Metallica performed an ”oldies” only set-list in honor of late Megaforce Records co-founders John ”Jonny Z” and Marsha Zazula on November 6th, 2022. Raven provided direct support. The band performed a set-list with songs only from 1983 -1984 and earlier, with many hits and deep cuts not heard live in a long time. Check fan-filmed footage of the entire concert set, and the set list below. Marsha passed away in passed away in 2021, while Jonny passed earilier this year. Continue reading
Metallica performed an ”oldies” only set-list in honor of late Megaforce Records co-founders John ”Jonny Z” and Marsha Zazula last night, November 6th, 2022. Raven provided direct support. The band performed a set list with songs only from 1983 -1984 and earlier, with many hits and deep cuts not heard live in a long time. Watch fan-filmed footage of the band members paying tribute to Jonny Z and Marsha! Continue reading
Metallica performed an ”oldies” only set-list in honor of late Megaforce Records co-founders John ”Jonny Z” and Marsha Zazula last night, November 6th, 2022. Raven provided direct support. The band performed a set list with songs only from 1983 -1984 and earlier, with many hits and deep cuts not heard live in a long time. Watch pro-shot footage of the band performing “The Call of Ktulu” live! Continue reading
Metallica performed an ”oldies” only set-list in honor of late Megaforce Records co-founders John ”Jonny Z” and Marsha Zazula last night, November 6th, 2022. Raven provided direct support. The band performed a set-list with songs only from 1983 -1984 and earlier, with many hits and deep cuts not heard live in a long time. Watch pro-shot footage of the band performing “Blitzkrieg” live! Continue reading
Metallica performed an ”oldies” only set-list in honor of late Megaforce Records co-founders John ”Jonny Z” and Marsha Zazula last night, November 6th, 2022. Raven provided direct support. The band performed a set-list with songs only from 1983 -1984 and earlier, with many hits and deep cuts not heard live in a long time. Watch poro-shot footage of the band performing “Phantom Lord” live! Continue reading
Metallica performed an ”oldies” only set-list in honor of late Megaforce Records co-founders John ”Jonny Z” and Marsha Zazula last night, November 6th, 2022. Raven provided direct support. The band performed a set-list with songs only from 1983 -1984 and earlier, with many hits and deep cuts not heard live in a long time. Check the fan-filmed footage and the set list below. Marsha passed away in passed away in 2021, while Jonny passed earilier this year. Continue reading
In a series of posts to their social media accounts, Metallica and its co-founders Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield paid tribute to Jonathan “Jonny Z” Zazula, who along with his wife Marsha Zazula pulled the band out of underground obscurity and helped launched their career. Jon and Marsha’s label Megaforce Records released Metallica’s debut album Kill Em All, in 1983. Jon died yesterday, January 31st, 2022 surrounded by family and friends in Florida. Marsha passed away last year on January 10th, 2021. Read the posts below and see our news about Jonny and the world of artists who paid tribute to him.
Word has come down that Jonathan “Jonny Z” Zazula has passed away last night, January, 31st, 2022. He was 69 years old. No cause of death has been revealed as of yet. Jon was the influential co-founder of Megaforce Records, who first signed Metallica and put thrash metal as a genre on the map when he released their 1983 debut album Kill ‘Em All. Over his 40-plus years career in music other bands he and his late wife Marsha were directly responsible for was Zazula signed and worked with other artists including: Disco Biscuits, Warren Haynes, Testament, Tad, Overkill, resurrected Ace Frehley”s (Kiss) Frehley’s Comet, King’s X, Fozzy, Ministry, Anthrax, Raven and many more. Marsha passed away a little more than a year ago on January, 10th 2021. In addition to Megaforce, Jon and Marsha booked and promorted countless early American and European metal tours, managed bands with Crazed Managment, and more. Jon was born in The Bronx, New York in 1952 and released his amazing memoir in 2019, Heavy Tales. RIP.