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Zebra on Tour
Zebra galloped out of New Orleans in early 1975. The trio, consisting of Randy Jackson, Felix Hanemann and Guy Gelso, concocted their moniker from a 1926 Vogue magazine cover and soon won over the South and East Coast. In 1982 Zebra's self-titled debut album went gold and was the fastest selling debut album in Atlantic Records' history thanks to the radio and MTV airplay of "Tell Me What You Want" and "Who's Behind the Door?". Veteran producer Jack Douglas (John Lennon, Aerosmith, Cheap Trick) also helmed the follow-up, "No Tellin' Lies". The songs range from the hard-rocking "Wait Until the Summer's Gone" to the Beatle-esque ballad, "Lullaby". With the release of their third Atlantic album "3.V", Zebra took their career one step farther: the album's credits read "Produced by Randy Jackson and Zebra". Thus, for the very first time, the group gained complete control of its creative output. A collection of the finest songs they have ever written, "3.V" clearly shows Zebra's lasting power and originality. In all, Zebra fans enjoyed a total of five videos aired on MTV and have given the band combined album sales of nearly 2 million worldwide. Zebra emerged from the studio again in 2003 with "ZEBRA IV", on Mayhem Records. This could possibly be the best effort by Zebra to date with powerful cuts which include "Arabian Nights", "Why" and "Waiting To Die". Zebra's live performances often last over two hours and showcase their new material along with all the classic Zebra tunes: "Who's Behind the Door?", "Tell Me What You Want", "Wait Until the Summer's Gone", "Bears", "One More Chance" and other all-time favorites including an occasional Led Zeppelin cover. "ZEBRA THE DVD", released in 2008 captures the band's energy and power on stage. The DVD features live concert footage from both Long Island and the House of Blues in New Orleans in addition to several interviews and bonus features. In 2010 Zebra was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame and is acknowledged as Louisiana's #1 Rock and Roll band by the Louisiana Music Commission. On October 18, 2012 Zebra was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. Celebrating their 40 Anniversary in 2015 Zebra continues to WOW audiences across the country with their Hard-Rocking Live shows performing in select markets nationwide.-Making a Triumphant Return to NYC in November 2019.
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Zebra (debut album)
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Though Randy's vocals are a bit less sharp than his younger years, the band as a whole sounded great and put out good energy. The setlist covered all their albums, with a stronger focus on their debut. And how cool is it that this is the longest-lasting American band with all original members? Well worth it. Meanstreak was a cool opening act, too.
They played straight thru, didn't miss a beat. Great seeing them again.
What a great night seeing a legend band of Long Island starting back in the mid 70’s. These guys still rock the stage in their early 70’s! How Randy can keep hitting those high notes is simply amazing!
I grew up listening to them in th late 70's early 80's when they played most of the first album and Zeppelin covers. I saw them a couple of years ago at the paramount where they played the entire first album in order and it was unbelievable to hear it again. I was hoping for the same was a little disappointed with their song selection. When they played everything from the first album, they sounded amazing. Soooo.... that's my review. I'm sure others who knew their discography, where very thrilled to see them rock again!
This was the second time seeing Zebra. They were fantastic, their voices are still great. Amazing concert, would definitely see them again!!
My friends and I had a great time seeing Zebra again after all these years. They sounded as good as they did way back in the day! It's amazing how Randy STILL sounds like Robert Plant!!!
Excellent rockin show! The most underrated band ever. Amazing musicians.
I did have trouble with getting my tickets to go into my wallet. Luckily someone at the venue was able to help scan my tickets. Zebra was UNBELIEVABLY AMAZING! They sounded FANTASTIC! The band that came on before them, was awful and that wasted an hour before Zebra came on & played nonstop for 2 hours.
After being hooked on Zebra at the age of 13 by my uncle, it was a thrill to be able to celebrate this 50th Anniversary show with him. Westbury looks the same as it did in the 90s to me, the venue intimate while not being too small. In the round is also a great way to see a band, especially one with only 3 members. There really isn’t a bad seat in the house. Also added the lounge experience here and would recommend if you want to avoid the overcrowded lobby. The band also came in and hung out after the show. For my money Zebra is always a winner whether they’re 27 or 77. Still rocking after all these years.
It was a heartbreaking night! My friend and I so looked forward to celebrating 50 years of Long Island's very own Zebra! We had front row seats! The warm up group Megastream was great. Their sound was very good. When Zebra came on, the sound was so loud it was distorted. We happened to be close to one of the stage bass bins and it was connected to the drummer's kick drum...OMG! The distorted sound ruined EVERYTHING! Could barely hear the vocals. Couldn't hear the saxophone at all! What happened?!?!?!? Zebra's sound was just awful! Whoever did Megastream's sound should have done Zebra's sound for the rest of the night!!
