If it is true that there is nothing to fear but fear itself, than Fear Zero has taken its name wisely.
"Fear Zero doesnt mean fear," insists leader Ed Sadler; "It is sort of an anti-fear. Do not be afraid of taking chances."
Their new album, Whole Damn Nation, is an example of chance taking. It incorporates a wide variety of styles from hard rock to simple pop to reggae.
Although Sadler grew up listening to rock and metal, a few years at Capilano College taught him to accept all kinds of music. Not to fear it, but to follow his instincts.
"I would say it comes from a place that is a love for music," Sadler adds. "I tried to write songs that made me happy. They are just ideas. You collect ideas as time goes on. If it is a good idea, I am all for it. If one were a genius, they might have an iron fist, but to me all that matters is whatever makes the song better."
Back in February, Breathe Again was featured as the “Track of the Day” over at GarageBand.com, a very popular rock site and network.
We’ve recently received some other awesome statistics about the tune that we thought would be neat to share with our fans; without you, we wouldn’t have anything to brag about.
Rank Active contest: #58 of 1,611 in Rock
All-time: #300 of 15,860 in Rock
Best #58 of 2,151 on 28Sep2008
The release of Whole Damn Nation is drawing close, so I thought it be a good idea to give everybody a sneak peak of the album art.
The album cover was designed and illustrated by digital artist Petr Hlavizňa, who did a fantastic job of capturing Ed as he stands fearless, guitar in tow.
Stay tuned for track listing and release date information!
Monday night was a very exciting time for us here at FearZero.com!
Ed shared with us some of his insights into creating the new “Octane” guitar solo in a blog post entitled “6 Face Melting Guitar Solos”.
Not only did the solos melt our faces off, it seems they melted our severs as well! The piece was picked up by social news site Digg.com and we received so much traffic that the site went down for several hours!
The article got over 900 “Diggs”, or votes, from those visiting the site, and over 200 comments were left by Digg users, often mentioning their own favorite guitar solos.
A few weeks ago I gave everyone a sneak peak of an upcoming guitar solo called Octane. Since then many people have asked me about where some of my influences for it came from; here’s a look at some face melting guitar solos that inspired me.
Eruption – Van Halen
This solo was the turning point that made me and a million other guitarists want to get good. It has everything; tone, feel, speed, and melody and will live on as one of the greatest solo rock guitar pieces ever composed.
Hey, hope you all had a great summer like I did! I just got back from San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. Great city, cool sites!
The 2 Fear Zero shows in August went quite well, considering it was the first time all 4 of us have ever graced a stage together in over a year. We performed a mix of old tunes and new ones to a couple of crowds over 1,000 which was pretty damn cool! Hopefully we can snag a nice tour with a bigger act so we can get out and play some more.
Back in February, Breathe Again was featured as the “Track of the Day” over at GarageBand.com, a very popular rock site and network. 
