Also, have you checked the Zed store lately? We now have a Zed Super Merch Pack which is what you probably need more than food and vodka. It’s a package of:

• a T-Shirt
• a limited edition CD of “The Invitation”
• 2 vinyl stickers
• 2 lapel pins
• digital download of album and video

All this for only $19.99.
Check it out at the store and help us feed our baby hamsters.

We are playing this Saturday at Johnny V’s in San Jose, but are stoked to play with The Dreaming on the 14th at the Avalon in Santa Clara. That’s the singer from Stabbing Westwards new band.
Should be cool!!

Ok now for the review review highlights!:

“…they also have written probably one of the best underground stoner albums this year. The four-piece’s main strength are their riffs, they will fill your belly with the biggest meatiest slab of riffage anyone could find and then they soak it in the frontman’s husky and smokey vocals that makes for the most carnivorous riff feast that can make any stoner lovers drool in anticipation.

This band is all riff, a two guitar groove assault that is so damn listenable!
Many thanks to Gaia at The Number of the Blog for that one!

“What we have here is a group of guys that have a true sense of themselves and know exactly who they are, and where they come from. It’s tight and focused and they play “in the pocket” keeping the groove strong. Borrowing bits from just about every decade of music for the last 40 years, and tossing it up in a riffalicious salad. And let me tell ya folks “These bacon bits are da bomb.”

Pete Sattari’s vocals are top notch and remind me a bit of a pissed off Ian Astbury at times.”
Many thanks to Adam Walsh and Matt Frighetto over at Planet Fuzz!

Ok folks, till next time keep spreadin’ the word on Zed and stay tuned for something pretty cool in the next few weeks!
Mark on bass

To help pay for the fixing of our site we are going to put our album on a special sale where YOU can name your price! That’s right you can get the complete album “The Invitation” for a mere .99 cents or whatever you want to pay. The album is pretty swell and this is a steal next to getting it for free. Just go to our store at http://zedisded.bandcamp.com and pick it up, or just download the free tracks!!

Till next time, rock on.. and watch out for hackers!
Mark on bass

When we’re not busy giving the album away, it’s also available through iTunes, Amazon and most major outlets online. But try to snag it for free!

In other awesome news we got our first review and feature in a couple online music zines!
Check out the awesome review of our CD at The Soda Shop, your home for Stoner, Doom and Metal music! Many thanks to Bill Goodman for this one!

Also Many thanks to Graham Finney and Simon Douglass at Planet-Loud.com for their feature on Zed on their site. You guys rock!!

We hope to be adding more reviews soon, so until next time, keep rocking Zed and don’t forget to get your free album!
-Mark on bass

Wow. What a great time it was. We arrived around 5pm-ish to load in and get set up. After we humped all our stuff into the venue, we had the chance to meet up with some old friends from the bay area metal/hard rock scene that we hadn’t seen in almost 10 years. Nostalgia always feels good, especially over a shot of whiskey with your music scene cohorts. Mark also had managed to pick up Zed’s first round of t-shirts. They turned out sick and we sold quite a few to some new and old fans alike. We very much appreciate the support!

After Adema was done soundchecking, we hauled our shit up on stage and in just under 15 mins were able to get the whole band set up and soundchecked before the doors opened to the public around 7:30. After a round of beers (and water because we’re old in rock band years), we hit the stage. The sound on stage from my perspective on drums was great, I could hear everything and felt pretty damn spoiled.

The ‘oddball fan of the night’ award went to a couple in the very front. The boyfriend ever so gently held his girlfriend in his arms while she buried her face into his chest as she covered her ears like she was being subjected to interrogation at Abu Ghraib. Maybe somehow they thought they had arrived to see the Enya accoustic set or that we were all there to collectively cuddle and hug and cry. The venue was big, so why they never chose to go outside or sit somewhere else was beyond my little drummer brain. No matter. We made sure to provide plenty of excessive decibels for their ear drums to snuggle with. But the beauty of irony overcame and the best part about them is that they were surrounded by about 50 people who were there to actually rock with us…….and rock with us the rest of the crowd did, bobbing their heads with one fist in the air, and a tasty beverage in the other hand….as they should.

Your Music Magazine

Later that eve we ended up out in the parking lot for a quickie interview from the guys over  at Your Music Magazine who have been nothing but supportive of us. For that we are appreciative. (The photo cred for the black and white live shot on this post goes to “gritphim” from the magazine). Stay tuned for the video of the interview from them. We’ll make sure to post it here and on our Facebook page.

MANY THANKS!!!

Thanks to everyone that bought tickets and came out. These shows don’t exist without you! A HUGE thanks to Mike Beard and Man Down Productions for the opportunity to share the stage with so many other great bands – Nova, Solid State Logic, Left of Christ, and Adema. We had a blast.

I would also like to give some extra special props to the sound guy for doing such an amazing job and being so accomodating on all fronts. Super cool dude….until next time.

Onward.

We also spent a day filming a video for our song “Lunatics and Liars” last week. We did it full on DIY style. We found a warehouse in the city, slapped up some canvas and lighting and our buddy Bill at Blazing B Studios did all the filming. We had a blast sweating it out under the lights, rocking out and drinking a bunch of beer. We are currently editing the video and it will be available soon, so keep checking back to see it. We’re going to do a little series of perspectives on filming the video as well, giving you guys a little glimpse into what it’s like to film one. So till then, thanks for the support and see you at the shows!!
Mark on bass

Hey friends, summer is here and we are ready to rock your planet! Here’s a little teaser of what our summer looks like. Grab this video and share it with yer friends on facebook or myspace or whatever…and send it to yer grannys. Hell, it just might be your granny at the end of the video!

We are going to be pressing shirts soon too so keep your eyes open. We’ll have them here and at the shows. Things are heating up around here and our music is being distributed to a boatload of music e-stores as we speak so you should be able to find it soon on your favorite store.

Hope to see you at the Adema/Insolence show at the Avalon in Santa Clara July 22nd. That will rock hard.
Till then, have a great 4th!
stay tuned!
Mark on bass