Jonzip McNeill – Lead Vox/Rhythm Gtr Jimbo McKellar – Loud Gtr Phil Mullen – Bass Gtr/Shouting Joe Jaconelli – Drums/Vox Pacing the floor at Punk’s birth in the Seventies, splitting up as it was overtaken by Ska and New Romantics in the Eighties, and re-forming due to European bootleg interest in their back catalogue in the Noughties, Glasgow’s socio-politico-proto punk band The Zips, are keen to make up for lost time. With 2 new cd eps on their own Tenement Toons label, a download single for the Make Poverty History campaign on Oxfam’s bignoisemusic site, and tracks on numerous compilation cds, The Zips finally released their debut album, Guitars4Hire, late-Sept 06 – 27 years after their debut single. Copies of that 7”, The Zips ep, which received extensive airplay on the late-great John Peel Show, now turn up on eBay fetching prices of up to $169, and it was recently listed as number 37 in the top 100 most collectable punk singles, in Record Collector. No strangers to local radio airwaves nowadays, the band also have a reputation for rip-roaring stage performances, which has ensured that they are always in demand on Scotland’s live circuit. Catch them as they celebrate 30 years of punk rock in the UK, at a gig near you. 4 guys, 3 chords, 2 minute buzzbombs,1 helluva night guaranteed!