Dweezil Zappa Plays His Favorite Vinyl Records

Around the time when young Frank Zappa. Fifteen minutes later, Van Halen arrived at the Zappa household and played guitar solos for young Dweezil.

“And that was the moment where I was like, ‘I need to do this,’’ says Zappa. Dweezil Zappa’s upbringing helped to shape him into a guitar virtuoso, with a deep fondness for the hard rock of the 1970s and ‘80s that thrives to this day.

In this edition of the Discogs Listening Room, Zappa dug deep into his vinyl collection to recall his first meeting with Eddie Van Halen and insider knowledge about Deep Purple’s most popular song.

For this edition of the Discogs Listening Room, the Alpha Theta Euphonia 4-Channel Rotary Mixer, Pioneer DJ PLX-1000 Turntable, and Ortofon 2M Red Cartridge were used.