Thirty-two years behind the kit.
Signed to Hellcat Records at sixteen. Twelve years and four records with Orange. Still behind the kit — louder, faster, and further north.
Reels from @zakglosserman — playing, tracking, and talking shop.
Zak Glosserman started early. In 2002 he co-founded Orange in Los Angeles with singer-bassist Joe Dexter, the two of them barely into their teens, alongside guitarists Brendan Minded and Perry Ladish.
A friend passed their demo to Tim Armstrong of Rancid, and Hellcat Records signed the band while they were still in high school. Geffen and Sony had come calling too. They went with the punk label and spent years growing into it.
What followed was twelve years and four records — Welcome to the World of…, Escape from L.A., Phoenix and the Dead Sexy EP — four straight Give ’Em the Boot compilations, a Cartoon Network theme, and most of the punk touring circuit: Rancid, the Misfits, the UK Subs, the Adicts, the Warped Tour. He left in 2014.
He didn’t stop drumming. A single with Coyote Shivers in 2015, the recordings that became Ingrata’s Demo ’24, and now Cockring — a Sacramento hardcore punk band four releases deep, with records out on No Time.
Zak plays drums in Cockring — hardcore punk out of Sacramento, California. Four releases deep, records out on No Time Records and Human Future Records, and a live show that does not negotiate.
“We’re a hardcore punk band, kinda taking more from punk than hardcore.” — Cockring, No Echo band spotlight
In 2002, Zak and vocalist-bassist Joe Dexter started Orange in Los Angeles while still in their early teens. By sixteen they had a deal with Hellcat, and by 2005 a debut album out on it.
He drummed for the band for twelve years — through four records, a run of television placements, and most of the punk world’s touring circuit — before stepping away in 2014.
Started with Joe Dexter when both were in their early teens.
The first thing they ever put out.
Picked up by Tim Armstrong of Rancid — while the band were still teenagers.
Their debut full-length.
The second album, and the peak of the Hellcat run.
Produced and mixed by Gavin MacKillop (Sugarcult, MxPx, The La’s). “Revolution” became the theme to Cartoon Network’s Generator Rex; the band also turned up on The O.C. and The Hills.
Three tracks, produced by Ryan Hewitt. The last Orange record of his run.
Zak left the band after more than a decade behind the kit.
Sessions and side projects outside the two main bands — tracking drums for other people’s records.
Sacramento hardcore. Zak was in the original lineup, played the early shows, and drummed on Demo ’24 — the band’s four-track debut — stepping away before the final session to concentrate on other things. His drums are on the finished record.
Drums on the independently released single “Don’t Believe a Word,” out September 2015.
Two kits, five snares, nine cymbals. Shell sizes are depth × diameter; cymbals are diameter.
Shows, session work, fill-ins, press — send a note and it goes straight to Zak.
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