Enuff Z'nuff
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| Enuff Z'nuff | |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Rock, glam metal, hard rock |
| Years active | 1984-present |
| Label(s) | Atco, Arista |
| Influences | Cheap Trick, Off Broadway, Pezband, The Raspberries, Badfinger, Elvis Costello, Queen, The Beatles |
| Website | www.enuffznuff.com |
| Members | |
| Johnny Monaco | |
| Former members | |
| Donnie Vie, Chip Z'Nuff, Derek Frigo, Vikki Foxx, Ricky Parent | |
Enuff Z'Nuff is an American glam metal band from Blue Island, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), founded by Donnie Vie (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Chip Z'nuff (bass, vocals).
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[edit] History
Formed in 1984, the band soon grew a local following. They quickly recorded their first demo songs, many of which would be released only much later in their careers. The band's first single, "Fingers On It," was featured in the 1986 movie Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer, however, the song was not available commercially until 1994.
By 1989, Enuff Z'Nuff had released their first major label offering, a self-titled debut album on Atco Records, with founding members Donnie Vie and Chip Z'Nuff being joined by guitarist Derek Frigo and drummer Vikki Foxx. They had two minor hits that year with the psychedelic-flavored pop rock songs "New Thing" and "Fly High Michelle", which both received steady airplay on MTV. The band's heavy glam rock appearance in their videos was later parodied on MTV's Beavis & Butthead.
For their follow-up album, 1991's Strength, the band tried to tone-down their glam image. It was released in 1991 to strong reviews, including Rolling Stone magazine calling the group "The hot band of the year."[citation needed] There were videos for the singles "Mother's Eyes" and "Baby Loves You", as well as an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. This follow-up album did not sell nearly as well as their first.
The band filed bankruptcy and left Atco Records, but soon after was picked up by Clive Davis' Arista Records label for their 1993 album Animals With Human Intelligence. This release, much like Strength, received some critical acclaim, but ultimately failed commercially. Soon before the album's release, drummer Vikki Foxx quit the band to join Vince Neil's band. He was soon replaced by Ricky Parent. After Enuff Z'Nuff was dropped from Arista, guitarist Derek Frigo left the band. Despite these setbacks, the band has continued touring and recording up until the present, releasing albums on several indie labels, and finding a solid fanbase overseas. The band had also made regular appearances in the mid-1990s through 2005 on the Howard Stern Radio Show.
Lead singer and songwriter Donnie Vie stopped touring with the group in 2002 to embark upon a solo career. Enuff Z'Nuff continued to tour in his absence as a power trio with their lead guitarist Johnny Monaco also serving as the band's frontman. In 2004, former lead-guitarist Derek Frigo died from an apparent drug overdose at the age of 36.[1] Also, long time drummer, Ricky Parent, lost his long time battle with cancer in October of 2007. Ricky had been with the band for approximately 13 years. Later that year, the existing original members, Chip and Donnie, reconvened to shoot a pilot for the VH1 reality television show, Bands On The Run. The show's pilot episode never aired. However, during that time, the re-united band held recording sessions for their 12th studio album tentatively titled Lost In Vegas. The CD will feature rare appearances from former Ozzy Osbourne/Badlands guitarist Jake E. Lee and original Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler. The band is hoping to release it in the second half of 2008.[2] Recently, bassist Chip Z'Nuff has performed worldwide with Adler's Appetite, which features former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler.
Chip and Donnie's new version of Enuff Z'nuff will perform at the Rocklahoma Music Festival in Pryor, Oklahoma on July 10, 2008, on the same bill as Poison's Bret Michaels and Skid Row's Sebastian Bach.
Vik Foxx is now the drummer for Australian teen pop group The Veronicas.
[edit] Trivia
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The Guilty Gear series of fighting games, notorious for its hard rock and metal nomenclature, features a character named Chipp Zanuff, an obvious reference to the band and its bassist.
The last name Z'nuff is referenced on Homestarrunner in one of Strong Bad's e-mails, entitled "band names", where he cites it as an example of deriving a band name from a really cool last name of one of the members (among other examples such as Van Halen and Dokken).
Chip Z'nuff's stage name is a punctuational distortion of the phrase "Chip is enough."
In the band's earliest years, their name was spelled "Enough Z'Nuff."
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Enuff Z'nuff (1989)
- Strength (1991)
- Animals With Human Intelligence (1993)
- 1985 (1994)
- Tweaked (1995)
- Peach Fuz (1996)
- Seven (1997)
- Live (1998) - live album
- Paraphernalia (1999)
- 10 (2000)
- Welcome To Blue Island (2003)
- Favorites (2004) - compilation album
- One More For The Road (2005) - live album
- Greatest Hits (2006) - compilation album
- Extended Versions (2006) - live album
- Tonight - Sold Out (2007) - live album
- Lost In Vegas (Tentative Title) - TBA
[edit] References
- Rivadavia, Ed.Enuff Z'nuff at Allmusic
