On March 4th 1982 two of Frank Zappa’s kids son Dweezil and daughter Moon Unit formed a band called Fred Zeppelin. They were aged 12 and 14 at the time. Their first single was “My Mother Is A Space Cadet”. That is a great band name in my opinion! In fact there is a Led Zeppelin tribute act with the same name around now. Some sources suggest that the band name the Zappa sprogs used was in fact Fred Zappalin, or something similar. But whatever name it was made under it is in fact a damned good song! The song was written by Dweezil and Moon Unit along with none other than Steve Vai. It was produced by Eddie Van Halen and Donn Landee, credited as “The Vards”, (a pun on Van Halen’s mother’s pronunciation of his first name Edward). Van Halen also plays the (uncredited) slide guitar that opens the song.
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