Hailing from Orange County, CA. Zebrahead — Ali Tabatabaee (vocals), Greg Bergdorf (guitar), Matty Lewis (vocals/guitar), Ben Osmundson (bass) and Ed Udhus (drums) — are just back from a successful tour of Europe and the band is set to hit the road for a trek of US dates in support of the group’s highly-anticipated new album ‘Phoenix’.
This full length CD/DVD combo pack features 16 new songs. The DVD features the never-released BROADCAST TO THE WORLD DVD, with live footage, all videos from that album and Zebrahead antics. with most tracks produced by Cameron Webb (Social Distortion, Motorhead, Papa Roach) along with a few tracks produced by Zebrahead’s old friend and producer from their debut release Howard Benson (Daughtry, Saosin, POD Adema).
Excited about their second release for ICON Music Entertainment, the band is revitalized, road-ready and eager to get the party started. The quintet comes out kicking, delivering a flurry of pummeling rhythms, clench-fisted chords and meaty hooks that we have come to expect from Zebrahead. In addition to the new CD the band is already slated to play Japan’s Summersonic Festival, Europe’s Download Festival and Switzerland’s Greenfield Festival. US tour dates to be announced soon.
Zebraheads new CD ‘Phoenix’ is the successor to the bands first ICON Music release ‘Broadcast to the World’, the follow-up to Zebrahead’s critically acclaimed third release, ‘MFZB’. ‘MFZB’ had the highest testing alternative song for months running with “Rescue Me”. ‘MFZB’ also went gold in Japan! ‘Playmate of the Year’, released in 2000 to rave reviews, the album’s infectious title track received over 4000 spins on Modern Rock and Rock radio, garnering airplay on some of the nation’s biggest alternative stations.
CD to hit the street and Internet August 5 on ICON Music Entertainment with Artwork and package design by Shawn Harris of The Matches
Check out the first single “Mental Health”
Tour Dates:
Solo:
8/15 House of Blues San Diego, CA
8/16 House of Blues Anaheim, CA
With City Sleeps and Civet:
8/18 The Sets Phoenix, AZ
8/20 Mesa Theater Grand Junction, CO
8/22 The Bluebird St Louis
8/23 The Rave Milwaukee, WI
8/24 Peabody’s Cleveland, OH
8/25 Crocodile Rock Allentown, PA
8/27 Blender at Gramercy Park NYC, NY
8/28 Stone Pony Asbury Park, NJ
8/30 Magic Stick Detroit, MI
8/31 Diesel Nightclub Pittsburgh, PA
9/2 Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
9/3 Reggie’s Night Club Chicago, IL
9/6 Bluebird Denver, CO
9/8 Club Boom Ogden, UT
9/9 Big Easy Boise, ID
9/11 Boulevard Spokane, WA
9/17 Karma Lounge Ventura, CA
9/18 The Knitting Factory Hollywood, CA
Many bands make an entrance into a particular scene, make a statement, and are suddenly yesterday’s has-beens after an album or two. But after a dozen years, half a dozen albums, scores of countries, countless miles, a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance for their blistering cover of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman and immeasurable faces rocked, it’s not entirely surprising that Orange County-based rock act Zebrahead have been able to not only maintain a distinct relevancy to the core fan base that grew up with the act, it’s also been able to consistently break new ground and appeal to newer generations of audiences.
So, what’s the big secret to such great fortune? Credit the quintet’s truly innovative and ingenious meld of punk, hip-hop and alternative rock, which crosses over musical bounds, not to mention songwriting that’s infallibly infectious.
After completing over a year-and-a-half of constant touring on its previous release, 2006’s Broadcast to the World, the act settled down in its Orange County rehearsal studio to begin writing sessions. Zebrahead eventually constructed Phoenix over the course of a few months, the latest and most focused example of Zebrahead’s genre-bending sound. It’s the band’s most comprehensive album to date, sporting 16 tracks, and, according to Zebrahead vocalist Ali Tabatabaee is also the band’s most well rounded collection and second release on Icon Music.
ZEBRAHEAD - “Mental Health” (right click, save as)
With the imminent release of Phoenix, Tabatabaee is able to reflect on the longevity of his band and its continued relevancy to audiences young and old. “Kids are appreciating the fact that we’re sticking to our roots and really just trying to make good music. We’d like to thank the fans for allowing us to have such a long career. If it wasn’t for them, we’d be flipping burgers somewhere. Fortunately, we get paid to do what we love, so we want to thank them a lot for that.”
And as for Phoenix, Tabatabaee adds, “We can’t wait for the rest of the world to listen to it and see what they think. It’ll have something for everyone. And hopefully people will have open minds and will be able to accept it and appreciate it for what it is. We just didn’t want to make the same album again, you know?”
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