ZIG ZAGS & EARLY MOODS

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Zig Zags is a heavy metal/punk rock trio formed in 2010 by lead guitarist and vocalist Jed Maheu. With records on labels like In The Red, Castle Face and Riding Easy, the band has recorded albums with Ty Segall, John Dwyer and Iggy Pop as well as playing shows with Power Trip, High on Fire, Excel, Integrity, Fucked Up, Pentagram, Osees, Fuzz, and countless others across the Americas and all of Europe. Currently the band consists of Sean Hoffman on Bass and Jeff Murray Formerly of The Shrine on drums. Their latest release “Strange Masters” is a collection of greatest hits of the band re-recorded and produced by John Dwyer of the Osees. A new album will be released in the fall of 2024 and finds the band further honing the genre of “Garage Metal” they created 14 years ago. Zig Zags can play any show with anyone, anywhere, anytime…

Early Moods was founded in 2015 by Andrade and vocalist/keyboardist Alberto Alcaraz after a few years of playing in thrash and death metal projects before the two realized that the classic doom that they’d grown up with was what they really wanted to explore. Going through a few lineup changes while delving deeper into the diverging influences that were calling, Early Moods arrived at the sound and lineup that grew their fanbase locally. The band released their debut EP Spellbound in 2020 on German label Dying Victim Productions, followed by their self-titled debut full length on RidingEasy Records in 2023. Early Moods is Oscar Hernandez on lead guitar, Chris Flores on drums, Elix Felciano on bass, Alcaraz on vocals/synth and Andrade on guitar.