Red Zebra is a Belgian

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group from

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. They started at the end of the 1970s and have the following members: Peter Slabbynck (

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), Geert Maertens (lead

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), Vincent Hallez (second guitar and

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) and Johan Isselee (

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). In 1980 they had their biggest hit ''I Can't Live In A Living room'', today still a punk classic. The group still exists and also has a related project today, namely ''The John Lennon Rifle Club''. On 6 December 2010, it was announced that the cooperation between singer Peter Slabbynck and the other members of the group was stopped. They announced this on their page on

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. In 2017 they reformed. Their song "I Can't Live in a Living Room" was used in Asia Argento's 2014 film Incompresa (English title Misunderstood).

Discography

* I Can't Live In A Living Room * TV Activity * Bastogne * Lust * Polar Club * Maquis * Always * From Ape To Zebra (

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) * A Red Zebra Is Not A Dead Zebra * Sanitized For Your Protection * Mimicry * John Wayne * Last Band Standing * Don't Put Your Head In A Bucket (

) * Punks Don't Have Barbecues * Blue Nothing Day * The Art Of Conversation * Kookaburra * Spit On The City * I Got The Microphone * Live In Front Of A Nation * No Kitchen In The House * Graveyard Shuffle

References

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Belgian post-punk music groups Belgian punk rock groups Belgian new wave musical groups English-language musical groups from Belgium Culture in Bruges Musical groups established in 1978 1978 establishments in Belgium {{Belgium-band-stub