Zombula 451˚ could've easily been called
Justified Violence part 2...wait...
The Elite was basically
Justified Violence part 2...so
Zombula 451˚ was more like
Justified Violence part 3. The reason is that they were all essentially the same band – with the exception of one member – playing the same songs they played back in 1983.

Zombula 451˚ was
Ron Bianco on vocals,
Bobby S on guitar,
Jim Collette on drums – 3/4 of
Justified Violence – plus
Dave Deluca (from
The Elite) on bass. These were the years that
Jim wasn't in
Agnostic Front, before rejoining them again in the late 90's (though currently he's no longer with
AF).


Zombula 451˚ – the name being slang for angel dust and the temperature at which paper burns – was arguably
Bellmore's best band...certainly the most violent...and dirty. The origin of
Bellmore's garbage fixation can be traced back to
Zombula...specifically
Ron. What started out with beer being thrown around soon escalated to whole bags of garbage and leftover food flying about – which I'll get to at a later date. But
Zombula 451˚ was more than just garbage, these were guys at the top of their game. Too bad they never seriously pursued their potential...but that's the way of
Bellmore.

Between 1994 and 1995,
Zombula 451˚ recorded two demo tapes down at
Steve Johnson's Marv Studios – the first being
self-titled, and the second called
Throw It All Away (featuring
Kurt Cobain with a gun in his mouth on the cover). I personally love the first tape – the mix is great...very dirty. I only wish my copy didn't have that crappy tape hiss to it...but then again, that adds to it.

While most bands kind of slowly fizzle out and disband,
Zombula had a definitive ending. All but one member told me about the famous fight at
The Right Track Inn. Without getting into so much detail, the night...and the band...ended with
Dave throwing his bass at
Jim and
Jim lunging over his drums to get at
Dave. Of course a girl was involved...like
The Beatles. All
that is water under the bridge now but it was the end of
Zombula 451˚...proper.
Proper because the band reunited twice in 1999 and recorded a CD in 2000 – all of which I'll definitely get to at a later date.
Here's the two demo tapes
Zombula 451˚ recorded at
Marv Studios in
Bellmore...
[DOWNLOAD] Zombula 451˚ (1994)
01- Misery
02- Gotta Go
03- No Fear
04- End Of The World
05- Car Crash
06- You're Gonna Fall
07- I Killed Ghandi
[DOWNLOAD] Zombula 451˚ - Throw It All Away
01- No Fear
02- I Killed Ghandi
03- Gotta Go
04- Social Butterhound
05- Not A Chance
06- Love Affair
07- Pilgrim Song
08- Car Crash
09- You're Gonna Fall
10- End Of The World
ZOMBULA 451˚
Ron Bianco - vocals
Bobby S - guitar
Dave Deluca - bass
Jim Collette - drums
1 comment:
Frank,
I gotta tell you...THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU...oh and by the way...THANK YOU. Been forever going online looking for anything Zombula to replace the demos I misplaced! My band Against The Grain NYHC ended up recording and covering Misery after Collette supplied me the lyrics. We never put it out, but I offer it to you for shits and giggles. Hit me up if you want me to send you the Misery mp3. Without Zombula's loud, disgusting, and abrasive influence there is no Against The Grain. Jimmy did talk about a cd, if you do have that too, please put it up!! Thanks again!
A.G.
AGAINST THE GRAIN NYHC
agarci2978@aol.com
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