ZIPPER
Homebase: Portland, OR
Stats: 1971 - 1975
Misc Notes: This band's story began with a Las Vegas-based garage band, The Weeds, which included a singer Fred Cole. The band headed off to Haight-Ashbury thinking that they'd gotten a firm offer to play a big ballroom show there, but upon arrival nobody there knew what they were talking about. Changing plans, they decided to drive up to Canada (to avoid the draft), but ran out of gas in Portland. In time they decided to give Los Angeles a try, and that's when they morphed into a more psychedelic incarnation, Lollipop Shoppe. Later Cole moved back to Portland, recorded one single as The Weeds, and in years hence he became a key figure on the rock scene. From there Cole would go on to form a string of bands in Portland including, King Bee, Zipper,The Rats, Pierced Arrows, and finally Dead Moon.
SEE:
1.) DEEP SOUL COLE
2.) WEEDS, THE
2.) LOLLIPOP SHOPPE, THE
3.) ZIPPER
4.) KING BEE
5.) RATS, The
6.) RANGE RATS
7.) DEAD MOON
8.) PIERCED ARROWS
MISC NOTES:
Side One
1. Bullets (Cole - Roos)
2. Born Yesterday (Cole)
3. The Same Old Song (Cole)
4. Face Of Stone (Cole)
Side Two
1. Scars (Cole)
2. Rollin' and Tumblin' (Shadoan - Roos - Cole)
3. Worry Kills A (Woman)
4. Let It Freeze (Cole)
5. Behind The Door (Roos - Cole)
LOCATION: Portland, OR
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Fred Cole, [vocals]; Jim Roos [guitar]; Greg Shadoan [bass]; Lorry Erk [drums
RECORDING STUDIO: Recording Associates
RECORDING ENGINEER: Bob Ross
FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 12"
SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm
DISC NOTES: *
A-SIDE MATRIX: Zipper - Side - 1
B-SIDE MATRIX: Zipper - Side - 2