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There's At Least 12 Artists Using The Name Zebra. 1 Zebra Is A Hard Rock Band Founded In 1975 In New Orleans Louisiana. It Features Randy Jackson Guitar And Vocals Felix Hanemann Bass Keyboards And Vocals And Guy Gelso Drums And Vocals . In The Early 1970s Jackson And Hanemann Played Together In A Group Called Shepherd's Bush But In 1974 They Left Shepherd's Bush And Founded A New Band With Gelso On Drums. The Group Initially Was A Cover Band Playing Led Zeppelin And Other Technically Proficient Rock Groups Such As Yes Jethro Tull And Pink Floyd. In 1975 The Group Adopted The Name Zebra After Seeing A Cover Of The Magazine Vogue Featuring A Woman Riding A Zebra. Initially Based In New Orleans They Increasingly Played More Often On Long Island And Eventually All Three Members Moved There To Pursue Success. They Had Introduced Their Original Material Into Their Cover Sets Years Before They Were Signed To Atlantic Records Including "The La La Song" "Free" And "Bears" Originally Entitled "The Bears Are Hibernating" . Zebra Had Been Noticed By Local Colleges And Even Had Some Of Their Early Original Performances Recorded By Long Island FM Radio Station WBAB Culminating In The Inclusion Of One Of Their Songs On A Release Of "WBAB Homegrown Album" Which Commemorated Local Acts And Performances Culled From The Station's On-Air "Homegrown Hour" Program. Zebra's Mainstream Debut On Atlantic Records Was In 1983 With Their Eponymous Album Produced By Jack Douglas And Featuring The Singles "Tell Me What You Want" And "Who's Behind The Door?" The Band Continued To Tour Throughout The 1980s But Took A Temporary Break In The Early 1990s After Being Dropped By Atlantic Records. Randy Jackson Formed His Solo Band Randy Jackson's China Rain And Released Its Only Album In The Year 1991. Zebra Finally Reunited In 1994 And Released Zebra IV In 2003 Their First Album Of All-New Material Since 1986. A DVD Of Live Performances Mostly From A Show At The House Of Blues In New Orleans Was Released In The Summer Of 2007. On July 10 2010 During Their 35th-Anniversary Performance At New Orleans' Mahalia Jackson Theater Zebra Was Inducted Into The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame. On October 8 2012 Zebra Was Inducted Into The Long Island Music Hall Of Fame. In March 2013 Zebra Performed On Cruise To The Edge A Concert Cruise Featuring Notable Progressive Rock Bands Including Yes Steve Hackett U.K. Carl Palmer Band Ambrosia Saga Nektar Glass Hammer And IOEarth. Although Zebra Has Not Released Any Studio Material Since 2003's Zebra IV The Band Continues To Perform Live Mostly In The Gulf Coast And East Coast Of The United States Including New Orleans And New York City. In February 2017 Jackson Reported To Shreveport Times That The Band Was Working On A New Album "I Have New Material And Hopefully We’ll Get To Work On A New Record In The Next Couple Of Months. As Of March 2022 There Has Been No News Of The Project. Official Zebra Site Thedoor.Com
There Are Other Artists Ith The Same Name 2 Zebra Is Also A Jamaican Dancehall-Deejay. 3 There Is Also A Dutch Reggae/ska Band Called ZEBRA. The Myspace Site Of This Band Is Here In Dutch. 6 ZebrA Is An Underground Hardcore Punk/metal Band From Belgrade Serbia. The Band Is Well Noted For Their Energetic Live Shows As Well Humorous Lyrics Concerning Sex Alcohol Abuse And The Absurd. In 2012 The Demo Single Pujo Sotka'' Was Released Via YouTube. It Is A Shorter-Than-One-Minute Anthem To The Serbian Version Of Infamous Internet Meme Dolan Duck. 8 Zebra - A Dublin Irish Band - Billed As Ireland's Only Reggae Group - That Recorded In The Late 70's With Terri Hooley Of Record Label - He Also Signed The Undertones .
In 1979 Zebra Released A Two Track 12inch Vinyl EP Titled "Repression" Backed With "931" On The Good Vibrations Label.
1 200 Discs Were Pressed As A Limited Edition And They Sold For £1.49 Irish Punts At The Time .
Group Members Were Peter Deane Vocals Guitar Steven Rekab Vocals Guitar Mark Thyme Drums - With A Name Like That What Else? Bernard Rangel Percussion Vocals Brian Nartey Bass And Norman Morrow Keyboards . On This Release Leo Mallon Filled The Drummers Shoes Of Mark Thyme With A View To Permanent Membership.
This 12 Inch Vinyl EP Can Still Found If You're Lucky For Sale On Ebay. 11 His Wiki - Http //utaite.Wikia.Com/wiki/Zebra 12 Pxtone And Tracker Artist Who Has Released On Piston Source Records As Well As Eerik Inpuj Sound Http //soundcloud.Com/zebra-9 / Http //zebra.Bandcamp.Com/

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