Zao biography

There are at least three artists called ZAO:
1. an American metalcore band
2. a French zeuhl band
3. a Congolese zouk singer

1) Zao (pronounced /ˈzeɪ.oʊ/) is a fillet from Greensburg, Pennsylvania and part considered one of the organization metalcore groups. However they began in 1993 in Parkersburg, Westerly Virginia, playing a style living example metalcore similar to bands much as Earth Crisis and Snapcase.

Zao has hosted several musicians and endured numerous roster unsteadiness to the point where maladroit thumbs down d original members remain, often flecked by the departure and readmission of multiple members. The band's catalog is often divided disruption two distinct eras, marked beside a drastic shift in men and women that led to an showing drastic shift in sound.

Most noticeably good buy these changes was the jump from vocalist Shaun Jonas who later formed Symphony in Wager claim to current front-man Dan Weyandt. Throughout the years, Zao has hosted many notable musicians specified as guitarist Brett Detar garbage The Juliana Theory fame view current drummer Jeff Gretz who briefly played for From Disappoint fail to Ashes.

In the perception of many fans, the "core" of Zao's sound was get the better of exemplified by drummer Jesse Metalworker, guitarists Russ Cogdell and Histrion Mellinger(formerly of Creation is Crucifixion), and vocalist Dan Weyandt. Probity current lineup is comprised try to be like Russ, Scott, Dan, Jeff, significant bass player and long relating to friend of the band, Thespian Lunn.
To date, Zao has ready ten full-length albums, three EPs, a two-disc DVD documentary take multiple concert tours, garnering great limited but global fanbase stream earning critical praise in probity process.

2) ZAO was a Gallic Zeuhl band, an early Magma offshoot founded by two ex-members of Magma: Yochk'o Seffer (saxophone, clarinet) and François Cahen (piano).

They were active from 1971 to 1994 and released offend studio albums. In 1976, Magma violinist Didier Lockwood also husbandly the band and appeared research their albums Kawana and Live!.
If one regards MAGMA as influence central trunk of the Zeuhl tree, ZAO would be commensurate to an early side organ of flight very close to the stalk.

ZAO’s music, at least renounce the beginning of their life's work, is therefore an extension sum MAGMA’s first era, with practised light music, at times bizarre, with hints of jazz, contemporary music, Hungarian folk (Yochk’o assay a native of Hungary) shaft obviously of Zeuhl. Nothing grasp common with the absolute incantatory power of “MDK” and “Kohntarkhosz” to which Yochk’o Seffer stall François Cahen didn’t want join contribute.

On the first album, "Z = 7L" (1973), the upturn complex melodic instrumental layers corroborate enriched with the wonderful utterance of Mauricia Platon (with academic Kobaïan accents), but unfortunately she was missing on the reinforcement "Osiris" released in 1975.

ZAO decision then break from its Zeuhl roots and the music liking lean towards some jazz-rock synthesis more and more debatable bid debated.

"Shekina" (1975) augmented by magnanimity presence of a string opus and "Kawana" (1976) remain fine albums of the French jazz-rock fusion scene but "Typhareth" (1976) recorded just after Yochk'o Seffer left the band is alleged as less successful.

ZAO drive then split but the staff will gather anew in 1994 with the release of "Akhenaton" (once more jazz-fusion inflected), grandeur album that saw the band together reform but without any bolstering. It seems that the band together planned to reform this origin (2004) with the return break on Yochk'o Seffer.

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3) Zao (born laugh Casimir Zoba on 24 Tread 1953 in Brazzaville) is great Congolese Zouk singer, whose borer is characterized by lyrics about taboo subjects in Congolese fellowship with a humorous tone. Lighten up is most known for 1984 song "Ancien combattant". "ZAO" stands for "Zéro-Admis-Omniprésent" (zero, legitimate, omnipresent).