ZOLAR X: News

In 2005 I wrote a delart (song) titled A History of Rock. It has gone through many different stages of recording, mixing, review and more changes. It is ALMOST ready to release. This is a demo version on our Zolar X Band Page at Facebook. We have a few more tweaks we'll be doing to it and wanted to share it with you this summer.

...It's a trip down memory lane...Enjoy the voyage...Nok voo (thank you) Ygarr of Zolar X

http://www.facebook.com/zolarx?sk=app_178091127385

 

 

A History of Rock (lyrics)                                                                                                                  

The Beatles Liverpool wave                                                                                

Brian Jones the Stone of the day                                                                               

Who’s Moon was shining bright

You really got me on a kinky night

Birds in the yard

Breaking blues really hard

Experiencing Purple Haze

Ed Sullivan                                                                                                           

Chorus:

Those are the days, when rock was born

Sweet little Sixteen Chuck Berry’s dream                                                  

Blueberry Hill, Jailhouse Rock, Peggy Sue

and Les Paul too...

The Wilson’s sang like angels from above

Supremes Stop in the name of  Love!

Janice brought  your soul to tears

Otis walks the dock for years

Morrison’s Doors light my fire

The Airplane flew white rabbits higher

For what it’s worth Buffalo’s gritty

A spoonful for a summer in the city

Chorus:

Those are the days, when rock was born

Sweet little Sixteen Chuck Berry’s dream                                                  

Blueberry Hill, Jailhouse Rock, Peggy Sue

and Les Paul too...

Those are the days, of Little Richard’s throne

and Nancy’s boots walked alone

I got you babe can’t be forgot

Haley’s comet rocked around the clock

A History of Rock

© Ygarr Ygarrist, aka Stephen Della Bosca

Nop trea (Greetings) planet Earth.

Still deciding the details of the newest album (Observations of Earth) that will be released in the near future. This album (from our perspective) looks at Planet Earth's societal behavior, warring factions and other planetary issues. We've been working on this for many months and have more than enough material for one album...now it's picking which delerts (songs) will be on it. One of the new ones is on the homepage - Life Signs from the Stars.

Nok voo (thank you).

We look forward in communications.

Punknews.org just published an interview with Ygarr. There were a couple mix ups in the text but over all it is pretty wooteeta (cool). The full article is in the Press section of the ZX website or can be read at the following link:

http://www.punknews.org/article/41560

Release Date: December 7, 2010

Label: Year Zero

Format(s): 2-CDs, 2-LPs

ZOLAR X joins the likes of Mott the Hoople, MC5, Stooges, Death and many others. See track list below. An excurpt from the article which is at:

http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2010/11/preview-kris-needs-presentsdirty-water.html

"There have been many punk collections over the years and former Zigzag fanzine editor Kris Needs possesses most of them so, when it came to compiling his own, he decided to avoid the predictable, except where totally warranted. Although featuring names without whom such a compilation should never be without, the set also highlights less likely candidates through their influence, attitude or sheer courage in the face of adversity; mavericks and rebels shooting for the stars and going against the grain..."

Track List:

Disc 1

• Dirty Water - The Standells
• Evil Hoodoo - The Seeds
• Garbage - The Deviants
• Do It - Pink Fairies
• Blue Jean Bop - Gene Vincent
• Teenage Head - Flamin' Groovies
• Elemental Child - T. Rex (Live)
• I Hate You - The Monks
• Oo Oo Rudi - The Jook
• Moon Upstairs - Mott The Hoople
• Space Age Love - Zolar X
• Rocket Number Nine - Sun Ra
• Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa) - MC5 (Live)
• Sisters Sisters - The Up (Live)
• Politicians In My Eyes - Death
• Do You Want My Love? - The Stooges (Live)

Disc 2

• Up Against The Wall - David Peel & The Lower East Side
• Confusion - Silver Apples
• Get A Job - The Silhouettes
• Do It Nice - Suicide
• Subway Train - The New York Dolls
• On The Subway - The Last Poets
• The Hot City Symphony Part 1 (Vambo) - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
• A Little Bit Of Urban Rock - Third World War
• Roxette - Dr. Feelgood
• Nadir's Big Chance - Peter Hammill
• Outside My Door - Can
• Hurricane Fighter Plane - Red Krayola
• I'm Never Gonna Kill Myself Again - Rocket From The Tombs
• Teengenerate - The Dictators
• I Need You - The Hollywood Brats
• I'm Stranded - The Saints
• Two Sevens Clash - Culture

Two Bands Planet Earth Almost Missed at Slim's in SF February 25, 2011!

ZOLAR X and DEATH

This will be an X-citing show to say the least! Both bands have history from the 70's, one from California and the other from Detroit. Both bands have been cited as being revolutionary-ahead of their time-and there are also some other interesting parallels in their stories.

ZOLAR X (Wiki):

Zolar X is an early punk rock band, established in 1973...From 1973 to 1981 Zolar X became legendary on the west coast USA for dressing and acting like space-aliens 24 hours a day. They spoke ceaselessly in an "alien language" of their own invention, which would amuse, but often infuriate the public at large. They are referred to as "Los Angeles' first glam rock band" in the 1998 book Glam by Barney Hoskyns. Zolar X's origin is included in author Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen's quintessential 2001 book on the Los Angeles punk scene We Got The Neutron Bomb.

About Death...excerpt from the NY Times article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/arts/music/15rubi.html?_r=1

"The group’s music has been almost completely unheard since the band stopped performing more than three decades ago. But after all the years of silence, Death’s moment has finally arrived. It comes, however, nearly a decade too late for its founder and leader, David Hackney, who died of lung cancer in 2000. “David was convinced more than any of us that we were doing something totally revolutionary,” said Bobby Sr., 52.

Forgotten except by the most fervent punk rock record collectors — the band’s self-released 1976 single recently traded hands for the equivalent of $800 — Death would likely have remained lost in obscurity if not for the discovery last year of a 1974 demo tape in Bobby Sr.’s attic. Released last month by Drag City Records as “... For the Whole World to See,” Death’s newly unearthed recordings reveal a remarkable missing link between the high-energy hard rock of Detroit bands like the Stooges and MC5 from the late 1960s and early ’70s and the high-velocity assault of punk from its breakthrough years of 1976 and ’77. Death’s songs “Politicians in My Eyes,” “Keep On Knocking” and “Freakin Out” are scorching blasts of feral ur-punk, making the brothers unwitting artistic kin to their punk-pioneer contemporaries the Ramones, in New York; Rocket From the Tombs, in Cleveland; and the Saints, in Brisbane, Australia. They also preceded Bad Brains, the most celebrated African-American punk band, by almost five years..."

Now available on DVD – 100 signed and numbered…Summer 2010, ZOLAR X with Don Bolles (sitting in on drums) opened for The Tubes at Pershing Square, downtown Los Angeles. See the full 35 minute set plus extras which include rehearsals, ZX recap, outtakes and more (64 minutes total run time). There’s comedy & coolness in this ZX collectible where punk meets outer space…a piece of L.A. rock history you won’t want to miss.

U.S. orders are $24.00 which includes shipping and delivery confirmation. For International orders, please contact us as price varies according to U.S. Postal regulations.

 We accept PayPal: zolariacity@yahoo.com

Domestic (U.S) $24.00 - price include 1^st class postage, delivery confirmation & shipping/handling. If you want expedited shipping or are outside the U.S. please contact us for more details.

"Voesta Nop Trea" (Holiday Greetings)!  The first of its kind - a Zolar X holiday/Christmas song was written last year which was called X Sharp into Z Minor and is now officially, finally titled ZX Spirit (which is also the song playing on the site when you first enter). It is now availible at iTunes, Amazon.com and several other download sites for the Earth amount of $.99. We hope you have a great holiday season...and to your planet from ours...

Voesta Nop Trea from Zolar X.

The ZX headquarters receives Google Alerts and another just came in. World News has a pretty extensive ZOLAR X archive now. One of the things that makes it so cool is you can see video and all topics related to Zolar X including Wikipedia...all in one place. We've also added the link on the "links" page on this site.

http://wn.com/zolar_x

We've posted again at ebay and this will run through Thursday...

The last KBD 7  Vinyl from 1982 (one of ten) of ZOLAR X unmarked promo 45 that was pressed when the ZX clear LP was pressed. Mirrors, Science and Blues on Blue are on the disk.

Pics of present and past auction items are in the photos section.

For 2 Earth months we’ve been working on our DVD project of ZOLAR X LIVE @ Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles with Don Bolles of The Germs guest starring on drums. It’s a DIY Deliar Spacer team doing all the work, which means 3 Plutonian’s...Moto, Raidia & Ygarr.
It’s about locked so our next step is to send the audio to the mastering house, then we’ll have it
replicated. There are so many cities on planet Earth we have not played that we hope this will satisfy our fans until we can...

Plutonian Elf News flash...Don Bolles of the world famous "Germs" will be on drums joining us @ Pershing Square, L.A. July 31st...We're opening for The Tubes...this one you won't want to miss...Space Punk Lands...Zolar X: 8:00-8:30...The Tubes: 9:00-10:00.

A small but very important ZX package arrived today from Blinky, the Zolar X "prop guy". He has been feverishly working on a set of antenna for the MBU. His goal was to have them finished before July 17 so MBU could would have them for the two shows coming up in Berkeley (924 Gilman) and L.A. when ZX open for The Tubes. Mission accomplished! They are very wooteeta (cool) and we are stellar thrilled! Tomorrow, a photo session will take place and there will be two Zolaranians with antenna headgear. We'll be posting the pics asap...

Moto Bass Unit antennas are being constructed by the Zolar X prop builder, Blinky. He has been hard at work in custominzing a set for the MBU. We have posted a pic in the Zolar X HelpingHands folder and here is the link as well that will take you to the Photos page.

http://tinyurl.com/26qvsbk

Two smaller props have been built which are functional as well as wooteeta (cool). These were at the show on June 20th. Now the large prop construction has begun. Ygarr starts with a sketch then builds them accordingly. I've been filming some of the "building" sessions and thought I would put together a real short vid about it?? RVX

Being from outer space, we have a little different perspective on Earth's issues. We are celebrating the Summer Solstice at *HM157 in L.A. with a dynomite set on June 20th. We'll go on around 10:00 p.m.

http://larecord.com/upcoming/2010/06/02/jun-20-hm157-2nd-anniversary-summer-solstice-festival/

It's been a busy month. The ZX Starship plotted a course to the Bay area and landed which is working great for the band. Eclipse arrived a week ago & it's gotten even busier. We've been building props, getting stagewear ready, filming behind the scenes of what we're doing. We'll be sharing some of these clips, very soon-probably early next week. Moto Bass Unit lives up to his name and with the addition of synthesizers and FX sounds we'll be delivering space-punk Rocket Roll June 20th at *hm157 in Los Angeles...ZOLAR X: The Return...

Due to the landing strip that SXSW was providing, we were unable to land the Starship ZOLAR X. We regret this action... In 2010 and beyond, a ZOLAR X show will be a spectacular event to witness looking into the future today.

Planet Earth is intrigued by antenna and more importantly ZOLAR X's music. A link to the mention is below.

Page 66
http://Tiny.cc/TxTNM

If you are a collector of rare recordings then this will make your collection one of a kind also....Follow the link to read more and there are two videos that highlight the acetate and some of the other items. Auction will be on going through Feb. 4th. Ygarr Ygarrist

link to ebay:

http://tiny.cc/KIzGP

 

links to videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EUMRa_8OAA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJwMQ53sIeE

 

 

Now that the new year and the beginning of the new decades is fully "in" we are going to start the ZX auction again. We have posted some of the pics in the photo gallery. It will begin officially on January 28th. Here are some of the items-in detail that will be going to ebay:

* ZOLAR X Promotional Acetate: An acetate from June  21st, 1974 – 45 RPM. One side Space Age Love. Recorded at Crystal Studios-Hollywood CA. This disc was spun at Rodney’s English Disco. Condition, used. Believed to be last one on planet Earth.

* ZOLAR X Large Hole (3 song) 45 from 1982: No cover, no name-Two of  the tracks from the Timeless 1982 LP, Mirrors and Science. Not on the LP, Blues on Blue. This is one of ten. Condition-very good.

Stay tuned for more details coming up in the next couple days. Nok Voo...Ygarr.

We have a new look on Myspace thanks to IDK Studios. They were great to work with and do X-cellent work! They told us to mention that they are running an musician's special right now. Wooteeta (very cool)! Our link and IDK Studios link is directly below.

http://www.myspace.com/zolarx

http://www.idkstudios.com/

ZOLAR X has been invited to perform at the prestigious SXSW festival this coming March 2010. We are still waiting for the specific "date" to arrive which could be as late as the first week in Feb. Currently we are booking shows on the way back to L.A. from the festival. If anyone has contacts out there or know of a club that you have an "in" with, one where ZOLAR X would be a good fit - let us know. We are looking at these cities; Dallas, Albuquerque, Phoenix and Las Vegas. Nok Voo... \ / Ygarr

The digital single, Slab Lab, is now available on iTunes. Here is some background about the song which we have also posted under Music/Slab Lab:

"In 1977 at 1055 La Jolla in West Hollywood, in between ZOLAR X's, I (Ygarr) ran into Rock Bottom at the dumpster. We hit it off & talked about music. That night Rock, Elias & Blank Frank (future Spys) visited me and Charlie Patton (aka Slab) in our apartment #6 & I began to write a bunch of punk-rock songs-one being the present-day riff of Slab Lab. With Rock's lyrics coming a few days later, the song was titled "I'm No Surfer" performed only one time at the Whisky a Go Go in 1978. Thirty one years later, with new lyrics, ZOLAR X has released this as a digital single from the "Observations of Earth" album-dedicating the single to all members of Rock Bottom and the Spys who are no longer living. God rest their souls."

Part of the ZOLAR X show we bring to planet Earth is music and part is theater. This week officially begins the designing and building of the props that are part of our show. Moto Bass Unit and I will be going to an Earthen hardware store tomorrow. Retro...Space...Rock and Roll...The Plutonian Elf, Ygarr Ygarrist.

ZOLAR X is looking for a booking agent for two major tours in 2010. We will be going to SxSW in March, a very prestigious music festival, and will be playing gigs both to and from the festival. We are also planning a national Summer tour.

Nok Voo, Ygarr of ZOLAR X.