Zebra has plans going the entire method into 2027, together with their first few live shows of the brand new yr. However additionally they formally revealed that their first studio album in 23 years, Zebra V, will arrive Nov. 13.
You possibly can watch the video for “Stroll With You,” the primary single, a co-write with Paul Stanley of Kiss.
“I used to be [working on songs for 1991’s ] China Rain, my solo report for Atlantic, method again in 1989,” the band’s guitarist and vocalist Randy Jackson shares with UCR. “My supervisor on the time, Scott Ross, he had a reference to with Paul and launched us.”
“You understand, I went to Paul’s place and we wrote this track. He was gracious and it was a actually nice expertise. It occurred shortly,” he continues. ” I believe we had the entire track achieved in about two hours.”
How ‘Zebra V’ Got here Collectively
Arriving 23 years after their earlier album, Zebra IV, Jackson admits that this report is lengthy overdue, however having heard it with our ears, we will share that followers will discover that it was well worth the wait. “We have been promising it for 20 years,” he laughs, noting that it was their present supervisor Dave Rotstein, who pushed them lately to deal with the challenge and reestablish contact with Jack Douglas because the producer.
“Jack did a superb job, and it was simply nice working with him once more,” he says.”As soon as we received going, there wasn’t any finish till we completed.”
“It was very cool,” Douglas enthused throughout an April 2025 dialog with UCR, when trying again on the expertise of reuniting with the band he had “produced one million years in the past,” sharing that he had been with Jackson the day past, persevering with to complete up songs for the album.
Zebra V ended up being one of many final initiatives that the legendary producer labored on previous to his surprising passing earlier this yr.
Douglas had been behind the board for Zebra’s first two albums within the ’80s, serving to to shepherd the recording course of for future AOR favorites like “Who’s Behind the Door” and “Inform Me What You Need” from their 1983 self-titled debut.
Hearken to Zebra’s ‘Inform Me What You Need’
As Jackson explains, you bought extra than simply an additional set of ears and opinions with Douglas within the room. “The factor I liked about Jack from the start was that he wasn’t simply an engineer; he was a musician, and he is aware of music,” he says. “He may decide up an instrument and present you what he is speaking about as an alternative of simply buzzing it.”
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Skid Row Helped Out With ‘Zebra V’ As Effectively
Along with the collaboration on “Stroll With You,” followers may also hear one in every of a number of songs that Jackson wrote with Snake Sabo and Rachel Bolan of Skid Row.
“After I first received along with them, they have been simply followers of music. That is what it was actually all about. They simply liked what they have been doing,” he remembers, so far as his early encounters with the blokes. “It was a pleasure to work with them.”
“We labored on a number of songs collectively, however the one we have on the Zebra report, is a ballad, and it is a good one,” he shares. “It is one in every of my favourite songs on the report. I might say it is in my high three simply and it is known as, ‘I will Be There Beside You.'”
What’s Subsequent for Zebra?
The guitarist and vocalist tells UCR that they are placing their complete deal with Zebra V and have filmed a number of movies, together with the one under for “Stroll With You.” They have reside dates on faucet for the remainder of the yr and Jackson says you will see extra of them within the new yr, past the exhibits which have already been introduced.
“We have  been touring for the final three years greater than we’ve in a long time and the exhibits have been going good,” he stories. “It simply confirmed us that we nonetheless have numerous followers on the market that wish to come to the exhibits, which is fairly unimaginable at this level. I imply, it has been [over] 50 years now.”
“Our followers are loyal and so they nonetheless love the music and I assume, that is what all of it comes all the way down to, you already know, is the music itself — and so they’ve actually supported us alongside the way in which,” he says. “I believe this new album, they’re gonna actually like it We have been doing numerous it and it has been going over nicely.”
Zebra V will likely be launched Nov. 13 and is obtainable for pre-order now.
Watch Zebra’s ‘Stroll With You’ Video
Zebra, 2026-2027 Tour Dates
Solar, Oct 25 – Kenner, LA – Louisiana Meals Truck Pageant
Fri, Nov 13 – Patchogue, NY – Patchogue Theatre
Sat, Nov 14 – Patchogue, NY – Patchogue Theatre
Sat, Nov 28 – Englewood, NJ – Bergen Performing Arts Heart
Sat, Dec 12 – New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore
Wed, Feb 3 – Austin, TX – TBA
Fri, Feb 5 – Houston, TX – Home Of Blues
Sat, Feb 6 – McKinney, TX – Guitar Sanctuary
Sat, Apr 17 – Clearwater, FL – OCC Roadhouse
‘Zebra V’ Album Monitor Itemizing
1. “Canine Day Evening”
2 “The Conqueror Worm”
3. “All Your Love”
4. “Stroll With You”
5. “Love, Intercourse”
6. “I’ll Be There Beside You”
7. “She’s Ready For You”
8. “Path”
9. “Louisiana Means”
10. “The Final Time”
11. “Eulalie”
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