Zzyzx

Zeromancer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 9, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B0001GOHUW
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,793 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Brand new studio album from the hottest cyber-rock band around today, Zeromancer!

Even more melodic than the band s brilliant Eurotrash, Zzyzx (pronounced zi-zicks ) features the spectacular, radio-ready singles Famous Last Words, Teenage Recoil and Idiot Music!

Special US version of the album includes 2 bonus tracks not found on the European version!

Look for a massive publicity push with consumer print ads in Outburn, Hit Parader, MK Ultra, Modern Fix and Industrial Nation plus servicing to dance/alternative radio DJ pools and special internet promotions!

Electro-rock cyber freaks Zeromancer are set to explode with their newest masterpiece of futuristic industrial-pop, Zzyzx. After an extraordinarily successful US tour following the release of Eurotrash, the band gained a sizable American fanbase and copious media coverage including features in Outburn, Hit Parader and Alternative Press. Now, the band returns with a brand new album stacked with incredibly catchy, furiously paced songs like the lead-off track Teenage Recoil and warm, atmospheric ballads such as the first single Famous Last Words, which has already peaked at #4 on the European Dance/Alternative Charts. Their most personal album to date, Zzyzx expands the group s musical palette, bringing a more organicly rich sound sprinkled with piano, acoustic guitars and strings, without losing any of the ferocious, epic power the band has become known for. This is a landmark album for Zeromancer, a culmination of the band s hard work and intense dedication - just one listen and we guarantee you ll be hooked! --Cleopatra Records

Product Description

1. Teenage Recoil
2. Hollywood
3. Famous Last Words
4. Erotic Saints
5. Idiot Music
6. Stop The Noise!
7. Feed You With A Kiss
8. Lamp Halo
9. Mosquito Coil
10. Blood Music

BONUS TRACKS
11. New Madonna
12. Gone To Your Head

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was expecting....but good!!!, October 19, 2004

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Chris Ochman "The Eclectic Listener" (Fredericksburg, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zzyzx (Audio CD)

This wasn't exactly what I expected from them, but this album is still quite a shock. They are actually doing alternative music? This is cool though....really cool.

It's also home to one of my favorite songs of all time, "Famous Last Words"

The music is surprising to someone who has been following them, but I always like it when bands to something different than the norm!

Besides my favorite song, there is also "Teenage Recoil" which is an excellent song. Again, this is different from their normal stuff. This is alternative stuff...but it's still good!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Maturing Sound, May 3, 2004

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Robert (Fairfax, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zzyzx (Audio CD)

Comparing ZZYZX to Zeromancer's first two albums brings up many differences and many similarities - the biggest of these differences is that much lighter sound of ZZYZX - for the most part. It seems like the band is starting to depart from the childish 'Look how angsty we are!' appeal to a deeper, more intellectual style. The lyrics, for instance, are much more complex and deep then many of the songs on their first two cds. This CD is highly reccomended to everyone, especially those who are moving out of their uber-goth days and into something more deep - the band itself is doing the same thing.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good album, but not exactly Zeromancer., March 10, 2004

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Michael D. Mays "chaosmonkx" (Deerfield, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zzyzx (Audio CD)

I've been a fan of Zeromancer for a while now, since I heard their Rico Remix of Dr. Online, and have seen them play live here at The Metro in Chicago. They are an incredibly high-energy band and they give an amazing concert performance. Their signature hard rock and heavy drum beat are catchy and laid out well. I have all their CDs, and when ZZYZX came out overseas in Europe but not here, I braved www.amazon.de and dropped more than $30 for my (extremely heavily copy-protected) CD.

That said, ZZYZX left me with a bit of disappointment. Overall, the album is a lot slower, more mellow; the flagship track, "Famous Last Words", though beautiful, is so unlike most of ZMR's other songs that I wasn't sure what to make of it. A couple of the tracks are downright American pop sounding. Though the album as a whole is good, and each song is well done on its own, it's just not what I've come to expect from such awesome songs like "Clone Your Lover" and "Need You Like A Drug". It just wasn't Zeromancer enough for me.

If you're looking for pure Zeromancer, check out Eurotrash and Clone Your Lover, their first two albums.