Zen From Mars (often abbreviated as ZFM) is an American recording project formed in 2015 by members of
Bang Tango
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History Formation (1988)
Initially the band was founded by guitarist Mark Knight and bassist Kyle Kyle in 19 ...
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Kik Tracee
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History
The band was formed in a Los Angeles suburb in 1988 by ...
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Enuff Z'Nuff
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Flipp
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Fear Factory
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Background
Formation
The band was founded in 2015 by, then current, Bang Tango guitarist
Drew Fortier
Andrew Lawrence Fortier (born July 14, 1987) is an American musician, guitarist, filmmaker, actor, and author. He is best known for his work with The Lucid; which he cofounded alongside Vinnie Dombroski (Sponge), David Ellefson (ex Megadeth), a ...
, who after demoing songs for what was intended to be Bang Tango's next studio album, decided that the songs would be better fit for a whole different project; which led to Fortier forming Zen From Mars with Kik Tracee vocalist
Stephen Shareaux
Stephen Shareaux (born September 16, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as lead vocalist for the hard rock band Kik Tracee. He is a solo artist as well as lead vocalist and co-founder of alternative rock ba ...
, bassist
Chip Z'Nuff
Enuff Z'Nuff (a sensational spelling of "enough's enough") is an American rock band from Blue Island, Illinois, founded by singer Donnie Vie and bassist Chip Z'Nuff. The Chicago-area band is best known for their charting singles " Fly High Miche ...
, drummer
Mike Heller
Mike may refer to:
Animals
* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and docume ...
, guitarist
Brynn Arens
Brynn Arens (born April 7, 1961) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is best known as guitarist and frontman of the rock band Flipp, as well as guitarist for the alternative rock ban ...
, and pianist Kate Catalina to complete the line up.
Recording
Recording of the band's debut album began in October 2015. Due to the fact that everyone in the band resides in different parts of the country, each member would self produce and record their parts at their respective home studios. Fortier wrote all of the music for the album using previously completed and fully structured instrumental demos dating back many years; Shareaux then wrote lyrics to the compositions with each member adding their respective parts during the recording process. Recording for the album was finished in the Summer of 2017 and as of 2022, is still not released due to creative differences with front man Stephen Shareaux which led to two completely different versions of the album.
Members
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Stephen Shareaux
Stephen Shareaux (born September 16, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as lead vocalist for the hard rock band Kik Tracee. He is a solo artist as well as lead vocalist and co-founder of alternative rock ba ...
- vocals (2015–present)
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Drew Fortier
Andrew Lawrence Fortier (born July 14, 1987) is an American musician, guitarist, filmmaker, actor, and author. He is best known for his work with The Lucid; which he cofounded alongside Vinnie Dombroski (Sponge), David Ellefson (ex Megadeth), a ...
- guitar (2015–present)
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Chip Z'Nuff
Enuff Z'Nuff (a sensational spelling of "enough's enough") is an American rock band from Blue Island, Illinois, founded by singer Donnie Vie and bassist Chip Z'Nuff. The Chicago-area band is best known for their charting singles " Fly High Miche ...
- bass (2015–present)
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Mike Heller
Mike may refer to:
Animals
* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and docume ...
- drums (2015–present)
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Brynn Arens
Brynn Arens (born April 7, 1961) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is best known as guitarist and frontman of the rock band Flipp, as well as guitarist for the alternative rock ban ...
- guitar (2015–present)
* Kate Catalina - keys (2015–present)