Dweezil Zappa Biography

Fast Facts

• Second of four children of Frank and Gail Zappa
• Quote: "[Regarding his first performance on stage] "That was a great experience․ I was so excited to have been asked to play, but I was incredibly nervous․""
• Organized the Zappa Plays Zappa tour that launched in 2006 with the intention of bringing his father's music to a newer audience
• Released his first single, My Mother is a Space Cadet, in 1982 on his father's label, Barking Pumpkin
• Worked several odd jobs in the music industry during his career beginnings including VJ for MTV, background guitarist and occasional actor
• At 12-years-old, he made his professional debut as a guitarist with his father's band while they toured across Europe
• Given his first guitar at age six, a Fender given to him by his father
• His father listed his religion as 'music' on Dweezil's birth certificate
• The hospital at which he was born refused to put the name Dweezil on his birth certificate