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  Review by: greg0rb See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on March 30th 2007
Writing this review made me feel like I’ve been living under a rock. I don’t think I had ever heard Zebrahead before, but their name sounded vaguely familiar. I popped it in not knowing what I was gonna get, but with ‘zing’-worthy song titles like “Your New Boyfriend Wears Girl Pants” and “Rated ‘U’ for Ugly” I was expecting some Blink-style hijinx. I pretty much got that in the title track opener if only in the choruses, with the verses veering more towards a hardcore-meets-rap-rock thing. So I do some research and it turns out Zebrahead have been major label for most of their careers, since 1998’s Waste of Mind on Columbia. Missed that one.`98, huh? The pop-punk-meets-rap-rock thing is starting to make sense. They’re still goin’ down that road though? Really? The other reviews pertaining to the band on this site are overwhelmingly positive with most comments in agreement. But I will not cave -- this shit is WEAK! I want to find that rock and crawl back underneath, never to hear Zebrahead again.
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What a stupid fucking review. How to enjoy this album: Open the CD case. Blast it with your window down driving along the beach. Have a great time. the new singer is everybit as good as Justin if not better. and justin was a douche, apparantly he didn't write hardly any of their lyrics or music and was a dick and came off as very cocky at their shows. haha i love Zebrahead but this review is pretty funny and accurate. they're not for everyone, especially because of the 'rap' thing. I love 311 and pop punk so...I dig these guys and always have since 98 when I played the shit out of 'waste of mind'. i'm not as into them as I was back then (and neither are the kids, their shows are a fraction of the turnout they had 5,6 years ago) but they're still good. the new singer guy does sound exactly the same, and the standout tracks are pointed out in the review (postcards from hell, back to normal) but its probably their weakest release (either this or playmate of the year) but both are undeniably fun and catchy and i've always been suprised they never blew up to be big, theres some bonafide radio hits on here if a label ever took the time to sign and promote em. take em or leave em, they're easy targets for haters but they're fun nice guys and a fun happy catchy band. I remember hearing this band in around 1999/2000 from this dumbass I used to know.......hell even then when I was just out of highschool and listening to subpar (for the most part atleast) Pennywise, Dr. Dre and Korn I STILL knew this shit sucked......can't even imagine how I'd feel about it now....yikes. The new singer is from a local band from Lincoln Nebraska called Jank 1000. Pretty good pop punk if that's your thing. I know the april fools joke is that there are people out there who gave anything by zebrahead more than 1 star. I can't believe this band is still around. I used to have Waste of Mind, but I quickly developed much better musical tastes. this album is catchy as hell. anyone who likes pop/punk would find something they like on it. do not expect the same band that did waste of mind, playmate of the year, and most of MFZB. it's a totally new style and matty's vocals fit it just fine. motha fucking zebrahead bitches!! Thes guys have been bad for so long. They stink on album, They stunk when they opened for 311. Their hit song "Playmate of the Year" stunk. The only reason these guys had anything going for them is because they somehow managed to associate themselves with Playboy for a while a few years back. this reminds me of chronic future, which is cool because that was my first show. I thought this album was way better than their others and I like the new singer better "It's hard to believe anyone will actually put out a record for them." I haven't listened to this yet, but I've always enjoyed them. "MFZB" was a fun album. Wow. Shit review for a tight album. I really dig zebrahead. Good guys and they have a unique sound. Fuck this review, check out the album if you want to hear something different. That "playmate of the year" song is soo fucking lame. Worst Zebrahead album ever I saw this band at warped tour last year, they were not good but they were better than a lot of the other bands at Warped. "i guess i'll write the locust review" You know who else is big in Japan? Godzilla. God help me, I listened to this album more than almost anything else last year. Okay, the raps are lame and the style is outdated, but it's just fun. Can anyone point me to some good HC/punk/crust record stores in Boston? I'll be in the area, and want to waste some $. I did a quick search and came up w/ ReGeneration records... Thanks i guess i'll write the locust review this record pretty much sucks but i wouldn't go so far as to write this band off. their first two records were a lot of fun and the new singer is pretty good, i just dont like these tunes. "I don’t think I had ever heard Zebrahead before, but their name sounded vaguely familiar." This band was bad at the whole rap-rock thing way back in 1997. It's hard to believe anyone will actually put out a record for them. good review. good score. "One, two, fuck you!," but that was only cool when LTJ did it long ago. For these guys, this is a great album, though they will always be a guilty pleasure band. I thought this album was great fun when I first heard it last summer, now the fun has worn off and I'm bored with it save one or two songs. It's not that I don't like rap at all, it's just the rap in here is really not that good, admit it! I'm not huge into rap and I will admit I don't know enough about it to talk at any great length. Yet I am impressed by a lot of rapper's rhythms and rhymes, or lyrical content. Not the case here on any of those elements. Such a bad band, but that doesn't mean they aren't fun. It's a decent album, but Matty sounds a lot better live than he does on here. I dunno, changing vocalists is never easy and to me, it's still unnerving to not hear Justin on a Zebrahead album. i must either be confusing this band with another one or only heard some really old stuff from these guys "This band is still making music? This is one of the worst bands to ever create music. Pepper is almost as bad. I would listen to Fallout Boy over this shit any day of the week. Not into this band, but their cover of "OC Life" was decent. "i have noticed that the reviewer also only gave pepper two stars, but fall out boy got 3 stars, and fftl 3.5 stars?!?? maybe these reviews are a tad biased to what style of music the reviewer prefers." This band is still making music? I really liked this album. These guys put on a hell of a live show and their label hasn't helped them with shit over the years. i have noticed that the reviewer also only gave pepper two stars, but fall out boy got 3 stars, and fftl 3.5 stars?!?? maybe these reviews are a tad biased to what style of music the reviewer prefers. okay okay, first time I saw ZH was back in '99 on the warped tour. ever since then I always felt they had a very distinctive so-cal type sound. I love old songs such as "wasted" and "hell that is my life" their best album however is MFZB. I had listened to mfzb about 1.2 million times and started growing tired of it finally. when matty came along I was skeptical, but he is actually a good replacement. He has good energy, funny, and a voice that blends well with ZH! so I finally bought this album at warped this summer, and I think it is good, but to be honest it is not as good as mfzb. the timing of mfzb and the actual album were just perfect. I think broadcast gets close to being good but falls short at times. Ali still sounds great, but he doesn't sound quite as good as mfzb. I haven't listend to this album nearly as much as mfzb either. all in all I hope this band doesn't throw in the towel, and I hope they release another album soon and learn from some of the mistakes on broadcast. long live the ZH, hopefully! I couldn't disagree more with the comment below. Matt has a great voice, perfectly suitable for the type of music Zebrahead has come to play, whereas Justin had been dominating the songs with his over-the-top cheerleader-like singing since Playmate of the Year. Agree 100% with the reviewer. They replaced a decent vocalist with one who could have sang in any number of crappy Drive-Thru pop punk throwaway bands. This album is so fucking bland. by the way, these guys are freekin' huge in japan. this album went gold two weeks after it came out. it's probably higher than that by now. videos of them playing the summer sonic festival last year over there are insane. About time this got a review, but I think there must have been some kind of disconnect. Zebrahead is an incredibly talented band, and songs like "Anthem" and "Back to Normal" are some of their catchiest yet. I think a reviewer more familiar with Zebrahead may have been preferable. saw these guys in new mexico with patent pending and authority zero. great show and great energy. the new songs sound awesome and the singer is just as good if not better than the 'other' guy. the new tunes are more heavy than their early recordings. the band has upgraded and the album is way better than what the reviewer wrote. |
