Fear Zero

Source:{{Citation |title=Fear Zero - Fear Zero |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/14090135-Fear-Zero-Fear-Zero |language=en |access-date=2022-06-23}}{{better source|date=April 2025}}

"I would say it comes from a place that is a love for music," Sadler said on Jango radio. "I tried to write songs that made me happy. It's just ideas. You collect ideas as time goes on. If it's a good idea, I'm all for it. If one were a genius, they might have an iron fist, but to me all that matters is whatever makes the song better."{{Cite web |title=Fear Zero |url=https://www.jango.com/music/Fear+Zero/_full_bio |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Jango Radio |language=en-US}} Ed Sadler grew up listening to rock and metal. He studied at Selkirk College, and Capilano College from which he graduated with honours.{{Cite web |title=About Ed Sadler |url=https://vancouverguitarlessons.net/about-ed-sadler/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Vancouver Guitar Lessons |language=en-US}} “Finding players that are on the same wavelength was tough. My technique has been honed by my jazz experience so I was trying to find guys who were technically good and could do their own thing.”{{Cite web |title=Fear Zero on AirPlay Direct |url=https://airplaydirect.com/music/fearzero/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=airplaydirect.com}}

On 1 January 2004, Fear Zero independently released their first and eponymous album Fear Zero,{{Cite web |date=2012-09-06 |title=Fear Zero |url=http://www.orcasound.com/en/index.php/component/content/article/37-new-music/7350-fearzero.html |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=archive.ph |archive-date=2012-09-06 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906013001/http://www.orcasound.com/en/index.php/component/content/article/37-new-music/7350-fearzero.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} which included their most popular song to date "Satellite."{{Cite web |title=Fear Zero, by Fear Zero |url=https://fearzero.bandcamp.com/album/fear-zero |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Fear Zero |language=en}} The album received Canada-wide airplay. The single "Sunday Morning" was a top 40 hit[http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/Review/113 "Fear Zero Fear Zero"], Alternative Addiction. and "Satellite" reached the top 50. The band toured British Columbia and Alberta, and set out on a cross-Canada tour in late 2004 Orcasound.com review lauded their debut describing it as "anxious sounding modern rock". The album covers such themes as abuse and "crazy city dating scene".{{cite web|url=http://www.orcasound.com/en/index.php/component/content/article/37-new-music/7350-fearzero.html|title=Review Fear Zero|author=Terri|date=31 July 2004|access-date=28 April 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906013001/http://www.orcasound.com/en/index.php/component/content/article/37-new-music/7350-fearzero.html|archive-date=6 September 2012|url-status=dead}}

The first band release was virtually a one-man do-it-yourself undertaking. Sadler hired the musicians, did the radio tracking, handled the distribution, and the bookings.{{Cite web |title=Fear Zero biography |url=https://www.last.fm/music/Fear+Zero/+wiki |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Last.fm |language=en}}

In 2005, the band released an EP titled Concentrated.{{Citation |title=Concentrated by Fear Zero - RYM/Sonemic |url=https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/fear-zero/concentrated/ |language=en |access-date=2022-06-23}} The single "Porno Nation" was placed in the top ten of the annual CFOX Seeds competition in Vancouver. Another single from that same album, "Day Of Our Last Night", was in the top 50 chart at Canadian AOR radio. The song was later featured in the American-Canadian television show "Ties That Bind" and Netflix movie "Pretty Little Stalker".{{Citation |title=Day of Our Last Night by Fear Zero | date=2 February 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKWW-LL79rc |language=en |access-date=2022-06-23}} The EP also included a bonus radio edit of the song "Beautiful Scars".{{Cite web |title=Concentrated, by Fear Zero |url=https://fearzero.bandcamp.com/album/concentrated |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Fear Zero |language=en}} "Beautiful scars" is included on the EP in two versions as a radio edit and a longer version. "Melodic.net" gave Concentrated three-and-a-half stars out four, comparing them to bands Red Hot Chili Peppers, Third Eye Blind, and Sugar Ray. The song "Porno Nation" was described as "supercatchy" and "Day Of Our Last Night" was described as "candy for the ears".{{cite web|archive-date=26 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126084612/http://melodic.net/reviewsOne.asp?revnr=3980|website=melodic.net|url=http://melodic.net/reviewsOne.asp?revnr=3980|title=Concentration review}}

Sources:{{Cite web |date=2008-01-30 |title=Fear Zero |url=https://www.straight.com/article-130287/fear-zero |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=The Georgia Straight |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Whole Damn Nation {{!}} Broadjam |url=https://www.broadjam.com/songs/fearzero}}

After signing a recording deal with several investors, on April Fools' Day in 2007, the band released a full 13 song album named In Lights.{{Cite web |title=Fearless band lights it up |url=https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/entertainment/fearless-band-lights-it-up-4414021 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Kamloops This Week |language=en}} The album was released by Fontana North/Universal.[http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/fearless-band-lights-it-up/ "Fearless band lights it up"], Kamloops This Week, March 14, 2007
- Lucas Aykroyd, [https://www.straight.com/article-130287/fear-zero "Fear Zero - In Lights"], Georgia Straight, January 30, 2008 Both singles "Breathe Again" and "You Make Me Feel" became hit singles.{{Cite web |title=In Lights, by Fear Zero |url=https://fearzero.bandcamp.com/album/in-lights |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Fear Zero |language=en}} The video for "Breathe Again" received airplay on Muchmusic and Muchloud from May to July 2007. The band played a 35-show cross-Canada tour, traveling from Vancouver to Halifax and back.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170805194018/http://www.vueweekly.com/fear_zero_fears_nothing_and_sets_out_to_seize_the_day/ "Fear Zero fears nothing and sets out to seize the day"]}}, Vue Weekly, March 28, 2007

In 2009, Sadler set out to create his fourth album Whole Damn Nation with the help of the Guiney Bros. "Without whom this CD would not have been possible is an understatement", Sadler said in an interview, referring to the liner notes in his new CD. With the Guiney Bros.' help, Fear Zero worked with artists Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Aerosmith, Hinder) and Darren Grahn (Metallica, Crossfade, Third Eye Blind).[http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=45163 "Not Afraid To Revive The Guitar Solo, Channel Reggae & Country, Or Use Indie Label Tactics To Push The Big, Pop Rock Sound Of Fear Zero"], Top40Charts, 6 January 2009
- [http://www.pgfreepress.com/fear-zero-at-generator/ "Fear Zero at Generator"]. Prince George Free Press, 12 August 2010 The band members included drummer Tony Ferraro from Trail, bassist Martin Bertrand{{Cite web |title=Martin Biography, Discography, Chart History |url=https://top40-charts.com/artist.php?aid=2361 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Top40-Charts.com |language=en}} from Toronto, and guitarist Jeremy Harrison whom Ed had met while the two taught at a local music store.{{Cite web |title=Prince George Free Press » Fear Zero at Generator |url=http://www.pgfreepress.com/fear-zero-at-generator/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.pgfreepress.com |language=en-US}}

The album, released in 2010, was described to combine the musicianship of Van Halen/Foo Fighters tempered with the melodic approach of Stone Temple Pilots/Collective Soul. It incorporates a wide variety of styles from hard rock to simple pop to reggae.{{Cite web |title=Fear Zero |url=https://getsongbpm.com/artist/fear-zero/36rOO |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=GetSongBPM.com |language=en}} The track that gave the name to the album, "Whole Damn Nation" is a commentary on what is being thrust at people by the media and pop-culture, "and the likes of Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson", Sadler added in an interview.{{Cite web |title=Broadjam {{!}} Whole Damn Nation {{!}} Story Behind The Song |url=https://www.broadjam.com/songs/fearzero/whole-damn-nation}}

On 2 May 2014 Fear Zero released their last single "Running Red Lights", mixed and co-produced by Darren Grahn.

From 2014 to 2017, Sadler mixed, mastered and co-produced several singles written by French singer-songwriter Lisa Schettner.{{Citation |title=Wild (feat. Ed Sadler) [with Ed Sadler] - Single by Lisa Schettner |date=2017-03-25 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/wild-feat-ed-sadler-with-ed-sadler-single/1448331623 |language=en-US |access-date=2022-06-23}} His vocals were also featured in her environmentalist track "Wild".{{Citation |title=Wild |date=2017-03-25 |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/0EDLptyGLHE9xmBuolWvFn |language=en |access-date=2022-06-23}}{{Cite web |title=Gourdon. Liz Schettner défend la nature en chansons |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/04/13/2555522-liz-schettner-defend-la-nature-en-chansons.html |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=ladepeche.fr |language=fr}}{{Citation |title=Lisa Schettner - Wild [Official Music Video] feat. Ed Sadler | date=30 September 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxVXiuy-Y9w |language=en |access-date=2022-06-23}}

Ed Sadler is currently working on his solo album in his studio in North Vancouver, Canada. In his spare time, Sadler teaches electric and acoustic guitar, bass, vocals and ukulele in his studio on Lonsdale Avenue. {{Cite web |title=Member Directory - CNMN |url=https://www.newmusicnetwork.ca/members/member-directory/#/action/Listing/value/1347/cid/1596/id/201/Ed-Sadler |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.newmusicnetwork.ca}} Some of his students got accepted to Berklee College of Music.{{Cite web |title=About Ed Sadler |url=https://vancouverguitarlessons.net/about-ed-sadler/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Vancouver Guitar Lessons |language=en-US}} He also regularly uploads guitar tutorials on his YouTube channel Uptempo Music Lessons.{{Cite web |title=UptempoMusicLessons - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/UptempoMusicLessons |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.youtube.com}}

Fear Zero were opening acts for both Tom Cochrane and Nazareth. The band also sold over 5,000 CDs, and 10,000 downloads.{{Cite web |last=eMinor |title=Fear Zero {{!}} Rock from North Vancouver, BC, CA |url=http://www.reverbnation.com/fearzero |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=ReverbNation |language=en}}

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