Moon Unit Zappa

Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967, in New York City) is the oldest child of late American rock star Frank Zappa and Gail Sloatman; she goes by the name "Moon Zappa." Apart from the novelty of her unusual name, she first came to public attention at the age of 14, in 1982, as a vocalist on her father's hit single "Valley Girl". The song featured Moon Unit delivering a monologue in 'val-speak', a collection of slang terms popular in the San Fernando Valley, in Los Angeles.

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"Valley Girl" was Frank Zappa's only top 40 hit in the United States, and popularized phrases such as "Grody to the max", "Gag me with a spoon", and also the word bitchin' as a term of high praise. The song appeared on Zappa's contemporary album Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch, a title which had itself been thought up by Moon Unit, as an explanation for the cryptic line drawing on the album's cover.

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She has three younger siblings, Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva. As an adult she has worked as a stand-up comic, magazine writer, actress (notably in the television sit-com "Normal Life"), and is author of the novel America, the Beautiful, which was published by Touchstone on September 11, 2001 (ISBN 0743213831). The semi-autobiographical novel features a protagonist named "American Throne" and was overshadowed by the events of 9/11.

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Zappa is married to Paul Doucette, who is drummer for the band Matchbox 20. She gave birth to their first child, Mathilda Plum Doucette, on December 21, 2004, a date which would have been her late father's sixty-fourth birthday. Mathilda would also have been Frank Zappa's first grandchild.

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