ZEBU! (according to guitarist Steve D’Agostino of ZEBU!)
ZEBU! is the dynamic duo of (drummer) Ted Lee and I. Formed in 2003 at Hampshire College in the throws of hippiedom, ZEBU! continues to be the greatest rock band that has ever lived.
ZEBU! has put out 14 albums and draws heavy influence from the Grateful Dead as well as Ted’s colorful array of extensive musical interests.
Ted currently lives in Western MA and owns a record label called Feeding Tube Records that was sort of the first label that ever believed in Guerilla Toss. FTR has helped us put out “Jeffery Johnson”, “Smack the Brick”, “Kicked Back into the Crypt, a split with Sediment Club”, “367 Equalizer”, “Live in Nashville”. Guerilla Toss is forever in love with Ted and Steve. Along with Guerilla Toss, Ted has supported a huge number of friends from the Boston scene, including but not limited to: (New England) Patriots, Bang! bros, Bugs and Rats, Colby Nathan, Duck That, Fat Creeps, Free Pizza, KTB, Jane La Onda, and Tredicci Bacci. Not to mention countless bands, not from Boston that have today shaped the Boston area into the eclectic beautiful scene that it is.
I currently live in San Francisco, but often come to the East Coast to play with Zebu and record with Ted.
Currently, we are finishing a brand new record called “The Owsley”, an album heavily influenced by an experience one year ago at The Grateful Dead 50 year anniversary.
CRAZY FACTS ABOUT ZEBU FROM STEVE ZEBU!
- Before Zebu! was called Zebu!, it was called Professor Fish and the Fuckheads.
- One time, Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth from the Talking Heads came to see us play because [Franz] booked a show for their son.
- Zebu opened for The Queers once in Germany and they turned us off in 10 minutes because they said we were too noisy.
FAVORITE GRATEFUL DEAD SONG: “The Eleven”