It wouldn't be accurate to say that Zolar-X were "ahead of their time", because that phrase would imply that the rest of the world caught up to them at some point. Better to say they were outside their time, sounding not quite like any band before or since, with a mix of glam, bubblegum pop, sci-fi prog, and punk that Jello Biafra called the "missing link between Chrome and The Stooges". They never put out an album during their peak -- issuing only one posthumous LP years after their breakup.

Lloyd_Arcesia

Golden, CO

December 2004

AUG 24, 2005 08:45 AM

Alot of bands don't live up to the hype, but timeless is a killer album.

_DictionaryGirl_

NEWSWIRE

San Diego, CA

AUG 24, 2005 11:21 AM

Awesome, awsesome, awesome interview, Keith.

miguelitooooo

Portland, OR

July 2005

AUG 24, 2005 12:17 PM

yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

I WANNA BE TIMELESSSSSSSSS.

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK

August 2002

AUG 24, 2005 12:54 PM

_DictionaryGirl_ said:
Awesome, awsesome, awesome interview, Keith.

Trekkie

Wake Forest, NC

July 2005

AUG 24, 2005 03:44 PM

Timeless is on the iTunes music store if you want to check it out

sailboat

United Kingdom

July 2005

AUG 30, 2005 04:32 PM

incredible.

Lemonkid

Montreal, QC

May 2003

AUG 30, 2005 07:24 PM

Great interview.. I love me some Zolar-X.

Jet star! 19!

TommyRocket

Philadelphia, PA

August 2006

NOV 24, 2007 12:33 AM

this is interesting! i'll have to check them out. the only other band i know of from around that time that made it's own language is Magma from France who formed in the late 60s and had a language called Kobaian. Definitely more prog rock than a punk forerunner, though bands like ruins and hella evolved out of magma.

it's pretty amazing that this zolar-x stuff has been released! and i'm glad this article popped up at the bottom of my window 2 years after it was written!

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STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

AUG 24, 2005 06:00 AM

Golden, CO

December 2004

AUG 24, 2005 08:45 AM

NEWSWIRE

San Diego, CA

AUG 24, 2005 11:21 AM

Portland, OR

July 2005

AUG 24, 2005 12:17 PM

Oklahoma City, OK

August 2002

AUG 24, 2005 12:54 PM

Wake Forest, NC

July 2005

AUG 24, 2005 03:44 PM

United Kingdom

July 2005

AUG 30, 2005 04:32 PM

Montreal, QC

May 2003

AUG 30, 2005 07:24 PM

Philadelphia, PA

August 2006

NOV 24, 2007 12:33 AM