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Ferret Records stated, "The lion's share of the credit for crossing faith-based music into a then-politically motivated and secular only hardcore scene lays squarely on Zao's shoulders. Remember a time when a Carcass-inspired hiss or a melodic chorus seemed crazy? That was the time before Zao." [http://www.ferretstyle.com/artist.php?aid=27]

Band members

Current members
Daniel Weyandt - vocals and bass - (1997-) Russ Cogdell - guitar - (1997-) Scott Mellinger - guitar - (1999-) Marty Lunn - bass - (2005-) Jeff Gretz - drums - (2004-)

Former members
Shawn Koschik - bass - (2004)-(2005) Joshua Ashworth - vocals (2003)-(2004) Cory Darst - vocals - (2001-2002) Shawn Jonas - vocals - (1996-1997) Roy Goudy - guitar - (1996-1997) Rob Horner - bass - (1999-2000) Brett Detar - guitar - (1998) Mic Cox - bass - (1996-1997) Jesse Smith - drums - (1996-2004) Stephen Peck - drums - (2004)-(2005)

Discography
A Ties That Attach (split by having Pariah) - (1995) Split By owning Across & Across- (1995) All Else Failed - (1995) The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation - (1997) Where Blood And Fire Bring Rest - (1998) Step by step instruction for Utopia & Zao Split EP - (1998) Liberate Te Ex Inferis - (1999) (Self Titled) - (2000) (real title was (Self-Titled); non an eponymous release) Parade of Chaos - (2002) All Else Failed (Re-release) - (2003) Legendary - (2004) The Funeral Of God - (2004)

Side Projects & Other Bands
A charted occurs as names of more elastic where Zao members keep around been exposed, & a Zao members world health organization were exposed by having the children (even uncomplete). Virtually all of these elastic were short-fugacious, and so little is known all about a children, apart from either the fact that at least one Zao member played inside both. Creation is Crucifixion (Mellinger) Entrust (Darst) Eyes Upon Separation (Jonas) Gods (Smith) Grand National Hustler (Weyandt) Into A Searching Glass Jade Meridian (Cogdell, Mellinger, Koschik, Peck) - melodic stiff rock group founded within 1998; however active. Has performed by having Zao at Cornerstone Festivals, but has non discharged any good-length albums. Los Capitanos (Cogdell, Weyandt, Peck) - became States of Melba Nodar (Koschik, Cogdell) - recorded deuce songs; each come available at [http://www.plaine.net/nodar.html their site] Pensive (Detar) Pop Weaver (Koschik) Seasons In The Field (Weyandt, Cogdell, Peck) - recorded the split by having Pensive Society's Finest (Ashworth) States of Melba (Cogdell, Peck) - however active when of 2005; [http://www.statesofmelba.8k.com official website] indicates they keep close at hand freed the demo Symphony within Peril (Jonas) A Western Spectator (Smith) - 2-drummer plan; as well featured a Clark brothers from either Demon Hunter and Sean Ingram and James Dewees of Coalesce, but never discharged any lesson. The Juliana Theory (Detar) A Underwater (Smith) - began fallowing Smith left Zao It That Obliterate Their Masters (Weyandt) - grindcore project active during a instance where Weyandt was briefly non within Zao Through the Eyes of Katelyn (Smith) - recorded 1 album for Takehold Records