UKZ
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| UKZ | |
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| Genre(s) | Progressive rock |
| Years active | 2007-present |
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| Eddie Jobson Trey Gunn Alex Machacek Marco Minnemann Aaron Lippert |
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UKZ is an international progressive rock supergroup that was formed in 2007 by keyboardist/violinist Eddie Jobson, best-known for his work in U.K.. The band also features former King Crimson bassist Trey Gunn on Warr guitar.
[edit] History
Eddie Jobson started his professional career with Roxy Music and Frank Zappa. Later in the 1970s, he was a member of U.K., initially with King Crimson alumni John Wetton and Bill Bruford, plus Allan Holdsworth. The band later consisted of Jobson, Wetton and Terry Bozzio. After U.K., and a short period with Jethro Tull Jobson went on to solo projects, including releasing The Green Album under the project name Zinc. Jobson went on to not perform live for many years, focusing instead on soundtrack work. Attempts at a U.K. reunion failed. The Legacy project began life as a planned U.K. reunion, but morphed into a Jobson solo work, with Aaron Lippert lined up to handle vocals, replacing Wetton.
The UKZ name references both U.K. and Zinc. Jobson is again joined by a King Crimson alumnus in Trey Gunn, while Machacek and Minnemann have both previously worked with Bozzio.
The new band was announced in October 2007, with an album due in 2008 and a one-off live show in January 2008 in Los Angeles.
