ZXY

BASS LED/LEAD BASS

 

ZXY are:-

Shaz Coulton:- Rhythm Guitar.

Andro Coulton:- Octave Lead Bass Guitar &  Vocals.

Howard Nelson:- Drums.

ZXY are a classic rock band heavily influenced by early 1970’s bands such as:-Grand Funk Railroad, Hawkwind, Pink Fairies, early Black Sabbath and many others, in their own imitable style, which is to use bass guitar as the lead/solo instrument instead of ordinary guitar. This is achieved by Andro using an octave pedal to enable him to play through a bass guitar amp and guitar amp at the same time.

Andro was originally bass guitarist with the legendary NWOBHM band Witchfynde from 1975 – 1980.  Witchfynde have influenced bands such as:- Metallica and Bauhaus. Witchfynde not only  toured with Def Leppard on their first UK headlining tour but also played with bands such as Thin Lizzy, Girl School, Saxon and Iron Maiden to name but a few. During this time the band recorded their first album Give’em Hell with Andro on bass and backing vocals, the album was No1 in the UK music weekly Sounds independent chart for many weeks and the cd re-release of this album was voted no 25 in the best re-released albums of 2005 by Classic Rock magazine in the UK.  Andro was also bass guitarist on three tracks of Witchfynde’s second album Stagefright before leaving the band. 

His next projects after Witchfynde were as leader of the early 80’s bands Malleus and Sabotage where he teamed up with his future wife Shaz.

In 2006 Andro recorded a solo album called Dragonhead, with lyrics by Shaz and music by Andro. This was Andro’s first solo album and attempt at record production which has sold copies through out the world.   

The idea for ZXY was conceived in 2010 as a vehicle to continue the song writing talents of Shaz and Andro Coulton after their previous band Prophets For The Damned unfortunately came to an end with guitarist Nick Higgins and Drummer Kirsty Coulton leaving the band because of college commitments. This has now culminated in the recording of 11 songs recorded during 2011 at Sharandor Studios. The album was recorded in the same not overly produced way that bands such as early Black Sabbath, Hawkwind, Pink Fairies, Grand Funk Railroad etc, used so that it has a raw live energetic sound and the album is called Evolvalution. 

In December 2011 we auditioned Howard Nelson for our vacant drummer position and he became our deummer.

Evolvalution!

What does it mean? It means revolution through evolution, not just the songs and their content, but their overall sound and the idea of having bass guitar as the lead bass instrument. Many of the songs on the album cover issues which involve everyday aspects of life such as:-

Anthem For The Damned:- This song was written after the brutal killing of a young Goth girl in the UK. It states that is should not matter who you are or how you look, but the fact that everyone has the right to live without prejudice in today’s society.

Peace:- This song states the importance of mankind to get on with each other and work together to bring peace and harmony to our generations.

Fools Paradise- This song calls to people to take the blinkers of their eyes and see exactly what is going on around them and how with their help changes can be made.