RIP Billy Powell

Rock N' Roll lost a true legend today. The piano player from Lynyrd Skynyrd died this morning at 56. Many of the band's members were lost in a plane crash in 1977, but Billy survived and continued to tour and play with Lynyrd Skynyrd. Billy was one of my major influences and Lynyrd Skynyrd was the first concert that I ever attended.

Rolling Stone Article

Free Bird

Tuesday's Gone

"Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
and this bird you cannot change"

The Legend of Andrew Marx

Andrew Marx has been tremendously helpful to our band. He has written two concert reviews for us and has also written an article about us. Andrew runs two websites and he has also just finished writing a book. Does the dude ever sleep??

What is the book about?? The book by Andrew and Dara Shifrer is titled "What Do You Say to the DJ?" and it chronicles their personal journeys to adulthood in their own words. You can check out a summary of the book here and you can also order it from here. My copy should be arriving soon! Aside from documenting his trials and tribulations, let me give you the 411 on Andrew's music sites.....I also have the links to the articles he's done about ZMB....

Concert Central: This website has concert reviews and set lists of various bands playing in and around Boston. Andrew is often seen at shows with a pen and pad...collecting set lists from bands and critiquing the performances. The coolest thing about this site, is that you can submit your own concert review without even registering to the site. It truly is an interactive community of music critics. Here are the links to Andrew's Concert Reviews of ZMB:

9/13/08 @ Kennedy's Midtown

1/23/09 @ Johnny D's


Smart Remarx: Smart Remarx is a blog with many topics aside from just music. There are several bloggers on the site in addition to Andrew and it's definitely worth checking out. For one of Andrew's entries, he interviewed our band and wrote the following article.

ZMB Interview: Increased Gigging


Anyways, I just wanted to give you all a rundown of a true journalist warrior, Andrew Marx...check out the book and articles if you get a chance!

ZM

One of the most sampled albums

Stevie Wonder Songs in the key of life...

Amish Paradise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfVw9xxoNY

Gangsters in Paradise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_A8Ya9SzA8

The original pastime paradise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=840uku8_T4Q

listen to the rest of the album... many songs taken off there.

Thanks for making Johnny D's a Sold out show!

Thanks for the great turn out last night! It was amazing.
Post your favorite part!

Johnny D's Gig!!

Hey everybody,

I'm getting pumped for the Johnny D's gig. We're expecting a lot of people out and my sister is coming all the way down from Maine to see us. And yes, my sister is incredibly tall as well....6'1 to be exact.

We are going to be debuting a new song called "Cougar", which is a pretty funny song. I wrote the lyrics on New Years Day with my friend Nate Curll and the next week, the band added their parts to it...hopefully we can get the crowd singing "She's a Coooouuugar". Maybe they'll even be some cougars there and we can satisfy their dire need for an anthem song. Needless to say, I an amped and itching to get out there and rock hard. Hope to see you all out at the club tomorrow night! You'll be helping out a good cause in the process....see below post about our charity.

Zac Mac

Help Us Help Sherry's House!

Hey everyone! Justin here...

I just wanted to remind everyone that we've partnered with an awesome organization. They are called Why me - Sherry's House. They are located on Worcester, Mass and their goal is to provide a place to stay for families with children receiving treatment for cancer.

Going through such an emotional experience can be very hard for families, especailly if they don't live close to the treament facility, and Sherry's House provides comfort and support for the parents, siblings and the children being treated.

We are proud to work with such an amazing, selfless group of people, and as a band we ask that you help us to give them as much support as we can.

For our initial show of financial support, I will be donating my full salary from our show tomorrow night to Sherry's House. We are playing at Johnny D's in Somerville so if you can make it please come by! Tickets are $10 at the door and the more people we get at the show, the more money we can give to Sherry's House!

In addition, we will also be donating 100% of the proceeds we make in the month of February on our single "Highest Level" to Sherry's House. So, if you haven't bouth the single yet, now's a great chance get a great song and help out an awesome charity!

Thank you all so much for your time and I hope to see you all at the show tomorrow!

----Justin

So you want to fly? You need one of these suits

These guys are sick...
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1

I think we need to re do our band jump with these.

-Jeff

side note: Van Halen parachuted into one of their shows.

OK... So I almost died yesterday....

Hey Everyone... It's Justin...

I just wanted to tell you a little bit about the adventure I had yesterday....


So, yesterday morning on my way to work, i was heading north on I-93 abot 200 meters from the Hooksett tollbooth when i saw an Isuzu Rodeo heading south bound very fast... it was just past the tolls and FLYING down the road... my guess is between 60 and 70 MPH. Way too fast to have just hit the toll plaza. Anyway, the Rodeo looses control and swerves into the northbound lane. The Kia in the lane next to me T-Bones the rodeo and the Rodeo lifts about 10' in the air, still heading in my direction. The back end of the Rodeo passes over the hood of my car missing my windshied, and my definite demise by about 4". The Rode hits the ground just on the other side of my car, skids about 5 feet and then comes to a rest. The only damage to my car was a cracked windshied and a smashed drivers side window that were hit by debris from the other 2 cars impact...

I swear, i literally thought I was going to be smashed....

It kinda makes you think about a lot of stuff when something like that happens....

----JC

My Favorite 10 Albums

I've been thinking lately a lot about what albums have influenced me the most. It's tough to compile a short list for this, but I'm going to give it a shot...I've also listed my favorite 3 tracks from each album.

10) "Final Straw" by Snow Patrol
Favorite tracks: "Run," "Ways and Means," and "Same"

9) "Physical Graffiti" by Led Zeppelin
Favorite tracks: "Kashmir," "Ten Years Gone," and "In the Light"

8) "Parachutes" by Coldplay
Favorite tracks: "Spies," "Yellow," and "Everything's Not Lost"

7) "Day & Age" by The Killers
Favorite tracks: "Spaceman," "This is your Life," and "Dustland Fairytale"

6) "Audioslave" by Audioslave
Favorite tracks: "Like a Stone," "I Am the Highway," and "Show Me How to Live"

5) "Use Your Illusion II" by Guns N' Roses
Favorite tracks: "Estranged," "Knockin' On Heaven's Door," and "Don't Cry"

4) "Hopes and Fears" by Keane
Favorite tracks: "Somewhere Only We Know," "On a Day Like Today," and "We Might As Well Be Strangers"

3) "Dosage" by Collective Soul
Favorite tracks: "Run," "Heavy," and "Crown"

2) "Sam's Town" by The Killers
Favorite tracks: "When You Were Young," "Read My Mind," and "Why Do I Keep Counting?"

1) "A Rush of Blood to the Head" by Coldplay
Favorite tracks: "Politik," "The Scientist," and "Amsterdam"