Following a successful October 2024 UK tour supporting Samantha Fish, The Zac Schulze Gang embark on their April 2025 Headline UK Tour. Today, tickets for the UK tour are available from www.zacschulzegang.rocks, alttickets.comandticketmaster.
Known for their old-school blend of 70s classic blues rock and modern alternative influences, the Kent-based blues rock trio return to the live circuit with what promises to be a must-see tour!
Watch the official music video for their current single “Woman“HERE. The single is available on all streaming platforms HERE.
Fronted by guitarist and vocalist Zac Schulze and backed up by bassist Anthony Greenwell, and drummer Ben Schulze; the Zac Schulze Gang’s sound and work ethic harks back to the much loved live sound and hectic touring schedules of 70s blues rock acts including Rory Gallagher and Dr Feelgood but also injects elements of heritage classic rock acts like AC/DC and Thin Lizzy, all whilst keeping a firm grip on modern influences like Royal Blood and Queens of the Stone Age.
The band have made lasting impressions at various festivals including Eric Clapton’s Crossroads 2023 in LA, Planet Rock’s Winter End 2023, Fairport’s Cropredy Festival 2024, and most importantly, Rory Gallagher’s Tribute Festival 2022 in Ballyshannon, Ireland, where the band first exploded onto the music scene. From playing small pub gigs in 2022, to headlining the main theatre and a main stage slot the following year, shows the old-school influence and experience the band has cultivated.
The Zac Schulze Gang won ‘Emerging Artist of the Year’ at the UK Blues Awards 2024. Newly sold-out shows in Netherlands and Germany are proof of the gang’s rising global popularity.
A DHP AND REGULAR PRESENTATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MAIN THING THE ZAC SCHULZE GANG APRIL 2025 HEADLINE UK TOUR
The Zac Schulze Gang are turning up the volume and speed dial with their fastest and loudest single yet, “Woman,” released on Friday 11th October via Flat Iron Records. The single is available to pre-save on all digital platforms via https://ffm.bio/zsg.
From today, watch the official “Woman” music video for the single, below.
Known for their old-school blend of 70s classic blues rock and modern alternative influences, the Kent-based blues rock trio explodes out of their cage with this unstoppable, relentless, and adrenaline-fuelled guitar-driven track.
“Woman” channels the raw ferocity of guitar legend Rory Gallagher and pub rock favourites Dr Feelgood, combining passionate, raucous guitar solos, catchy driven vocals, pounding drums, and a fiery but funky bass groove that encapsulates the band’s youthful energy and savvy attitude.
Take no prisoners as “Woman” showcases The Zac Schulze Gang at their fastest and most dangerous, whilst delivering a blues guitar-rock anthem for the hungry masses.
Following a successful July 2024 American tour supporting Samantha Fish, and a short run of UK dates supporting Eddie 9V, the release of the Zac Schulze Gang’s new single coincides with their special guest slot on Samantha’s October 2024 European and UK ‘Bulletproof’ tour.
The debut album penned for release in 2025, marks the first steps for the band’s relationship with producer Ian Sadler (Really BIG Audio). With the release of “Woman,” Sadler has captured the band’s raw-to-the-bone live energy whilst pushing them to their absolute limits, especially when it comes to Zac’s signature ripping guitar solos. Lightning in a bottle!
Fronted by guitarist and vocalist Zac Schulze and backed up by bassist Anthony Greenwell, and drummer Ben Schulze; the Zac Schulze Gang’s sound and work ethic harks back to the much loved live sound and hectic touring schedules of 70s blues rock acts including Rory Gallagher and Dr Feelgood but also injects elements of heritage classic rock acts like AC/DC and Thin Lizzy, all whilst keeping a firm grip on modern influences like Royal Blood and Queens of the Stone Age.
The band have already made lasting impressions at various festivals including Eric Clapton’s Crossroads 2023 in LA, Planet Rock’s Winter End 2023, Fairport’s Cropredy Festival 2024, and most importantly, Rory Gallagher’s Tribute Festival 2022 in Ballyshannon, Ireland, where the band first exploded onto the music scene. From playing small pub gigs in 2022, to headlining the main theatre and a main stage slot the following year, shows the old-school influence and experience the band has cultivated.
The Zac Schulze Gang won ‘Emerging Artist of the Year’ at the UK Blues Awards 2024. Newly sold-out shows in Netherlands and Germany are proof of the gang’s rising popularity.
The UK tour takes in shows at The Grace, London (Monday May 13), Komedia, Brighton (Tuesday May 14), The Bodega, Nottingham (Wednesday May 15), and The Louisiana, Bristol (Thursday May 16).
Formed in Gillingham, Kent, in 2021, The Zac Schulze Gang have carved a reputation out as one of the hardest working bands on the live circuit. Built on the playing of electrifying guitarist and vocalist Zac Schulze, the gang channel their love for 20th century artists such as Dr Feelgood and Rory Gallagher to create blisteringly up-beat blues rock music. Regular fixtures on the festival circuits in Great Britain, Ireland, Europe and more recently, they played Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival in LA. After the release of their first EP ‘Made Of Three’, they were recently nominated for five awards in the 2024 UK Blues Awards. The gang are currently in the process of writing their debut album.
The Zac Schulze Gang – Photo by Phil Honley
From Atlanta, Georgia, Eddie 9V has made a name for himself in the blues scene in America’s deep south. Wowing all types of audiences with his searing Freddie King-style approach to guitar and his original retro/soul songs. He is hailed as one of the most dynamic and highly entertaining guitarists and singer songwriters on the music circuit right now. His music has been described by Rock and Blues Muse as “fresh and life-affirming,” while Classic Rock described Eddie’s music as, “the most instinctive blues you’ll hear all year.”
Watch the music video for Eddie 9V’s single “Beg, Borrow and Steal” HERE.
ABOUT EDDIE 9V
As far back as he can remember, Capricorn Studios was calling Eddie 9V. As a kid scanning the sleeves of his favourite vinyl records, this fabled facility in Macon, Georgia, was always the secret ingredient, adding a little grit and honey to every song born on its floor. Capricorn and the bands who blew through it urged the Atlanta guitarist to ditch school at 15, play his fingers bloody throughout the south, and turn apathy into acclaim for early albums Left My Soul in Memphis (2019) and Little Black Flies (2021).
Eddie spent his first quarter-century admiring Capricorn from afar. But in December 2021, the 26-year-old finally put his thumbprint on the studio’s mythology, corralling an eleven-strong group of the American South’s best roots musicians to track his third album. “There was overwhelming excitement at being in such a legendary studio,” he says. “But we hugged and got right to work. Everyone was joyous, loving, and flat-out playing their asses off.”
You don’t come to Capricorn Studios for polish. Frozen in time since its opening day in 1969, the mojo from sessions by giants like the Allman Brothers and Otis Redding still hangs in the air, while the recording philosophy remains gloriously raw. That suited Eddie, whose output has been celebrated for its warts-and-all snapshot of what went down. “In a world where everyone is trying to sound the best, I’m trying to sound like me,” he reasons. “I always want the listener to feel like they’re in the room with us. So I’d leave it in if a drum pedal squeaked or someone laughed during a take on the Capricorn album. It’s our way of putting a stamp on the song.”
Eddie’s old-school ethos goes way back. Born Brooks Mason in June 1996, he acquired his first guitar aged six, “One of those with the speaker in it – the most bang for your buck, y’know?,” ignored the prevailing pop scene at Oak Grove High School in favour of local heroes like Sean Costello and studied “older cats” like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Freddie King, and Rory Gallagher “to see what made them groove and tick.” His shoot-from-the-lip lyrics adds Eddie came from family fish fries, where his Uncle Brian “taught me to make people laugh, how to hold an audience’s attention.”
When Eddie infiltrated his home state’s live circuit – first with covers band The Smokin’ Frogs, then its more adept blues-rock offshoot, The Georgia Flood – he quickly pricked up ears everywhere he played. His artistic vision became full realized when he killed Brooks Mason and adopted the solo moniker that promises an electrifying night out, “Eddie 9 Volt”.
“There are too many Joe Schmo R&B bands,” he reasons. “I was on the road with another band, and we were talking like mobsters. So, we gave each other names – mine was Eddie.”
Already, there has been massive acclaim for his early output, with Left My Soul in Memphis dubbed “fresh and life-affirming” by Rock & Blues Muse and Little Black Flies praised by Classic Rock as “the most instinctive blues you’ll hear all year.” But as the Capricorn sessions ticked closer, Eddie fused the nervous energy into his best songs yet. “Coming off a straight blues record, I wanted to show people we’re more than that,” he reflects. “I was listening to Muscle Shoals and soul, a lot of music recorded at Capricorn in the late-’60s too. So, we spent way more time crafting the new tunes. Each song took a week to write, instead of five in one night like Little Black Flies.”
“Beg, Steal and Borrow” is ballsy soul with Eddie’s spit flecking the mic. “Yella Alligator” is as swampy-sounding as the title, with slide guitars lapping around cardboard-box beats. Bout To “Make Me Leave Home” is a propulsive shuffle, Eddie’s vocal seemingly made up in the moment. The gospel touched “Are We Through” catches a breath before How Long drapes mellow organ over bone-dry riffs. “It’s Goin’ Down” fuses porch blues with psychedelic woodwind, while “Tryin’ To Get By” brings brassy strut while concealing lyrics from the perspective of a man on a downward spiral, surviving on the crumbs of a love affair. “The lyrics and meanings of these new songs are way deeper,” says Eddie. “Take the song “It’s Goin’ Down”. It’s really about my struggle with alcohol, the dangerous nightlife of bars, and the drugs offered to you in the music industry. But then, one of my favourite tunes, “Yella Alligator,” is about a fictional psychedelic party in the bayou…”
Likewise, Capricorn is an album of thrilling musical contrasts. Bob Dylan’s “Down Along the Cove” is a pugnacious blues-rocker, followed by Khristie French’s gossamer lead vocal on the spiritual Mary Don’t You Weep. Mellow Missouri is dusty as a great lost soul session, while brass punches through the glassy chords of “I’m Lonely”. Finally, the album ends with Eddie’s laughter as he realizes he has no more to give: “I gotta come out of this room…!”
Never meet your heroes, they say, and many young artists have been overwhelmed by walking the holy ground of their dream studios. At Capricorn, Eddie 9V breathed in the history – but the album he spat out is worthy of sharing the name, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the studio’s greatest hits, and taking music back to the golden age. “We made this record,” he considers, “the way they would have done in 1969…”
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