http://www.myspace.com/sonsofzionmusic
With their fusion of Reggae, Rock, Dub and Roots, The Sons of Zion are a six piece crew hailing from various locations around Aotearoa. Their live stage presence has captivated audiences all over the country and their infectious sound is a mixture of reggae groove with melodic vocals, phat dubby base lines and metal inspired guitar rifts…there’s definitely something for every musical taste within their original set!
Since their 2007 New Zealand Music Month debut, the Sons Of Zion have continued to build momentum in the NZ music industry and have stamped their unique sound locally at festivals such as Parachute, Native Noise Waitangi Day, Maoriside Tour and the 2008 V8 Super Cars just to name a few.
Although the group are fairly new on the roots scene they’ve already been scouted out to share the stage with some of the country’s best loved roots acts including KORA, KATCHAFIRE, THE BLACKSEEDS, CORNERSTONE ROOTS, HOUSE OF SHEM, THREE HOUSES DOWN and AARDIJAH.
SOZ have independently produced all of their own original music in the garage of one of the bands members, Sam Eriwata, and released their debut self titled EP in Feb 2008. Sons of Zion were the winners of the 2007 Soundsplash Band competition choosing to launch the EP at the event.
The Sons of Zion are:
SAMUEL ERIWATA - Percussion, Vocals (Ngapuhi)
RIO PANAPA - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar (Te Arawa, Tuwharetoa, Tainui)
JOEL LATIMER - Keys, Saxophone, Vocals (Ngapuhi)
MARIKA HODGSON - Lead Guitar
DYLAN STEWART - Bass Guitar, Vocals (Ngapuhi)
TAWHIRI LITTLEJOHN – Drums (Ngapuhi)
