Legendary Arizona punk rock band Authority Zero is marking its 30th anniversary with the release of a new six-song EP titled Thirty Years: Speaking to the Youth, set to launch on November 1st. The EP’s lead track, “Lights Out,” is already available, and the band has just dropped a companion music video.
Authority Zero is celebrating 30 years as a bad by looking to the future while reflecting on the past in the course of a powerful six-song effort by the punk-rock group they started as high school kids in Mesa, Arizona.
The EP, titled “Thirty Years: Speaking to the Youth,” is “essentially about believing in yourself and fighting for what you believe in,” frontman Jason DeVore says. “Whatever that may be.”
The lyrics reflect on the world he sees around him through the filter on his own experiences.
“It’s about the journey of this life and the awareness of it all,” he says. “Each moment good or bad. If there’s something that you love and feel a strong conviction about, don’t be afraid to stand up and speak about it, fight for it, be heard, and ultimately live and embrace it in its entirety.”
DeVore, bassist Mike Spero, guitarist Brandon Landelius and drummer Chris Dalley spent a week in Arizona writing “30 Years,” their first new music since the 2021 release of “Ollie Ollie Oxen Free.”
“So, it’s really what Authority Zero sounds like right now when you put the four of us in a room for a week,” DeVore says.
The bandmates then spent two weeks with producer Cameron Webb, who also took the helm on “Ollie Ollie Oxen Free” and 2013’s “The Tipping Point” at Maple Studios in Santa Ana, California.
As for “Speaking to the Youth,” DeVore says, “It’s us talking to ourselves as kids in a way and the future generations both present day and to come.”
Tour Dates:
Nov. 1, 2024 Tucson, AZ The Rock
Nov. 2, 2024 Lake Las Vegas, NV Viva Ska Las Vegas
Nov. 3, 2024 San Diego, CA The Holding Company
Nov. 5, 2024 Fresno, CA Strummer’s
Nov. 6, 2024 Bakersfield, CA Temblor Brewing Company
Nov. 7, 2024 Sacramento, CA Goldfield Trading Post
Nov. 8, 2024 Garden Grove, CA GARDEN AMP
Nov. 9, 2024 Buellton, CA Buellton Fall Festival
Nov. 10, 2024 Palmdale, CA Transplants Brewing Company
Nov. 12, 2024 Petaluma, CA Mystic Theatre
Nov. 13, 2024 Sparks, NV The Ranch House
Nov. 14, 2024 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst
Nov. 15, 2024 Berkeley, CA Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music
Nov. 16, 2024 Atascadero, CA Atascadero Fall Festival
Nov. 17, 2024 Ventura, CA Ventura Music Hall
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