Genres Punk rock Genre Punk rock | Active until 1979 Record label Small Wonder Records | |
Years active 1977–1979, 1988, 2000s-20?? Labels Small Wonder Records
ROK Records Website The Zeros (UK) myspace page Past members Steve Godfrey
Phil Gaylor
Steve Cotton
Paul Miller Origin England, United Kingdom (1977) | ||
The Zeros were one of the early English punk groups, as chronicled in Henrik Poulsen's book 77: The Year of Punk and New Wave.
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Career
Originally a trio, they were led by Steve Godfrey (guitar/vocals, b.1959, Walthamstow, London), the cousin of Jerry Shirley of Humble Pie. The two other members were Phil Gaylor (drums/vocals) and Steve Cotton (bass/vocals). They released a single called "Hungry" in November 1977 on the Small Wonder Records label. "Hungry" was No 1 in the NME punk chart. That same month, they recorded four songs, including "Hungry," for BBC Radio 1 with John Peel. Paul Miller (guitar/vocals) joined in early 1978. The same year Hugh Stanley Clark became their manager and re signed the band to "The Label". They released a second single a year later, "What's Wrong with Pop Group".
Somewhere in the 2000s, Steve Godfrey created a Myspace page, and posted The Zeros entire discography as well as a series of previously unheard recording sessions and demos.
7" singles
Songs
Hungry1977
Radio Fun1977
What's Wrong With a Pop Group1979