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Tanks of Zen
3+ albums
Grungepost-grungeseattle
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Tanks of Zen is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington led by singer-guitarist Nick Pollock, who has previously fronted the bands My Sister's Machine and Soulbender. Pollock has also played guitar in an early incarnation of Alice in Chains alongside singer Layne Staley; they called themselves Alice N' Chains. Tanks of Zen has purportedly been in the works ever since the break-up of My Sister's Machine back in 1994. In 2000, the band recorded a set of eleven songs under the working title American Hangover.A music video shot in black-and-white was released for the song “Through the Red Lie”. It features all four members of the band at that time – Nick Pollock (vocals), Tim Jones (guitar), Steve Rehnstrom (bass guitar), and Todd Marvin (drums) – performing in studio intercut with scenes of a man and a woman, portrayed respectively by Pollock and his friend Bobbi Maas Woods, fighting in a bedroom. Despite this, however, American Hangover has so far never been properly released most likely due to a lack of financial support. In 2001, Pollock formed the band Soulbender, which also featured long-time Queensrÿche guitarist Michael Wilton. When Pollock’s friend and former bandmate Layne Staley died in 2002, Pollock performed with Soulbender at the very first annual tribute held on what would have been Staley’s 35th birthday on August 22 that year. Two years later, the band released their eponymous debut album Soulbender, Pollock’s first properly released studio record in nea
