ZP Theart Biography
ZP Theart was born on 27th May 1975 in ClanWilliam, Western Cape Province, South Africa. He is a South African singer, songwriter and the lead vocalist for Skid Row.
ZP Theart Career
ZP Theart has stated that in his early childhood, he listened to artists such as Gé Korsten, Carika Keuzenkamp and Rina Hugo, but his older brother began to introduce him to other music cassette tapes that he had gotten from high school, some of them being A-ha, Alphaville, Depeche Mode and then one day, Bon Jovi‘s Slippery When Wet, which is a favorite of Theart’s.
He then began to discover other favorite bands such as Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Metallica, and Skid Row. He stated that his two favorites were Bon Jovi and Skid Row.
During his teen years he fronted and played in many bands. Not all of them are known but one was a Pretoria-based band called Santaria which was active during the late eighties and early nineties.
Dragon Heart
In the late 1999 ZP Theart began to put out advertisements at Thin Ice Studios, which were eventually responded to by former Demoniac guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman. Together, they formed a band called DragonHeart, but the name was later changed to DragonForce.
The band recorded a demo in 2000 and the album Valley Of The Damned in 2003 on Noise Records. The following year, another album Sonic Firestorm was released on the same label and a world tour followed. In 2005, Dragonforce signed to Roadrunner Records, and Inhuman Rampage was released in 2006, eventually going gold.
In 2011 ZP Theart left the band due to “insurmountable differences of musical opinion”
ZP Theart also sang in Shadow Warriors, a side project by his then DragonForce bandmate Sam Totman during the late 90s. Before Dragonforce, Theart was also briefly involved with hard rock band Easy Voodoo, and recorded the vocals for the two track Power Quest demo album.
I Am I
He founded his own band I Am I, after leaving DragonForce, in which he sings lead vocals. The band has released one studio album, Event Horizon, which has been released on a USB format and CD.
Tank
Since 2013 he had been working with band Tank and in 2015 he became an official member.His first album with the band “Valley Of Tears”, was originally set to be released on 9 June 2015, but it was later set back to 25, September 2015, so that they could give the album better production and give extra thought on the mixing.
ZP Theart Skid row
On February 13, 2016, Theart premiered as the touring vocalist for Skid Row.The band continued to tour throughout 2016 with Theart as their front man. Following a year of touring, on January 15, 2017, he was declared their official lead vocalist.
ZP Theart Songs
- Through the Fire and Flames
- Fury of the Storm
- Heroes of Our Time
- Operation Ground and Pound
- Soldiers of the Wastelands
- My Spirit Will Go On
- Valley of the Damned
- Revolution Deathsquad
- Trail of Broken Hearts
- The Last Journey Home
- Black Fire
- Cry for Eternity
- Dawn Over a New World
- Black Winter Night
- Where Dragons Rule
- Heart of a Dragon
- Strike of the Ninja
- Above the Winter Moonlight
- Fields of Despair
- The Flame of Youth
- The Fire Still Burns
- Scars of Yesterday
- Starfire
- Lost Souls in Endless Time
- Inside the Winter Storm
- The Warrior Inside
- Reasons to Live
- Body Breakdown
- Heartbreak Armageddon
- Once in a Lifetime
- Prepare for War
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