Authority Zero is a punk rock band from Mesa, Arizona. The band has skate punk and reggae influences, with Bad Religion, Pennywise, and Sublime as heavy influences for the band. There is also an obvious Spanish/Portuguese influence in the band's music. History Authority Zero was started in 1994 when Bill Marcks met Jason DeVore at Westwood High School.Marcks didn't actually meet DeVore until the summer of 1995, until then Authority Zero was 2 guitarists (Marcks & Jerry Douglas) and a drummer J.W. Gordon, all from Westwood. This trio put a few songs together without lyrics or basslines. When that summer rolled around Douglas was expecting the yearly visit of his friend Jason DeVore from Wyoming. Douglas introduced his long time friend and Marcks jokingly asked if he wanted to be their singer, soon later it was no joke. Marcks was impressed with DeVore's ability to "write catchy songs in fifteen minutes with really sticky hooks". The two

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