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Iluvthe80s
Son
of Frank Zappa and a heavy-metal disciple of Edward Van Halen
and Steve Vai, Dweezil released his first album, Having a Bad
Day, in 1986. He worked a stint as a VJ on MTV, appeared in the
films Pretty in Pink and The Running Man, and had a brief sojourn
in TV situation comedy with his sister Moon Unit, on 1988-89's
Normal Life. Zappa also issued his second album, My Guitar Wants
to Kill Your Mama, in 1988, following it in 1991 with Confessions.
Zappa subsequently took a break from solo recording; he worked
in television for a time, composing the theme song to the sadly
short-lived Ben Stiller Show and voicing the character of Ajax
on the brilliant USA Network animated series Duckman. He next
formed the band Z with brother Ahmet on vocals; the group released
two albums together, 1994's Shampoohorn and 1996's Music for Pets.
In addition to his work as a session guitarist, Zappa busied himself
with Happy Hour, a TV show for the USA Network co-hosted with
Ahmet which debuted in 1999, and his first solo album in nine
years, 2000's mostly instrumental Automatic. — Cub Koda & Steve
Huey
SOURCE:
Allmusic.com
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