![]() ![]() In 2006, Zappa organized the " Zappa Plays Zappa" tour. In "Weird Al" Yankovic's 2003 eleventh studio album Poodle Hat, Zappa performs the opening guitar solo and sings on the track, " Genius in France". To promote the show, him and Ahmet appeared briefly on the World Wrestling Federation's Rage Party, held the night prior to WrestleMania XV.ĭweezil Zappa performing on the " Zappa Plays Zappa" tour in 2006. The show lasted for one season despite its success due to a copyright dispute over the title of the show. In 1999, Dweezil, alongside his brother, Ahmet Zappa, starred in a show featuring celebrities, bands and dance troupe called Happy Hour which debuted Apon the USA Network. In 1998, Zappa played music agent John Kaplan in the Warner Bros. He composed and performed the theme music for The Ben Stiller Show (the solo from Spinal Tap's "Break Like the Wind"). He also briefly appeared in the television sitcom Normal Life with sister Moon Unit Zappa and former Laverne & Shirley star Cindy Williams. In the mid-1990s, Zappa voiced the character Ajax Duckman on the animated series Duckman. The version with Osbourne's vocals later appeared on Osbourne's box set Prince of Darkness. However, due to Osbourne's label refusing to allow the feature, the vocals were re-recorded by Donny Osmond, who was signed to the same label as Zappa. I'm still waiting and hoping to record Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page as some of my final guests on there." įor his 1991 album Confessions, Zappa recorded a cover of the Bee Gees' " Stayin' Alive" which featured vocals by Ozzy Osbourne. There are probably about 35 guest guitar players on it, everybody from Brian May to Eddie Van Halen, Eric Johnson, Angus and Malcolm Young-it's quite a crazy project. Dweezil said in September 2004: "I started recording it on analog tape almost 13 years ago. The project has suffered from numerous difficulties and has been reworked several times since the '90s. Since the 1990s, Zappa has been working on a piece of music named "What the Hell Was I Thinking?", a 75-minute piece featuring guitar solos by dozens of famous guitar players. He also had a part in the futuristic Arnold Schwarzenegger film The Running Man as Stevie ("Don't touch that dial!"), and gave his most famous cameo role in John Hughes's Brat Pack film, Pretty in Pink (starring Molly Ringwald), as Andie's friend, Simon. 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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