The Zambonis

One of the pop-punk bands enthusiastic about all things linked to hockey — the Hanson Brothers, a spin-off of Canada’s Nomeansno puckishly (sorry) named after among the sport’s foremost dynasties, will be the additional well-known example — the Zambonis possess a tongue-in-cheek method of the activity that edges on irreverence, but it’s crystal clear that Connecticut-based quartet took its hockey extremely serious indeed. Consequently, any listener who doesn’t obtain the joke inside a track name like “Bob Marley as well as the Hartford Whalers” will most likely not have much make use of to them. The Zambonis (the name originates from the machine utilized to easy the snow between periods of the hockey video game; the band’s site proudly notes they have particular authorization from Frank J. Zamboni and Organization to utilize the brand) created in suburban Fairfield Region, CT, in 1992. Vocalist/guitarist Dave Schneider, guitarist Jon Aley (who also performs the actual group proudly identifies as “cheesy hockey rink body organ”), bassist Peter Katis, and his drummer sibling Tarquin Katis had been die-hard hockey followers who began the music group expressly to celebrate their shared obsession in track. After gigging around Connecticut for a couple of years developing an target audience amongst their fellow hockey obsessives, the Zambonis released 1996’s 100% Hockey…and OTHER THINGS, which featured “Avalanche,” a track of compliment for the brand new Stanley Glass winners the Colorado Avalanche that got a huge amount of airplay in the hockey globe and finally was adopted as the team’s standard anthem. The next year saw the discharge of Play-Off Fever!, offering the hardcore thrash of “Shed My Tooth” as well as the tongue-in-cheek “CCM PSA (The Helmet Track),” a cautionary story aimed toward helmetless participant Craig McTavish. Many songs out of this EP ultimately made an appearance on 1999’s full-length Even more Music About Hockey…and Structures and Meals, which also featured the hilarious morality play “Johnny Got Suspended.” In 2000, the music group self-released a limited-edition Compact disc, To Bleed Dark and Gold, honoring their dearest Boston Bruins.