Is Zebra the most underrated band of all time???

It's tempting to view Zebra in terms of black and white

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Is Zebra the most underrated band of all time???

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Of the "B" bands?

Sure I guess so.... But really why waste time worrying about it...

Their debut was amazing, but the next few records were good, not great. Plus they didn't fit in with hairmetal and/or grunge so they faded away pretty quickly. Randy can do Zeppelin better than Zeppelin. Catch him live if you can...............
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After their debut album, Zebra seemed to slowly fade away from the national music scene. They played 69 concert dates on their initial U.S. Tour back in 1983. No Tellin Lies was released in 1984 with 57 tour dates, followed up by 3.V in 1986 with 32 concert dates. In 1991, the band pretty much disappeared until 1997 when they started playing more concerts.

For those who may know (Pepe ?), did Atlantic Record executives just not push/promote Zebra like they did other artists ? Were Randy, Felix, and Guy resistant to scheduling 60+ concert dates across the country like they did on their first U.S. Tour ? I'm guessing family, life, alcohol/drugs, band members wanting to do solo stuff, and a difference of opinions between the band caused a rift which led to their concert hiatus in the early to mid 90's. One thing is for certain, the band will never run out of loyal supporters & followers in NOLA and Long Island.

Zebra made a huge mistake when they turned down legendary record producer Bruce Fairbairn who wanted to produce their third album 3.V. They decided to produce it themselves after the failure of their sophomore release. Fairbairn instead produced Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet" which ended up going 12x platinum.

yep. was the first time i personally had heard of a man with breast cancer. PJ filled in admirably during his recovery.

If perception is reality, then it seemed like the PTBs were content enough to let Zebra sink or swim among a sea of hair metal acts, rather than make a better effort at promoting them for what they really were. I'll admit I didn't give them a chance after seeing their first video, which kinda put out the vibe of a hair act in pretentious mode, which probably wasn't the band's call to make....but a few years later, I'd heard their first two albums in their entirety, and realized these guys got a raw deal by whoever was managing their career.

I used to see them at St Christopher's when I was in high school. I'm pretty sure they were playing at least half the songs on the first album before I graduated in 1979. One More Chance, Tell Me What You Want and The La-La Song for sure. (I think ... It was 40 years ago and there were a shitload of Miller ponies and JD involved.)