San Diego Reader

Jim Jordan: Bass guitar, Guitar (electric), Vocals | Fip Buchanan: Guitar (electric), Vocals | Steve Claar: Drums

Genre: Rock

Sound description: Urban safari adventures in sound.

RIYL: The Creepy Creeps

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Discography

Synoposis

Inception: San Diego, 2007

Influences: Jane, Blitzkid, the Sonics, BB King, Dead on Arrival

Background:

Batar-Zan is a cabaret/concept band featuring characters such as Stevezan, "an unknown, undecorated, unwanted, underachieving, and uncaring World War II fighter pilot, whose plane went down in the jungle," Jimzan "the un-monkey-like chimpanzee," and Fipzan, "a world-renowned anthropologist."

The band members are Jim Jordan, Fip Buchanan (owner of Avalon 2 Tattoo), and Steve Claar, an ex pro skateboarder.