Dweezil Zappa on Van Halen, Deep Purple & Frank Zappa | Discogs Listening Room @ W Hotel LA 2025

Around the time when young Dweezil Zappa was just getting into Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen called their house to speak to his father, Frank. 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. These are the albums Dweezil chose to play in the Discogs Listening Room: Van Halen ‘Fair Warning’: https://www.discogs.com/release/22836743-Van-Halen-Fair-Warning Deep Purple ‘Machine Head’: https://www.discogs.com/release/30239906-Deep-Purple-Machine-Head Frank Zappa ‘Apostrophe (‘)’: https://www.discogs.com/release/31725788-Frank-Zappa-Apostrophe- Dweezil Zappa on Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/237886-Dweezil-Zappa 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. -- Unlock the ultimate record collecting experience: https://www.discogs.com/about/get-started/ SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/discogs Check us on Social @Discogs: Follow Discogs on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discogs Follow Discogs on X: https://twitter.com/discogs Follow Discogs on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discogs Follow Discogs on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@discogs Follow Discogs on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/discogsofficial.bsky.social #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection