Originally we were going to be called 'Dr Goldfrapp and the Bikini Machine', but we felt that people would think Gaz was Dr Goldfrapp. So showing a complete lack of imagination, we googled 50's Sci-Fi films, and came up with Panic In Year Zero, so we decided to cut that to Year Zero.

Residents of The Conservatory

The record companies have had us in an armlock, charging us whatever they like for music, by telling was what we should want and not giving us what we really want. Now its just as easy to pay the band directly, and cut out the middle-man.

Yeah, we enjoy playing music, but we still want the money.

Until this band of harden rockers united to bring you the tour de force that is Year Zero Gaz and Mungo had been performing live with Dr Stroganoff on the already saturated Porthcawl covers band scene. Steve and Arnie have been writing and recording together for nearly five years. 2001 saw them record two tracks under the Name of Quatermass productions. During which time they recorded a track for Mungo and Gaz. His Masters Voice. This now nearly 3 years later is the title track of their debut e.p.

Mungo: I like solos, my musical influences are like Metallica, Steve Vai... Heavy Rock, Metal, Punk-Rock man thats cool.

Mat: I like a wide variety of music, from Slayer to The Orb. Anything by the Beastie Boys, and anything reggae. What a lot of coughin.

Steve: I like soulful, heavy guitar stuff, like Paul Kossoff with Free, and screaming slide guitars from George Harrison to Joe Walsh. Even Dobro stuff.

Gaz: I listen to a wide selection of music, ranging from The Stooges to Asian Dub Foundation. I mainly enjoy Stoner rock, like Kyuss and Monster Magnet.

Mat: Brooklyn Bridge. Steve: San Francisco. Mungo: Amsterdam. Gaz: The Globe, Newton.

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