A-Z – A-Z LP

A-Z – A-Z

When Mark Zonder, the famous former drummer of Fates Warning and Warlord, started working on new material in early 2020, he had a very clear idea of the band he wanted to put together. "I was thinking beer commercials, car commercials and Cobra Kai. I wanted to have a very accessible band that would appeal to the masses and lead to being able to tour bigger venues and build a second and third record on the success of the first. I didn't want to hear: "I don't listen to a single, it's too proggy, I just don't get it, let me listen to it a few more times". I knew from myself and the others I would recruit that it would have some challenging musical parts, but the big hook was the main priority." The result was A-Z, and although Zonder insists it's not a supergroup making a "one-off" album, the line-up is superb: he's teamed up with Fates Warning vocalist Ray Alder, Warlord / Steve Vai / Ring of Fire bassist Philip Bynoe, guitarist Joop Wolters and keyboardist Vivien Lalu, and the combination of these musicians creates a very special magic that can't be duplicated.

Tracklist:
1. Trial By Fire
2. The Far Side of the Horizon
3. The Machine Gunner
4. Rise Again
5. Window Panes
6. Run Away
7. Stranded
8. At the Waters Edge
9. Borrowed Time
10. Sometimes

Label: Metal Blade Records 
Released: 2022