Zinc (band)
| Zinc | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Rock pop |
| Years active | 2002-2007 |
| Labels | WEA, Waterfront |
| Members | John O'Shea Mark O'Shea Adam Ray |
Zinc were an Australian three piece rock pop band, composed of three singer-songwriters: Adam Ray and the O'Shea brothers: John and Mark they formed in 2002. In 2004 the group supported a national tour by Shannon Noll. Their debut single, "The Morning After", was released on WEA Records and reached No. 22 on the ARIA Singles Chart in July 2004. Their debut album, Making Sense of Madness, recorded with Charles Fisher, was released on 6 June 2005. In mid-2005 they supported United States pop group, Hanson, on the Australian leg of their Live and Electric Tour. By 2007 the trio had disbanded.
Mark Patrick O'Shea (born ca. 1978, Dalby, Queensland) was a solo singer-songwriter and guitarist in Sydney when he worked with fellow singer-songwriter and keyboardist, Adam Matthew Ray (originally from Frankston, Victoria), and the pair started to write and perform together. In 2002 John Barry O'Shea moved from Dalby to join his brother on co-lead vocals, keyboards and guitar and the trio formed a rock pop group, Zinc. In 1996 Mark had released a solo country rock album, None of the Above. From early 2003 Zinc based themselves in Los Angeles for 18 months and worked with Mark Hudson, an American producer, and provided backing vocals for an album by Ringo Starr and one by Steven Tyler.
Their debut single, "The Morning After", was released on WEA Records and reached No. 22 on the ARIA Singles Chart in July 2004. Mark described the track, "[its] about mistakes, regret and inevitability. I woke up one day and remembered all the stupid things that I had said and done the night before. I was in the midst of mouthing the words, 'I will never drink again' when a tiny voice, buried deep, deep, down, behind the jack-hammer in my head, called me a liar. I knew that I would end up drinking again and most probably make very similar, if not in fact the same, mistakes again". It was followed by "Help Me Help Myself" which reached the top 100 in December.
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