Dweezil Zappa and mostly Danish ancestry. Dweezil's registered birth name was Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa. The hospital at which he was born refused to register him under the name Dweezil, so Frank listed the names of several musician friends. "Dweezil" was a nickname coined by Frank for an oddly curled pinky toe of Gail's. At the age of five years, Dweezil learned that his legal name was different, and he insisted on having his nickname become his legal name. Gail and Frank hired an attorney and soon the name Dweezil was official. In the 1980s, Zappa worked as an MTV VJ
Crane Technique (musician) Crane Technique (musician) Paul John Wheatley (born January 29, 1979) better known by his artist name CRANE TECHNIQUE, is an Irish-American musician and Songwriter based in Ventura, CA. Wheatley first gained prominence as lead guitarist and back-up vocalist for the San Diego-based piano rock band We Shot The Moon (The Militia Group). Crane Technique was founded as Wheatley's solo music project in 2010, after releasing his first single, "Darling, Say Goodbye" (Broadcast Music, Inc.). After much U.S. and international touring, he released numerous singles and a 5 song EP called Ghost White in 2014 (Broadcast Music, Inc., Sonic Parcel Records).