Dweezil Zappa
(born September 5, 1969, in Los Angeles, California) is a
heavy metal guitarist. He is the son of Gail (Sloatman) and
Frank Zappa
and the second of four siblings. His father died on December
4, 1993, due to prostate cancer. Dweezil's older sister is
Moon Unit, and his two younger siblings are Ahmet and Diva
Zappa.
Dweezil's registered
birth name was Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa, although this
only occurred because the hospital at which he was born
refused to register him under the name Dweezil. The name was a
nickname coined by Frank for an oddly-curled pinky-toe of
Gail's. His father instead used the first names of his
bandmates to form a name. He was always called Dweezil
(pronounced "da weasel") by his family, though, and later had
an official name change.
In the 1980s,
Dweezil worked as a MTV VJ. He also recorded some solo rock albums,
as well as playing guitar for other artists. Dweezil can be seen in
the music video for Don Johnson's top 40 song, "Heartbeat." Dweezil
has said that Eddie Van Halen was his favorite guitar player, and
he began copying Van Halen's distinctive guitar style.
In the mid 1990s, he
voiced the character Ajax Duckman on the animated series Duckman.
He also briefly appeared in a television sitcom with sister Moon
Unit Zappa and former Laverne and Shirley star Cindy Williams. His
most famous cameo role occurs in the Molly Ringwald movie Pretty in
Pink as Andi's friend, Simon.
Dweezil's first
serious relationship of note was with Katie Wagner, daughter of
Robert Wagner, star of the Hart to Hart tv show. Dweezil later went
on to have a brief relationship with acress Sharon Stone. For many
years, Dweezil dated musician Lisa Loeb. Dweezil and Lisa wrote and
performed music together, and even went on tour with Loeb's band.
The couple starred on television with the show Dweezil & Lisa
on Food Network in 2004. However, the couple broke up in the Summer
of 2004.
To find this bonus
cache you must first find Dweezil's dad Frank (GCT9KM) and sister
Moon Unit (GCT9JK).
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