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aving almost 20 years of he five-piece band have been on the of all the experiences Zebrahead have had and
Tscene longer than most bands, they’ve
Hmusic under their belts, played all over the world and released more al- why it is a representation of who the band have
grown and developed to be over the past few
Zebrahead, the California punk bums than you can count on your fingers. They years of heavy touring. He says, “I guess it’s
rockers are still kicking out the have recently been touring Europe for the re- what we are - who we are now. We tried to take
creativity in their tunes. Having lease of their newest album ‘Walk The Plank’. a different approach to this record with a new
producer (Paul Miner) and a new mixer (Kyle
Touring is important to Zebrahead’s writing in-
just released their new album fluence, as explained by their vocalist Ali Black). We tried to step out of our comfort zone
‘Walk The Plank’, Black Velvet Tabatabaee. “Obviously when you’re traveling box and tried to make the heavier songs heav-
met up with vocalists Matty you meet a lot of people, all the times that we ier and the mellower songs more mellow. We
write about, are about people who are close to
just wanted to try something a little more differ-
Lewis and Ali Tabatabaee while us. So I guess it gives you a wider palette of ent. I guess it turned out. I mean, I really like it.
on their current European tour to things that you experience. And then also we But I’m a little biased!”
write sometimes while we’re travelling or come
Diversity is quite a big part of ‘Walk The
chat about ideas of perfection, up with ideas and then at home we work Plank’, including the album cover art. Having
the current generation and how through the song. It helps us a lot as far as not worked with Stefan Beham previously, Ze-
they dealt with playing in Paris gaining experience and having things to write brahead had asked him to design an album
cover. Ali recalls the ease of working with
about in general.”
shortly after the attacks on the Matty Lewis, vocalist and guitarist, then Beham which ended in the image of the skull
city. sums up that their new record is a combination octopus engulfing the ship. He goes on to say,
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