San Diego Reader

Don Miller: Bass guitar, Vocals | Len McFadden: Guitar (electric), Vocals | Jim Popeney: Guitar (electric), Vocals | Bobby Quick: Drums, Vocals

Genre: Covers | Standards, Rock

Upcoming Local Shows

• Dirk's Niteclub — Friday, May 31, 8pm

Related Links

• Zone 4 website

• "50 Local Band Name Stories" · May 13, 2008

• "Cutie Pie" · April 27, 2006

Synoposis

Inception: San Diego, 2002

Ex-Band Members: Norm Hasenfang, Bass guitar

Background:

“Our first guitar player was an architect,” says singer-guitarist Jim Popeney of Zone 4’s band name, “and he noticed most of the buildings he drew up around here need to have a certain rating to be able to stand up to an earthquake. Seismic zones are labeled one through four, with the numbers representing increasing risks and magnitude of damage likely to occur due to earthquakes in those zones.

“Here in San Diego, buildings have to be rated to withstand a ‘zone 4’-type quake.”