at the age of 12. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Dweezil developed a strong affinity for playing the guitar and producing music. He is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Dweezil Zappa (born Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa September 5, 1969) is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor.
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