''Under Influence'' was the only album of new wave band

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, released by

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on June 1, 1979. The album contained multi-genred songs, being very far from the early punkier stuff, like in the case of 7" single "

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". Jim Green in Trousser Press distinguished or tried to define it as "

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? Hard stuff? Commercial new wave?

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?". Although the album has new wave sounds, it was unsuccessful at the time of its release. Shortly afterwards, Zones released a 7" single called "Mourning Star",Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982, pg 223
/ref> whose eponymous song (a shorter version of the album song) was backed with "Under Influence", which did not appear in the album, despite the name being the same. At the end of 1979, and after years of failures, the group split up.

Track listing

Original LP (1981)

Personnel

Willie Gardner Willie Gardner is a Scottish musician, who formed part of various pop and rock bands in the 1970s and 1980s, playing guitar. He was a cousin of Alex Harvey. His earliest known band was The Hot Valves, formed in 1976. The band was influenced b ...

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Billy McIsaac Billy McIsaac (born William McIsaac, 12 July 1949 in Rothesay, Scotland) is a musician, who played mainly keyboards since his early days with different pop bands. Biography Previously, he worked as a telephone engineer and played with a band ca ...

- keyboards,

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* Russell Webb -

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, vocals *

Kenny Hyslop Kenneth John Hyslop (born 14 February 1951 in Helensburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish drummer. He joined the band Salvation with Midge Ure, which later became Slik and, after Ure's departure, some of the remaining members formed the Zones. He al ...

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References

External links

Album on Discogs
{{Authority control 1979 debut albums Zones (band) albums Arista Records albums Albums produced by Tim Friese-Greene