In the 7 years since Zebra & Giraffe played their first show to an expectant crowd at Oppikoppi Wild Card 2008, the band have headlined all of South Africa’s major festivals, toured the length and breadth of the country and played alongside The Killers, Snow Patrol, Oasis, Sum41, Prodigy and Panic at the Disco. In 2009 they were invited to play live at the MTV Africa Music Awards in Nairobi, Kenya, and in 2011 played at MusExpo, “the United Nations of music and media”, in Los Angeles.
Knuckles” is the fourth studio release from Zebra & Giraffe and was released in August 2014. It follows “Collected Memories” (2008) which produced seven Top10 singles and won the SAMA for ‘Best Rock Album’ and the MTV All Africa Award for the band as ‘Best Alternative Band’; “The Knife EP” (2010), launched internationally and mixed at Metropolis Studios in London (Editors, Florence and The Machine, Snow Patrol, U2); “The Inside” (2010), released as standard and deluxe editions, including a “Making of…” DVD; and “The Wisest Ones” (2012) which again won the SAMA for ‘Best Rock Album’ and earned MK Music Awards nominations for ‘Best Video’, ‘Best Group’ and ‘Best Rock Album’.
"Knuckles" was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 21st annual SAMAs, and this brings Z&G's total SAMA nominations to 8. The band are currently working on a follow-up EP to Knuckles with Los Angeles based producer/mixer Cian Riordan (HOLYCHILD, The Wombats). The EP will be out later this year.
Zebra & Giraffe is: Greg Carlin (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Alan Shenton (lead guitar), Mike Wright (drums) & Stef Henrico (bass, keyboards.
