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Zuckerbaby

Go choke on the stardust, baby...

About Me

Zuckerbaby – A work in progress.What are you going to do if you’ve already been through what most bands would consider a “career”? You’ve had a major label deal, critical acclaim, played almost every venue in Canada, toured with scads of “big” acts, and had several hits at radio and Much Music? You’ve had some member changes, internal strife, been fucked over by a major label, and ultimately decided to go your separate ways?If you feel there is more to say and do, you start over from the beginning. That’s precisely what Zuckerbaby is doing. After a five year hiatus Calgary’s own alt-pop misfits are back together because the ending never felt right. It’s not that they didn’t have anything to do. Vocalist Andrew Eichhorn had The Yorkton Spokes with Lorrie Matheson, as well as the beginnings of a solo project. Ed Tiegs was busy playing with several local acts as a bassist or drummer after “giving up music” for a couple of weeks. Ian Grant (the mayor of rock and roll in Calgary) was fronting The Black Dots, playing bass in The Remones, and still holding down his position as one of the most in demand drummers in the city. Guitarist (and ZB co-founder along with Andy) Reed Shimozawa was producing and playing, most notably with Todd Kerns of The Age of Electric and Static in Stereo. With all that going on, why bother taking a step backward? If you ask any of the members of Zuckerbaby, they’ll tell you that it’s because of the music. It’s because of the sound that comes forth when they play together. It’s because of the feeling that comes from great songs played by a great band. Sometimes you just have to do what feels right.The band isn’t worried about fitting in with the local scene, or the global one. They didn’t really fit in before. They were too pop for the rockers, and too rock for the popsters; too different for mainstream, too accomplished as players for the indie crowd. Yet, there was always a following for Zuckerbaby, and that’s not apt to change as long as there are still a few people who just want to hear some good melodic pop/rock songs played by people who really love playing them. You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/3/2006
Band Website: this is it
Band Members: Andy Eichhorn, Reed Shimozawa, Ed Tiegs, Ian Grant
Influences: The Verve, Teenage Fanclub, Queen, The Flaming Lips, Tom Petty, Kasabian, The Beatles, Jellyfish, Radiohead, The Jayhawks, Stone Temple Pilots, Led Zeppelin, The Cardigans, The Dandy Warhols, Fleetwood Mac, The Grays, Jeff Buckley, Deep Purple, Pete Yorn, The Stone Roses, U2, Guns 'N Roses, Aimee Mann, Black Crowes, Keane, Oasis, David Bowie, Cheap Trick... and that's just today.
Sounds Like: We don't know how to do anything else
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Edmonto...Here we come!!!!

Hey, y'all!The mighty zb is coming to Edmonton for a show at The Starlight on Rocktober 20. Come early, stay late...you'll be glad ya did! Some old songs, some new and as always Reed Shimozawa on le...
Posted by Zuckerbaby on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:26:00 PST

Fall Shows

Thanks to everyone who came and partied with us at Broken City! It was great to see so many friends, old and new. Secret Broadcast and Seven Story Redhead were both awesome! It was great to receive s...
Posted by Zuckerbaby on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:14:00 PST

Am I dreaming...

...or is this the best band ever? Don't answer that, I may wake up. The new songs are great, a step back and forward at the same time. Please allow me to explain for the tens of people who care. We h...
Posted by Zuckerbaby on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:52:00 PST

What's old is new again.

The Ides of March... Well... We've gone and changed everything again. Ian Grant of the Black Dots and Remones fame has come back to reclaim his leopard spotted throne as drummer of Zuckerbaby. Some of...
Posted by Zuckerbaby on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:10:00 PST

Thanks frosty people

It's taken a few days to get around to it, but I just wanted to thank everyone who braved the record breaking low temperatures to come see us at the Hifi. It meant alot to us that you all were there. ...
Posted by Zuckerbaby on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:38:00 PST

The Calgary Herald

Here's a link if you're unable to get your hands on a paper today... http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/entertainment/story .html?id=117cf326-53b1-470c-a842-31c56022735b Thanks to Tonya Zelinsky,...
Posted by Zuckerbaby on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:03:00 PST

More press...

Thursday's Calgary Herald will have a story on the re-emergence of Zuckerbaby written by Tonya Zelinsky. If you can possibly manage the time, please read the whole story at one sitting. AND, don't for...
Posted by Zuckerbaby on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:31:00 PST

Republik lives? hmm...

Today's Calgary Herald is bursting with info on K-Fed and as a bonus you can read Tonya Zelinsky's story on the emergence of live original music at Tequila in the old Republik building. There are even...
Posted by Zuckerbaby on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:12:00 PST

If you're too lazy to follow the link...Chartattack w/ZB

Calgary Buzz: Zuckerbaby Resurface With New Material Friday November 03, 2006 @ 05:30 PMBy: ChartAttack.com Staff Zuckerbaby Zuckerbaby are back together. No, your brain isn't mangled from all of...
Posted by Zuckerbaby on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:00:00 PST

ZB on CBC

Yesterday afternoon, Andy and Reed spoke with an old friend (Tariq Hussain) about the rebirth of Zuckerbaby for CBC radio. The segment will be on the air next Friday at around 3:15pm on a program call...
Posted by Zuckerbaby on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:53:00 PST