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ZANN

Godless for life.

About Me


Zann formed in late 1999 as a four piece. After some shows John joined on second guitar. Since then there were no line-up changes. Over the years we're lucky enough to play lots of shows, doing some tours in Europe, three in the U.S. and two in Japan, put out some records on vinyl, which have been re-released on CD by GeekScene and PerKoro records. Our full-length came out on Vendetta Records in summer 2006. We will hit studio anytime soon to record four tracks which will be released on a split 10" with our friends in Burial Year (R.I.P.) and a split 12" with Perth Express and Trainwreck later this year. Another tour DVD is coming up too, but not sure when we'll get this one done. There's also plans of going back to the U.S. in fall for a two week adventure with the people of Graf Orlock or Ghostlimb. We will keep you posted.
I think we are a way too slow in writing new songs - but being on the road and playing live is the thing that matters most to us in the end. We love to be in the van and see new cities and new people - even if this sounds way too cliche .. but we all mostly hate it to be at home!!! So thanx so much to all the people that came on the road with us, booked a show or a tour and shared everything with us. THANX SO MUCH to TAKARU, BLAME GAME, FUNERAL DINER, BIRUSHANAH, BURIAL YEAR which showed us a new continent and gave us the chance to play outside of europe ... we never thought this kinda stuff would ever happen!!! Also THANX SO MUCH to ICEBURN, THE MIHALY SYNDROME, MALYSZ, ANGER IS BEAUTIFUL, GREG MACPHERSON and BATTLE ROYAL who all joined the road on different routes throughout the old world!!!
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/4/2004
Band Website: You found it.
Band Members: John , Mark , Uwe , Robert , Ron
Influences: from unbroken to bruce springsteen and gehenna w/ a little bit swing kids and rites of spring ... born against too too much to count and at least it´s just our shitty brains that tell us what to do
Sounds Like: some reviews we got.
"I remember hearing Zann for the first time a couple of years ago when Ewan played me a CDr of their stuff, and being blown away by them live a few weeks later when they played Leeds with Iceburn. When they hit these shores this time around they played Leeds with their split 7" partners Funeral Diner, and they were anything if not better than before - intense metallic craziness. Anyways, picked up this 7" at that gig, and it's fuckin ace. Zann's stuff is spot-on - a claustrophobic wall of chaotic metal, and it has a really cool raw sound - if I close my eyes I can picture them bouncing around my living room, attacking the crowd with their guitars and plastic swords!" (reason to belive fanzine)
This is very heavy German chaotic emo. Like the missing link between Acrid and Neil Perry. Full-blown noise at times, but also some slow chunky buildups and more traditional emo breakdowns. The singer growls the whole way through but sometimes the band sneaks in some melodies behind him. I've only listened to this record a few times but already some of the riffs are really starting to stick out and get my head moving. Boy, this is really a lot angrier than I expected. I thought it was at the wrong speed for a second because it's so heavy, but it still holds together really well for music this intense. It's hard to miss this one since it comes in a huge pink static-free bag. The record itself is transparent red vinyl with hand-stamped labels. Looks like this is the first release for Crucificados and their web page lists a lot of interesting projects so I guess I've got another German label to start following. (comfortableniche)
Brutality German style. This is pretty cool, it would be a lot cooler with a good recording but for a demo its not bad. Lots of distortion and screaming. Reminds me of Acme with faster drumming. I´m going to be sure to keep my eyes open for future releases from this killing machine. ADI/ heartattack .31
Record Label: adagio830, per koro, vendetta, crucificados etc
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

News & Rumors............................(updated:07.04.2008)

7th of March 2008________________________________________________________ _______ So we recorded four songs last weekend in Berlin with Thomas (http://www.myspace.com/screamoorgano ) which will a...
Posted by ZANN on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:23:00 PST

Merchandise & Goodies..................(updated:14.02.2008)

..>Hands-off Shirtsmallmediumlargeextra large..>..>Three Years in the DesertLP CD..>FOR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS, PLEASE ADD EXTRA S&H TO CARTFor a more complete and actual selection of merchandise go...
Posted by ZANN on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:57:00 PST

Audible & Visible Appearances.......(updated:28.01.2008)

Audible Appearances 18 - ZANN - "A Collection" Tape (2007)_______________________________________________ Released on Where's that deerhead? Cassettes from Canada. 100 made. Contains all the mater...
Posted by ZANN on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:15:00 PST

Words & Meanings.........................(updated:26.01.2008)

1 (a.k.a. wohnzimmerrevolutionaer)____________________________________ _______________ fehlende zivilcourage / ersticken an den eigenen theorien / die lautlos an den tauben waenden / zerschmettern / b...
Posted by ZANN on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:13:00 PST

People & Projects...........................(updated: 26.01.2008)

  Bands_______________________________________________________ ____________________ Anger Is Beautiful http://www.modusoperandi.de Battle Royale http://www.battle-royale.de Birushanah http://w...
Posted by ZANN on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:57:00 PST

Song lyrics and explanations.

Hey everyone,as requested here are the lyrics and explanations to (almost) all our songs.====================================================== ================= 1 (a.k.a. wohnzimmerrevolutionaer) --...
Posted by ZANN on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:24:00 PST

Tour pictures from Japan are up

hey everyone,we uploaded some picture from our tour in japan with birushanah and funeral diner this spring. hope you'll enjoy it. these pictures (and more of course) will also be part of our next tour...
Posted by ZANN on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:38:00 PST

ZANN blog

yep - we got a own ZANN blog where you can read about adventures and news beside myspace - so check it out - more useless words and newshttp://xzannx.blogspot.com/
Posted by ZANN on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:17:00 PST

NEW ZANN SHIRTS AVAILABLE

yep - we got some new siqq ZANN shirts designed by Adam Gorlock .. we got YL/S/M/XL ... you can get them through www.bisaufsmesser.com/store and at our upcoming shows  ...
Posted by ZANN on Sat, 26 May 2007 02:25:00 PST

tour is over

Yep - we had such a great time. It has been stressful and the cars are small (hahaha) - but we had a wonderful time w/ our friends in Funeral Diner & Birushanah. We met wonderful people and saw lots ...
Posted by ZANN on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:46:00 PST