In 2002 four long-time friends who had been involved in different bands (mostly HC/post HC/rock stuff like Ahimsa, Coalition, Afraid of That Day) started to jam together playing what they had a great affection for their entire lives: ‘70s-influenced stoner rock.
In 2003 they recorded a demo which turned out to be pretty popular among the slowly growing breed of their fans. Soon they became one of... the most active Warsaw bands, crossing all the genres and being present at different types of shows from punk rock to rock’n’roll to hardcore and rocking the nights out like crazy. Every once in a while they hit the road to gig Poland, Lithuania, Germany, ending up in some Czech clubs, making a nice soundtrack to bar fights there.
The world rolled on, the boys played more gigs (sharing the stage with, among others, Karma to Burn, Jucifer or Parkway Drive) and finally there came the time to reveal what was going on in their heads. On “Favourite State of Mind” the sound is full of space, stylish and the non-obvious guitars are accompanied by multi-layered vocals. Elvis Deluxe applies a strong rock’n’roll punch to your jaw that will make you hear colours and see the divine beauty of their music.
The dudes have charisma and have the skills and even though they’re taking it easy, they take it seriously. The years of long going friendship and jamming together made them only tighter and hungrier for good shows and the road adventures. They will roll slow and if you stand on their way... well, you can be sure to roll with them... (as compiled on the bands website)
"...the originality of the music, and ZZG's attempt to reflect and
re-imagine early rock, is what really shines here. Far from the
mainstream, and certainly no where near current modern rock trends,
ZZG's Trapped in the Mirror is an interesting, innovative and
entertaining platter of retro progressive rock. Recommended.
4.0/5.0
Review: Craig Hartranft, 07.26.2010
ZZG were formed in 2007 when Guitarist Daniel Roberts and Bassist Keith
Matthews formed a band that reflected the heyday of late 60's and early
70's hard rock. "We wanted to write guitar and bass hooks that people
would still have stuck in their heads hours and hours after hearing the
music. The riffs of Deep Purple were our benchmark". After a few false
starts and lots of writing drummer Craig Birnie joined the band. Dan
took on the role of singer/guitarist but an element was still missing.
Finally Stu Mitchell joined the band bringing modern tones. Stu balanced
the old world rock feel with his own unique guitar sound. The ZZG band
sound was complete.
After refining the
first collection of songs the band went offline to record with "Trapped
in The Mirror" completed early 2010. In May 2010, ZZG joined UK
publicist Nicky Baldrian from Two Side Moon Promotions to promote
"Trapped in the Mirror" in the UK and Western Europe. The band is now
playing live regularly and is writing again. The first new songs Red
Dawn" and "California rolling" are complete with more being arranged
right now. A second album is planned for early 2011. (AS COMPLIED FROM THE BAND'S WEBSITE).
