Dweezil Zappa

Birth Name:

Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Music department

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

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