Before I get into anything with the band proper I’d like to take this time to acknowledge an important part of the Zombie Apocalypse NOW! team: Stephanie Friedersdorff. She’s not a member of the band officially but we usually think of her as the fourth/fifth (Depending on how many people are in ZAN at the time) member of the group. I hesitate to call her our #1 fan, not because she isn’t probably our biggest fan on Earth because she is (Though I suppose technically when you have three fans it isn’t that hard to be number one) but because she does so much for us that goes far and beyond her duties as a fan. She is the main force behind the production of our t-shirts as well as other merchandise and the last few years she’s been basically our personal photographer. If you’ve seen a girl hanging with us at a show it’s probably her. Steph is pretty much the fan that all bands wish they had; she comes to damn near every show (Sometimes bringing other people), helps promote the band, and makes merchandise without complaint.
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| Drawn by Stephine Friedersdorff and not in fact a 3-year old |
I don’t really remember exactly when she started coming to our shows on her own but Travis and I did know her beforehand as she was dating our roommate back in the day. So she often heard us practicing in our basement and likely caught some of our early basement shows so she’s been a fan for years. I often wish we had more folks who seemed to dig us half as much as she seems to. Then we’d maybe play in front of more than ten people a bit more often.
The return of Zombie Apocalypse NOW! after the jump.
