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dweezil zappa
Dweezil Zappa is Frank Zappa's son.
He has recorded several solo albums + albums with his
brother Ahmet Zappa
(as Z), but he has
also contributed to a great deal of other artists' recordings.
Dweezil Zappa has performed with his dad's band on a couple of occasions and
also plays Frank Zappa songs during his concerts from time to time.
November 1991 he took part as a special guest in the "Zappa's
Universe" tribute show.
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| Dweezil Zappa did the voice of 'Ajax' for the animated
tv-series Duckman.
Duckman was originally broadcast from March 1994 until September
1997. It is an animated series developed by Jeff Reno and Ron Osborn
created by Everett Peck in his Dark Horse Comics.
The four seasons of Duckman got released on DVD in 2009.
In 2005, Dweezil (and Ahmet) started the Zappa Plays
Zappa project.
June 2010 featured Camp Dweezilla.
"DWEEZILLA
is a unique five-day experience where musicians
will be surrounded by Dweezil Zappa and members of his core band for a
musical bootcamp. From June
21-24 in the Catskill Forest Preserve in upstate
New York, DWEEZILLA
offers aspiring musicians a wide range of master classes at all skill
levels in addition to one-on-one sessions with Dweezil himself." Saturday,
November 6, 2010, Dweezil Zappa took part in a Q&A session at
the "Frank Zappa At The Roundhouse" celebration of Frank
Zappa’s music in London, UK. Later the same night, the Dweezil
Zappa Played Zappa band performed at the same festival with
special guests Ian
Underwood, Jeff Simmons
& Scott Thunes.
It was also the launch of a short European tour. March 18,
2011, Alice Cooper performed
'School's Out' with special guest Dweezil Zappa
on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show". July
2011 will see the second edition of the Dweezilla boot camp, this time
with special guests Flo & Eddie. March
2012 had Dweezil Zappa participating in the Experience Hendrix Tour.
2018 saw Dweezil doing the voice for Gary The Station Manager for Carl
King's "The Oracle Of Outer Space". |
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dweezil
zappa: my mother is a space cadet / crunchy water
(1982, 7", usa, barking pumpkin ws4 03366) |
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dweezil zappa: my mother is a space cadet / crunchy water
(1982, 12", usa, barking pumpkin as 1579) -
feat.moon zappa, produced by steve vai & arthur barrow |
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frank zappa: them or us
(1984, 2lp, usa,
barking pumpkin) |
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frank zappa: frank zappa meets the
mothers of prevention (44)
(1985, lp, usa,
barking pumpkin) – american version
(1985, lp, eur,
emi) – european version |
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dweezil zappa: let's talk about it / electric hoedown
(1986, 7", usa, barking pumpkin b-74204) -
produced by frank zappa |
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frank zappa: does humour belong in
music? (45)
(1986, cd, ger,
emi) |
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don johnson: heartbeat
(1986, cd, uk, cbs) - feat.dweezil zappa on 'the last
sound love makes' (tony sciuto) |
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frank zappa: jazz from hell
(1986, lp, usa,
barking pumpkin) |
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dweezil zappa: havin' a bad day
(1986, lp, usa, barking pumpkin records st 74204) - feat.thunes,
wackerman, moon & ahmet, produced by fz |
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the covergirls: show me
(1987, lp, usa, ??) - feat. dweezil zappa on 'love
emergency' |
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jellybean: just visiting this planet
(1987, cd, ger, chrysalis) - feat.dweezil zappa on
'jingo' (olatunji) |
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soundtrack: disorderlies
(1987, cd, ger, polydor) - feat. the fat boys with 'baby,
you're a rich man', with dweezil zappa |
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soundtrack: back to the beach
(1987, cd, nl, cbs) - feat.h.hancock with 'wipe out',
with dweezil zappa & terry bozzio |
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maria vidal: s/t
(1987, lp, usa, a & m) - feat.dweezil zappa on
'sleep won't come' |
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fat boys: wipe out
(1988, 12", usa, tin pan apple) - feat.dweezil zappa
on 'wipe out' (the surfaris) |
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winger: s/t
(1988, cd, usa, atlantic) - feat dweezil zappa on 'purple
haze' (jimi hendrix) |
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dweezil zappa: my guitar wants to kill your mama
(1988, 12"-pro, uk, chrysalis vas 1015) - 'my guitar
wants to kill your mama' (frank zappa) |
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dweezil zappa: my guitar wants to kill your mama / nasty bizness
(1988, 7", uk, chrysalis 3247) - 'my guitar wants to
kill your mama' (frank zappa) |
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dweezil zappa: my guitar / nasty bizness / electric hoedown
(1988, 12", uk, chrysalis chs 12 3247) - 'my
guitar wants to kill your mama' (frank zappa) |
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dweezil zappa: my guitar wants to kill your mama / your money or your
life
(1988, 7", ger, chrysalis 109 961) - 'my guitar wants
to kill your mama' (fz) |
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dweezil zappa: my guitar wants to kill your mama
(1988, k7-promo, australia, chrysalis) |
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frank zappa: you can't do that on
stage anymore vol.1 (51)
(1988, 2cd, usa,
ryko) |
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dweezil zappa: my guitar wants to kill your mama (2)
(1988, lp, aus, chrysalis 1 38922) - feat. thunes, bozzio, moon
& ahmet , incl. 'my guitar' (frank zappa) |
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frank zappa: you can't do that on
stage anymore vol.3
(1989, 2cd, usa,
ryko) |
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fiona: heart like a gun
(1989, cd, usa, atlantic) - feat.dweezil zappa |
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soundtrack: bill & ted's excellent adventure
(1989, cd, usa, a & m) - feat. power tool with 'two
heads' (dweezil zappa) |
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var.art.: gumby, the green album
(1989, cd, usa, buena vista) - incl. (in love) with you
gumby (dweezil zappa / moon unit zappa) |
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sam kinison: leader of the banned
(1990, cd, can, warner) - feat.dweezil zappa on 'under my
thumb' (jagger, richards) |
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extreme: pornograffitti
(1990, cd, ger, a & m records) - feat.dweezil zappa
on 'he man woman hater' (extreme) |
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dweezil zappa: stayin' alive
(1991, 7", uk, food for thought yum 121) |
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dweezil zappa: stayin' alive
(1991, 12", uk, food for thought 12 yum 121) |
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dweezil zappa: stayin' alive
(1991, cd5", fr, food for thought cd num 121) |
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dweezil zappa: vanity
(1991, cd5", usa, barking pumpkin dz 666) |
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dweezil zappa: confessions (3)
(1991, cd, fr, food for thought cdgrub-19) -
feat.mike keneally, scott thunes, ahmet zappa, al malkin |
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vandals: fear of a punk planet
(1991, cd, usa, triple x records) - feat.dweezil &
moon zappa |
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skräp mettle:
star hag
(1991, cd5"-promo, usa, par records par-pro 9005) -
feat.dweezil zappa |
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the peace choir: give peace a chance
(1991, cd, usa, ??) - feat.moon, dweezil & ahmet
zappa |
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end amen: your last orison
(1992, cd, ger, institute of art records / rough trade)
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feat.dweezil zappa |
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spinal tap: break like the wind
(1992, cd, usa, mca records) - feat.dweezil zappa on
'diva fever' (smalls, st.hubbins, tufnel) & joe satriani |
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z:
doomed to be together
(1993, cd5"-pro, uk, food for thought cdyum 124) |
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z: shampoo horn
(1993, cd, uk, food for thought cdgrub 25) /
european edition,= ahmet & dweezil
zappa, feat. scott thunes, mike keneally, terry bozzio, morgan ågren |
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various artists: zappa's universe
(1993, cd, nl, verve 513575-2) - incl. various zappa band
alumni performing frank zappa's compositions |
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various artists: choice morsels
(1993, cd, usa, verve/polygram) - incl. various zappa
band alumni performing frank zappa's compositions |
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gorky park:
gorky park II - moscow calling
(1993, cd, usa, m.i.r. records) - feat.dweezil zappa |
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z: shampoo horn
(1994, cd, usa, barking pumpkin r2 71760) /
american edition, = ahmet & dweezil
zappa, feat. mike keneally, joe travers, bryan beller, scott thunes, terry bozzio,
morgan ågren |
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frank zappa: civilization phaze III
(1994, 2cd, usa,
barking pumpkin) |
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blues saracino: hairpick
(1994, cd, usa, guitar recordings) - feat.dweezil zappa
on 'chewing on crayons' (b.saraceno) |
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tim pierce: guitarland
(1994, cd, usa, pra records) - feat.dweezil zappa on
'english channel' (pierce, spiro) |
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z: music for pets
(1995, cd, usa, zappa records) = ahmet & dweezil
zappa, feat. mike keneally |
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frank zappa: lather
(65)
(1996, 3cd, usa,
ryko) |
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frank zappa: frank zappa plays the
music of frank zappa
(1996, cd, usa,
barking pumpkin) |
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warren demartini: crazy enough to sing to you
(1996, cd, jpn, polydor) - co-produced by dweezil zappa,
feat. ahmet & dweezil zappa |
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angelica:
angelica
(1997,
cd, usa, atlantic records, 83048-2) - feat.steve vai, dweezil zappa |
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pat boone: in a metal mood - no more mr. nice guy
(1997, cd, usa, hip-o hpcd-40025) - feat.dweezil zappa |
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carmine
appice: guitar zeus 2 – channel mind radio
(1997, cd, jpn, polydor pocp-7251) - incl.‘dead
wrong’ (dweezil zappa), feat. dweezil zappa |
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diva zappa: when the ball drops
(1999, cd-pro, usa) - feat dweezil zappa |
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soundtrack: anywhere but here
(1999, cd, usa, atlantic) - feat.dweezil zappa as
engineer on lisa loeb: 'I whish' (loeb) |
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dweezil zappa:
you're a mean one mister grinch
(2000, cd5"-pro, usa, favored nations) |
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dweezil
zappa: automatic (6)
(2000, cd, usa, favored nations entertainment fnp 2050-2) -
feat. bozzio, thunes, keneally, ahmet zappa, ägren |
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dixie dregs:
california
screamin'
(2000, cd,
usa, zebra) - feat.dweezil zappa on 'peaches' (frank zappa) |
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various artists: van halen tribute
(2000, cd, eec, eagle records) - feat. dweezil zappa on
'unchained' (van halen) |
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soundtrack: ready to rumble
(2000, cd, usa, atlantic) - feat. ahmet and dweezil zappa |
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various artists: bat head soup - tribute to ozzy
(2000, cd, usa, triage records) - feat.dweezil zappa on
'goodbye to romance' (osbourne, rhoads, daisley) |
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bumblefoot: 9.11
(2001, cd, usa, hermit inc) - feat.dweezil zappa |
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various
artists: stone cold
queen - a tribute
(2001, cd, usa, shrapnel sh-11522) - feat.dweezil zappa |
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frank zappa: fz:oz
(2002, 2cd, usa, vaulternative records) - production |
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lisa loeb: cake and pie
(2002, cd, usa, a&m records 493 242-2) - feat.dweezil
zappa, lala sloatman, joe travers |
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lisa loeb:
hello lisa
(2002, cd, usa, sheridan square records 751151-2) - feat.dweezil
zappa, lala sloatman, joe travers |
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various artists: an
all star line-up performing the songs of pink floyd
(2002, cd, usa, purple piramid records) - feat.dweezil zappa, vinnie colaiuta,
aynsley dunbar |
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x-ray
dog: bbg elements
(200?, cd, usa, xrcd018) - one track written by
dweezil zappa |
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various artists:
nu acoustic
(2002, cd, uk, extreme music xcd073) - feat.dweezil zappa |
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todd rundgren:
todd rundgren & his friends
(2002, cd, usa, purple pyramid records) -
feat.dweezil zappa |
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radio show:
voices on the verge, show #0352
(2003, cdr-promo, usa, etown) - feat. lisa loeb and
dweezil zappa |
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frank zappa: halloween
(2003, dvda, usa, dts entertainment 69286-01101-9-9) -
production |
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"weird al" yankovic:
poodle play
(2003, cd, aus, bmg 9210632) - incl. 'genius in
france' (a.yankovic), feat.dweezil zappa |
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various
artists: skate rock
(2003, cd-promo, uk, extreme music xcd083) - feat.dweezil zappa |
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various
artists: garage rock
(2003, cd-promo, uk, extreme music xcd087) - feat.dweezil zappa
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various
artists: punk metal
(2003, cd-promo, uk, extreme music xcd092) - feat.dweezil zappa
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various
artists: folk electronica
(20??, cd, uk, extreme music xcd107) - feat.dweezil zappa
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various
artists: classic rock
(20??, cd, uk, extreme music xcd109) - feat.dweezil zappa
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various
artists: hard rock
(20??, cd, uk, extreme music xcd112) - feat.dweezil zappa
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lisa loeb: the way it really is
(2004, cd, usa, zoe records) - feat.dweezil zappa,
joe travers |
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todd rundgren
& friends: greatest classics
(2004, cd, uk, anagram) - feat.dweezil zappa on 'time
heals' // re-issue of the 2002 album |
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gene simmons:
***hole
(2004, cd, eu, sanctuary sancd145) - feat.ahmet,
dweezil, frank, gail & moon zappa - track co-written by fz |
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frank zappa: quaudiophiliac
(2004, dvda, usa, dts entertainment 69286-01125-9-9) -
production |
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various artists: nu acoustic two
(2005, cd, uk, extreme music xcd117) - feat.dweezil zappa |
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ozzy
osbourne: prince of darkness
(2005, 4cd, usa, epic) - feat.dweezil zappa |
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soundtrack: conker - live and reloaded
(2005, cd, usa, sumthing else music works) - feat.dweezil
zappa |
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various artists:
pink floyd
(2005, cd, nl, uax 96172) - feat.dweezil zappa,
aynsley dunbar, vinnie colaiuta |
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various artists: re-building the wall - a tribute
to pink floyd
(200?, 2cd, ??, ??) - feat.dweezil zappa,
aynsley dunbar, vinnie colaiuta |
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dweezil zappa:
go with what you know
(2006, cd, usa, zappa records zr 20003) - incl.
'peaches en regalia' (frank zappa), feat.t.bozzio, s.thunes, f.zappa,
s.otis, i.underwood, r.selico |
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frank zappa: trance-fusion
(2006, cd, usa, zappa records) |
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various artists: the
frank zappa aaafnraa birthday bundle
(2006, itunes, -) - feat. frank, moon, dweezil, ahmet
& diva zappa |
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various artists:
x-series
(2007, 3dvd, uk, extreme music library)
= the complete set on 3 audio dvds / feat. dweezil zappa |
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various artists:
fresh cuts - vol 1
(2007, cd, usa, guitar center) - feat. zappa plays
zappa (with napoleon murphy brock) performing 'magic fingers' &
'carolina hardcore ecstasy' |
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various artists:
pink box - the songs of pink floyd
(2007, 2cd, ??, ??) - feat. adrian belew, dweezil
zappa, aynsley dunbar |
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zappa plays zappa:
zappa plays zappa
(2007, 2dvd, eu, strobosonic strobo-d-100) - all
compositions by frank zappa, feat.dweezil zappa, n.m.brock, s.vai &
t.bozzio |
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various artists: video games live - volume one
(2008, cd, usa, emi) - feat.dweezil zappa |
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zappa plays zappa:
zappa plays zappa
(2008, cd, usa, razor & tie 7930182993-2) - all
compositions by frank zappa, feat.dweezil zappa, n.m.brock, s.vai &
t.bozzio |
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zappa plays zappa:
zappa plays zappa
(2008, 2dvd, usa, razor & tie 7930182997-9) - all
compositions by frank zappa, feat.dweezil zappa, n.m.brock, s.vai &
t.bozzio |
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zappa plays zappa:
zappa plays zappa
(2008, 2dvd + 3cd, usa, razor & tie 7930182997-9) - all
compositions by frank zappa, feat.dweezil zappa, n.m.brock, s.vai &
t.bozzio |
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various
artists: the
ultimate tribute to led zeppelin
(2008, 2cd, cz, double pleasure dp 21538) - feat. dweezil zappa &
vinnie colaiuta |
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various
artists: guitar
world - august 2008
(2008, mag + cd, usa, future) - incl. a video of
dweezil zappa giving a tour of frank zappa's studio & gear |
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various artists: the
frank zappa aaafnraaa birthday bundle 21 dec 2008
(2008, itunes, -) - feat. frank, dweezil, ahmet
& diva zappa |
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various artists: abbey road - a tribute to the
beatles
(200?, cd, ??, ??) - feat.dweezil zappa |
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carmen appice's guitar zeus: conquering heroes
(2009, cd, usa, fuel records) - feat.dweezil zappa |
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carmine appice:
guitar heroes
(2010, cd, bel, rokarola records 250268) -
feat. dweezil zappa
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thierry deruelle:
stardust
(2010, download, usa, port royal distribution) -
feat. dweezil zappa |
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dweezil zappa:
return of the son of...
(2010, 2cd, usa, razor & tie) - all compositions
by frank zappa // feat. ray white // released on vinyl (with
a different cover) in 2011 |
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various artists: the
frank zappa aaafnraaaa birthday bundle 21 dec 2010
(2010, itunes, -) - feat. frank, dweezil, ahmet zappa |
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dweezil zappa: live - 'in the moment'
(2011, 2cd, usa, fantom records fr1 112011) = zappa
plays zappa |
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dweezil zappa:
return of the son of...
(2011, 3lp, eu, music on vinyl movlp257) - all compositions
by frank zappa // feat. ray white // vinyl release of the
2010 2cd album |
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katzenjammer: a kiss before you go
(2011, cd, norway, propeller recordings) - feat. dweezil zappa |
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dweezil zappa:
f.o.h.
(2012, 2cd, usa, fantom records) - all compositions
by frank zappa / = zappa plays zappa |
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dweezil zappa:
f.o.h. III - out of obscurity
(2012, cd, usa, fantom records) - all compositions
by frank zappa / = zappa plays zappa, feat. scott thunes |
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dr.mumbai:
the adventures of dr.mumbai
(2012, cd, usa, private release) - feat. marco
minnemann, arthur barrow, aaron arntz, scheila gonzales, bryan beller,
pete griffin, dweezil zappa, billy hunting |
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mattias ia eklundh:
freak guitar - the smorgasbord
(2013, 2cd, usa, favored nations) - feat. dweezil
zappa, guthrie govan, morgan ågren |
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various artists
/ the pink floyd tribute band: another hole in the
wall
(2013, lp+cd, russian federation, lilith lr 410lp) -
feat. dweezil zappa, adrian belew |
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morgan ågren:
conundrum (a percussive misadventures)
(2013, dvd, usa, bend bars / lift gates films) -
feat. frank zappa, mats öberg, dweezil zappa, marco minnemann, mike
keneally, joe travers |
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morgan ågren:
conundrum undone - the deleted scenes
(2014, download, usa, bend bars / lift gates films) =
deleted scenes from the conundrum documentary |
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nellie mckay:
my weekly reader
(2015, cd, usa, 429records ftn16045) - incl. 'hungry
freaks, daddy' (frank zappa), feat. dweezil zappa |
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dweezil zappa:
via zammata'
(2015, cd, usa, private release) - incl.
'dragonmaster (frank zappa / dweezil zappa) |
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dweezil zappa:
via zammata' demos and rarities
(2015, download, usa, private release) - incl.
'dragonmaster (frank zappa / dweezil zappa), incl. z's '70's medley nyc 1995'
with snippets of frank zappa compositions ('florentine pogen', 'i'm the
slime') |
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sandro,
john malkovich, eric alexandrakis: like a puppet show
(2015, 2 lp picture disc, usa, cryogenia 90125) -
feat.dweezil zappa |
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sandro,
john malkovich, eric alexandrakis: illuminated
(2016, 12" picture disc, usa, cryogenia 7609) -
feat.dweezil zappa |
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oz noy: who gives a funk
(2016, cd, usa, abstract logix ablx 052) - feat.
dweezil zappa |
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dweezil zappa: dinosaur
(2016, download, usa, --) - part of his pledgemusic
campaign // feat. frank zappa |
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dweezil zappa:
via zammata' deluxe download
(2017, download, usa, private release) = 3 unreleased
tracks and 2 demos / pledgemusic campaign for "live - in the moment
II" |
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carl king: grand architects of the universe
(2017, cd, usa, private release) - feat. dweezil
zappa, mike keneally, phi yaan-zek, marco minnemann, morgan ågren |
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movie
/ documentary:
hearing is believing
(2017, dvd, usa, private release) = a documentary
about rachel flowers, , feat. the dweezil
zappa band with rachel flowers performing 'inca roads' and 'montana' (frank zappa) |
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soundtrack:
hearing is believing
(2017, cd, usa, private release) = the soundtrack of
the documentary about rachel flowers, feat. dweezil zappa, incl. rachel
flowers plus zappa plays zappa: 'montana' (frank zappa) |
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documentary:
frank zappa - summer '82 - when zappa came to sicily
(2017, blu-ray, usa, mvd visual) - featuring massimo
bassoli, frank, gail, dweezil, moon and diva zappa, thomas nordegg and
steve vai |
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dweezil zappa: live - in the moment
II
(2017, cd, usa, phantom records) - incl. various
frank zappa compositions |
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derek
smalls: smalls change (meditations upon aging)
(2018, cd, usa, bmg 538372552) - feat. dweezil zappa, steve vai, joe
satriani |
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various
artists: a life in yes - the chris squire tribute
(2018, cd, usa, purple pyramid records) - feat. dweezil zappa |
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samplers
concerts, radio- & tv-appearances
- ----/--/-- 'late night with conan o'brien': 'lady', with
kenny rogers
- ----/--/-- 'late night with conan o'brien': 'the wizard'
(black sabbath), with john tesh
- ----/--/-- 'late night with conan o'brien': 'what's new
pussycat' (tom jones)
- ----/--/-- mtv vj
- ----/--/-- hosted 'happy hour' together with ahmet zappa
- ----/--/-- 'normal life', together with moon zappa
- ----/--/-- 'the chris isaak show'
- ----/--/-- 'mad tv'
- ----/--/-- voice-over work for the animated series
"duckman" (role of "ajax")
- ----/--/-- guest on 'polically incorrect'
- ----/--/-- composed the theme for the ben stiller show
- ----/--/-- played the "rosanne" theme
- ----/--/-- scored episodes of pee-wee's playhouse
- 1991/01/xx concert 'disneyland hotel', anaheim, usa
the set included 'broken hearts are for assholes' (frank
zappa)
- * * * performing at "zappa's
universe" as a special guest * * *
1991/11/07 - 1991/11/10 "zappa's universe" - a
tribute to frank zappa in his 50th birthday year
at 'the ritz', nyc, ny, usa
organised by joel thome
concert by the orchestra of our time (cond.joel thome),
rock group, persuasions, rockapella and guests
- 1992/../.. on tour with yazawa in japan
- 1992/../.. concert 'shark club', los angeles, usa
= randy rhoads benefit jam, organised by guitar for the practicing musician
- ???
anarchy
tv
- 2001/03/31 concert ‘the doyle audio engineer stage’,
westin harbour castle convention center, bay street and queens quay,
toronto, canada
(= at the cmw music convention)
- 2001/04/01 panel discussion at the cmw music convention:
"the artists i've seen (artist panel)" with dweezil
zappa & steve vai
westin harbour castle hotel, 1 harbour sq.
(= at the cmw music convention)
- 2001/06/01 in concert with spinal tap at the
'greek theater', hollywood, ca, usa
dweezil joined spinal tap on two tracks.
Lisa Loeb: vocals, guitar
Dweezil Zappa: guitar
Mark Meadows: bass
Matt Beck: keyboards & guitar
Joe Travers: drums
Zappa plays Zappa
- Dweezil Zappa: guitar, vocals
- Joe Travers: drums
- Pete Griffin: bass
- Aaron Arntz: keyboards & vocals
- Scheila Gonzales: horns, keyboards & vocals
- Billy Hulting: melodic percussion
- Jamie Kime: rhythm guitar
March, 2012 Experience Hendrix Tour confirmed dates (additional dates to be
added)
- 6 - Tue - Baltimore, MD - Strathmore Theater
- 7 - Wed - Greensboro, NC - War Memorial Auditorium
- 8 - Thu - Knoxville, TN - Civic Auditorium
- 9 - Fri - Nashville, TN - Tennessee Performing ArtsCenter
- 10 - Sat - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theater
- 11 - Sun - Charleston, SC - North Charleston Performing ArtsCenter
- 14 - Wed - Hollywood, FL - Seminole Hard Rock
- 15 - Thu - Clearwarter, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
- 16 - Fri - Saint Augustine, FL - Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
- 17 - Sat - Orange Beach, AL - Warf Amphitheatre
- 22 - Thu - Houston, TX Arena Theater
- 23 - Fri - Thackerville, OK - Winstar Casino
- 24 - Sat - Austin, TX - ACL Live @ Moody Theater
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09.03.2019 Tue - Living Arts Centre - Mississauga ON - Canada
09.04.2019 Wed - Asbury Hall @ Babeville - Buffalo NY - United
States
09.05.2019 Thu - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom - Hampton Beach
NH - United States
09.06.2019 Fri - Stateside Amphitheater at Jay Peak Resort - Jay
VT - United States
09.07.2019 Sat - The Newton Theatre - Newton NJ - United States
09.08.2019 Sun - Strand Theatre - York PA - United States
(PENDING)
09.10.2019 Tue - Infinity Hall Hartford - Hartford CT - United
States
09.11.2019 Wed - The Warehouse - Fairfield CT - United States
09.12.2019 Thu - Westcott Theater - Syracuse NY - United States
09.13.2019 Fri - Bergen Performing Arts Center - Englewood NJ -
United States
09.14.2019 Sat - Avalon Theatre - Easton MD - United States
(PENDING)
09.15.2019 Sun - The National - Richmond VA - United States
09.17.2019 Tue - Bijou Theatre - Knoxville TN - United States
09.18.2019 Wed - James K. Polk Theater - Nashville TN - United
States
09.19.2019 Thu - Live at Ludlow Garage - Cincinnati OH - United
States
09.20.2019 Fri - Michigan Theater - Ann Arbor MI - United States
09.21.2019 Sat - London Music Hall - London ON - Canada
09.22.2019 Sun - Music Box Supper Club - Concert Hall -
Cleveland OH - United States
09.24.2019 Tue - The Arcada Theatre - St. Charles IL - United
States
09.25.2019 Wed - Fargo Theatre - Fargo ND - United States
09.26.2019 Thu - Burton Cummings Theatre - Winnipeg MB - Canada
09.28.2019 Sat - Bella Concert Hall - Calgary AB - Canada
09.29.2019 Sun - Myer Horowitz Theatre - Edmonton AB - Canada
11.21.2019 Thu - Cirkus - Stockholm - Sweden
11.24.2019 Sun - Concert House - Gothenburg - Sweden
11.25.2019 Mon - Sentrum Scene - Oslo - Norway
11.27.2019 Wed - Fonden VoxHall - Aarhus - Denmark
11.28.2019 Thu - Amager Bio - Copenhagen - Denmark
11.30.2019 Sat - Parkstad Limburg Theater - Heerlen -
Netherlands
12.01.2019 Sun - TivoliVredenburg - Utrecht - Netherlands
12.02.2019 Mon - La Cigale - Paris - France
12.04.2019 Wed - Royal Festival Hall - London - England
12.05.2019 Thu - Palace Theatre - Manchester - England
12.06.2019 Fri - Southampton Guildhall- Southampton - England
12.08.2019 Sun - New Theatre Oxford - Oxford - England
12.09.2019 Mon - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - Glasgow - Scotland
12.10.2019 Tue - Leeds Town Hall - Leeds - England
12.11.2019 Wed - Town Hall - Birmingham - England
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film - video
- 1986 pretty in pink (simon)
- 1987 the running man (stevie)
- 1987 heartbeat (band performer)
- 1989 the true story of 200 motels
- 1996 music for pets (video)
- 1997 anarchy tv (sid)
- 1998 jack frost (john kaplan)
- 1998 six days in roswell (additional music)
- anarchy
tv - the movie
(2002, dvd, usa, indietv 00229) - feat. moon, dweezil
& ahmet zappa
television
- 1970 vpro dutch documentary
- 1990 normal life (jake harlow)
- 1990 normal life (composer)
- 1990 mother goose rock 'n' rhyme (special guest appearance)
- 1992 the ben stiller show (theme composer)
- 1994 duckman (voice of ajax)
- 1996 second noah (playing "cirrus rose" in episode: "diving
in"
-
(episode # 2.9) 6/8/1997)
- 1997 the weird al show (as himself in episode: "he ain't heavy, he's
my
-
hamster" (episode # 1.10) 11/15/1997)
- 1999 happy hour" (co-host)
- 2000 roseanne (music director)
- 2001 weird worlds (learning channel, 5/6/2001, 2pm. "cults and secret
societies" hosted by dz.)
- 2001 son of the beach (fx, 5/29/01)
from the cdr-circuit
this section contains cdrs that are circulating in the trade-circuit.
dvd
- movie:
ready to rumble
(200?, dvd, usa, ??) - incl.dweezil zappa: 'diamond
dallas page theme' (d.zappa)
& ahmet and dweezil zappa: '…baby one more time' (m.martin)
non-album contributions (these should also be in "concerts, ...)
links
here's alan estrada's excellent dweezil page:
http://listen.to/azdz
and if you want to join a dweezil mailing list, then go here:
http://www.egroups.com/subscribe.cgi/dweezilzappa
random notes
Born- Sept 5th,
1969 (Hollywood, California)
He
worked a stint as a VJ on MTV and had a brief sojourn in situation TV comedy in
the 1988-1989 season with his sister Moon Unit.
--
Cub Koda
Dweezil
and his brother Ahmet together released an AWESOME album called
"Shampoohorn". Their band "Z" features some amazing guitar
work by Dweezil, and some incredible drumming work from people like Terry Bozzio
and bass from Scott Thunes.
Dolphins Mike Keneally, Bryan Beller, and Joe Travers were instrumental in both
this album, and their follow-up, "Music For Pets"
He
does the voice of Ajax on the Duckman series on USA.
Also
the first season's episodes had a brief comment about FZ's music being used.
This
is real and amazing: Dweezil took place in one of Arnold Schworzneger's film
called "The Running Man". I saw his credit before the film began, but
I couldn't recognize him.
And
than, almost in the end of the film, someone said in a very well known sound:
"Don't touch that dial!". It was an inner joke, but it was Dweezil
allright!
david bueche sez:
Dweezil
Zappa also appeared in "Pretty in Pink" (1986) He played a guy named
Simon, who's line was, "Kiss his ass."
when
he was asked, "Hey, Simon... What
would you do if your father came home rich?" by Molly Ringwald.
From: Aviv Ron
According
to Israel Most significant newspaper, Dweezil is dating with no other than
Sarone Stone.
I
belive that the source is a reliable news agency.
Miles Mehlhoff (jedi@btigate.com) said:
In
the running man, Dweezil was the man Arnold was looking for to get in touch with
the rebels, Dweezil had another line earlier in the movie: "Do you wanna
buy a hot stereo", which was the code word Arnold was looking for.
Harmon Lutzer (lutzer@bucknell.edu) said:
Dweezil
and Ahmet are now starring in a series of ESPN baseball commercials called
"It's Time to Play Hardball." Anyone
familiar with ESPN commercials know that they are always very funny, and these
are no different. They run The Big League Detective Agency, and are contacted by
a number of pro players and managers. I
believe you can actually call the number (toll-free) which is advertised and
hear a recorded message from them. The
number is 1-888-
BGLEEEG.
I haven't tried yet.
From: Alan Estrada Adler
I
read he is and will be working with Lisa Loeb
From: FemmeFrets (femmefrets@aol.com) (Date: 30 Apr 1998)
I've
heard reports that said tour with Lisa is already taking place, and that he's
doing, ahem, non musical things with her as well.
From: Andrew Fignar Jr.
This
isn't the first time Dweezil has taken up with a female singer. I don't remember
her name? But he played with this Aussie chick on a tour before.
From: Craig (good_king_zog@msn.com)
She's
named Jenny Morris
From: Ryan Davenport (sleds@home.com)
I
was snooping through your pages today and I noticed a small hole in your info on
Dweezil -
Artist:
Pat Boone
Album:
No More Mr. Nice Guy: Pat Boone In A Metal Mood
Label:
Hip-O Records
Catalog
#: HIPD-40025
Copyright:
1997
Performs
On: Smoke On The Water (electric guitar)
Yes,
it's Pat Boone doing his versions of a bunch of heavy metal tunes.
His covers of Ozzy's "Crazy Train" and Metallica's "Enter
Sandman" are especially entertaining.
From: Dan Watkins (dan_watkins@hotmail.com)
Dweezil
is in Ozzy's Shot In The Dark video.
From: Asmet (asmet@tm.net.my)
Dweezil
was also on 1 track on Extreme's album "Pornograffiti". Their
guitarist Nuno Bettencourt produced Dweezil's "Confessions" album.
From: fireball@tmb.com.NO.SPAM
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999
Deep
Purple guitarist Steve Morse and the Dixie Dregs just finished a run of shows at
the Roxy in Los Angeles, which were recorded for a new live album.
I'll vouch for the 2nd night; it was a great show, with the band joined
by original members Andy West on bass, and Allen Sloan on violin, as well as
Dweezil Zappa, for a rendition of Peaches En Regalia!
From: Hoodoo (hoodooBugZapper@newnorth.net)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 02:20:04
-0600
I
was watching some drivel on the E! channel tonight and they broadcast a
commercial for this coming Wednesday's program, True Hollywood Story. The
episode is going to be about Donny Osmond and Dweeze was shown in a short
snippet commenting about DO's abilities.
From: Patrick Langer (Langer@Stud-Mailer.Uni-Marburg.De)
While
reading my brother's Star Wars Insider #32, I found an interesting thing that
kept my imagination busy all the evening...
In
his article "20 years ago today- an anniversary toast to Star Wars"
Scott Chernoff compiles Star Wars-memories of various famous people, among them
Dweezil Zappa:
"I
was eight years old. We were all crazy about the movie and I saw it about a
billion times. I was totally obsessed. It was the best movie of all time- it
just had really good characters, cool interplanetary stuff, and it looked really
different. The sound effects and the lightsabers- they were just really cool
ideas, and it still holds up as really cool.
Nothing
about Star Wars is hokey."
"We
were told shortly after the movie came out that our father Frank was one of the
people considered to do the movie and his manager said "no way" right
off the bat. Frank never even got to make a decision. Of course, when we heard
this, my brother and sister and I all screamed "No!". But I love the
music in the movie anyway."
From: Geir Corneliussen (corneliu@online.no)
Who
is Erika Franklin, the woman who signed my guestbook and says she is
going
to marry Dweezil and made a web about this?
Take
a look at this :
http://www.members.tripod.com/~harryconnickjr/index.html
Antal's
Dweezil and Ahmet site, currently containing RealAudio of the new Diva single:
http://members.tripod.com/ahmetdweezil/
From Gary Titone
Sent: vrijdag 29 juni 2001 6:33
To: azdz@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [azdz] Website
FYI,
The Drummer on My Mother Is A Space Cadet and Crunchy Water is none other than
Mr Jerry Cuccurullo.
-- Gary Titone
February 2004 / from the AZDZ newsgroup:
Dweezil Zappa and Lisa Loeb are playing a several
gigs around the country as part of their TV show. Check ot the link below to
find out when they are coming to a venue near you:
http://www.foodtv.com/food/show_ld/text/0,1976,FOOD_14517_18395,00.html
-- info: Simon Sonny Ladygo
APRIL 2005
from:
http://www.uaudio.com/webzine/2005/april/index3.html
Digital Minds
Dweezil Zappa
Part 1: Digital Technology Lets Him Duet
With Dad
By Marsha Vdovin
If you are not familiar with the story of Universal
Audio, then I suggest you hurry over to our history pages right away. UA is a
family company resurrected and updated by the sons after their father's passing.
It is perhaps the greatest way that offspring can honor their parents--not just
continuing a tradition, but expanding upon a vision. It's the same story in the
Zappa family, where Dweezil Zappa has spearheaded the project to digitally
archive his father, Frank's, entire catalog. He is also remixing, recording,
even performing new versions of some tracks.
This interview with Dweezil ended up yielding so much
great information that we've split it into two parts. In part one, we discuss
Dweezil's renovation of his dad's studio, and reissues of his Dad's work. Next
month, part two will focus on Dweezil's solo album, upcoming tour and his
experience with the UAD-1 card. So, first up, refurbishing Frank Zappa's
infamous Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, which turned out to be a major task.
"The main thing that we wanted to do," recalls Dweezil,
"was bring it up to date in the modern production world. It wasn't a
computer-based studio. The entire room itself didn't sound right to me, so we
basically started from scratch and rebuilt it. The control room never had a
machine room before, so there was a lot of construction. It's a great space to
work now.
"There's a digital console--it's a Euphonix System 5--and we have two different
digital recording systems. We have the Euphonix R1 and Nuendo. Then we have
analog tape machines. We really needed to rethink and update the studio, because
we weren't able to follow through on projects of Frank's, such as archiving
properly. Over time, tape sort of deteriorates and we need to put it another
format. Unfortunately, there is no real standard format in the industry for
archiving. This archiving is going to be an ongoing project for years. There are
a lot of issues. We have a guy working with us named Joe Travers, and we call
him 'the Vaultmeister.' He's the one who gets to go into the vault, inspect the
tapes, listen to them and tell us what's on them. A lot of times there may be
something written on them, but that's not necessarily what's actually on the
tapes; it could be something entirely different. Frank was known for recording
over his own work and doing 'special projects.' We run into that a lot, and it
usually hasn't been documented.
“Quaudiophiliac has a combination of mixes that
are either in quad or in full surround, including several tracks that have never
been released, as well as some surprises. It was my job to bring them all
together into a listening sequence that made it fun.”
"Right now I'm using JBL LSR 6328P's monitors and a
6312SP(sub) for both stereo and surround," Dweezil continues. "I really like
them; they given me a true response. I have a workstation and I have a mix
position station, so the room is being utilized in two ways. You get a different
perspective from each station, and then you can also go ahead and make
references and listen to them in other rooms. It works well for me to move
around the room to hear and feel what kinds of differences there are. In one
area you'll make use of the sub, and in another area you don't. It's really
helped to hone in on problem areas in certain mixes. I think there's probably a
couple of things that the room needs to be looked at in terms of voicing and
certain types of frequency build-up in certain areas. For the most part, it's
really pretty accurate." Frank Zappa actually only released a small percentage
of his recordings. So, there's a lot of raw material for Dweezil to inspect.
Frank was one of the early pioneers in surround sound. He
conducted many experiments and projects exploring multichannel mixing in the
early '80s, way before 5.1 and surround sound were household words. He exploited
the great short-lived format Quad. The first project Dweezil approached was a
live recording of a 1978 Halloween concert recorded at the New York Palladium.
Dweezil and engineer Joe Chiccarelli found the master tapes, baked them, and
transferred it into Nuendo. They then mixed the tracks for 5.1. This DVD-A,
Halloween, is extraordinary and has been critically acclaimed.
The second release was Quaudiophiliac, also on
DVD-Audio. Credited as produced by Frank Zappa and Dweezil Zappa, it includes a
bunch of quad mixes that Frank did over the years, starting as early 1970.
"The project started when we found a box that had a drawing
on it that diagrammed where the mics were placed in the room, and the box was
labeled quad. It was a drawing to re-create the room where it was recorded. It
included a song that was called 'Chunga's Revenge.' It became something else
further developed later on, but this early version was recorded in the original
basement studio in the house. You really feel like you are there at the session,
and it's conceivably the first time the song was recorded. There are a few start
and stop moments which we left in the recording. Quaudiophiliac has a
combination of mixes that are either in quad or in full surround, including
several tracks that have never been released, as well as some surprises. It was
my job to bring them all together into a listening sequence that made it fun.
It's a cross section of music covering about fifteen years of his career. One
cool thing was taking a piece of audio that had Frank talking about the music
industry and record companies, and I superimposed it over one of Frank's songs
called 'Watermelon and Easter Hay.' I mixed that in 5.1 and created some segues
to improve the continuity. A lot of people have commented that it's a strange
joyride that they get to go on, and the surround experience draws them in."
One of the upcoming projects Dweezil plans to attempt is a
surround remix of one of Frank's classic releases:
"I can't wait to go from the ground up on a classic record," he says. "The
problem we will encounter is the way that Frank worked. He would often take
stuff from alternated takes and build something out of it, and insert it into
something else. That stuff is usually not documented, so even if you have the
master tape and the stereo mixes, if you go to the source tape you won't find
everything there. Our challenge will be to either find those little snippets or
re-create them. If it can't be done, then we can't do a complete version of
those classic records. We've recently transferred the master tapes of Hot
Rats, where everything is intact but we discovered a lot of interesting
things about it.
"The song
'Peaches en Regalia,' is very different on the release than it was recorded.
There's a ten-minute jam in the middle of the song that never made to the
record. It's was pretty interesting to find that it wasn't a complete piece of
music and there was an ending that was tagged on to it as sort of an
afterthought. One cool thing about that song is there are all these textures in
it that I was always curious about. I thought it must have been a really early
synthesizer-the song was recorded in 1969. I always wondered how he got that
sound. What I thought were synthesizers were not. He had taken bass guitar and
slowed the tape down and recorded certain parts at a different speed. Then when
it returned to normal, it still had this sort of rubbery texture of the bass-a
thicker sound playing a high part than you would get if you were just to play it
on an instrument that had that octave range.
"He had done
all these special recording tricks, and it's really cool to discover them. I'm
actually going to do a version of 'Peaches' for my new solo record where I play
along with the master tapes. I'll play a lot of the guitar parts and some of the
melodies, but I'll leave Frank's guitar solo and some other original things in,
so it will appear that we are playing together. It should be a cool combination
of new and old."
I think
Frank would approve. Next month we'll discuss Dweezil's upcoming solo release
and get in to more detail about his working technique and use of the UAD-1 card.
MAY
2005
http://www.uaudio.com/webzine/2005/may/index3.html
Digital Minds
Dweezil Zappa
Part 2: The Best of Old and New Technologies
Interview by Marsha Vdovin
Last month, in Part 1 of our conversation with Dweezil
Zappa, we discussed the renovation of his late father's, personal studio; and
the ongoing effort to archive and reissue Frank Zappa's recordings. In Part 2,
we dig deeper into the technical side, and Dweezil's use of the UAD-1 card on
his personal projects.
Dweezil's main DAW is Steinberg's Nuendo, and he considers
the perfect accompaniment to Nuendo to be the UAD-1; he's especially into all of
the plug-ins.
"I really like the Pultec Pro," Zappa says. "I use it
pretty frequently on at least eighty-five to ninety percent of the stereo mixes.
I really like the Cambridge too. I had been checking out a lot of different EQs
and that one feels like you could finger-paint with the sound. The first thing I
liked about it was that you could create really extreme EQ curves and really do
some surgery if you needed to. That is a lot of fun to play around with. I like
tweaking things and taking them to extreme limits. It doesn't add any bad
artifacts. Sometimes, you get into a really gritty, horrible area with digital
EQs, but the Cambridge comes out pretty smooth, even when you are doing a narrow
bandwidth. Those EQs get used pretty frequently.
"I also recently got the Precision limiter. I really like
it. I was trying to find a specific limiter that would do a very good job of
holding the peaks on everything. It really does sound good, and it has some
special elements to it. The metering is more precise. When I do get the time, I
try to really understand what the tools are, and a lot of times some of the
stuff can be confusing or daunting when you have so many options. I think I use
the tools better when I understand the principles behind them more. Anything in
the UAD-1 is really good.
"The Plate 140 reverb I use on everything," he continues.
"It's my favorite reverb of anything I have. The week before I got that, I was
having a hard time finding a way to do a pre-delay that sounded natural and
sounded like that old kind of Plate reverb. I was trying all sorts of things
like creating a fake version by sending a sound to a reverb or tape machine with
a slapback delay, using an insert delay on a separate channel. Then I would take
the send down and get the entire effected signal back. It was a long tedious
procedure to set up, and then it didn't exactly have that old sound because
you'd have to EQ the reverb, and then, low and behold, a week later your Plate
reverb came out. I got the result I wanted and I've been using it for all sorts
of things. I like to do backward reverb things and create weird textures. That's
one of the plug-ins that has the most personality when you do backward reverb
stuff.
"There's something I like to do where I play acoustic
guitar and I'll play single notes, and I'll reverse them and build chords with
the single notes, then I'll reverb them backwards, and then I'll mold them down
and then reserve them and play them back. It's a great sound. It sounds like a
combination of horns and strings at the same time. If you know the chord
progression on something you are working on, and you just want to just embellish
certain things about it, you can just play the single notes of the chords you
want and try that procedure. It's a really cool sound. It sounds like a
futuristic orchestra, but it sounds organic; it doesn't sound synthesized. It's
pretty cool."
“When I do get the time, I try to really understand what
the tools are, and a lot of times some of the stuff can be confusing or daunting
when you have so many options. I think I use the tools better when I understand
the principles behind them more. Anything in the UAD-1 is really good.”
Dweezil also loves classic analog gear, and he owns several
vintage 1176s.
"When we're tracking, we go through an analog process and
then it ends up in the digital world. Even if we are recording in a digital
environment, the chain is usually analog. We do use 1176s on drums and bass. In
mixdown, I often use the 1176s for specific effects. I just like the way older
records sound in general, so anytime I can keep it in that world I do. I do have
some original 1176s and I find that it's just easier to use the one in the
computer which has the same character as the hardware."
In addition to all the audio restoration he's been doing,
Dweezil has been recording a new solo album titled, Go With What You Know, which
is coming out in May 2005.
"I haven't really decided what direction to take this new
solo record that' I'm working on," he says. "I have some stuff that's a little
more old-school and some stuff that's more modern-sounding. It will include my
version of 'Peaches' [Frank Zappa's song 'Peaches en Regalia]. It's going to be
a weird combination of things. I went from someone who had zero computer
knowledge whatsoever to working on computers eighteen hours a day."
Immediately after the release of his solo album, Dweezil
will go into rehearsals with his brother Ahmet and a handpicked band. The
brothers Zappa will be touring the world with a project called "Zappa Plays
Zappa."
"We have a really big plan for this year, something that
we've never done before." Dweezil says. "We're going to put a band together and
play only Frank's music. We're going to start in Europe then come back to the
states and then go to Japan. We're going to start in October, so we're going to
rehearse the band for three months in order to learn close to fifty songs,
including a lot of the very difficult instrumentals. I'm learning a lot of stuff
on guitar that was never meant to be played on guitar. For me, it will be like
training for the Guitar Olympics. We are going to create a core band of people
that haven't played with Frank, and then we will have some special guests and
Ahmet is going to sing. We want to have our own thing that we do that is free
from interpretations of other people's expectations.
"We are going to change the instrumental arrangements. The
melodies will be seen and heard in a different way," he continues. "The melodies
may be more powerful because they are being played on a louder, more distorted
instrument-- guitar instead of keyboard or a marimba. I think [because] my
brother and I are related, we have an innate sense of what Frank was going for
humor-wise. Those are some of the elements that we'll be able to bring a new and
fun interpretation of. The show itself is going to have video footage, and a
documentary about Frank will be shown before the show.
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-> Zappa plays Zappa on tour in
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Dweezil Zappa during the 2006 05 15 Amsterdam gig. |
| Here's a transcript of the Ahmet Zappa interview that got
broadcast on the Cucamonga radio show on Belgian radio one on 2006 05 22
* * * FRANK ZAPPA : The Uncle Frankie show (Joe's xmasage)
label/referentie: VAULTernative/import/VR20051 - http://www.zappa.com/splash.html
* * * FRANK ZAPPA : Mr. Clean (alternate mix) (Joe's xmasage)
label/referentie: VAULTernative/import/VR20051 - http://www.zappa.com/splash.html
Mr. Clean en dat kwam uit Joe's xmasage, een eind vorig jaar verschenen cd met allerlei
rariteiten uit de prille beginjaren van Frank Zappa. Deze versie van Mr. Clean bijvoorbeeld
dateert van 1963. Echt wel stuff voor Zappafielen dus! Maar er kwam nog een tweede nieuwe
plaat uit met archiefmuziek van Frank Zappa: Imaginary diseases, verre van zijn beste, maar
toch al wel voor een iets ruimer publiek. Straks hoor je daar wat uit, nu eerst Zappa plays
Zappa, de avond rond Frank Zappa die dinsdag 30 mei plaatsheeft in Vorst Nationaal. Er zijn
wel meer groepen die muziek van Frank Zappa spelen, maar het bijzondere aan dit concert is
dat het van en met zijn beide zonen is. En ik moet zeggen: ze zijn heel zeker van hun stuk!
AHMET ZAPPA: If you're a pre-existing Zappa fan it's pretty important in your life to listen
to music that is creative and satisfying. If Frank fills that need in your life chances are you
haven't seen people play his music in the last ten years as accurately as my brother and I are
going to do it. Plus this is the first Zappa-approved Zappa concert. For reasons that are
really hard to explain emotionally for us, being the sons of Frank and mourning his loss, it
couldn't have happen before. I just think the time is right to let Frank's voice and his music
and showcase what his sense of humour was like. Because my brother and I also have our
father's sense of humour, so...
Dat was Ahmet Zappa. Hij en zijn broer zullen er uiteraard bij zijn in Brussel, naast onder
meer Steve Vai, Terry Bozio en Napoleon Murphy Brock, allemaal ouwe gedienden en zelfs
Zappafreaks zullen dus met wat nostalgie gaan kijken. Maar Ahmet en Dweezil willen daar
liefst niet van weten.
AHMET ZAPPA: It's not a nostalgia tour! It's really a celebration of Frank's work. We're
going to try to showcase his earliest records to his latest, the last records he recorded. So in
doing that my brother and I we've picked our favourite songs and what we think are the fans'
favourites. We're going to have three months of rehearsal, like my father had, to try to twiddle
down from the seventy songs that we really like try to get about forty that we can play as best
as humanly possible, up to Frank Zappa standard. In figuring all this out we thought it would
be nice some of Frank's ex-band mates, people that my brother and I really respect and
obviously grew up loving, to come out on the road with us. Let's just say: if you're a Zappa
fan and you wish that a certain band member of Frank was coming on the road, like someone
you really think is one of your favourites, chances are he'll probably be there and make an
appearance, at least at one of our shows. We are trying to have a bunch of special surprises
and before the concert there isn't going to be an opening act, but what we will have, is a little
documentary that kind of explains who Frank is and what his music is really about, who he is
as a composer. Because that's what Frank really was: all of his songs were composed. They
were very difficult and they're all written out. He was just an exceptional musician. It's not
simple music to play. I think people will be excited to see the documentary and then hear
some kick-ass musicians rock the mike.
* * * FRANK ZAPPA : Father O'Blivion (Imaginary diseases)
label/referentie: Zappa/import/ZR 20001 - http://www.zappa.com/splash.html
Father O'Blivion, Frank Zappa live in 1972. Het kwam uit de nieuwe cd Imaginary diseases.
De Zappadagen nog eens herbeleven kan dus met Zappa plays Zappa op dinsdag 30 mei in
Vorst Nationaal.
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listed
by Hoodoo at the alt.fan.frank-zappa newsgroup:
2006/04/14
Jammys, U-Melt, Green Apple Music and Arts Festival
By Robin A. Rothman
Times Herald-Record
rrothman@th-record.com
JAMTASTIC VOYAGE
Remember that time John
Popper made a speech wearing his "jammies"? Or that time everyone
booed when Phish won awards for Studio Album of the Year and Live Jam of the
Year? What about Buddy Guy dubbing John Mayer the future of the blues? Derek
Trucks Band as the "house band"? A jam-packed first show at Irving
Plaza when the trophy was a bowl?
You don't? Then maybe you
shouldn't let the sixth installment of the Jammys pass you by.
In addition to honoring
the live music experience with awards in categories like Tour of the Year, Live
Performance of the Year, Best Live Archival Album and New Groove, the Jammys
provides inimitable live experiences in the form of one-off collaborations and
all-out jams.
Hippies? Sure, the Jammys
has been known to attract a few. But if that's why you missed Sinead O'Connor's
return to the stage, not to mention her jam with Huey Lewis and Burning Spear,
then shame on you.
This year's event, taking
place at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden, 4 Pennsylvania
Plaza in NYC, boasts a typically atypical variety of artists.
Grateful Dead drummers
Mickey Hart and Billy Kreutzmann will be there, as will guitar great Joe
Satriani, Afro-pop goddess Angelique Kidjo, jam stalwart Steve Kimock, Jane's
Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins ... and on and on.
Who's jam(my)ing with
whom? I don't want to give it all away, but some highlights will include Guster
with Peter Frampton, Blues Traveler with Bettye Lavette and Dweezil Zappa with
Chick Corea.
The show will culminate
with a tribute to Frank Zappa, who will receive a posthumous Lifetime
Achievement Award. Former Zappa cohort Napoleon Murphy Brock and Dweezil will be
on hand to make sure it's done right.
Tickets are $39.50-$59.50
at Ticketmaster.
2010 02
Have you ever wanted to drastically improve your musical skills in a short
period of time? Or wanted to learn to improvise like a professional? DWEEZILLA
is the opportunity for you!
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exploration and development camp will occur in the heart of the "Forever
Wild" Catskill Forest Preserve in Big Indian, New York at the Full Moon
Resort from Sunday, June 20th to Friday, June 25th 2010.
Disconnected from the busy chaos of the outside world, your days at DWEEZILLA
will include gourmet meals provided by Full Moon Resort with master classes
from Dweezil Zappa, Joe Travers, Pete Griffin, Scheila Gonzales, Jamie Klime
and Billy Hulting. Private performances, intimate jam sessions, campfires,
film screenings, and of course, the study of Frank Zappa's brilliant approach
to music, his career, and legacy. Use your time at DWEEZILLA to get advice
from the masters, perfect your sound, learn about life on the road, master
improvisation, and much more!
"I decided to create a diverse music boot camp for people of all
skill levels hoping to increase their musical prowess. It would make me very
happy if I could help a fellow musician take their skills to the next
level." - Dweezil Zappa
Accommodations, as well as campsites, are available at the Full Moon Resort (
http://www.fullmoonresort.com/)
and the nearby Alpine Inn (
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All DWEEZILLA activities will be held on-site at Full Moon Resort. Acres of
fields, meadows, forests and streams provide a natural backdrop for a
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Create an account on Dweezil Zappa's website:
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and fill out the DWEEZILLA Musical Bootcamp Questionnaire.
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Additional
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Dr.
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Ryan
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John
Brower (jwbrower@my-deja.com)
Téa
Smith (tealou@iinet.net.au)
Sam
Rouse (samandor@newsguy.com)
"R. Kane" (caltrops4@newsguy.com)
- guitar player
(1987/01, magazine, usa)
- The Januari 1987 issue of Guitar Player magazine included an
article by and an interview with Frank Zappa. As a bonus, the
magazine included a soundpage recording of Frank Zappa's onstage
debut with son Dweezil, playing 'Sharleena'.
- "Frank Zappa on the '80s Guitar Clone", as told
to Dan Forte, a 5-page article
- "World Premiere: Zappa & Son, onstage together
for the first time" by Tom Wheeler, a 4-page article.
- a flexi-disc soundpage
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- playgirl
(1994/01, magazine, usa)
- the january 1994 edition of playgirl had a dweezil zappa
special.
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- fachblatt
(1995/01, magazine, germany)
- the january 1995 issue of fachblatt had a big article on frank
and dweezil zappa.
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- guitar player
(2006/08, mag, usa)
- The August 2006 edition of Guitar Player included a Zappa plays
Zappa special:
- Dweezil Zappa and Steve Vai on the cover;
- "All In The Family" by Darrin Fox, 11-page article
/ interview with Dweezil Zappa
- "Frank's Little Italian Virtuoso" by Darrin Fox,
3-page article / interview with Steve Vai
- "The Vaultmeister" by Darrin Fox, a 1-page article
/ interview with Joe Travers
- "Dweezil On His New Album And Old Masters" by
Darrin Fox, 1-page article / interview
- "Vintage Vault - Artifacts - The Guitars Of Frank
Zappa" by Darrin Fox, a 2-page article on Frank Zappa's
guitars.
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- guitar world
(2008/08, mag + cd, usa)
- The August 2008 issue of Guitar World included an 8-page
interview with Dweezil Zappa on Frank's studio and gearm:
"Totally Frank" by Alan Di Perna.
- The CD-Rom that comes with the mag included a video of Dweezil
giving a tour on Frank's and his gear and equipment.
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| 2018 saw Dweezil doing the voice for Gary The Station Manager for
Carl King's "The Oracle Of Outer Space". |
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