Devoted to performing the music of Frank Zappa, Zappa Plays Zappa is led by Dweezil Zappa, the oldest son of the late American composer and musician Frank Zappa. In addition to the Zappa Plays Zappa project, Dweezil has recorded under his own name and with his brother, Ahmet, in their band Z. Six-string heroics aside, Dweezil has nurtured a successful television career, starting early on as an MTV veejay when he was only 17. He has appeared in films (Pretty in Pink, The Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger) and composed the music for several television shows including the Ben Stiller Show and the hit WB comedy, The Jamie Kennedy Experiment.