New Summer and Fall Dates from The Zeros
To quote the L.A. Weekly, "any show by the reunited Zeros is a big deal..." and packed clubs across the US, Europe, SXSW and NXNE seem to uphold that statement.
The Zeros are playing to a new generation of young and old and its clear theres still something magical about this band, as the iconic American punks return with a select series of club dates and new releases.
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The Zeros kicked off a string of shows with the start of Comic-Con in San Diego and "JJ Rad Fest" at The Ken Club followed by shows in San Francisco, Sacramento, The Las Vegas Shakedown, Seattle, MFNW in Portland, Vancouver, and in October its Baltimore, Maxwell's in Hoboken, and New York City's Bowery Electric with Walter Lure and The Waldos.
In November, the UK's Domino Records will include two songs by The Zeros on a Jon Savage Compilation of the Best of American Punk Rock. In the fall you can expect two singles from The Zeros on Brooklyn based Last Laugh Records and expect news from the band's original label Bomp Records in the near future.
NEW YORKER MAGAZINE
"The Zeros. Though they did not become as famous as their peers in X or Black Flag, this Los Angeles punk band played an equally seismic role in putting that city on the punk-rock map in the late seventies."
The teenaged Zeros: Javier Escovedo, Hector Penalosa, Baba Chenelle and Robert Lopez, blasted out of the South Bay suburb of Chula Vista at the dawn of the punk explosion in 1976, and played their first major show the following year at L.A.'s decaying Orpheum Theater, known as the Hollywood Punk Palace. Three bands from that show - The Zeros, The Weirdos, and Germs would become an integral part of the history of West Coast punk, and epitomize its sometimes destructive collision of collective musical passion and personal excess.
The hook-laden garage punk of The Zeros, with influences that ranged from the New York Dolls, Stooges, David Bowie, Velvet Underground, T-Rex, and Kiss to '60s proto-punk bands like the Seeds, Standells, and the Animals, earned them a recording deal with music-magazine publisher Greg Shaw's Bomp Records, which released the raucous single, "Wimp"/"Don't Push Me Around" in '77, followed a year later by "Beat Your Heart Out"/"Wild Weekend."
The Zeros, after relocating in San Francisco, would go on to play at such renowned venues as The Masque, Whisky Au Go-Go, and the Starwood in L.A.; San Francisco's Mabuhay Gardens, Deaf Club, and Temple Beautiful; and CBGB and Max's Kansas City in New York.
The band often found itself at key moments in the evolutionary punk/new wave timeline. On March 17, 1979, returning to L.A. to play a show with X, The Alleycats, The Go-Go's, The Plugz, and The Wipers at Elks Lodge Hall, The Zeros barely got to relax after their set when the show was interrupted by the notoriously punk-hating, baton-wielding LAPD. The night ended in a minor riot. The "St. Patrick's Day Massacre" became the stuff of history.
The Zeros played with The Clash, were once joined onstage by Patti Smith, and even had their gear stolen at New York City's infamous Danceteria. The Zeros have inspired and influenced so many bands. Their songs have been recorded by The Muffs, Hoodoo Gurus, and Mudhoney. Sator covered "Black and White" and it went to number 2 on the Swedish charts. An opportunity to witness a reunion of such bonafide legends like The Zeros is not to be missed. This is Punk Rock history live and in person...and yea, a big deal.
The Zeros 2010 tour dates:
(Dates and information subject to change.)
August 2010
Aug 6, 11PM
@ Elbo Room
San Francisco, CA
Aug 7, 9PM
@ Blue Lamp
Sacramento, CA
Aug 13, 11PM
@ Beauty Bar
*Brass Lounge*
Country Saloon
Las Vegas, NV
September 2010
Sep 9, 9PM
@ El Corazon
Seattle, WA
Sep 10, 9PM
@ The Venue
Vancouver, British Co
Sep 11, 11PM
@ Ash Street Saloon
Portland, OR
October 2010
Oct 28, 11PM
@ Bowery Electric
New York, NY
Oct 29, 7:30PM
@ Maxwell's
Hoboken, NJ
Oct 30, 11PM
@ Golden West
Baltimore, ML
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