ZEBRA – Who’s behind the door
Mar 11, 2010 Atlantic Records
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Zebra is a hard rock band that came together in 1975 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It features Randy Jackson (vocals/guitar), Felix Hanemann more…(bass/keyboards) and Guy Gelso (drums). Their mainstream debut on Atlantic Records was in 1983, highlighted by the singles “Tell Me What You Want” and “Who’s Behind The Door”. Like Twisted Sister, Zebra cut their teeth on the East Coast club circuit, frequently playing at clubs on Long Island, NY. Zebra started their career by playing covers of Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues and Rush songs: it was their early fans’ reaction to their Led Zeppelin renditions that helped convince the band to bring their act to New York. 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 as an original act to contend with 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’s Homegrown Album”, which commemorated some of the station’s best local acts and performances culled from their on-air “Homegrown Hour” program. The band continued to tour throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and in 2003 released their first album of all-new material since 1986. A DVD of recent live performances, mostly from a show at the House of Blues in New Orleans, was released in the summer of 2007.
March 11th, 2010 at 3:36 am
Or how little we are in Gods hands.
March 11th, 2010 at 4:10 am
jeff bridges turned me onto this band in the mid eighties when we were smoking weed a lot/
March 11th, 2010 at 4:59 am
i remember being little growing up listing to Zebra. Shit i remember seeing randy more times than i can count all around long island. These guys never got the recognition they deserved!
March 11th, 2010 at 5:29 am
Ahhh…..Good Memories, I went to school with one of their roadies. A nyway, great and talented band-even if they never got the true recognition that they are due.
March 11th, 2010 at 6:14 am
It’s actually “How do WE have the nerve” which makes more sense to your interpretation anyway. Great song, great band. They started as a Zeppelin tribute band down here in the NOLA region, and went a long way from here!
March 11th, 2010 at 6:23 am
I like them both—and the older I get, I appreciate them even more.
March 11th, 2010 at 6:51 am
Although I agree that this song has a positive message, I also think on some level it carries a warning for us. Lyrics like “What do they think of you, animals in their zoo,” “How do they have the nerve, we’re animals in preserve” and “where does the circle end, who are the unwatched men” speak to humans oppressing other humans and how God is watching, but how we should be vigilant as well.” That’s just my interpretation, It’s a song with a tremendous amount of meaning.
March 11th, 2010 at 7:05 am
Nicely written
March 11th, 2010 at 7:49 am
My Heart pumps like hell everytime I hear ZEBRA. Started my drumming years learning this stuff. Happy to see Guy pumping the drums as hard and beautiful as if nothing happens to his health!!! God Bless them Always. Dale duro Guy!!!
March 11th, 2010 at 7:52 am
this song has always made me feel something strong, I don’t know what it is. If the song is about how death is not the end but the beginning of another journey. And it makes me reflect on my life and how foolish I’ve been and still can be to be angry and overlooking the wonder and beauty of simply being alive. It pushes that button thats been planted in our hearts by our Creator, makes me want to celebrate, to cry, to get on my knees and say “thank You!” and “I love you!”
Pretty trippy huh
March 11th, 2010 at 8:49 am
@CoupDeSoylentRotar========= well said……bless you as well
March 11th, 2010 at 8:58 am
Kick ass band, saw them in 1980 at ole man rivers, and at the warehouse in new orleans. 1 of the best bands ever to grace the airways.
March 11th, 2010 at 9:46 am
….fabulous tune….a three man band that’s better than most four man bands!!
….saw Zebra live for the first time in the summer of ‘81…playing at a HUGE rock-club in Staten Island called “Snoopy’s”. I had a seat at the bar…front & center of the stage…and was mesmerized the second they started to play. Craziest thing about it all was that they were the opening act….for Twisted Sister that night.
March 11th, 2010 at 10:20 am
amazingly well said, yw
March 11th, 2010 at 10:55 am
@CoupDeSoylentRotary Aimen brother
March 11th, 2010 at 11:00 am
Love this Tune! Thanks for sharing!
I can hear the zeppelin influence…
i hear supertramp in this too.. when the vocals start for a second i hear steve perry (journey)..
I dont know about you.. but i think good music like this keeps me going.. and songs like this arent being made these days..
Peace & Prosperity to those who seek it..
March 11th, 2010 at 11:52 am
This song is FANTASTIC. It’s blown me away ever since they released it 26 years ago. Thank you so much for finding it and sharing it with us!!
March 11th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Gosh….YouTube is really such an amazing thing….I thought I ‘d never get to see this vid again…..thx for posting it…..
March 11th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
yeah it’s like, now they show the same fucking shows OVER AND OVER. they have hundreds of behind the music episodes, and they play that damn bret michaels one over and over….
March 11th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
lovely song. i was in the early seeds of music obsessions in 1983, i remember this song very well…
March 11th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
@RUGER480REDHAWK Zebra sounds a lot like Zepplin. Zepplin influenced Randy Jackson quite a bit. Queensryche and Zebra are both technical though.
March 11th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Speaks was in Island park on Austin BLVD- the bar on Hmpstd Tpke where they played and Dream Theater(Majesty) and maybe even Twisted–was February’s in ELMONT-! did ‘lights’ there → many times.!
March 11th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
epic
March 11th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
@RUGER480REDHAWK Queensryche? hmmmm
March 11th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Queensryche saounds alot like these guys.
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