UKZ
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| Genres | Progressive rock, Progressive metal |
| Years active | 2007–2009 |
| Labels | Globe Music & Media Arts |
| Members | Eddie Jobson Trey Gunn Alex Machacek Marco Minnemann Aaron Lippert |
| Website | Official UKZ website |
UKZ is an international progressive rock band, that was formed in 2007 by keyboardist/violinist Eddie Jobson, who had played in U.K.
History
Formation
After a failed attempt to work on a proposed
.According to Jobson, the idea of UKZ was to form a players band with a contemporary flavor to it. The project ended up becoming international, as each of the players were situated in different parts of the world and recorded their first EP "
Although many thought the UKZ name referenced UK and Zinc, the band Jobson recorded his The Green Album with in 1983, Jobson has maintained that since the original name proposed to the project, UK3, linked too much to UK and that John Wetton would have objected with him using the UK name alone, he decided that UKZ sounded more generic and more modern.[3]
EP release and live activity
After releasing an
Later that year John Wetton joined Eddie Jobson on stage for the first time in 30 years during three shows of Jobson's Ultimate Zero (U-Z) project in Poland and a selection of these performances appeared in November 2010 on the album
In November 2013, Lippert, Machacek and Minneman joined Jobson on stage for his brief Four Decades tour in Japan, to play three of the four songs contained in the "Radiation" EP. A performance recorded in Kawasaki was released in 2015 as part of the album and video "Four Decades".
Discography
Extended plays
- Radiation (2009)
References
- ^ "All About Jazz Music, Musicians, Bands & Albums". Allaboutjazz.com.
- ^ Kovarsky, Jerry (17 November 2016). "Interview: Eddie Jobson". Keyboard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ Kovarsky, Jerry (2011). "Interview with Eddie Jobson (UKZ / U-Z)". Dprp.net. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "UKZ "Radiation"". YouTube. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Eddie Jobson Forum". Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "Prog Legend EDDIE JOBSON Returns with UKZ". Musicnewsnet.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "UKZ Concert Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
External links
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