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Zen Baseball Bat- a
north-western treasure of word-obsessed-humour, under-dog social
awareness and 2-tone/northern soul tunes, always wearing their
mongrel odd-ball/punk past as a search warrant for future followers,
and a secret weapon for their self declared war on mediocrity. After
10 years of fierce independent existence Zen have spent the last 2
years residing under the banner of Moonska records, owned and run by
New York Ska-moochers the Toasters and home to some big names, and
largely responsible for the re-visited 2-tone boom. Their first
record for Moonska, ‘ I am a champion concrete mixer ‘ took them on
tours of Europe and headlining dates all over the u.k, were they
found much love for their far from conventional form of Ska. Mainstream press and radio airplay
followed a good year for the Twins and Bats, after years of existing
on the fringe of the mainstream music industry they have finally
seen the beginning of a far wider appreciation of what they do best. |
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A second batch
of fine tunes entitled ‘For Re-fund Insert Baby’ has been recorded
and they are warming up for round 2 of spreading their dancing
friendly, Trombone heavy and forever northern tinted depictions of
life afterSka. It has been said that Zen onlymake100% sense to
people who reside north of Knutsford and home town gigs under the
bird shit bridge are getting rarer. Like Kashmir, the no-mans land
of muddy banks between Widnes and Runcorn has seen its fair share of
territorial battles over the years…. Of which in years gone by Zen
Baseball Bats appearance at the new Brindley Arts Centre in Runcorn
Old town, would have proved to have been a cheeky move. |
