You know i hate the idea of blind following christians and religon period but Zao has rocked since i got my hands on "Songs from the penalty box" back in late 90s

@KowProdMedia

5 ай бұрын

Same, and honestly, back then they were some of the heaviest, most evil-sounding stuff I was listening to at the time.

"Even though it was my band, even though I never said it was my band, and anyone who ever put those words in my mouth can blow me"-Jesse Smith Good example of him as a person. He basically told himself to blow himself.

To this day- I still cry when I listen to the funeral of God. Thank you for impacting my life @zao

Still one of my favorite bands. Blood and Fire, and Liberate are amazing albums.

Dan has always been the heart of zao in my opinion

@benmiddleton9984

6 жыл бұрын

HELLO! SEAN JONAS MORON!

@lowlifeEK

6 жыл бұрын

Ben Middleton you’re fucking high. Dan has always been the staple aura of zao

@grymmbear

4 жыл бұрын

@@benmiddleton9984 You mean SHAWN Jonas?

@maxwelld23

4 жыл бұрын

grymmbear no he means dan

@HALFTHEMIKE

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Middleton I mean, I don’t think it’s all that necessary to call me a moron when I just stated an opinion on the internet. Have a good day sir

Zao is one of the realist bands I've ever come across. There is just something different about them. I have personally connected with so many of Dans lyrics. Zao's lyrics especially with blood and fire and liberate have huge influences on how I view and live as a Christian today.

One of my top ten bands ever. The first time I heard "Burn it down and walk away...burn it down" i was hooked. I dug deep. Honestly, the "newer stuff" didnt strike me immediately. But it grew. And grew. And still does, to this day. Its been too long, boys. 2023 needs some light.

Dan's the man. That's all I'm getting from this whole thing haha

Keep it up guys, thank you for everything

Wow...so all this time it was Jesse who was the reason my favorite band wasn't as big as I thought they should be.

Huge Zao fan! They are one of my favorite bands. Hope they plan on playing some shows soon.

1:07 in ... hearing yall bringing up the band i was in (PURITAN) is mindblowing ... we were best pals with jack, brad, jim etc PASSOVER, plus Ziggy, Paul and the abnegation boys .... this is awesome. There really was a pennsylvania core of bands that were all tight. All brought a different angle to a similar outcome. Cheers yall. Even though this is years late lol

@posicore

3 жыл бұрын

Never late

@DrummerEvan1

2 жыл бұрын

is there anywhere to hear your bands stuff these days? Any streaming platforms? I know abnegation has quite a bit of material available.

@unbroken1010

2 жыл бұрын

Minus Dwid...

@143jcm

Жыл бұрын

do a discography release! please!!

Wow. I loved this. This sums my life up from junior high through college.

Listening to Jesse Smith speak it's inconceivable how the other band members didn't get along with him

I was blasting Zao today. Never seen this but I like it.

Take a shot whenever Russ says "ya know", dan says "literally", or when anyone said "Christianity".

@xenothorpehuxtable9371

5 жыл бұрын

Elijah Long Brother I’m plastered.

@maxwelld23

4 жыл бұрын

And I’m drunk

@andyfetter

3 жыл бұрын

Or when Jesse says “like”

@EsotericSyncretism

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyfetter or "whatever"

@TheSadistNat1on

2 жыл бұрын

or when Jesse says, "I'm actually pretty gay"

one of the most brutal vocals in metal

Im grateful for what these guys did. I wasnt allowed to jam satanic or even remotely evil music as a kid 10-13. Solid state had my fix for angst driven, passionate, heavy music, until I got hooked on all things victory and revelation. Then I got introduced to metal blade, century media & roadrunner in 97. Damn, heavy music now, is totally influenced by zao. Listen to Pig Destroyer, vein, expire... Also Integrity being apart of the influence. man, good shit. I didnt care then that it was christian music and as an atheist, I dont care. its ground breaking music and guitar playing.

@Deftonesdsm

4 жыл бұрын

As a nihilist i agree from the future

Love this DVD.

What Jesse says about 1:20:00 - 1:23:00 is amazing. "There's no promise that your like will be better, there's no promise that horrible things won't happen ... It's not 'believe in God' but 'God is the only reason I made it through the worst moments in my life' " Really cool, plain-spoken, honest testimony.

@jesseaharris

6 жыл бұрын

That’s dan

@cyrisgeary1426

6 жыл бұрын

Ahahaha I didn't know you liked metal Peter!

@unbroken1010

2 жыл бұрын

Whatever works

@Salvatore_42069

2 жыл бұрын

yeah definitely my bro

@unbroken1010

2 жыл бұрын

@@Salvatore_42069 he is not your bro.

ravage ritual all time fav no contest

@urge3v

3 жыл бұрын

That intro 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Hail from Brazil Zao!!!!!!!

I enjoyed watching this documentary of the Great Enigma know as Zao. Being in a band is not always a walk in the park and this just gives outsiders of this experience a small taste of what bands actually have to go through.

I really think Living Sacrifice should have a DVD this long

@ScovellsRock

9 жыл бұрын

YES!! They're ten times better than Zao.

@metalworker14

9 жыл бұрын

Amen

@dustinzoll2535

9 жыл бұрын

Nathan Scovell dude why are u comparing living sacrifice to zao in first place. both good bands no need to judge ;]

@ScovellsRock

9 жыл бұрын

Yes, Zao was good. But Living Sacrifice are the greatest.

@metalworker14

9 жыл бұрын

Zao and Living Sacrifice are both awesome. Just Living Sacrifice more that Zao

From what I gather the lineup of seasons in the field was, Jason Keener - Vocals Dan Weydant - Bass, Backing vocals Russ Cogdell - Guitar Stephen Peck - Drums Bob Biggillo - Drums

Used to be my favorite band. Good dvd!

Thank you uploader!

No he isn't. He is the reason that Zao still lives! He was kind of a jerk but still... He was the only remaining member of the original Zao and invited more people to join and kept the band going.

I love how the video crops out half of the titles and descriptions.

Best film ever made

Funeral of God is out on vinyl. Just grabbed one 🤙

For a Fair Desire!!

Best by far, in my humble opinion, would have to be The Splinter Shards The Birth Of Separation

@hobojungle1

10 жыл бұрын

Where Blood and Fire.

@TheGamingChapel

10 жыл бұрын

That was a good one as well, but the first Zao one I heard was The Spliner Shards The Birth Of Seperation and was much more evangelical than all the rest

@hobojungle1

10 жыл бұрын

Eric Wells I can dig that. Zao moved so far away from their roots though. The evangelical phase was in their youth.

@Trainwreq31

5 жыл бұрын

youre whack. where blood and fire being reat and then liberate te ex inferis

Norma Jean needs to do long DVD like this.

@DrummerEvan1

10 жыл бұрын

heck yeah!!

@metalworker14

8 жыл бұрын

I don't know about this long but yeah Norma Jean should have one

@riotthecha

7 жыл бұрын

the special edition of O God the Aftermath has a decent dvd with it

@ThisisDustin

4 жыл бұрын

Shit they've have had so many members it would be nuts

I’m like the only person I know who fucks with music like this

@areyoujelton

3 жыл бұрын

That’s good. You have good taste.

Bro, Jesse is so fucking exhausting

Yes, they are currently working on another album.

I think a good many of them need to go about 15 rounds in a ring....see if they can work out some of those issues. They all whine a lot but it seems Jesse was a big problem most of the time. Least they make some good music! "Liberte Te Ex Inferis" is one of my all time favorite albums. Christian metal or not....either way that's one of the darkest sounding albums I've ever heard.

@areyoujelton

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I love that shit ahahahaha

I have to see that 1997 cornerstone set

@metalworker14

9 жыл бұрын

I think there's only a 1998 cornerstone.

@benj8706

9 жыл бұрын

Metalworker14 Cornerstone 98 is with Dan but theres footage in this with Shawn performing at Cornerstone, not sure what that is, might be a different show but I have to see it!

@nickr104

2 жыл бұрын

That was at cornerstone with Shawn. I can't remember if it was 96 or 97.

Why is the bottom of the screen cut off? It is bloody annoying! ZAO, I loved you in 1996-2001. Saw you at Krazy Fest the year SAVES THE DAY, FASTBREAK & BURIED ALIVE played. You guys were phenomenal!!! "The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation" is so fkn good!

YOUR EYES SEARCHHH FOR MEEEEE

I saw these guys right after Lib came out. The bass player just slit so Dan was singing and playing bass.

2:25:01 if you want to watch the on-tape band breakup in late 2001

i watched this DVD in high school so many times. christian metalcore made no sense even when u were fully in it. Jesse is the missing link between POD and 'fashioncore', the history of Zao is like a rosetta stone in how this style came to be

@dr6316

2 жыл бұрын

good observation

Jesse may be the reason for they being around for so long, but he is also their obvious demise....No one should've assumed those "other things coming into their lives" would pay like Zao did (as little money as it may have made at times). Zao shouldve been the only reason they did music. There are too many people like Josh Scoggins (norma jean) and Jesse smith who take their old bands' success for granted..they feel any new project will be better when it wont. Not realizing that is a weakness

Passover!

I love ZAO, but man these guys were the biggest dorks ever haha

@preserver7777

7 жыл бұрын

Yellow Chunder

@blakepeacock6568

5 жыл бұрын

Bunch of whiny bitches to play such gnarly and evil sounding tunes!

Z.A.O. é Foda 😎👍👍👏👏👏👏👏

Shawn Jonas looks like Seth Green

Video/sound out of sync or is it just my computer?

love this doc.. the only thing i hate is that the mouthing is like 1/2 sec off

Did Shawn Koschik do the writing on drums for funeral of god? What happened to that guy?

and when i watch Norma vs the chariot or Zao vs jesse smith's solo band, its always soooo obvious the mistakes they made leaving those bands.,.sure, the chariot may be great live, but its not the same as original norma jean's lineup and not as intense as Bless the Martyr-era shows. Same w/ Zao...big time. You watch their Liberate-shows and its just plain obvious that not any of their side projects could ever be so intense. Its not about how hard they go off to me either, its the writing/material

@tylerjafelice

4 жыл бұрын

It was always rumored that Josh left the NJ because they wanted to start adding more clean vocals. You can hear more sung choruses too from O God onwards. So I think NJ was already gearing up to be less wild, not that it was a result of Josh leaving.

is that passover video available to watch anywhere

Dude I love the V drums on ST :'[

Anyone know if Eric is still a pastor and where his church is?

what possible difference could that make?

The playing with Living Sacrifice must have been the moment when they were like "Dude, we're not as good as we thought." Because LIVING SACRIFICE ARE THE KINGS OF METAL!!

By all accounts, it sounds like there almost wasn't one, multiple times, BECAUSE of him.

i wanna watch this but why the fuck is it over 3 hours. i dont wanna dedicate my whole night to this thing

Always thought it was pronounced Brett Dee-Tarr

Really annoying how the bottom screen is cut off so we don’t know who these people are

Without Jesse, there wouldn't be a Zao today.

@suthunrath1220

6 жыл бұрын

ZAOFTW I agree. I bet none of these guys have ever neen in a band. They don't know what it takes or what can happen in one practice, and holy crap how many bands have broken up at the STUDIO about to record the new album .😂🤣😆😅 Jeese is the reason Zao was and is what it is. 👊😎🤘

@xSlappykinkaidx

4 жыл бұрын

I do agree that Jesse has more than earned his place in Zao's history & it absolutely would have died after Splinter shards if it wasn't for him. That said though, Given not only the issues the band went through after Liberate up through Parade of Chaos, Jesse really became a toxic element in that band, (not saying he was toxic as a person, just in relation with his place in the band). Zao flourished with Ferret & after replacing him. I can actually speak from experience on this. During the parade of Chaos tour, when they played at Real Soda here in Spokane, I had to spend half Zao's set in the bathroom making sure Jesse didn't choke on his own vomit because he was so fucked up while the drummer for Underoath was filling in. I think he just had specific ideas on what he wanted in the band & when he wasn't coming out how he wanted, I think on a subconscious level he wanted to self immolate. Doesn't mean he's a bad guy or anything. It just means that he & the band changed over time & became less compatible & weren't a good fir for each other anymore. Honestly, I kinda wonder what direction it would have taken had he left sooner.

@tharpdown

Жыл бұрын

@@xSlappykinkaidx ​ mega underrated comment.. And 100% the truth. Jesse was obviously a phenomenal drummer and the reason why the “classic lineup” of Zao even came to fruition, but things change over time. People change over time… and by the turn of the century, it was becoming very clear that Jesse and the rest of the band were on two completely separate wavelengths and it was time for a completely new direction. Jesse Smith will always be one of my favorite drummers of all time, and even with that, I still feel that moving on without him was the right decision in every way.

For some reason Jesse reminds of a south park character. Still trying to figure out who, but its there...

@jmhdsn

3 жыл бұрын

The World of Warcraft guy comes to mind.

@EsotericSyncretism

2 жыл бұрын

@@jmhdsn combined with the goth kids

Jesse is an extreme worry! Going from saying he stopped drinking to saying he stayed in his apartment listening to music and drinking in the same sentence is scary!

Guitarists all squinting at that pod at 3:11:47

c'est ma bass

there’s only like 8 metal bands ive found that stood out in this scene. Zao, norma jean, the chariot, TDWP, converge, botch , underoath, as i lay dying, maybe a few others but unfortunately Most metal bands sound the same

@timtervamaki9409

7 ай бұрын

Yeah it usually is like that. I only listen to a few select metal bands as the whole genre is really stale and uncreative most of the time

Booooooriiinnng. Lol this documentary is sooooo sloooowww I'm still giving it thumbs up cause zao rules

Jesse sounds like fat mike

Jesse is a great dude and an amazing artist. His day is still yet to come!!

What band is CJ Alderson in?

@tobeinhimalone

9 жыл бұрын

Metalworker14 He was the vocalist for Sinai Beach (Facedown Records / Victory Records).

@metalworker14

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@JustinStryker1

9 жыл бұрын

tobeinhimalone Sinai Beach! God I miss them.

@metalworker14

9 жыл бұрын

I started to listen to them, and they're pretty good. P.S. They're back together

@JustinStryker1

9 жыл бұрын

Metalworker14 who's back together???

Oh, right. My mistake. That was Dan. Thank you!

...what?

tldw

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Ephesians 4:29

What’s everyone’s thoughts on Jesse ?

I love Zao’s new stuff, but I am torn. Part of me feels like they should have changed the name after Jesse left. But I get why they didn’t, and it’s still cool to know there still doing their thing.

"On fire for God." Cool.

Which basically means Zao was a ministry band...

hahaha!!!

the irony of this comment is almost too much for me. do you realize theres a zao song about idiotic people talking shit on the internet? you clearly deeply understand this band and are judging with an informed mind.

Why is Jesse the way he is now?

@Aaaaaaaa-ix4rp

4 жыл бұрын

When you take your band from a corner of hardcore that everyone hates and now is one of the ten bands that people define early metalcore and 90s hardcore even with secular people it may end up giving you a lot of confidence that may become a bit narcisstic

hey.... you guys ever smoke weeeeeeeed maaaaaan

@blakepeacock6568

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that Dan looked rather blazed.

@matthewstroble2602

5 жыл бұрын

Ya ever talk about God and metalcore on weeeeed

So...Jessie seems like a sociopath..

Amuuurican Krischians...

you came here just to say that? lol

why is this 3 hrs? can someone give me a synopsis?

God this was the longest most boring 3 hours of my life when this DVD first came out and I watched it.

Ya'll sound more like punk rock

@areyoujelton

3 жыл бұрын

😂

Wow. I just realized this ENTIRE dvd is nothing but drama. Get over yourselves. I love Zao, but man... drama drama drama.

@waveemann8857

8 жыл бұрын

+Poppa Punker I mean it's a documentary of the history of the band and unfortunately a lot of that history is rooted in members coming and going and Jesse honestly being a little too full of himself. That's life. Don't be a choad.

@kassie12311231

6 жыл бұрын

it was all Jessie haha

@tharpdown

Жыл бұрын

Lol have you ever heard of BEING IN A BAND

Man, the haircuts and the skin problems!

has anybody actually watched this whole thing?????? how could it be so long? I liked ZAO and all but... they act like they're the fucking beatles.

@ChiCHiPyramids

9 жыл бұрын

Haha i trieeed. Couldn't fucking hang.

@steveshell75

9 жыл бұрын

Ernie Murguia Its so long because it doesn't seem like they edit ANYTHING Dan says and he talks sooooo slowly.

@garycomerMusic

8 жыл бұрын

i watched it all and enjoyed it alot

@Ceagon

6 жыл бұрын

yep. it's not that boring if you've followed them since the mid '90s

If Zao kicked Jesse out of the band they would have actually lasted and had an impact for Christ and not sold out, instead of *insert new band members and replacement weirdos here.* This documentary is a great detailed explanation of how Christian ministry bands can become absolutely the opposite.

STOP MAKING HOMOSEXUAL COMMENTS ON HERE DWEEB!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, if you guys go back to the sound of Save Yourself From Hell and the two albums after that then I and many many other Zao fans will be very very very grateful. Oh! And Dan, you need Jesus through the power of his Holy Spirit baaaad!!!!!!!!! Then you'll be going great places!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

@thepwfanpod

Жыл бұрын

Are you ok?