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Michael Zweig has been writing and performing for more than twenty years. He got his start in the late 70's playing guitar for such local legends as Ray Materick, Lisa Hartt, Peter Foldy, and Bob Segarini. He first became a lead singer in one of the Downstairs El Mocambo's favourite bands, The Stingers, where he re-discovered his love of 60's music. In 1984 he signed to Ready Records under the name Michael Zee, and recorded his first record, an EP, called "Five-Seven, Maybe Five-Eight", which spawned the mini-hit "I've Got News For You". In the middle of recording his follow-up album, Ready Records went under.

Throughout the rest of the 80's, Zweig toured Ontario and Eastern Canada with a band called The Knockouts, a skinny tie, all 60's music band. They also served as backup band for visiting Old-Timers, such as Peter Noone, Del Shannon, Bo Diddley, Lesley Gore, and others. In '89, The Knockouts became Seventh Son, and signed to the don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it label, Justin Entertainment, and released a self-titled album. This album contained two more mini-hits, "She's Insane", and "Going Downtown". The band dissolved shortly after that.

In the 90's, Zweig wrote, played, sang jingles, moved to L.A. and back, and finally started his own jingle company. His first EP was re-released in Germany on Long Island Records (which also went under), and then recorded another album, "Candyland", again as Michael Zee, which is available on Pacemaker Records.

He can currently be heard every Saturday night on Hockey Night In Canada as the co-writer and performer of "The Place'll Be Rockin' 'Cause It's Saturday Night". He also co-wrote and performed the Maple Leaf's theme "Go Leafs Go". After playing around Toronto for a number of years with Carmela Long, and other local bands, he joined The Carpet Frogs, where he intends to remain, unless they too go under.

FAVOURITE MOVIEApocalypse Now
LIKESBig, good things
DISLIKESHitler
FAVOURITE COLOURBlue
FAVOURITE BANDEnuff Z'nuff
FAVOURITE
MALE SINGER
Ray Charles
FAVOURITE
FEMALE SINGER
Gladys Knight
THREE DESERT
ISLAND SONGS
"Brown Sugar" - The Rolling Stones
"Smile" - Nat King Cole
Anything by Boney M
PREVIOUS BANDSThe Knockouts, Seventh Son, Carmela Long
PLAYED WITHRay Materick, Bob Segarini, Lisa Hartt, Bo Diddley, Little Anthony, Peter Noone, Gary Lewis, Billy J. Kramer, Del Shannon, Lesley Gore, Lou Christie, The Platters

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CDSEVENTH SON
LABELJustin Entertainment
CAT #JED-0005
RELEASED1990
TRACKLIST
1. She's Insane
2. Going Downtown
3. Sticky Little Girl
4. She Got Me
5. Invaded
6. Hard Right
7. Someone Like Me
8. Head Over Heels
9. Skintight
10. You Don't Turn Me
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CDFIVE-SEVEN, MAYBE FIVE-EIGHT
LABELLong Island Records
CAT #LIRC 00020
RELEASEDN/A
TRACKLIST
1. I've Got News For You
2. Blueprints For Love
3. I'll Hold On
4. I'm No Loser
5. Baby It's Right
6. He's Got Something
7. I'll Be Waiting
8. Safe At Last
9. Can't Get Even
10. Anyone But You
11. You Got It All
12. Obsession
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CDCANDYLAND
LABELPacemaker Records
CAT #PACE-030
RELEASED1998
TRACKLIST
1. Tooth & Nail
2. Candyland
3. Don't Do The Crime
4. Naomi Says
5. I Get Shy
6. (I Know) What It Is To Be Loved
7. Enough For Heather
8. Hard To Love Her
9. She Disapproves
10. Cries & Whispers
11. One Less Man
12. Black, Blue & Angry
13. Tumbling Dice