ZEITGEIST 1981 Post Punk

Zeitgeist - Stop/Time won't Tell 12" Jamming Records 1982

Zeitgeist,  originally from Cornwall, England relocated to London around 1979-1980. They put out a handful of incredible dancy post punk singles on Jamming Records in the vain of A Certain Ratio, Au Pairs, and Pop Group. The band had dropped a demo by Tony Fletcher who was the founder of Jamming Fanzine in hopes of a record review and some good press to get them some London shows. Zeitgeist had self pressed an impressive 7" single titled "Shake-Rake" which garnered the attention of Human records that re-released "Shake-Rake" as well as a new single called "Touch" before the label went out of business.  Fletcher had recently partnered up with Paul Weller from The Jam to form Jamming Records and decided Zeitgeist would be an excellent second release. Zeitgeist released a few more singles for Jamming before Fletcher and Weller went their separate ways.

Zeitgeist - Touch 7" Human Records 1980

Line-Up:
Boasting two lead singers Jaf and Zaz, Apparently they had a sense of humor and used abbreviated names: Jaf (vocals), Zaz Detroit (bass), Chris (percussion) and Dynamite (drums). (vocals), Tex (guitar), T.C. (sax)


Zeitgeist singles:
Sniper/Shake-Rake 1980 (Enchaine)
Shake-Rake 1980 (Human)
Touch 7" (Human) 1980
Ball of Confusion 7" 1981 (Jamming)
Over Againn/Ripped 12" 1982 (Jamming)
Over Again 7" 1982 (Jamming)
Stop/Time Won't Tell 7" 1982 (Jamming)
Time Wont Tell/ Stop 12" 1982 (Jamming)

Jamming Fanzine No.11

Zeitgeist - Ball of Confusion 7" Jamming Records 1981

For more info about Zeigeist and hear the cover of "Ball of Confusion" from this article on Zeitgeist by Tony Fletcher at his website ijamming.com.