Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Pretty much everybody who saw Zoo Story in the early 2000s thought they were going to be huge. It's a weird thing with Los Angeles. Contemporary or melodic pop/rock for some reason rarely breaks big out of this city and it seems the more hooks you have in a chorus (and perhaps the less British accent you have) the more likely the music is considered over-produced or overbearing and consequently overlooked. And Zoo Story was one of those bands that were severely overlooked.
True, we probably wouldn't have even known about the band either if a copy of their never officially released self-titled album (that later was self-released with the title Come Out and Play in 2002) wasn't given to us. And at the time, we never reviewed mainstream rock records -- it was against our religion. But fate guided our hand to put that album into our player and randomly skip to the track "Piano Song" and we were forever thrust back into the world of melodic rock.
After being signed to 3:33/Universal things were looking up for the band but a major label wasn't exactly a comfortable situation for new developing artists at the time and when 3:33 closed the band soon split up. Lead singer Randy Coleman and guitarist Carlos Rivera have since moved on to work on Coleman's solo project and released a beautiful record in 2005 entitled Last Salutation. In recent years they've opened for The Who at the Hollywood Bowl and went on tour as the opening act for Def Leppard. As a side note, Randy is the brother of our dear friend Quincy Coleman, a rising star in her own right who just released a great record in 2006 entitled Come Closer. And, yes, both Colemans are the children of actor Dabney Coleman and actress Jean Hale -- this is Los Angeles after all.
Fans of Paloalto, Castledoor, and other great falsetto rock bands with big choruses you're going to love this...
Zoo Story - "Midnight Luna" (MP3)
Zoo Story - "Star" (MP3)
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I absoultely love this band agree their album was over looked by many.... it's pure goodness.
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