RTZ Global were a duo consisting of John Magna (guitars, computers, programming, samplers) & Steve Grantley (vocal, synthesizers, tape effects, bass, drums).
They released the album “Return To Zero” in 2000 which featured 10 original songs accompanied by 2 cover versions (Suicide’s “Ghost Rider” and Peter Gabriel’s “Intruder”).
In 2003 they contributed a version of “Guns Of Brixton” to a Clash tribute album which has appeared under a variety of titles such as “Punk Tribute To The Clash” & “The Clash Tribute”.
A planned remix of the duos debut by a major label was scrapped after the master tapes were destroyed in a “computer error” starting a run of bad luck which would see their second album “Honour The Barbarian” sit unreleased for 17 years after the commissioning label went bust during the recording of it.
John Magna left in 2010 disappearing without warning resulting in a change of line up and also a new name RT-Zed.
DISCOGRAPHY
Return To Zero (2000)
Ego, Return To Zero, Gun Free America, Ghost Rider, Star, Prey, Human Being, Intruder, Hello, I Was, Tabula Rasa, Zero
Honour The Barbarian (Recorded 2002/2003 but released 2020 with the cover showing the name of the band as RT-Zed)
Guns Of Brixton, I Wanna Be Me, New Rose, Blitzkrieg Bop, Orgasm Addict, Pretty Green, Safe As Houses, Five Minutes, Germfree Addlescents, Babylon Is Burning, Happy House