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| − | [[ | + | '''Dweezil Zappa''' (September 5, 1969) is Frank and [[Gail Zappa]]'s second child and oldest son. He is the brother of [[Moon Unit Zappa]], [[Ahmet Zappa]] and [[Diva Zappa]]. Dweezil was named after one of Gail's toes. He was originally named '''IAN''' (after [[Ian Underwood]]) '''DONALD''' (after [[Don Van Vliet]]) '''CALVIN''' (after [[Cal Schenkel]]) '''EUCLID''' (after [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood|Euclid James Sherwood]]). |
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| − | + | ==Involvement with Frank Zappa's work== | |
| + | * First album name-check, at one month old, on the sleeve inner of ''[[Hot Rats]]'' with: ''"... Dedicated to '''Dweezil''', Bub & Gil"'' | ||
| + | * Baby Dweezil can be seen in ''[[The True Story Of 200 Motels]]'' | ||
| + | * Vocals on ''[[Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention]]'' | ||
| + | * Shot the front cover photo for ''[[Zappa In New York]]'' | ||
| + | * Guitar solo on ''[[Whipping Post]]'' on ''[[Does Humor Belong In Music?]]'' | ||
| + | * Guitar on ''[[Sharleena]]'' on ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]]'' | ||
| + | * Barks on the track ''[[Waffenspiel]]'' on ''[[Civilization Phaze III]]'' | ||
| + | * Lead guitar on ''[[Dirty Love]]'' and ''[Chunga's Revenge]]'' on ''[[Zappa's Universe]]'' | ||
| + | * Produced ''[[Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa]]'' (with [[Spencer Chrislu]]) also wrote the liner notes. | ||
| + | * Lead guitar on ''[[Chunga's Revenge]]'' and ''[[Bavarian Sunset]]'' on ''[[Trance-Fusion]]'' | ||
| + | * Guitar solos ''[[Stevie's Spanking]]'' on ''[[Them Or Us]]'' | ||
| − | + | He performed ''Rhythmatist'' on ''[[The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle]]'' (2006). | |
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* "DWEEZIL - Star in the [[One Size Fits All]] [[:Category:One Size Fits All (The List)|universe]] | * "DWEEZIL - Star in the [[One Size Fits All]] [[:Category:One Size Fits All (The List)|universe]] | ||
| − | * Led [[Zappa Plays Zappa]] | + | * Led ''[[Zappa Plays Zappa]]''. |
===Documentary appearances=== | ===Documentary appearances=== | ||
| − | He was interviewed in [[Frank Scheffer]]'s documentaries ''[[Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die]]'' (2000), ''[[Frank Zappa Phase II: The Big Note]]'' (2002) and ''[[Frank Zappa: Pioneer Of Future Music, parts 1 & 2]]'' (2007), as well ''[[Cry Baby:The Pedal that Rocks the World]]''. | + | He was interviewed in ''[[BBC Television Tribute]]'' (1993), ''[[Ein Leben Als Extravaganza - Das Genie Frank Zappa]]'' (1994) and [[Frank Scheffer]]'s documentaries ''[[Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die]]'' (2000), ''[[Frank Zappa Phase II: The Big Note]]'' (2002) and ''[[Frank Zappa: Pioneer Of Future Music, parts 1 & 2]]'' (2007), as well ''[[Cry Baby:The Pedal that Rocks the World]]''. |
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| + | ===Own recordings=== | ||
| + | [[Image:Fredzep.jpg|right|thumb|Fred Zeppelin rehearsal (Dweezil on right)]] | ||
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| + | As a 12 year old he was rehearsing in a band called ''Fred Zeppelin''. Dweezil recorded solo albums, as well as collaborated with his brother [[Ahmet Zappa]] in [[wikipedia:Shampoohorn|group named "Z"]]. Dweezil Zappa tied the Frank Zappa-tribute band named "[[Zappa Plays Zappa]]" from 2006. His career outside of the music world has ranged from providing the voice of Ajax in ''[[Duckman]]'' to presenting [[wikipedia:Dweezil & Lisa|a TV food show]] with his then girlfriend Lisa Loeb. He married Lauren Knudsen in 2005. | ||
| − | + | * ''My Mother is a Space Cadet''(1982) | |
| + | * ''[[Havin' A Bad Day]]'' (1986) | ||
| + | * ''[[My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (The Album)|My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama]]'' (1988) | ||
| + | * ''Confessions (1991) | ||
| + | * ''Automatic (2000) | ||
| + | * ''[[Go with What You Know]]'' (2006) | ||
| + | * ''[[Via Zammata']]'' (2015) | ||
| − | + | ==Zappa about Dweezil== | |
| − | + | ''"When Dweezil was born, Gail decided to have 'natural childbirth.' At that time, the only hospital in Los Angeles that would allow this process to occur with a Dad in the delivery room was Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. When it was time for the Big Delivery, we experienced a slight delay -- we had to fill out a mass of papers before they'd let us in, riddled with irrelevant questions like: "What religion are you?" Gail looked at me and said, "What do we put?" I said, "Musician." That was the first thing that upset the admitting nurse. The second thing to spoil her afternoon was when she asked: "What are you going to name the child?" Gail said, "Dweezil." Gail's got a funny-looking little toe which had been the source of family amusement so often that it had acquired a 'technical name': it wasn't really a toe -- it was a "Dweezil." I thought then, and continue to think today, that Dweezil is a nice name. Fuck the nurse if she didn't like it. The nurse pleaded and pleaded with us not to name the child Dweezil. Labor pains and all, she was going to make Gail stand there unless we gave her another name to put on the form. I couldn't see letting Gail suffer just to argue the point, so I rattled off an assortment of first names of guys we knew: IAN (Underwood) DONALD (Van Vliet) CALVIN (Schenkel) EUCLID (James "Motorhead" Sherwood). As a result, Dweezil's original birth certificate name was Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa. The nurse thought that was okay. In spite of this harrowing experience, we always called him Dweezil. He was five years old when he discovered the real names on his birth certificate. (I was in my mid-twenties when I found out! Up until the time I had to get a passport for the first European tour, I thought my name was Francis -- a name I had always hated. In order to get the passport, I had to present my birth certificate -- a mysterious document I had never seen before. My | |
| − | + | mother mailed it to me from California, and on it, much to my delight, was a name OTHER THAN FRANCIS -- well, it wasn't that good -- "Frank" isn't much of a bargain -- but I had thought for years, even printing it on album covers, that I was Francis Vincent Zappa Junior. How could I be such a fool?) Dweezil was very upset, and demanded that steps be taken to rectify this tragedy. We hired an attorney and had his name legally changed to Dweezil."'' - ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]''. | |
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| − | + | * [[Dweezil Goes Out To Lunch]] | |
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| − | [[ | + | ==External links== |
| + | * [[Wikipedia:Dweezil Zappa]] | ||
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[[Category:Actors|Zappa, Dweezil]] | [[Category:Actors|Zappa, Dweezil]] | ||
[[Category:Singers|Zappa, Dweezil]] | [[Category:Singers|Zappa, Dweezil]] | ||
Revision as of 13:42, 15 October 2020
Dweezil Zappa (September 5, 1969) is Frank and Gail Zappa's second child and oldest son. He is the brother of Moon Unit Zappa, Ahmet Zappa and Diva Zappa. Dweezil was named after one of Gail's toes. He was originally named IAN (after Ian Underwood) DONALD (after Don Van Vliet) CALVIN (after Cal Schenkel) EUCLID (after Euclid James Sherwood).
He is a musician having played guitar from an early age.
Contents
Involvement with Frank Zappa's work
- First album name-check, at one month old, on the sleeve inner of Hot Rats with: "... Dedicated to Dweezil, Bub & Gil"
- Baby Dweezil can be seen in The True Story Of 200 Motels
- Vocals on Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention
- Shot the front cover photo for Zappa In New York
- Guitar solo on Whipping Post on Does Humor Belong In Music?
- Guitar on Sharleena on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3
- Barks on the track Waffenspiel on Civilization Phaze III
- Lead guitar on Dirty Love and [Chunga's Revenge]] on Zappa's Universe
- Produced Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa (with Spencer Chrislu) also wrote the liner notes.
- Lead guitar on Chunga's Revenge and Bavarian Sunset on Trance-Fusion
- Guitar solos Stevie's Spanking on Them Or Us
He performed Rhythmatist on The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle (2006).
- "DWEEZIL - Star in the One Size Fits All universe
- Led Zappa Plays Zappa.
Documentary appearances
He was interviewed in BBC Television Tribute (1993), Ein Leben Als Extravaganza - Das Genie Frank Zappa (1994) and Frank Scheffer's documentaries Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die (2000), Frank Zappa Phase II: The Big Note (2002) and Frank Zappa: Pioneer Of Future Music, parts 1 & 2 (2007), as well Cry Baby:The Pedal that Rocks the World.
Own recordings
As a 12 year old he was rehearsing in a band called Fred Zeppelin. Dweezil recorded solo albums, as well as collaborated with his brother Ahmet Zappa in group named "Z". Dweezil Zappa tied the Frank Zappa-tribute band named "Zappa Plays Zappa" from 2006. His career outside of the music world has ranged from providing the voice of Ajax in Duckman to presenting a TV food show with his then girlfriend Lisa Loeb. He married Lauren Knudsen in 2005.
- My Mother is a Space Cadet(1982)
- Havin' A Bad Day (1986)
- My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (1988)
- Confessions (1991)
- Automatic (2000)
- Go with What You Know (2006)
- Via Zammata' (2015)
Zappa about Dweezil
"When Dweezil was born, Gail decided to have 'natural childbirth.' At that time, the only hospital in Los Angeles that would allow this process to occur with a Dad in the delivery room was Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. When it was time for the Big Delivery, we experienced a slight delay -- we had to fill out a mass of papers before they'd let us in, riddled with irrelevant questions like: "What religion are you?" Gail looked at me and said, "What do we put?" I said, "Musician." That was the first thing that upset the admitting nurse. The second thing to spoil her afternoon was when she asked: "What are you going to name the child?" Gail said, "Dweezil." Gail's got a funny-looking little toe which had been the source of family amusement so often that it had acquired a 'technical name': it wasn't really a toe -- it was a "Dweezil." I thought then, and continue to think today, that Dweezil is a nice name. Fuck the nurse if she didn't like it. The nurse pleaded and pleaded with us not to name the child Dweezil. Labor pains and all, she was going to make Gail stand there unless we gave her another name to put on the form. I couldn't see letting Gail suffer just to argue the point, so I rattled off an assortment of first names of guys we knew: IAN (Underwood) DONALD (Van Vliet) CALVIN (Schenkel) EUCLID (James "Motorhead" Sherwood). As a result, Dweezil's original birth certificate name was Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa. The nurse thought that was okay. In spite of this harrowing experience, we always called him Dweezil. He was five years old when he discovered the real names on his birth certificate. (I was in my mid-twenties when I found out! Up until the time I had to get a passport for the first European tour, I thought my name was Francis -- a name I had always hated. In order to get the passport, I had to present my birth certificate -- a mysterious document I had never seen before. My mother mailed it to me from California, and on it, much to my delight, was a name OTHER THAN FRANCIS -- well, it wasn't that good -- "Frank" isn't much of a bargain -- but I had thought for years, even printing it on album covers, that I was Francis Vincent Zappa Junior. How could I be such a fool?) Dweezil was very upset, and demanded that steps be taken to rectify this tragedy. We hired an attorney and had his name legally changed to Dweezil." - The Real Frank Zappa Book.
