So, finally that single’s done, and I don’t have to mix it ever again. I mixed it ten times in total, including the first one with the original vocals, which we will never let anyone besides us ever listen to, except maybe when we’re all big famous rock stars, or at least gods of the indie underground. ‘Course, that isn’t a lot of times to mix a song (U2 mixed “Hawkmoon 269” 269 times, hence the name), but it sure feels like a lot.

Anyhow, I was just thinkin’ maybe there should be some kind of explanation about how the band came to be, for posterity and all. Our loyal fans mostly know already, but what the heck. It all started around last January, when our friend Cthulhu, who lives a Long Way Away, came to visit over the Christmas holidays, and he, Smauel, and I got together and did nothing for a while. We were bored, so we decided to jam around — Smauel on bass, me on keyboard, and Cthul first on guitar and then singing.

What we came up with was pretty funny; in retrospect it sounded like a cross between The Doors and Maktone. But it was just so weird that we could improvise like that and make something that didn’t sound half-bad, that a few days later me ‘n Smauel told each other we should make a band. So we did, and originally it was going to have a bazillion people in it, but we whittled it down to Smauel, Nevik, and I. Also, originally I had in mind something like U2, and Smauel was thinking more along the lines of DragonForce (who knows what Nevik wanted), so it seems in the end we kinda combined the two and ended up with a prog rock band, since that’s apparently what we do best.

There. That’s it. And after four or five months, a bunch of disparate elements have finally come together into a pseudo-cohesive song. Heh, we may never get any further than this, but then again, lots of bands formed on a whim never even come this far. The memory… shall live on. (Don’t ask what it means.)

–Zimmy

There’s a link to our PureVolume page on the main site, where you can listen to and download our first single, “The System is Down”.

–Zimmy

So Zimmy and I hit the “studio” earlier this afternoon in an attempt to record our new single. Anyway, no, we’re not letting you hear it yet, but we do have pictures of the event for y’all:

— Mar Smauel

Hey, everypeoples. This is the bog for the bland, I mean, the blog for the band. Our band. We are Zed Narley, the band destined to be bigger than KISS, greater than U2, and more annoying than Jonathan Richman. I doubt we’re gonna chronicle much actual progress here; more like random tidbits pertaining in some way to where we’re at right about now. For the record, however, we have two songs completed, and two more very nearly so.

I guess I could list some of our influences. Hmm, I suppose the main one (for me, anyway) would be Rush, ’cause they’re progressive, though-provoking, and Canadian (all three of which we are aiming to be; we’re still working on the Canadian bit, though 😉 ). Another big one for me is U2, followed by Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Genesis, Switchfoot, The Beatles, Nine Inch Nails, Sufjan Stevens, Arcade Fire, The Police, and Steve Taylor. Now, those aren’t necessarily my favourite bands period (though most of ’em are some of my favourite bands); they’re just ones I’ve taken a lot of musical and lyrical inspiration from. (Hopefully some time in the future we’ll get around to a metal album, and I guarantee my primary sources of inspiration will include Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, and Led Zeppelin.)

–Zimmy