Zach Blair

Zach Blair
Zach Blair
Background information
Born	December 26, 1974 (age 49); Sherman, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Melodic hardcore; punk rock; hardcore punk; heavy metal;
Occupation(s)	Guitarist
Years active	1991–present
Website	riseagainst.com

Zach Blair (born December 26, 1974) is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for Chicago-based punk rock band Rise Against.

Before joining Rise Against in early 2007, Blair was a member of

GWAR from 1999 to 2002. He made a return to GWAR as Splattus Maximus on the 2013 album Battle Maximus. He has also been a second touring guitarist for The Loved Ones

and was second guitarist on the instrumental band The Mag Seven's album The Future Is Ours, If You Can Count.

Rise Against's fifth studio album, Appeal to Reason, released in 2008, was its first with Blair. He also appeared on the band's sixth studio album release, Endgame, which was released in 2011. Rise Against's seventh studio album, The Black Market, was released in 2014.

As of early 2015, Blair has taken part in playing guitar for the punk band Drakulas alongside members of The Riverboat Gamblers.^[1] Zach also joined Punk supergroup Vanishing Life in 2016 and released one album with them.^[2]

Blair currently resides in Austin, Texas with his wife.

Equipment

Guitars

Gibson Les Paul Custom (Black). Custom made for Blair by Gibson. Single humbucker (bridge), single knob (volume) and toggle switch middle and neck position made into kill switch
Gibson Les Paul Classic (Black) w/Seymour Duncan JB pickups (with Motörhead symbol)
Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Reissue (Chambered Body) w/Seymour Duncan Distortion Pickups
Gibson Les Paul Standard (Black) w/ Seymour Duncan JB Pickups
Gibson SG Standard (Black) w/ Seymour Duncan Distortion Pickups
Gibson Les Paul '68 Custom (Black) w/ Seymour Duncan JB Pickups, without Pick-guard. (White)

Amps and Cabinets

Marshall JCM900 4100 100watt Hi Gain Dual Reverb amp head (with 5881 Tubes)
Mesa Boogie 4x12 Recto Cab with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers
Mesa Boogie custom built Road Ready Cab with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers

Effects and More ^[3]

Boss TU-2 pedal
Lehle P-Split A/B/Y splitter
Boss NS-2 pedal
Line 6 Echo Park pedal
Rivera Channel Switcher
Furman Power Conditioner
Shure ULX Wireless Receivers
Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus

Strings and Picks

Ernie Ball Coated Slinky guitar strings (10-46 gauged)
Ernie Ball Hybrids .10 - .52
Dunlop Tortex Standard Guitar Picks (.50 .60 .73 .88)

Discography

With Hagfish

Buick Men (1993)
Rocks Your Lame Ass (1995)
Hagfish (1998)
Caught Live (1999)
That was Then, This is Then (2001)

With GWAR

You're All Worthless and Weak
(2000)
Violence Has Arrived (2001)
Battle Maximus (2013)

With Armstrong

Dick, the Lion-Hearted (2002)

With Only Crime

To the Nines (2004)
Virulence (2007)

With Vanishing Life

Surveillance (2016)

With The Mag Seven

The Future is Ours, If You Can Count (2006)

With Rise Against

Appeal to Reason (2008)
Endgame (2011)^[4]
The Black Market (2014)
Wolves (2017)
Nowhere Generation (2021)
Nowhere Generation II (2022)

References

^ "Drakulas – OWOWOWOWOWOWOW". Thepunksite.com. June 29, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
^ "Punk Supergroup Vanishing Life Announce Debut, Premiere Biting New Single "The Realist"". www.vice.com. September 29, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
^ "Zach Blair Guitar Gear List". Uberproaudio.com.
^ "Rise Against enter the studio to record next album". Punknews.org. September 13, 2010.

Other sources

"Rise Against Live Make It Stop September's Children 10-08-2011 Sziget". August 17, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011.

External links

Media related to Zach Blair at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Drakulas – OWOWOWOWOWOWOW". Thepunksite.com. June 29, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2016.

[2] "Punk Supergroup Vanishing Life Announce Debut, Premiere Biting New Single "The Realist"". www.vice.com. September 29, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2023.

[3] "Zach Blair Guitar Gear List". Uberproaudio.com.

[4] "Rise Against enter the studio to record next album". Punknews.org. September 13, 2010.

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v t e Rise Against
Tim McIlrath Zach Blair Joe Principe Brandon Barnes
Studio albums	The Unraveling Revolutions per Minute Siren Song of the Counter Culture The Sufferer & the Witness Appeal to Reason Endgame The Black Market Wolves Nowhere Generation
Compilation albums	Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000–2013 The Ghost Note Symphonies, Vol. 1
Singles	"Give It All" "Swing Life Away" "Ready to Fall" "Prayer of the Refugee" "The Good Left Undone" "Re-Education (Through Labor)" "Audience of One" "Savior" "Help Is on the Way" "Make It Stop (September's Children)" "Satellite" "Wait For Me" "I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore" "Tragedy + Time" "The Violence" "House on Fire" "Broken Dreams, Inc"
Other songs	"Hero of War"
Tours	The Sufferer & the Witness Tour Appeal To Reason Tour Endgame Tour
Related articles	Discography Songs 88 Fingers Louie Arma Angelus Baxter The Honor System The Killing Tree Nowhere Generation II
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