Set for release on Mar 28, Circa Zero is a collaboration between ex Police guitarist Andy Summers, and Rob Giles (The Rescues) who have delivered a splendid album in Circus Hero. From the opening track ‘Levitation‘, a mixture of pop/rock coupled with Giles’ distinctive vocals along with some great guitar licks lends a great sound overall to this […]
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Andy Summers’ Circa Zero, ‘Levitation’: Exclusive Song Premiere on BillboardFebruary 11, 2014
The Police guitarist set out to make a “real rock-driven band record” with his new group… Circa Zero’s debut album, “Circus Hero,” is due March 25 Andy Summers says that touring with the Police during 2007-2008 whetted his appetite to play in a rock band again — and helped give birth to his new group, […]
Bring On the Night: The Photography of Andy Summers in the Huffington PostFebruary 11, 2014
In 1958, Andy Summers took a bus across his seaside hometown of Bournemouth, England, grasping a guitar without a case. He was heading off to play with a dance band in a local hotel, and several people on the bus asked him how he was getting along with his banjo. Only two years earlier, his […]
Circa Zero’s Circus Hero March 25, 2014 Release DateFebruary 7, 2014
After 20 years amassing an impressive, mostly instrumental solo discography that often dug deep into exploring his jazz roots, Andy Summers hopped off The Police Reunion Tour in 2008– a 15 month worldwide jaunt that became the third highest grossing tour of all time –with a burning desire to keep rocking. Eager to start a […]
The Birth of Circa ZeroJanuary 5, 2014
THE BIRTH OF CIRCA ZERO (according to Rob) Coattails. Piggybacking. Standing on the shoulders of giants. This is often the case in rock music, though it isn’t always successful. For every Hagar there seems to be two Gary Cherones. For every few great bands, there seems to be a not so great supergroup. But when […]