The Zeros reunite! Original lineup! Show at Bar Pink!
The all-original line-up of legendary punk band The Zeros will reunite for the first time in 15 years for a show at Bar Pink on Thursday, June 25. Javier Escovedo, Robert Lopez, Hector Penalosa and Baba Chenelle have all signed on for the reunion and the show will serve as a warm-up show before the band heads north to play two shows in Berkeley.
‘We have no grand plan,” says Penalosa who, until recently, was the lone member who refused to play with his old bandmates, “We’ve had a few rehearsals and they’ve gone really well. It just feels right and an opportunity to play together again. No agenda. Just a good time.”
The Zeros were one of the first West Coast punk bands, forming in 1976 in Chula Vista and went on to play shows with The Clash, X, Patti Smith and The Germs. The band (minus Penalosa) had previously reunited and toured as The Zeros in 2007 for a tour of Spain, coverage of which will be released on a live DVD later this year. The band has no other plans for touring after this show.
