The PorPor Books Blog: SF and Fantasy Paperbacks, and Pop Culture Detritus, 1968 - 1988

SO....what's a PorPor Book ? 'PorPor' is a derogatory term my brother used, to refer to the SF and Fantasy paperbacks and comic books I eagerly read from the late 60s to the late 80s. This blog is devoted to those paperbacks and comics you can find on the shelves of second-hand bookstores...from the New Wave era and 'Dangerous Visions', to the advent of the cyberpunks and 'Neuromancer'. And with a leavening of pop culture detritus, too !

Saturday, October 4, 2025

Zebra L.P. 1983

Zebra

L.P., March 1983

Recently I was looking at the MTV programming list for September 28, 1983, and down the list at number 13, I saw 'Tell Me What You Want,' by the hard-rock, New Orleans → Long Island band Zebra.

Zebra !!! I remember them. They had some good tunes, back in the early 1980s. Very much an 'air guitar-friendly' band. They were (and are) a dues-paying band. They formed in 1975 and released their first, eponymous L.P. in March, 1983.

I went and ordered the band's debut album, simply titled 'Zebra,' from Discogs, for about $13. Their song 'Tell Me What You Want, off the debut album, still rocks hard, over 40 years since its release.

The other tracks on Zebra all are well worth listening to. 'Who's Behind the Door' also got significant MTV airplay, and tapped into the sci-fi craze of the era, with its allusions to benevolent aliens watching over mankind.