Greg Anton - Drums

Greg Anton Zero Drums

zero.greg.jpg Greg, Zero's fearless leader, co-founded the band along with guitarist Steve Kimock. Before that, Greg played in numerous bands and on record and soundtrack projects with a host of Bay Area luminaries including John Cipollina, Nicky Hopkins, Greg Douglass, Barry Melton, Mickey Hart and John Lee Hooker, to name a few. He was a member of the Heart Of Gold Band (again with Steve Kimock) and the Ghosts, both projects of Keith and Donna Godchaux. He's played with Screamin Jay Hawkins and has played and composed with poet/ lyricist Robert Hunter.

"It's unbelievable to work with the guy." says Anton of Hunter. "I'm always impressed by him-- how good he is at putting words to music. And that marriage of words and music...that's the ultimate." Of writing songs with Hunter, Greg explains, "I usually give Hunter the music first and he adds the words. Most of the time I gave him just a solo piano which I'd record. I'd give him the tape, then he would come up with a song. We'd go back and forth, polishing up. We'd change a chord, he'd change the words and Steve would add the frosting with a bridge or chorus, adding the glue that would make it a song." Greg also composed the soundtrack for a theatrical performance in Los Angeles of the Rod Steiger film, "The Pawnbroker," later released as "Zero Blues".

When Zero enters the studio to work on their next album, it will mark the 10th recording project for Greg and Steve Kimock, dating back to their days with the Heart Of Gold Band. Not all Anton-Kimock projects take place in the studio or on stage, though. Greg remembers the time that they removed an E string from Kimock's stratocaster and installed it as an accelerator cable on Greg's Harley so they could make it home after a gig. Greg spends his non-Zero time as an environmental lawyer and producing the Whirld's best organic chicken eggs at his ranch.


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