Zero Boys get first two records reissued

Sure, the Zero Boys may be long removed from their four-year-blitzed existence (1979-1983), but that doesn't mean they didn't leave a lasting impression on the landscape of punk and hardcore music, right?  In the early 80s, when hardcore began running wild all over the country because of bands like Black Flag, Minor Threat and Bad Brains going on cross-country tours, a group of kids from shit-town Indianapolis got together and formed one of the hardest bands out there at the time, Zero Boys.

Yeah, they played shows with Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Subhumans, and others but in Terry "Hollywood" Howe's guitar there was harmonious terror and unstoppable cadence. Terry's licks and chops -- a leap beyond two or three chord punk -- offered a zone and measured count for drummer Mark Cutsinger and bassist David "Tufty" Clough, a rhythm unit in par with the Minutemen if not The Meters, to run lines like quicksilver. Meanwhile, frontman, Paul "Z" Mahern provides a constant wash from beginning to end.

Secretly Canadian is set to reissue the band's catalog (all two records recorded with the original members) on February 3.  Both History Of and Vicious Circle will be remastered and, for the first time, available digitally and on CD.

(mp3)    Zero Boys - Drive In

(mp3)    Zero Boys - Inergy

(mp3)    Zero Boys - America

(mp3)    Zero Boys - Livin' In The 80s

(mp3)    Zero Boys - Civilization Is Dying

Godspeed!