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About Us

ZööS (pronounced Zeus), a power trio, was formed in 2017 when three paths crossed.

Peter McClard has been playing guitar and writing music since he was 8 years old. He is married to Valeriya Tuz who is a piano and voice teacher. One day she said to one of her student's dads after hearing he played drums, "Oh, you should get together with my husband." Peter writes a lot of music for the band and gives the demos away here under the name: SONON

BJ Hemann has been playing drums and singing his whole life. BJ has a great voice that can hit those special high notes and harmonize beautifully. He has an uncanny ability to drum complex rhythms while singing an entirely different thing which is great for Peter who can relax and play guitar most of the time.

Kirk White is the latest member of the band and brings a great feel and tone on the bass guitar. Even better, Kirk loves to sing and so now we have lots more harmonies and a special repertoire of Kirk songs which is great for giving BJ a break too!

We take our music seriously and we love nothing more than to share a deep musical experience with our audience. We all love so many types of music that it would be impossible for us to specialize in one type or one band. We love the music of the 60's and 70's the most because of the burst of creativity and variety that is available. Bands such as the Beatles, The Who, Sugarloaf, Santana, Pink Floyd, Yes, Jimi Hendrix and more make us happy. We feel it is our duty to keep these great songs alive and bring our own twist to them such as when we diive into Within You Without You in the middle of Norweigian Wood. Because this music also influences our writing, we can evoke the same vibe in our originals which also brings in some classic 80's experience. We are known to dip into classical and jazz influences such as Bach and Miles Davis to broaden to palette of our musical offerings and inspire and challenge listeners.

We guarantee, you won't be bored at a ZööS event!