(JIM "James Dean" Mandell)-BASS, EFFECTS/SAMPLES
(CHRIS "33" Lancer)- LEAD AND RHYTYM GUITARS, VOCALS
(NICK "NG" Galgano)-DRUMS/PERCUSSION, LEAD VOCALS
(MIKE Johnz)- RHYTYM AND LEAD GUITARS
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Former Members:
Mike Sibley-vocals, guitar(2006-07) ,
Kent Jarrick-vocals, guitar(2007-08)
Influences
We're manily influenced by JOHN BLAKSKMEN, along with CANNIBAL CORPSE, death, MORBID ANGEL, Obituary, count DRACULA, George A. Romero, Tom Savini, John Carpenter, nysperatu, the living dead, Zombie Movies, Good Horror flicks(old and new) NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, DEAD-ALIVE, DEADLY FEAST, Low and High Budget SLASHER MOVIES, Resident Evil, Michael myers, Leslie Nelson, AND JOHN TAYLOR
Sounds Like
Brutal, Heavy, and insane fuckin' Metal!!! Myspace Graphics
"EVIL HANGOVER"
Band History
----2006----
Shortly after the break up of (%:DECEPTION:%), Oak Forest local musician Mike Sibley continued on with his quest to fulfill his musical carrer, he quickly grew a liking for extreme metal genres such as black metal, death metal, doom metal, grindcore, and underground styles, as well as thrash metal and crossover styles. He decided to create something evil and sinister, a type of band whose likings were among the lines of massive amounts of blood, gore, mutilation, violence, zombies, and horror movies would greatly affect the way music would be made by them. In order to have this happen, Mike quickly started writing lyrics and rhytym guitar partsfor his crazy band idea, he would soon later go to fulfill his goal and find the perfect members in order to comlete his dream and form one of the sickest death/grind bands ever.
----2007----
As Mike Sibley had lyrics and guitar parts for his songs, and as time went on, he recruited members from one of his former, as well as one of his current bands, including former (%:DECEPTION:%) drummer NG, as well as former (%:DECEPTION:%) drummer/rECREATION bassist/Sonik Force bassist and punk addict Jim Mandell AKA "James Dean" to form his new band, Zombies For Gore.They started out as just a trio with mike on guitar and vocals, tht lasted 4 about a week until they noticed tht they were thin in their cords and then quickly added former (%:DECEPTION:%) guitarst/rECREATION guitarist Chris "33" Lancer to play lead guitar, and he's stuck in well ever sense. The history behind the creation of the band name is a well known secret, but if asked by anyone, either of the band members would most likely tell the story behind it anyway, so no big deal there. Mike along with Z4G went on to playing in his basement, which was finished into a fully operational professional quality recording studio constructed from his dad, whom which is the CEO for the local record label, Andrew Records; and started recording several songs, 15, most the lyrics of which were written by Mike, except one written by Jim(Entitled "The Sick Mind Of James Mandell"), and the 5 instrumentals "Zombie Intro", "The Dead Will Rise", "Blood Grudge", "UnEarthed", and "The End of Life", which were all composed by NG, Chris, and Jim alone while Mike took a brief leave of absence, plus the 3 songs that Chris wrote and sang. Eventually they made their way onto the band's 1st release, the self-titled 15 track album "Zombies For Gore". It was during this time that drummer NG also created the term "skull buster" as the term used for any of the bands adoring fans, he was also responsible for creating the band's signature slogan, "Keep bustin' skulls" , which happens to be said continously by members and fans to each other alike. Not long after the 1st few practices and recording sessions, Mike took a leave short leave of absence from the band as a server flood badly damaged the studio equipment that was in his basement that the band would use to practice and record in. So, ...being bored with nothing to do,there was when Jim, NG, and Chris, setup a small temporary decent recording studio in Jim's basement, where for a week they wrote, played, and recorded the 5 instrumental songs which were then later released on the Z4G CD. Mike played no part in this. Later, after his return and restoration of the basement studio, the band was back again playing and recording, with a few changes. Mike hit a small slump in which he had trouble writing songs and singing, and this created a small problem; until Chris stepped up and decided to play the role for a short while. He wrote the 3 songs,("Evil Corpses Attack", "Gore Obsession 2", and "Brains For Lunch", -all ended up on 1st release) of which he played lead guitar and sang as Mike played the rhytym parts, and the band kept on moving. After this, Mike had finally come out of his slump for a short time, to write one more song, "Flesh Eating Cadaver" , which he composed and sang. (This was the only otherZ4G song that Mike sang without the use of a voice synthesizer besides "Evil Hangover".) This song also made it's way onto the Z4G CD. Toward the end of the year, things went bad as Mike was caught smoking a blunt in his garage by his dad, arrested, jailed, fined, and disowned by his parents. This downfall had put him in a deep depression, he has locked himself in his room, and hasn't spoken to the other band members sense...still, he was credited on the 1st CD's release, both as the lead singer as well as the rhythm guitarist, and main lyrics writer...
----2008----
After Mike's downfall, it seemed that the band was now doomed, at the time, as this marked his departure from Z4G for good. But soon afterword, NG, Chris, and Jim then finally decided not to lay Z4G to rest, and to keep the skullbustin' and bloodshed alive. As time goes on, Chris and Jim have taken up the duty of song writing, as this will mean that now every member as contributed to song writing, as well as the lyrics list being completed. Upon a brief search for a new lead singer, we ended up Finding Kent Jarrick, a former coworker of NG's who always displayed his incredible death grunt/singing and guitar playing abilities...immediately after his try out for the band, he had been taken in immediately, songs for a up and coming release were being made into progress, but now is being up held on a waiting list as drummer NG had decided to leave the band for a short time on his own terms, becuz of musical and personal differences with Kent. Soon afterword(within 2 weeks time) Disputes between Kent and Jim/Chris got real bad 2 the point where things just got crazy, Kent has sense left the band for good, with NG coming back simultaneously, and with the lyrics and rhytyms still being dished out, we were able to find the help of now guitarist Mike Johnz, whose extraordinary playing abilities have made it now better to sound good. We now have full lineup, and we'll continue to dish out the death like lyrics, the deep vocals, the amazing tremelo picking and shredding riffs, the heavy ass bass, and loud ass, fast , and hard hitting drumming.
******Due 2 a recent traumatic events at one of our shows, the release date of our next album has been pushed back due to the negligence of Chris, so for now we're on hiatus for the next few months, until we are able to get back together and continue to record and settle our financial disputes. Until then, we'll be working else where on our other projects, check out Jim's punk band SoniK Force....More shit to come in 2009...KEEP BUSTIN SKULLS!!!!****
~~~~~~~Ask Jim 4 a copy of the Z4G cd~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Equipment:
Jim uses: A dean Edge pro 5 string(black) bass(I used to have a 4 string version of this same bass, but I sold it in order to get this one) with EMG active bass pickups, a dean edge pro fretless 5 string(black) bass with EMG active bass pickups, classic ampeg 8x10 cabinet with SVT 3 and br22 heads, dunlop 105q crybaby pedal, various bass effects;
NG plays: Pearl drums in durable finishes, Pearl Steel and brass snare drums, Pearl hardware and Eliminator pedals,Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Drumsticks, and Evans Drumheads exclusively;
Chris uses: A black fender Lonestar Stratocaster with a black pickguard and EMG SA1 pickups, a black fender standard stratocaster with a white pickguard and EMG SA1 pickups, 2 Marshall mg 412 cabinets with a mg100hdfx head, various digitech distortion pedals and switches;
Mike Johnz uses: a B.C. Rich Beast with emgs, a gibson sg3 with emgs, a esp h 1001 black series strat style with emgs, mesa boogie cabinets and heads, digitech and boss effects switches and pedals;
dudes he better b punished 4 his inappropriate behavior, tht was not wht u guys were supposed to look like, ...on stage at least, let's hope tht 33's out soon, i wanna hear new shit soon, and possibly see another show soon,(and a good one next time) and maybe we should jam again sum tyme(hahaha)...bust them skulls dudes
yes, honestly, i questioned his state of mind, i wish it didn't happen but hey...im not with u guys anymore...so y should i kare how much he ruined it?
Jesus fucking christ! those blast beats r so fucking acurate!!!! FUCK@@@!!!! i hate u guys so much, pleaz let me play, ...or atleast jam with u guys, damn, i hate u all so much...FUCK U!
OMFG NG!!! AMAZZZZING VOCALS!!! I LUV WHT U GUYS DID WITH THE SONG 2, IT'S FASTER AND BETTER, U GUYS R AMAZING!!! and 2 think, ...im related to Chris!:D hahaha, ...keep up the good work guys !~
hey dudes, i'd b able 2 play rhytym 4 u guys as long as i got a solo every once in a while, hit me up, im all tied up with paintball though so it mite b awhile, by da way sum faggot techno muthafuckers took ur name
Hi there ZOMBIES FOR GORE first of all we'd like to say thanks for being our myspace pal. We wanted to make sure you knew the reason incase we suddenly vanish off of your friends list. The movement we've started for indie artists has grown significantly and consumes all of our time these days. We seldom sign into our myspace account and this is making several people believe that we are ignoring them. We are not ignoring anyone, we wanted everyone to know that. What we're doing has become so busy we just don't have the time for myspace any longer, so in all honesty we are probably going to just close our myspace account.
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