Red Zebra is a Belgian post-punk

Post-punk

Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...

 group from Bruges

Bruges

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

Singing

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), Geert Maertens (lead guitar

Guitar

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), Sam Claeys (second guitar and bass guitar

Bass guitar

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) and Johan Isselee (drums

Drum kit

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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.

Discography

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