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Sunday, 08 February 2009 |
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It was a Class of '77 reunion party down in the basement of the University of Toronto's CIUT radio station. Zro4 was there to do a live session and interview for Equilizing X Distort, hosted by Stephe Perry, but they also brought along Xenia from the the B Girls to play 3 acounstic numbers and Liz Worth to read from her chapbook, Eleven: Eleven. And, of course, a couple of dozen fans, band members and scenesters from back in the day came along to fill the bedroom sized studio and make some noise. Formed in 1978, Zro4's original line up was Zero on vocals, Dave Joudrey on guitar, Tony Brighton (stolen from the Ugly) on bass and Mike Bambrick on drums. The band continued playing into the mid-1980s, opening up for the likes of Johnny Thunders and the Dead Boys. They made a handful of recordings under different line ups throughout those years, but nothing was ever released. In 2006, Zero got on stage for the first time in 20 years to play one song with the Screwed. In 2008, two members from the Screwed, bassist John Borra and drummer Cleave Anderson, joined Zero, along with original guitarist Dave (known as "Nasty Dave Snot" in the 1970's), to play a couple of well received re-union shows. ToBeScene covered those shows and today's live performance and interview session.
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