Zig Zags - "Deadbeat At Dawn" LP

Zig Zags - Deadbeat At Dawn

Format: LP

Color: black vinyl

Description:

Zig Zags have been an L.A. institution for over a decade, never veering from their hard-riffin punk/metal mission statement. They’ve gigged all over the globe with underground luminaries such Mike Watt, Neurosis, Pig Destroyer, Oh Sees and Feral Ohms and recorded collaborations with icons like Iggy Pop. Zig Zags’ founding member, guitarist/singer Jed Maheu explains of the band’s core inspiration, “Zig Zags is metal and punk music written for my 13-year old self. If I wanted us to sound like something else, I would just do a different band.” This unyielding dedication to pure, driving rock n’ roll goes back to 2010, when Maheu, who was reared on both hardcore and ‘80s thrash, started writing tracks inspired by his obsession with both genres. The band’s first slab of vinyl, the appropriately named “Monster Wizard” 45 came out soon after Tubesteak Tuesday Records. This was quickly followed by more singles on Mexican Summer and Light in the Attic, the latter teaming Zig Zags up with none other than lggy Pop to blow out a Betty Davis cover. Their first self-titled LP dropped in 2012 on In the Red Records, produced by Ty Segall, who coaxed out their lean, mean, and lo-fi metalloid attack. The Zig Zags’ second full platter, Running Out of Red was released on the Castle Face imprint in 2016, and since 2019 they’ve been with Riding Easy records, who unleashed They’ll Never Take Us Alive, featuring their anthem of a single, “Punk Fucking Metal.” By this time, Maheu had enlisted  Sean Hoffman on bass and Jeff Murray, (formerly of The Shrine) on drums, to release a hard and heavy rework of 10 years worth of Zig Zag’s classics, entitled, Strange Masters Vol. 1, in 2024.

Tracklist:

2025, Riding Easy Records