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In the studio, mixing down live concert footage for “Zappa Plays Zappa”, Dweezil turns to Waves, which he calls “Some of the best new plug-ins out there…They instantly make things sound more musical.”


Over the past 3 years, Dweezil Zappa has travelled the globe performing with his exceptionally talented band on the Zappa Plays Zappa tour. From America to Europe, Australia, Canada and Japan, audiences and critics alike have unanimously praised this ambitious undertaking devoted to bringing the music and legacy of Frank Zappa to a new generation of listeners.

Zappa Plays Zappa has also featured guest appearances by legendary musicians like Steve Vai and Terry Bozzio and Ray White. As an ongoing project, the touring group continuously expands its repertoire by adding compositions drawn from Frank Zappa’s vast body of work.

A recording artist in his own right, Dweezil has released several adventurous solo rock albums, and has played guitar with a wide variety of other artists, including Herbie Hancock, Don Johnson, Winger, and Weird Al Yankovic.

Since the early 1990s, Zappa has been working on an original composition called “What The Hell Was I Thinking?”, a 75-minute continuous piece of music featuring guitar solos by dozens of famous guitar players, from Brian May and Eddie Van Halen to Eric Johnson, Malcolm and Angus Young.

Dweezil also composed and performed the theme music for the EMMY winning "Ben Stiller Show", and the popular series "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment" as well as the solo on Spinal Tap's second album "Break Like the Wind".

Dweezil Zappa’s show business experience extends far beyond the musical realm, having worked as an MTV VJ during the 1980s, as well as acting in movies like The Running Man and the brat-pack classic Pretty in Pink. In the mid 1990s, he was the voice of Ajax on the animated series Duckman, and also appeared in numerous television series including the wild musical variety series "Happy Hour".

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