Dweezil Zappa forced to change Zappa band's moniker

[Collector]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/mu ... story.html

[BBP]

That's been such an incredibly ugly conflict I'm not going to buy new Zappa releases or visit his concert.

[Tawmis]

That's been such an incredibly ugly conflict I'm not going to buy new Zappa releases or visit his concert.

When I saw Collector post this, I knew you'd have an opinion.

[Collector]

Why do you think I posted it?

[BBP]

Well, it's been an ongoing item for months now at the ol' Zappa forum, many older fans there who still saw the great man live... I used to be a huge fan of Dweezil, but after he posted a number of extremely arrogant and even vile replies to messages from fans he lost me. And to say the other siblings that have spoken out on the matter, can't say I'm too impressed by either. The only one that really comes up as remotely likeable is the one who's been quiet over it, the youngest, Diva. As long as this matter's not settled I'm not going to purchase anything if I'm not sure the money ends on the right side. Whatever the right side may be.

One of the reasons why it hurts is the Zappa family always seemed to be so close, to the extent that in 2005 the idea was that Ahmet and Dweezil were going to tour together playing their father's music. And now they're fighting in public.