Bo "Zinny Zan" Stagman: vocals
Christian Baraldi: guitars
Sören Swanson: guitars
Perra Tedeblad: bass
Matthew Baraldi: drums

Zinny actually started out behind the drums, but after seven years he picked up the microphone. In 1982 he joined glam rockers Easy Action and recorded one album before he quit. He now teamed up with sleaze rockers Kingpin, previously known as Shylock. They recorded som highly acclaimed demos, from which some of the songs would appear on the bands debut "Welcome To Bop City". The style was guitar dominated hard rock with glammish overtones. "Welcome..." was first released under the Kingpin banner, but in 1988 the band moved to the U.S. The album was re-issued the year after by Relativity Records under the band's new band Shotgun Messiah. When Zinny was sacked/left Shotgun Messiah he formed the band Grand Slam with Fredrik (Vildsvin) and Marthin Thomander (Electric Boys) on bass and guitar respectively.

The drummer was Jake Samuel (Yale Bate, Talisman, now Jekyll & Hyde). The band however split and Zinny took a long vacation before he started doing cover gigs with the boys that later became Zan Clan. The debut is a mid class rocker with influences from rock, sleaze, traditional hard rock and all kind of directions. Zinny and his clan-members were finishing up the recordings of a new album in March 1996, due to be released later this year. I have heard some rough mixes and it actually sounds quite promising. Watch out for the track "Grin And Bear It".

From The Encyclopedia Of Swedish Hard Rock And Heavy Metal 1970 - 1996 by Janne Stark (Premium Publishing).
© 1996 Janne Stark.