Description

PROMOTIONAL ONLY means issued by record company in very limited quantity and sent to selected Industry professionals ONLY for promotional consideration/airplay. Never for sale and highly collectable releases

German promo cd in cardboard sleeve.

Zebrahead is an American rock/punk band from La Habra, California, formed in 1996 by guitarist Greg Bergdorf and drummer Ed Udhus, (both formerly of the band 409), bassist Ben Osmundson (formerly of 3-Ply) and singer/rhythm guitarist Justin Mauriello (formerly of Once There). All four musicians, whose bands at the time shared the same practice space, became acquainted with one another after experimenting with different music styles together. This led to all four leaving their respective bands and forming their own and naming it Zebrahead. Inspired by bands such as Fugazi and Descendents and uninterested in the local musical trends of the time, Zebrahead began experimenting and incorporating elements of hip-hop into their sound, leading to the inclusion of rapper Ali Tabatabaee as a co-vocalist. Back in the mid- to late ’80s, when hip-hop was still a relatively young art form, there was such a thing as rock-rap fusion — but it sounded very different from the rap-inflected nu metal of the late ’90s. It was more like hardcore punk or artsy post-punk with breakbeats, and the most popular practitioners of the genre were Faith No More. Zebrahead are a sort of rap-rock outfit owing far more to the old school than the new, but that adds the welcome element of solid melodic hooks to the mix. This band started out in the ska-punk ghetto, and on its sixth album, Broadcast To The World, there are a couple of nods to the old days (most notably on the high-stepping Anthem), but mostly Zebrahead keep the sound in a heavy rock mode. This cd promo features two versions as well as a video to the track Anthem. The Boston Phoenix magazine said that the band “combined the pop-punk cuteness of Blink-182 with the rap-metal aggression of Limp Bizkit” which sounds rather fitting.

Track list:
1. Anthem-album version
2. Anthem-clean edit version
3. Anthem-video