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Zebra is back with new music. The New Orleans power trio announced “Zebra V,” its first studio album of new material in 23 years, on Friday.
The 11-track record is due November 13 on Flatiron Recordings, the band said. It lands just after the group’s 50th anniversary year.
The lead single is “Walk With You,” co-written by guitarist and singer Randy Jackson with KISS frontman Paul Stanley. A music video for the song is out now.
“It was great working with [producer] Jack Douglas again after 40 years,” Jackson said. “‘Walk With You’ is a song I wrote years ago with Paul Stanley. Jack listened to the demo and loved the song. His magic brought the song to life and I’m really proud of the way it came out. I think Zebra fans are going to love it.”
Douglas produced Zebra’s first two albums, the 1983 self-titled debut and 1984’s “No Tellin’ Lies.” The new record was recorded at Jackson’s and drummer Guy Gelso’s home studios.
The rest of the lineup is intact. Jackson, bassist and keyboardist Felix Hanemann and Gelso have been playing together since 1975, one of the longest-running original lineups in American rock.
Other tracks include “Dog Day Night,” “The Conqueror Worm,” “Direction” — a longtime live favorite finally recorded in a studio — and “I’ll Be There Beside You,” co-written with Skid Row’s Dave “Snake” Sabo and Rachel Bolan.
The album is up for pre-order on streaming services, CD and a limited-edition cassette. Two vinyl editions — a zebra-striped black-and-white pressing and a 50th-anniversary gold one — arrive December 4.
Zebra is taking the record on the road. Dates run from October 25 in Kenner, Louisiana, through Patchogue, New York; Englewood, New Jersey; a New Orleans hometown show at The Fillmore on December 12; Texas stops in February; and Clearwater, Florida, on April 17. The band also has in-store appearances planned around the release.
Zebra broke through in the early 1980s after years on the Long Island club circuit. The debut album reached No. 29 on the Billboard 200, and “Who’s Behind the Door?” became a rock-radio staple. The band has never stopped touring, but “Zebra IV” in 2003 was the last time it put out new material.
A documentary on the band, tentatively titled “Tell Me What You Want: 50 Years of Zebra,” is also in the works.

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