Dweezil Zappa was born on Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa; September 5,1969 and is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor.
18 Facts About Dweezil Zappa
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Dweezil Zappa is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa.
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Able to learn directly from guitarists such as Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen, Dweezil Zappa released his first single at the age of 12.
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Dweezil Zappa was born on September 5,1969, in Los Angeles, California to Frank Zappa and Gail Zappa.
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Dweezil Zappa 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.
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Dweezil Zappa's father was of Sicilian, Greek, Arab, and French descent, and his mother was of German and Portuguese ancestry.
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At the age of five years, Dweezil Zappa learned that his legal name was different, and he insisted on having his nickname become his legal name.
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Dweezil Zappa recorded some solo albums, as well as playing for other artists.
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Dweezil Zappa can be heard playing lead guitar on the Fat Boys' "Wipe Out" and can be seen in the music video for Don Johnson's top 40 song, "Heartbeat".
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Dweezil Zappa played co-lead guitar on Winger's cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze".
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Dweezil Zappa had a part in the futuristic Arnold Schwarzenegger film The Running Man as Stevie, and gave his most famous cameo role in John Hughes's Brat Pack film, Pretty in Pink, as Andie's friend, Simon.
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Dweezil Zappa composed and performed the theme music for The Ben Stiller Show.
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In 1998, Dweezil Zappa played music agent John Kaplan in the Warner Bros.
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Dweezil Zappa assembled a band of young musicians with a view to bring the music of Frank Zappa to a younger audience.
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In 2009, Ray White left Dweezil Zappa Plays Dweezil Zappa for an undisclosed reason.
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Dweezil Zappa lent his voice to one of the characters in one episode of Metalocalypse on Adult Swim.
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Dweezil Zappa married fashion stylist Lauren Knudsen on September 3,2005 in Los Angeles.
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Dweezil received a cease and desist letter from the trust after he announced that he was being forced to perform his upcoming tour as "Dweezil Zappa Plays Frank Zappa" instead of using "Zappa Plays Zappa".