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NEW VIDEO - 'BUILD THE FIRE'
NEW SINGLE
POISON ZOOMAK - OFFICIAL PRESS BIO
Hailing from the heart of Northampton, UK, Poison Zoomak have spent the better part of two decades forging their own path through the gritty undercurrent of British rock.
Blending the grit of classic rock with a brooding, enigmatic edge, the band's story reads like a testament to persistence, chemistry, and the unmistakable electricity that happens when the right musicians collide.
The spark first ignited during Christmas 2005, when brothers Ashley Alexander (vocals, guitar) and Wayne Roberts (drums, percussion) stumbled across an ad from local guitarist Charlie Hayes. Fresh from departing their previous band in pursuit of a sound that was truly their own, the brothers had already begun writing new material. Charlie's arrival snapped the early pieces of Poison Zoomak into place - raw, loud, and unashamedly alive.
Through years of relentless gigging across the UK, the band carved out a reputation as a ferocious live act whose on stage power was difficult to capture in traditional studio sessions. They recorded demos, refined ideas, and weathered a revolving door of bassists while the core trio held fast. When they stepped back from the live scene it wasn't to disappear, it was to rediscover themselves.
From their own rehearsal studio, they kept
writing and recording; playing for the love of creation, shaping a sound that grew heavier, sharper, and unmistakably their own.
Everything changed the night Poison Zoomak supported The Death Alley Drivers - a band for which both Ashley and Wayne were also playing. They needed a bassist fast. Enter Brendan O'Neil, already holding down bass duties with the Drivers. The chemistry was instant. The show was explosive and it became immediately clear that Brendan wasn't just filling in; he was the missing piece the band had spent years searching for.
Re-energised and complete at last, the band plunged into a new era of writing, refining, and resurrecting earlier material with fresh fire.
Soon after, Poison Zoomak entered Far Heath Studios with engineer and producer Angus Wallace - a familiar figure whose history with the band members stretched back to the early '90s.
Having recently collaborated with him on documentary film compositions, the decision to record their debut album with Angus was effortless. The sessions were self financed, driven, and guided solely by their own vision under their Firehorse label.
The result was New Machines - an album that surprised even the band themselves. "It's just us," they say. "Exactly as we've always heard ourselves." Powerful, atmospheric, and uncompromisingly true to their identity, the record marks a definitive turning point for Poison Zoomak.
Their momentum isn't without precedent. The band's earlier video for ‘Cold Bones’ unexpectedly exploded across the internet in 2014, quickly racking up over 20,000 views and earning attention from BBC Introducing as well as multiple US-based rock and metal outlets.
Over the years, Poison Zoomak have shared stages with Warrior Soul, Ryan Roxie (Alice Cooper), Stormbringer, and The Gypsy Pistoleros among many more. Roxie himself once dubbed them
"The Zoomak Attack" a nod to the band's unrelenting live assault.
Mysterious yet magnetic, seasoned yet hungry, Poison Zoomak stand today as a band fully aligned with their purpose: to create powerful, unfiltered rock on their own terms. With New Machines ushering in a new chapter, the band are poised to reassert their place in the UK rock landscape, louder and more focused than ever.
