And so goes the story of Akron, Ohio's Zero Parade. The foursome have been avoiding getting real jobs since their official formation in 1993. Since that time they have planted their feet firmly on the grassroots trail of band booking and promotion. In November of 1997, Zero Parade signed with Acme Entertainment, Inc.

Formerly known as The HeebeeGeebees, the members of Zero Parade have logged many a mile on their tour vehicles by plowing through the entire eastern half of the U.S. and playing hundreds of shows to their 9,000 mailing list supporters. En route from the midwest, southeast and mid-atlantic, the band has made their way onto stages with Blues Traveler, The Dave Matthews Band, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Cake, Live and most recently, Zero Parade opened for Ben Folds Five in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They have sold nearly 10,000 copies of their self-released LPs, "HeebeeGeebees" and "So What". Both discs received airplay from college radio, as well as a handful of commercial stations in and around the midwest.

Zero Parade is anxious to get on the road this summer and bring their audience-interactive shows to as many venues as possible. Bobby Quick, lead vocalist and guitar player philosophizes, "People take life way too seriously and unfortunately some folks are just burdened with some overwhelming, heavy situations. Being in Zero Parade is all about entertainment for us, so if our music can crack a smile on someone's face or get their booty shaking then we know we've done a good job. Call our music unapologetic, naive, goofball, whatever. . . just call the record store and order it, dammit!"

Zero Parade's album was produced by Justin Niebank whose laundry list of credits includes producing records for Mighty Joe Plum, Stir, John Mellencamp, Blues Traveler and Eric Clapton. The 13 tracks were recorded in the comfy surroundings of Justin's home-studio in music city, Nashville, TN.