Post by mccjeff on Nov 30, 2016 11:10:09 GMT -5
On the long drive down to MS the other day we listened to Jam On on SiriusXM. Dweezil Zappa was on and talked about the latest in the ongoing battle between him and the Zappa trust.
The basics are according to his side of the story...
They issued him a cease and desist to use the name Zappa Plays Zappa, Dweezil Zappa Plays Frank Zappa and any other variation that contains Frank Zappa's name. Now they have even attempted him to prevent him from using the name "Dweezil Zappa" in any music and/or entertainment context. So even Dweezil Zappa Plays Whatever the ... He Wants is now off limits.
Yes, they want to prevent him from using the name on his birth certificate to preform music whether Frank's or his own.
According to him they (Ahmet and Diva) want to have exclusive use of the Zappa brand name in all fields. He purports that they only view it as a brand name and want to slap it on yoga pants. He maintains that They want all the money from him touring and from his merch sales to go into the trust without incurring any of the expense of touring.
Really a messed up scene.
The basics are according to his side of the story...
They issued him a cease and desist to use the name Zappa Plays Zappa, Dweezil Zappa Plays Frank Zappa and any other variation that contains Frank Zappa's name. Now they have even attempted him to prevent him from using the name "Dweezil Zappa" in any music and/or entertainment context. So even Dweezil Zappa Plays Whatever the ... He Wants is now off limits.
Yes, they want to prevent him from using the name on his birth certificate to preform music whether Frank's or his own.
According to him they (Ahmet and Diva) want to have exclusive use of the Zappa brand name in all fields. He purports that they only view it as a brand name and want to slap it on yoga pants. He maintains that They want all the money from him touring and from his merch sales to go into the trust without incurring any of the expense of touring.
Really a messed up scene.
