The Z28

The most Exhaulted Mojo Men - Haul Ass and do like they do

2012-02-06T04:57:00.000-08:00

Blaster zoiks! the z28 explode at the Lux-a-liscious - Lux Lives in Edinburgh on Friday the 3rd February. Pics courtesy of 'G' the Flashman. And no-one lives to give a bad review.

Tattoos of the Z28

2012-01-31T07:06:00.000-08:00

Don't gaze to deeply into the illustrated man lest you value your sanity

Some of the latest additions to Skids skin art courtesy of junior zee - Presley aged five.

Lux Lives

2012-01-16T13:49:00.000-08:00

Ok you turkey knecks - it’s happening again and here's where and when and the mighty Z28 will be wreeking all sortsa havoc on the night . . .

And if ya wanna get a feel for what it's all about check out the videos below . . .

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Wow! the Zeenana Splits

2010-05-03T15:41:00.000-07:00

If ya were to strip away the Z28 facade - I’m sure the tuff rack-n-rall exterior disguises lovable puppets that look sunghing like this - a big Saturday morning influence on the young impresionable minds of the mighty zee - and ya can’t beat this album for the Tra La La one zeetwenty-ate, two zeetwenty-ate song - discover it over here if ya don’t already own this keen slab o wax - and if ya call yersel’ a garage fan - why not?.

Check it out!

Z/28 Election Special

2010-04-22T17:12:00.000-07:00

Hey! usual 3 minute warning about this gig - but with superhero response, our intrepid heroes, the mighty zee make to the gig-mobile and assume wrawk n role posture - preparing to battle the foes: discontent, procrastination and lack of mohair lovin’ all at Bannermans Bar in Edinburgh, Scotland in support to Buzzbomb - a noisy bunch from over here. Come along and catch the full frontal blast - you may never walk insane again !!!

Be there!

Lux de-luxe

2010-02-25T16:12:00.000-08:00

From East to West the Zees are doin’ it again - one week later a blast-o-phonic - Lux-u-riot tribute to the songs the cramps taught us. This time in Glasgow - see the above and we don’t care how you het there - get there how you care !!! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

De Zees do the Cramps

2010-02-07T07:01:00.000-08:00

Saturday the twentieth of this month - nine whacked out combos perform loadsa Lux-a-licious songs in tribute to the man himself kicking off at 10.30pm - come along and i.d. the songs and have a trash-o-rama of a time . . .

go here

Syd Barrett lives

2009-12-15T07:50:00.000-08:00

Rockin Rick Buzzin Style Instant Girl Pulling Power !

2009-12-14T05:29:00.000-08:00

At last! - You too can look like super rock legend ‘Rockin’ Rick Buzzin’ with the simple addition of one of these cool - ‘nasty trucker’ caps - greasy ponytail to boot!

Just pop this on yer napper - turn up at any ‘Rock Bar’ or dodgy dance establishment and the ‘chicks’ - you know the type - ‘bad girls’ all you shy guys only dream about will be throwing themselves at ya! But watch ya don’t get caught or it could be Game Over!

Come along to any Z/28 gig to find out how ya can get yer hands on one of these most desirable of wardrobe items!

Wow! EXPLOSIVE!

Dudes - fill yer date books up instantly!!!

Mosrite

2009-12-08T16:04:00.001-08:00

As endorsed by the z/28

Actions speak louder than wurds!

2009-12-06T23:34:00.000-08:00

Ye cannae whack it !

2009-11-30T15:56:00.000-08:00

Lab test with probes n all !

2009-11-28T12:35:00.000-08:00

AC/DC backtraks box set try out !

2009-11-27T10:47:00.000-08:00

2009 X Factor winner a foregone conclusion.

2009-10-15T16:46:00.000-07:00

It was discovered earlier in the week that this years X Factor 2009 was a fix, and the outcome yet to be publicly announced already was a foregone conclusion - the Mighty Z/28 who have secured their place in another dimension. Simon Cowell was said to be irrelevant on every other planet in the human realised universe and beside himself, because he was actually wide enough to be two average sized human beings.

Quite frankly the mighty zees don’t give a sh*t!

To oblivion and beyond . . .

Rockin Rick Buzzin Heartbreaker

2009-08-29T04:04:00.000-07:00

Oh no! Rick Buzzin has taken a Mrs Buzzin and all over the universe hearts have been broken - but never fear - the Z/28 are Supernovatastically back with a time-fracturing-loud new noise and ready to tour the dimensions yet again - watch for them in a pit stop near you. Here they are from the WEDZ!

Dang n Blast !

2009-07-28T15:52:00.001-07:00

They are back! They are fitter than ever before! They are younger! They are even more dangerous!

And the new album is available this kanzonerelinium - which is just in-time for the superbeings only-dimension fest power big meet!

Travel on super beings - you know who you are!

X-Factor Christmas Sell out !

2008-12-16T09:49:00.000-08:00

What the hang - have the z/28 gone for good? Who’s this new line up ? And where did the little cowgirl come from ?

All for fun and Charidee . . .

go here and vote! Yes I said HERE!

Hell Ain’t a place to Fear when the Mighty Z28 are near !

2008-10-28T15:13:00.000-07:00

Rickbuzzin the Menace

2008-10-15T03:35:00.000-07:00

I went to Bed as one Cartoon Character and awoke as another !

Z/28 Side Projects

2008-10-14T09:34:00.000-07:00

Where in the cosmos have Z/28 Materialized in the last 2 years ?

Embalmed for future use in a further dimension - their id active in the current human conscience and awareness.

Rockin’ Rick Buzzin recording guitar with Le Bleu without ever leaving his suspended state check the album out here Le Bleu.

Meanwhile the creature always beating his meat with several savages can be found here - inserted into a Buzzbomb.

Visit these places to discover why the Legend that are the exceptional Z/28 is for perpetuity !

Robot

2007-04-22T14:12:00.000-07:00

Myspace the wurst space in SPACE

2007-04-03T15:18:00.000-07:00

That myspace has to be the crapest lot of crap, ever put together in tha alien wurld of cyberspace - twa highland pints o’ heavy and ya don’t know where yoo are - but i think the z28 are here.

If we ain’t, we are appearing here >

with that crowd POTSO and sum uuther noisers . . . an all gal punker crowd from the marvelous, bright, beautiful, Bo’ness.

Oh! and for everybody who thought Von Dutch was David Beckhams hat designer – WAKE UP!

Below are some ultra rare Mosrite guitars designed by the ‘Dutch’, and as ya’all know – Mossers are the preferred instruments of the Buzz,

As an also ran ‘wee’ news blog – ‘We don’t only do noise, but we also do NOISE’ – keep up to date with oor contributions to ‘Le Bleu’ over here.

And here’s a ruff cut of the Buzzin - ‘frip fried and part mixed’ on the ‘Rise and Rise’ forthcoming release.

Finally (it happened to me) - here is somethin wurth checkin oot in the mighty z28 way > So much happening and only 2 minutes of eternity left to live ! How do the Zees do it ! Back like a colapsed star ! YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT !

Skid the Deft Vocalists keeps the wheels on the bus!

2007-03-21T05:52:00.000-07:00

Wuv been brushin up on oor nursary rhymes, lernin the theme tune frum toy story an makin sum great music on the keyboard wi the keys set ta make percussion noises.we play along ta the demo tune, Englishman in New York, by the wurld renound w@nker, Sting of the Dump.

And go here for sum really guid songs!

Mad March Hair!

2007-03-15T07:29:00.000-07:00

What in the world of the Z/28 is goin on?

following a split level studio fiasco the z/28 album has not moved on a whole piece but some great stuff and a variety of mixes of the tracks have been undertaken and produced by the Buzzin - expect a load up online soon

There are also forthcoming gigs in the mainstay favourites - or is that stagnated favourites as z28 have had a 16 year residency in these clubs ha ha - who knows - 29th of April at the Subway playin with P.O.T.S.O and sooner than that at the Full Moon

Buzzin has also layed some riffs down for the forthcoming Le Bleu release the rise and . . . of Le Bleu - keep up to date with this project by clickin’ yer links.

More Z/28 soon and

Goodbye Betty we will keep your style and performance pizazz alive!

Shut Down!

2007-01-10T17:03:00.000-08:00

Nothing much you can say here except to ask - just how fast can these z28 cats go?

Shut down from ‘wrecks from the highway’ album available from jsntgm.com - blag it now!

I don’t believe they are still together after all these years

2007-01-10T15:47:00.000-08:00

Oh shit . . . and there is a new album on it’s way!

Only thing is . . . it sounds rawer than an Iggy Pop party with Sid at the controls!

T-Shirts of the Buzz

2006-09-19T16:32:00.000-07:00

What the hang?

Well - everybody makes a whole heep o promo shit sayin’ this n that but because the Buzzin wuz discuzzin T-Shirts with a cybernaut frum the whitelightspace mothercraft, he thought he woold jess throw this together for fun!

The song - ‘Outlaw Machine’ is from the ‘Wrecks’ album!!!!

Enfrigginjoy!!!!!

Rick Buzzin scores!

2006-09-03T17:17:00.000-07:00

Wurld Tour Out of the Dark!

2006-09-01T06:39:00.000-07:00

Sparky the drummer is currently constructin the latest z28 mind fryin, pant fillin, space flyin, ever buzzin, sweet lovin, earth movin wurld tour and when we git the dates they will be posted here . . .

But in the meantime . . .

here are some pics o the Z/28 emergin frum their dark period - that bloke sittin at the mixer ther is prog rock Neil - from crusty-ville studio’s

Start Noodlin . . .

A day in the life - up close and personal!

2006-08-24T12:48:00.000-07:00

Z/28 ask - Missed the Dreadnought Gig eh?

2006-08-23T16:27:00.000-07:00

Not to worry! Because here is a live from the event, raw, never mind the pomp and expense, rock n roll, sunday sermon, to save your northern soul - brothers and sisters, boys and girls, animals and aliens - come with us to the ultra dimensional, bigger and more thingamalistic thing, than anything you can ever imagine thing, with the Z/28 . . .

A gig this Sunday

2006-08-17T15:35:00.000-07:00

Here’s the poster for a brain fryin, flyin saucer, blastin blazin, chainsaw tamin, mighty z28, wreck n roll mayhem party at the Dreadnaught in Bathgate West lothian this comin Sunday - Hotter than an Airport security scanner! Don’t miss it!

Oh! and Buzzbomb will be there to!

Mair Gig posturs

2006-07-13T06:03:00.000-07:00

Exciting with a psychological profile

2006-07-11T04:42:00.000-07:00

and here is where to go - Blaargg!HH@*!!!

To low class for T in the park!

2006-07-09T15:58:00.000-07:00

watching T in the park this weekend, it strikes me that the demographic ar a sorta, well to do, part time music fan that likes to go about speilin’ ‘oh I do like to go to T in the park’ blah, fuggin blah, fuggin, blah!

Zee don’t envy this, but after 16 years of historical Scottish wreck n roll, never say die fever and running the CAS Rock in Edinburgh - yeah, where were you when oasis and nirvana and a whole loada other shit was ther?

Maybe our stepping stone meant the mighty z were always to much the people, losers, lost and real persons band to ever get on to the corporate ticket holdin world of Middle class in the park because class will never go away - but like Mojo Nixon sang - you ‘Can’t Buy Cool’

And here is the coolest . . .

Cool wee pics o the Z28 Audionauts!

2006-07-03T06:14:00.000-07:00

Shameless Flicky Promo!

2006-07-03T06:11:00.000-07:00

Sooprize axeholes!

2006-06-22T16:13:00.000-07:00

Sumbody said that the zee wuld be ded - but gess what the new revol-yooshon - is being projuiced rite here in a an earthen form with wikken an wakken and a hole load of trackin - let the spells begin - you will be consumed by the fire of their might!

Aural Projector! It’s a blast!

2006-06-14T15:08:00.000-07:00

Tips for out of body travel - you think your sleeping . . . z28 know you are travelling . . .

Watch what you think. Everything you think can manifest on the astral planes. So you don't want to be thinking about anything evil or you will attract it!

Anytime you think you are scared and or lost, just think of your body and you will be back in it in a flash.

Ever notice that when you are falling in a dream and you hit the bottom you always wake up quickly! That is your astral body snapping back into place.

The use of drugs can lower your vibrations meaning you will not be able to travel to higher astral planes where the vibrations are higher. You do not need drugs.

The reason you will want to travel higher on the astral planes is because you may have to escape an attack by a lower vibrating entity. They can not travel to the higher planes.

Are you ready to step through the . . .

Aural Accelerator Portal?

Catch the z28 live and find other worlds!

We’re a garageband!

2006-06-14T14:56:00.000-07:00

Mercenaries wouldn’t even Drink Here!

2006-06-03T04:19:00.000-07:00

At the outer extremes of the Universe in a city called Edinburgh, Scotland, famous for it’s Body Snatchers, Loyal Dugs, Ancient Castle, seat of power shifting betrayals from the past and present, down under the new city, in a cellar called Bannermans . . . the Z/28 materialised and performed one of their many short gamma blast sets - here is the covert footage . . . be warned!

Some Z28 splaff

2006-06-01T13:03:00.000-07:00

Because we don’t really give a . . . but we are a vizual-auro-fest - here is another jock hillbilly art series - simple really - it’s A link to one of oor favrit music stations - another archive gig poster from the attic - a picture of zees creating a nucleer explosion in miniture at a gig - skid standing infront of a firing squad fearing nothing cause he can change density - thereby allowing the bullets to go right through him - and davy waking up in the morning not realising he has shapeshifted back from a night as a wolf in a girls school dorm - sheesh! all in nites work for the Z28!!!

Wayback!

Celebrities and the Zees

2006-05-30T12:21:00.000-07:00

Inside The Zees Mothership

2006-05-30T12:12:00.000-07:00

Read an old Z/28 Interview!

2006-05-30T04:33:00.000-07:00

Back in 2003 we done an interview for Lowcut magazine up amongst them Norsemen in Scandinavia. Go here to read it - http://www.acc.umu.se/~samhain/summerofhate/z28.html

A god of Thunder!

2006-05-29T16:36:00.000-07:00

Twa Z/28 Heroes!

2006-05-29T16:32:00.000-07:00

Run Wullie!

Somebodies Z/28 history

2006-05-29T16:16:00.000-07:00

Formed eons ago - The Z/28 - were born frum the unusual arena of the UKs - Hot Roddin, Muscle Car and Drag Racing Underground - Ricky founder of the Ill-eagle ac {PUNK AMERICAN AUTO CLUB} - Scotlands largest AAC - decided to get together with a coupla work mates and form a band named after Chevrolets premier Factory Hot rodded Pony Car of the 1960s the Z28 Camaro - in an overly legislated and oppressive political corectness society it was the direction to go!

Meanwhile stateside the new Surfin Hot Rod scene wuz happenin - and fanzines like Speedkills and Gearhead plus Wagons of Steel were springin up featurin Garage Punk bands and Hot Cars - not forgettin Bike zines like Motorcyco - well the z/28 were strangely welcomed into this wurld and fer years over looked in the shadowy nether world of UK Music Scene and still are - for their anarcho-non conformist honesty - something that money-makers and businesses don’t like - plus the dificulty in catagorizing the style - they are not Guitar, Hardcore, Psychobilly, Rawk, Brit Pop, Hip Hop, Jazz, RnB, Folk what the hell are they? This difficulty in pigeon holing the group - mixed with being on the wrong side societies fence - created lots of problems in getting gigs initially - until some venues saw the live act as being a sorta Cramps/Rezillos type thing

Various drummers came and went - a cupla vocalists and Bass players done the same thing each time creating a stronger and stronger band which has un-stabalized with the current line-up The influences are far spread - from the singing cowboys of the 40s and 50s like Ray Corrigan, Hank williams and Roy Rogers - through the R n B Jump, Doo Wop and Rock n Roll of the 50s particularly the car and flyin saucer, monster shit! Plus the Garage and Punk scene of the Fuzzin sixties and Seventies - throw in some movies the papers warn ya about, highland pipes n drums n fiddles to plus the Noise and attitude of bands like the Dwarves, Nine Pound Hammer, Southern Culture on the Skids and ther ya have it.

Never knowingly refusing a gig! the z/28 have played a coupla hundred live dates with the most unlikely of bands and in the most unusual of locations - to this day they continue with that attitude. Venues include The Venue, Cathouse, Nice and Sleazy, Cas Rock, Music Box, MacDonalds, Livingston Forum, Whitehouse, Harburn etc mostly in Scotland and the North of England. The band have built up a strong following mainly amongst the mainstream society outcasts - bikers and punks and for some reason anyone who feel s socially rejected!! ??

They also play small town halls all over as much as possible, taking z/28 music to the Social and Welfare clubs of the country! The bands z/28 have gigged with over the last 5 years include - Man or Astroman - The Meteors - New Bomb Tuks - The Queers - Chelsea - UK Subs - Armitage Shanks - George Hamilton to name but a few - 2 live videos of z/28 are available from Barn End Video of Carlisle and the Wrecks from the Highway CD from JSNTGM Descriptions of the Z/28 seem to veer toward the contrastingly ridiculous like - ELVIS meets BLACK FLAG or AC/DC play JOHNNY CASH or The CRAMPS n CLASH, clash! - we like it though! One of the few live Experiences left thats 100% real - forget the pyrotecnics where is that dildo and hacksaw!

All over planet earth!

2006-05-29T15:41:00.000-07:00

The Z/28 Wrecks from the Highway Album has reached many corners of planet earth and here is what humans have had to say about it!

Clark Paull i94bar June 2004 WRECKS FROM THE HIGHWAY- Z/28 (JSNTGM)
As you can probably already tell from their name, the Z/28 being a once mighty and proud example of good old American muscle, these Scots live by the credo that if it's got tits or tires, it's gonna give you problems. And like any chopped, channeled, and cherried iron sled, it may take a while to warm up, but once it does, hold on to your arse. Alright, enough with the car analogies...
For the first third of "Wrecks From The Highway," Z/28 have it on cruise control (sorry...), preferring to churn out a rather pedestrian, lumbering. lacklustre brand of three-chord rawk, which falls just this side of memorable. Sure, their guitars grind and buzz and their drums rumble and crash, struggling steadfastly but without purpose or direction. Let's call if "faceless" for lack of a better term.
Opening instro "Nitro" kicks up a righteous cloud of dust for about a minute before seguing into "Medium Rare" and then into the acoustically-driven "FBI Man," snippets of movie dialogue popping up here and there. Yawn...
Then, like a good, swift kick in the pants, this album finally gains a full head of steam and it all comes together with "Another Fine Day," tough as nails, sizzling, and delivered with a mission, Skid Mark Tyme blathering like John Denney of LA's late, lamented Weirdos, The Spacequeen on drums, The Strangler on bass, and Rockin' Rick Buzzin' (enough already with the names!) setting a desperately frantic pace behind him. Kind of makes you wonder what the hell they were waiting for.
After another short film soundbyte warning against taking that first puff of a marijuana cigarette (yes, it can make you go psycho!), Z/28 shift gears (groan...) into crunch pop territory with "My Friend Scott" and then "Gun Girl Crazy," the latter being perhaps their finest moment - 1:56 of Tyme (no pun intended) warbling over a simple yet undeniably catchy chord sequence from Buzzin' that sticks like peanut butter, punctuated with cartoon sound affects. And if you think songs about little green men and hovering metallic discs begin and end with Husker Du's "Books About UFO's,"
check out "Lights In The Sky" and Buzzin's intentionally hopeless guitar solo.
Speaking of Buzzin', the guy can play a little bit, not soloing too much, but almost sawing, hacking, and chopping his guitar into grist every chance he gets, and he gets a big chance on "Outrageous," playing his way into your cerebral cortex, if not your heart. A cover of Charles Calhoun's 1954 nugget "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash" begins with a goof - Tyme slobbering a few lines acapella like a redneck necking a jug of 'shine - but once the rest of the band kick in behind him, it's all business.
Unfortunately, despite a throbbing, greasy rip through Waylon Jennings' "Dukes Of Hazzard," Z/28 end with a whimper instead of a bang, back to the mundane punk-by-numbers of "Outlaw Machine" and "Kicking My Amp."
In the end, Z/28 have delivered half a great album (in this case, half equalling about fourteen minutes), the best songs crammed with time-honored chords and more hooks than a pirate convention and the worst nothing more than joyless, empty exercises in sheer volume. If the knuckle-cracking euphoria that coats the chewy bits could somehow be spread out a little
more evenly, these guys could rule the world, uh, maybe Scotland.

Lindsay Hutton Next Big Thing September 2004 - WRECKS FROM THE HIGHWAY- Z/28 (JSNTGM)
Z/28 hail from Edinburgh. I've seen 'em a couple of times over the many years they've been together and they're great live. Snarling NPH type barnstorming fused with a surf sensibility that sounds a little thin on cd but there's no way i could play this as loud as it really should be played. Not without removing the roughcast. Girl on the cover looks a little like Drea De Matteo. Havin' a lollipop before she goe's lookin' for Silvio and Christofah. Sure you've heard it all before but it's fun and it was brewed in a city not known for producing much in the way of rock'n'roll over the years. A castle they can do but...

Jens LowCut Magazine July 2003 Z/28 - Wrecks From The Highway CD (JSNTGM Records)
Scottish redneck punk? As absurd as it sounds these cowboy highlanders pull it off perfectly with their awesome Johnny Cash/Nine Pound Hammer/The Clash/New Bomb Turks hotrod tunes. With tongue firmly in cheek Z/28 rages through 14 country fried punkrock tales of guns, FBI, cars, UFOs, girls etc. It's only fitting they do a hilarious cover of Waylon Jennings' "Dukes Of Hazzard" theme. I'd give anything to see these wackos kick some hillbilly ass in Nashville's clean cut C&W circuits, all the good ole boys'd take a dump in their Stetson hats from fright! YEE fuckin' HAW!! Probably the best band from Scotland I've heard since Rezillos/Revillos.

BLUE Back Street Heroes #229 May 2003 “Z/28” “WRECKS FROM THE HIGHWAY” CD ALBUM of the MONTH - 5 Choppers
Somewhere just outside Las Vegas, where the land meets the sky and the desert gets kind of out of focus, there is a parallel universe, and a hotel of the fifth dimension with a flashing neon light that’s on the blink. The car park is full of road grimed hotrods, Cadillacs with huge fins, and the occasional casually-parked UFO. Inside the bar the guys all have cool haircuts and ccooler stares and the girls all look like Betty Page and have long red fingernails and everyone wears leopardskin. In this hotel off the highway to nowhere, the z/28s would be the house band.
This is the first album from the z/28 (Who hail from Scotland, not Nevada or Oklahoma) and from the first track, ‘Nitro’, I was smitten, then again I grew up on the Cramps and the Meteors and Elvis and Johnny Cash, some of the zees’ influences, which probably means we’re second cousins or something. Most of the tracks are played at breakneck, tooling-along-the-highway speed, which might account for why, of fourteen tracks, only two are over three minutes. Only a couple of songs don’t work, the slower (‘slower’ being a relative term here) track, ‘My Friend Scott’, which is on the bland side, and ‘Gun Girl Crazy’ which is just annoying. There’s a good song under there, but while they were in the studio the band found the ‘Cartoon Sound Effects’ tape . . .
Only two songs are covers; ‘Your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ But Trash’ is a manic reworking of the old 1954 Clovers hit, while Waylon Jennings’ ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ needs no introduction, gets none, and still weighs in at under two minutes. Although the whole album is less than thirty minutes long, you’re exhausted by the end of it! Utterly briliant.

Ted Kane - SPONIC July 2003 “Z/28” Wrecks from the Highway RATING: (3 reels) 2003 - JSNTGM Records - CD
A white-trash worshiping rockabilly band from Scotland? Well, why not? The UK has given us a lot of authentic blues and punk artists through the years, so I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise that Z/28 pulls off that down and dirty hillbilly sound as well as they do. http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.bold.gif
Still ? and no disrespect intended to Waylon Jennings ? I find the group’s cover of “Dukes of Hazzard” a bit disconcerting. Is that what McLuhan’s “Global Village” has led us to? Satellite broadcasts of inane American TV shows through billion-dollar satellite networks to Scotland? But, on the other hand, didn’t Ringo marry Daisy Duke? Surely Z/28’s two minute rave-up on the show’s theme (its best part, Daisy's cut-offs, notwithstanding) is less of a travesty than Caveman. Anyway, I digress.
Wrecks from the Highway is a short burst of high-octane punkabilly that holds its own with the records of that type made on this side of the Atlantic. Like the Stones’ infatuation with Americana expressed in songs like “Parachute Woman,” Z/28 (as in the vintage Camaro model) cooks up a lyrical stew of guns, girls, UFO and car cultures that shows the bands love for aspects of American culture that must seem greener when viewed from the other side.
Each of the CD’s 14 tracks is framed by an excerpt from a B-movie, a gimmick that gets old as the album runs its course. But the songs themselves all have a good driving beat and an earnestness about them that few bands can match. If you are the type of fan who spells the word out r-a-w-k, you’ll enjoy this one.

Gildas Dig It! Fanzine issue 28 June 2003 “Z/28” “WRECKS FROM THE HIGHWAY”
"La Camaro Z-28 est un modèle musclé de chez Chevrolet. Z-28 est un groupe anglais qui voue aux muscle-cars une passion sans bornes, du genre à empiler soigneusementles numéros de Gearhead Mag à côtés des exemplaires 70's de Chromes & Flammes dégottés aux puces. Le groupe (formé en 96) pratique un rock'n'roll autant influencé par les doubles carbus que la country (ils reprennent le "Dukes Of Hazzard" (Cours après moi Shériff !) de Waylon Jennings, braconnent sur des terres laissées en friche par Nine Pound Hammer et la voix du chanteur a souvent des accents Lux Interior/Legendary Stardust Cowboy. Ajoutez-y une touche de garage attitude, quelques riffs 70's, une louchée de 50's Roll, des bruits de bolides au démarrage, la pincée d'humour indispensable à ce genre d'entreprise, une giclée de Southern rock, des solos barbelés et quelques notes de banjo, secouez énergiquement le tout et voilà. Le résultat s'appelle Wrecks From The Highway et s'avale d'un trait. Le cauchemar de la prévention routière recommence...

Torch http://www.rockhardplace.com lucky 13th May 2003 Z-28 - "Wrecks From The Highway" - JSNTGM
From the UK comes the rowdy, raucus sounds of Z-28. They're play a version of Cowboy Punk/Rock N' Roll with a great sense of humor. The guitars are smokin' the vocals are raw and dirty and the songs remind one of Johnny Cash meets The Sex Pistols. I don't think this CD does the band justice, I imagine this material would sound great live in a pub with a few to many beers in ya.
It's worth picking up this record just for the version of Waylon Jennings' "Dukes Of Hazard". "Girl Crazy" is (and I don't know why) laced with cartoon sound effects. It's actually pretty damn funny, but again, I'm not sure why. They shine on tracks like "Kick My Amp" which is borderline out of control, but it's so raw and real you can't help but appreciate what they're doing. Hopefully they can improve a bit on the overall production, the bass is pretty weak on the album as are the drums. If this happens, I think they'll really be onto something. They do have a certain charm to them, even if it's not your style, you'll like this band.

Mr X ROCK The Z\28's “WRECKS FROM THE HIGHWAY” 22nd May 2003
If you have seen the other pages I have made you might have heard about them already, but if you haven't I suggest you find out. Punk rock that could blow your ear drums apart, funny lyrics and great tunes, they are definetely worth looking out. You maybe wont find them in your local Virgin or HMV but in the smaller shops might do them. Check out their site www.thez28s.com for news and MP3's.

Cousin Fritz - Full Moon Fanzine May 2003
Z/28 ... "WRECKS FROM THE HIGHWAY" ... JSNTGM 13
Gee, Elmer, I felt I should warn y'all, and yer kin too, 'bout some shit-kickin' hot-roddin no-goodniks that are kickin' ass hereabouts. They've got this album, "Wrecks From The Highway" that they're peddlin' to the local merchants. Don't let Billy-Bob hear about it, you know what he was like when he listened to The Cramps; if he hears this he'll start building a flying saucer in a crop circle. If a bit of moonshine-tinged rockabilly can have him digging up Uncle Esther under a full moon, this album will have him fornicating buck-naked on top of a hot-rod! All them songs about vampires, U.F.O.'s, guns'n'girls, the F.B.I. (say hello to Cousin Franklin), and all sortsashit; goddammit, they're weirdos! They've been listening to them no-good Rezillos and that dog-darned Legendary Stardust Cowboy, and someone give them some 'go-blind-for-a-day' moonshine. Then they let them in one of them new-fangled re-cording studios, and the next thing ya know, we've another god-danged elvis thang on our hands. And you know what happened last time. This is the devil's music, and we should buy every copy from every store, and burn them all on a big bonfire.I mean, just look at their songs, all about 'lights in the sky' and all that mumbo-jumbo, The Good Lord never wanted us to rock'n'roll, we should be in church right now! But they're in a deserted barn, surrounded by hot-rods, watching B-movies like "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and "Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes", drinking moonshine, and havin' a hoedown with Gene Vincent and Sid Vicious. They even sample Wolfman Jack, ferchrissakes! Ah'm tellin' ya, boy, when I see yer Mom (or yer Aunt, yer sister, whatever....), Ah'm gonna get her ta get her fat , lazy ass ta round up every copy of this offence against The Good Lord, and burn 'em all in a huge holy bonfire. Once her tush is outta the trailer, we'll round up every copy of this re-cording, before it corrupts every God fearing, goat-fuckin', cousin-marrying, shit-kickin, red-necked football scholar-ship-riding country boy in yhe whole damn county. Hey, maybe Jerry Springer'll do a special on it!

http://www.cr-entertainment.ch/ May 2003
Z28 - Wrecks from the Highway JSNTGM Records
Hey, this is quite good. Solid garage punk`n`roll with great 50ies rockabilly vocals and some cool guitar parts here and there. Z28 don`t try to sound mean, they got melodies and quite good ones, too. This is by far the best from this pack. As it seems these guys kept a sense for humour. That`s cool, I like this.

James Smart - The LIST Magazine ‘Glasgow and Edinburgh Events Guide’ #465 April 2003 3/5
PUNK POP Z/28 - Wrecks From The Highway (JSNTGM)
Z/28 are from West Lothian, but take their inspiration from the kind of hick stomp favoured by mutants in empty corners of North America. Luckily, they charge it with punk rock (this 14 track recorrd clocks in at an impressive 28:33), and also inject a fair dose of humour into the proceedings. Songs like ‘Another Fine Day’ and ‘Outrageous’ storm along at a tempo that would make a gabba producer gush, and while Z/28 sometimes sound like a low-rent, speeded-up bunch of Clash fans, they have the vim andvigour to get away with it.

Ian - Part Time Punk Zine #6 April 2003
Z/28 ? Wrecks From The Highway ? JSNTGM 13
This CD is a quite neat fusing of Garage Punk and Country and Western, with a hit of straightforward Rock and Roll thrown into the mix. The vocalist has the kind of nerdy-but threatening voice that lends itself well to the material. Z/28 even do a cover of the “Dukes Of Hazzard” theme! They are from Scotland, a country that has for some reason always taken C”n”W to its heart….why is that? Sometimes Z/28 do kind of resemble a Texan Rezillos, which is not a bad direction to go in. My favourite tracks are “Outrageous” and “Shut Down” on this on the whole promising and original CD.

Karl Backman - SUMMER of HATE FANZINE April 2003
Z/28 - Wrecks From The Highway CD (JSNTGM Records)
I like EDDIE COCHRAN. I like AC/DC. I like Punk Rock. I imagine Z/28 do too. Sure sounds like it. This is really good stuff. Party music. Party as in excessive drinking. As in having your hand up a teenage girl's skirt. As in watching your best mate fall out the window. Good, good stuff. Of course the band is from Scotland, and probably have a limited experience of FBI Men and all that. Are there any highways in Scotland? I don't know, and I don't care. This is fucking great. Here's the deal: If you like BETTY PAGE, street car racing, loud guitars, JACK HILL movies, high energy, TURA SATANA and having fun this is for you. No dull 70's rock, don't let the Hot Rod/Pin-up thing scare you, this ain't more of that fake Action Rock we're all bored with. This is for real. Banjos and all. I don't give a fuck if you buy this record or not; I've got it and I'm gonna play it. That's all I need to know. I could go on about this, but I'm gonna turn it up and have a drink instead. As BON SCOTT put it: there's gonna be some rockin' at the show tonight.

ANDY http://www.punkoiuk.co.uk/ April 2003
Z/28 - Wrecks From The Highway (JSNTGM)
Take King Kurt or the Meteors give them a louder amplifier and a bucket full of speed and a splash of Green Day, light blue touch paper and stand well back. Well not quite but this is another cracking album. Psychobilly meets pop-punk. You simply have to get for the cover on here it's a cover of the 'Dukes Of Hazard' theme tune.

ARTCORE Fanzine #18 “Z/28” “WRECKS FROM THE HIGHWAY” CD
These be rockin’ garage psyched-out damaged Scottish loons, all fried up with on some Yankified 50’s freeway desert U.F.O. kinda trip. This sounds like a cross between JOHNNY X AND THE CONSPIRACY, THE CRAMPS, JOHNNY CASH and THE GOOD TIME CHARLIES playing back up to some shitkickin’ sour mash cock-fight in Louisiana in 1963. All I can say is; ‘you’re gonna look pretty funny trying to eat corn-on-the-cob with no fucking teeth!’ (3/5) JSNTGM

The Blackpool Evening Gazette “Z/28” “WRECKS FROM THE HIGHWAY” CD
Out now on the JSNTGM label is the stunningly good Wrecks from the Highway.They might sound like psyched out countrybillies but the nearest they’ve got to Nashville is the Split Level Studio at Newbridge, West Lothian. They inherit a musical world somewhere between the Ramones and the Cramps, and rarely top the three minute mark with anything they sing. Z/28 put punk into Charlie Calhoun’s 1954 gem your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ But Trash and know a thing or two about when to yee-haw on Waylon Jennings’ Dukes of Hazzard. Elsewhere it’s all their own work and no wonder The Spacequeen finds it difficult to keep drumming at their speed ? but it’s hard to turn off this set of 14 mini-masterpieces. We don’t know the cost, but whatever it is it’s worth it !! Robin Duke … (JSNTGM PO Box 1025 Blackpool FY3 0FA only £6.00 including p+p a steal)

Willy Aadnoy http://www.punk-information.com February 9, 2003
Z/28 “Wrecks From the Highway” JSNTGM 2002
Appropriately enough, my first listen to this CD was driving home from the P.O. Box in my Z/28 Camaro. I first became aware of Z/28 some time ago from guitarist, Rockin' Rick Buzzin' who sent me an e-mail and introduced his band. It was always fun receiving e-mail from Rockin' Rick because he always played in character as if he was some kind of whacked out cowboy (I miss those e-mails, Rick). This is a band that harkens back to yesteryear in sound. There is a lot of country influence and a lot 50s influence. At times they sound a bit like Elvis Presley when he still had attitude. Lots of songs about cars and women. Solid punk rock sound with killer lead guitar. The album ends with a balls out rocker called Kicking My Amp. All in all a very solid release.

Benny Brylcreem http://smashintransistors.homestead.com March 14, 2003
Z/28 Wrecks From The Highway (JSNTGM CD)
Cars, women, aliens and red necks is what this is all about, these boys know their southern Rock & Roll. But wait what’s that you say? They’re from Scotland! Well they certainly studied their Elvis and Billy Lee Riley with some X-Files thrown in for good measure. I had to look outside to check and make sure there was still snow on the ground cause this CD made me think I was crusin’ on a summer day with the top down and a case of PBR in the cooler on the back seat with a couple of big tittied Martian girls in front gettin’ freaky. This album is a Rock & Roll must on the car radio while crusin’ the back roads of Venus. Excellent combinations of attitude filled 50's Rock-a-billy and good old fashioned Punk Rock blazin’ guitar work make this a summertime crusin’ classic (now we just need summertime and our drivers licences back).

Mark Anthony http://www.therawk.com/ March 18, 2003 Z/28 - wrecks from the highway (JSNTGM)
hot rod punk 'n' roll from scotland? yep and these guys have a nice feel to their rawk too. describing this is hard cuz the sound changes throughout from supersuckers grease to replacements shuffle to clash-ish clang to cranked up rockabilly to stones-y roots...and sometimes more than once at a time. this is one of the funnest things i've heard in awhile and the cool between song soundbites (and the in-song cartoon f/x on "gun girl crazy") just add to it. the cover of waylon's "duke's of hazzard" theme song only adds to the misplacement of these dudes! this is cool shit!! the best i've heard from scotland since the first undertones record...and a great sexy cover too!!

FRACTURE Fanzine #23 Z/28s “Wrecks from the Highway ” CD/ 28:33
Kinda hokey 50s/60s garage punk, the stuff that goes down a storm at those Las Vegas weekend grinds, that’s fine, I can see the attraction but I feel not the allure. It’s just too gimmicky for me, sure I used to love the CRAMPS in small doses, but I just get real tired of this real quickly. Not enough of those real important hooks, I’m sure it’s fun as hell to play this type of music and maybe it’s best appreciated in a whiskey-soaked bar, crackling out of an old analog 50s PA system. But man, this was pretty hard work to sit through and I’m just not a fan of kitsch 50s artwork and style, unless I am someplace where the authenticity drips real. Nah this is definitely beyond me, and this is from someone who loves GIRL TROUBLE, The FLESHTONES and The CRAMPS when the mood hits. But it’s not so much the style that is as perturbing, as the lack of any quality songwriting. They even manage to turn the “Dukes of Hazzard” theme into a bland squib. That should be a shit-kicking, redneck, drink, fight and fuck anthem! I’m just not sure British people should be allowed to partake in this genre, it rarely seems to work. (DS) JSNTGM, PO Box 1025, Blackpool, FY3 0FA, UK.

Mack - Trashcompactor March 24 2003
Z/28 » Wrecks From The Highway « CD - 2002 JSNTGM. Nitro / Medium Rare / FBI Man / Shut Down / Another Fine Day / My Friend Scott / Gun Girl Crazy / Lights In The Sky / Outrageous / Your Cash / Never / Dukes Of Hazzard / Outlaw Machine / Kicking My Amp
After I'd given the first couple of cuts a casual listen, I pretty quickly came to the conclusion that this record wouldn't come as recommended. The band tries so hard to play that dragster punk rock thing in the vein of the Supersuckers or the Didjits but the results are pretty mediocre. The polished sound doesn't help either. These were my initial thoughts and they almost sealed the fate of this CD as a nice attempt that unfortunately misfired. I say almost because I completely changed my mind the second "Another Fine Day" blared out of the speakers... What happened? Well, from that song on the guys finally cut loose and inject a heavy dose of poppy harmonies into their country-punk and voila, the entertainment value of "Wrecks From The Highway" increases dramatically. Imagine the Vandals (circa Slippery When Ill) meet retro rockabilly and you'll get a good impression of what this record is like. I'm pretty sure that the combination of beer and a Z/28 show makes for a hell of a party.

Rae Alexandra - KERRANG no.945 March 2003
Z/28 “Wrecks From the Highway” JSNTGM
“these howlers play the kind of garage rock n roll that makes you wanna hop in a drop-top and drive through the desert” “look at “Wrecks From the Highway” as a good drinkin’ ‘n’ fightin record”

Brainless - No Brains Zine June 2003 Z/28 “Wrecks From the Highway” JSNTGM
Z/28 are some kind of rock'n'roll punk. Sounds like Elvis meets Dead Kennedys and Ramones on highway. But I miss something here. I don't know what exactly. I think it's the production, it's too clean and guitars sound too neat. Z/28 sound too nice - guys put more sweat and energy in your next album and distort the guitars a bit more. Make it more dirty and sweaty, maybe drink some more beer before going into studio. "Gun Girl Crazy" or "Light In The Sky" are really good songs, only if they were recorded better. This can sound much better.

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What the critics have had to say about the Z/28

BLACK FLAG meets ELVIS!!!!
Owes as much to Johnny Cash as it does Johnny Rotten!!!!
A mix of Johnny Cash and AC/DC!!!!
Looks like the CRAMPS playin the CLASH!!!!

Medicals this Way!

2006-05-29T15:35:00.000-07:00

Next time yoo inhabit the z28 vortex - asx one o the creatures if you can have a medical and be presented with one of these official probalicious certificates - made of zexenron3 and space_alloy!

Action, Flames and Blazin’ Hot Mayhem!!!

2006-05-29T15:22:00.000-07:00

One thing them mighty zee 28 have never been fraid o’ is to blast a set from the stage to another sonic dimension - you can even hear the junk-o-sonic sound lookin’ at the live pics!!!

Stick em up!

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Postermania!

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Paste then chased!

2006-05-29T14:40:00.000-07:00

Did we really play all these gigs?

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Posters n Shit!

2006-05-29T14:19:00.000-07:00

We did say this was a storage dump for our Digital trash World!

Gig History!

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A life wasted on the stage?

Z/28 Gig Posters start here!

2006-05-29T13:57:00.000-07:00

I gotta upload gig posters for all you Z/28 collectors - sheesh and what a bucketload!

The Drummer - ya gotta be tough playin with the Z/28

2006-05-28T13:19:00.000-07:00

It’s all blood sweat and gore - this is a typical after rehearsal pic of Dr D Brett the Wolfman of the Z/28 and it ain’t even a full moon night!

The First Zees on the Moon!

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The Canons Gate!

2006-05-27T04:32:00.000-07:00

Check out the pics from mighty Z/28 gigs over the milleniums - as you know we do inter galactic, inter dimensional and non time restricted gigs - capture a blast of the excitement tonite at the Canons gate bar in Edinburgh - the flyer produced by the promoter is further back in time on this blog!!!

Wreck!

The Z/28 Debut Album!

2006-05-27T04:28:00.000-07:00

This compact mirror of punkin’ trash-a-billy has been released for some years now but the second alnbum is half in the can - as we go we will give you all the links in the meantime if you wish to purchase this saucer crash of a disaster go to www.jsntgm.com and tell Andy - Rockin Rick Buzzin sent ya!

What are the Z/28 all about?

2006-05-27T04:27:00.000-07:00

The reply has to be - who knows?

This little bitty says a lot about them tho!

Country Hillbilly Flying Saucers!

2006-05-26T16:40:00.000-07:00

in the gawd dang back of an old covered wagon in the misty mountains of Scotland the mighty zee twenny ate reveal to the world a captivating alien being!!!!

The moon is shinning!

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And you run and you run!

Z/28 gig at the Canons Gate tomorrow nite!

2006-05-26T14:53:00.000-07:00

After being un-affected technically at www.thez28s.com hosted by ADVENTINTERNET for several years now - they have not responded to e-mails - their phone numbers are fake - I have contacted Paypal, Nominet etc who deal with ADVENT INTERNET and still cannot get a response or intouch with ADVENT - warning! stay clear of this company - in the meantime - start yourself a blog and more importantly come along to the gig advertised in the above little flyrer.
More on advent as we get it!

Storage for the z/28 Fan starts here!

2006-05-10T06:07:00.000-07:00

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