Zzyzywuzsky

A funk band with an expanded line up and a really poor naming choice. We spent weeks tossing around names. At one point the method du jour was to flip randomly through the dictionary and using the two “guide words” on the facing pages. So at one point it was going to be “Janitorial Jelly”. But then I swooped in with the brilliant idea of using the last name in the Austin phone book, so Zzyzywuzsky it was. We played every Wednesday night at the Black Cat Lounge for about a year. Bless them, the club did everything they could think of to promote us including frequent “Z Night”s which were sponsored by Z-102 (local radio) with specials on Zima (a disgusting drink). On one Z-Night the other band was Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz.