Artist description Dr. Zaius blends tight rhythm, melodic horns, and deep, soothing female vocals to create a ska sound that meshes the funk, punk, soul, and reggae backgrounds of it's members. Songs range from the poppy to the highly Carribean, to the soulful, and every once and a while to the punkish. We're not your typical third wave ska band.

Music Style Ska

Musical Influences Desmond Dekker, Specials, Madness, Parliament Funkadelic, Etta James, Skatalites, Operation Ivy, Clash, Sex Pistols, Aretha Franklin, Blues Brothers, Prince Buster, Elvis Costello, Hendrix, Cream, Ethiopians, Supremes, James Brown, Toots and the Maytals, Blues Busters, English Beat, Laurel Aitkens, Heart, Led Zeppelin, Kool and the Gang, the Who

Similar Artists We're have a pretty original ska/soul/funk sound, but we're really influenced by the Slackers, the Pietasters, Checkered Cabs, the Scofflaws, James Brown, Radiation Kings, and Instigators

Artist History Dr. Zaius was formed by Georgetown University freshmen in 1998 by kids who got bored with school real fast. After going through a periodcharacterized by the inability to hold onto either a singer or a saxaphonist, Dr. Zaius has finally secured it's lineup and moved off campus to the DC scene. Who knows what the future holds beyond that?

Group Members Zena Barakat - lead vocals, alto sax, harmonica, guitar; Parth Sharma - guitar; Lee Stafford - bass; Mike Perez-Lizano - keyboard; Ryan Hathaway - drums; Chris Stege - trumpet; Doug Herrema - trumpet; Tim Hanson - trombone; John Cain - trombone

Instruments alto sax, harmonica, guitar, bass guitar, drums, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, keyboard

Albums Dr. Zaius Demo, 1999

Press Reviews "Viezine" Oct.1999 "Hoya" (campus paper) 9/28 (www.thehoya.com/092899/features4.htm) 10/5 (front page photo)

Location Washington, D.C. - USA

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