Steve Zodiac
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Steve Zodiac is a rock guitarist and prolific songwriter from New Wave of British Heavy Metal band Vardis.
He was credited as writer of classic Heavy Metal tunes "If I Were King", "Lets Go", and "100mph"; was voted one of the top 20 rock guitarists of 1982; and was famed for his searing Fender Telecaster sound. He once experimented with bagpipes on the track "Police Patrol" from the 1982 album Quo Vardis, worked with Jools Holland (Squeeze), Andy Bown (Status Quo & Pink Floyd), Ron Asprey, Terry Horbury (Dirty Tricks) and Judd Lander. Steve Zodiac’s work contributed greatly to modern heavy metal and inspired many heavy metal bands of today. Steve is thought to have taken his name from Gerry Anderson's astronaut in 60’s TV show Fireball XL5.