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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS: Dweezil
DH: Moon Unit [/quote]

My imagination cannot improve the improbable and colorful backstory of Moon Unit and Dweezil. I (SAHM) could probably use their family’s help channeling my creativity better.

Moon Unit’s and Dweezil’s father was of Sicilian, Greek-Arab, and French ancestry, and their mother was of German and Portuguese descent. So we might expect names like Antonio, Maria, Vito, Allesandro, Bruno, Lucy or Carlo right?

Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967) is the daughter of American musician Frank Zappa. Born in New York City, the eldest child of Gail (née Sloatman) and musician Frank Zappa. Moon Unit has three younger siblings: Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva.

Dweezil Zappa (born Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa; September 5, 1969) is an American rock guitarist and actor. Dweezil Zappa and Steven Volpp team together to empower artists, content creators, and producers/engineers with Reward Music, a Humane Technology business.

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an avant garde and satirical edged American musician, singer, composer, songwriter, and bandleader. Zappa's 1966 debut LP with the Mothers of Invention is thought to be the first concept album. The  double album mocked the then burgeoning hippie culture. "Who Are the Brain Police?," It was a sonic freak-out and didn't chart.

'Valley Girl' From: 'Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch' (1982) was Zappa’s only Top 40 hit? It hit No. 32) and featured his then 14-year-old daughter Moon on lead vocals, running through a bunch of early-'80s "valley" speak. "Valley Girl" is a biting satire of West Coast vapidity.

'Cosmik Debris' From: 'Apostrophe' (1974) song from Zappa's only Top 10 album Apostrophe, and the track that follows the "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow suite. Zappa narrates the story of a promise-sputtering guru over a springy jazz rhythm that steps down for a killer guitar solo. A mid-'70s slam of leftover '60s "mumbo jumbo."

Montana' From: 'Over-Nite Sensation' (1973), Zappa returned to the studio with a new band of Mothers. "Montana" closes the album  with six-minutes of Drum fills, blazing guitar solos, funky time signatures – and - with Tina Turner on backing vocals.

But unless tripping on psychedelic drugs, why would anyone inflict these bizarre names on their kids? There was some method in the madness. Dweezil was supposedly was a nickname his father had for his wife's pinkie toe. “Dweezil was just a pet name Frank had in his head that stuck with him and popped out of his mouth when his eldest son was born. His first born, Moon Unit Zappa, was a daughter who was either going to be named Moon or Motorhead. She was named Moon, and "Unit" was actually her middle name, referring to her birth making the family a "unit." (https://www.dailyherald.com/insights/20180511/ron-onesti-it-was-hard-for-me-to-get-past-dweezil-zappas-name).

Dweezil goes so far as to brag that he was never teased for his unique name at school. “Actually, everybody thought our names were cool. Most of my friends wished they had creative names like us.” (https://www.dailyherald.com/insights/20180511/ron-onesti-it-was-hard-for-me-to-get-past-dweezil-zappas-name).

So here we have a Classic Catch 22. Some of Zappa senior ‘s most celebrated edgy music skewered LA trendy cultural voids. And yet in most other US subcultures where celebrities are not de facto royalty, children with the names of Dweezil and Moon Unit would likely have endured merciless bullying. This may be a small,price to pay for the privilege of having a creative genius as a dad.[/quote]

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