Zilch (band)

{{Short description|American rock band}}

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{{About||the Christian rock band originally known as Zilch|Sonicflood}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Zilch

| image = Zilch2001tour.jpg

| caption = The 2001 tour lineup

| image_upright = 1.3

| background = group_or_band

| origin = Gardena, California, U.S.

| instrument =

| genre = {{hlist|Industrial rock|alternative metal}}

| occupation =

| years_active = 1996–2002

| label = Cutting Edge, Rhythm Republic

| website =

| current_members =

| past_members = Ray McVeigh
Paul Raven
Joey Castillo
I.N.A.
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}}

Zilch (stylized as zilch or {{nihongo2|零}}) was a rock supergroup that was formed in 1996{{cite news |title =zilchとはアティチュードである |url = http://www.avexnet.or.jp/zilch/prologue.htm |publisher = Avex |language=Japanese|access-date =2022-09-24|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526123929/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/zilch/prologue.htm| archivedate=2012-05-26}} by Hideto "hide" Matsumoto (X Japan), Ray McVeigh (formerly of The Professionals), Paul Raven (Killing Joke), Joey Castillo (Danzig and Queens of the Stone Age), and Kazuhiko "I.N.A." Inada (hide with Spread Beaver).{{cite journal|title=Zilch|journal=J-Rock Magazine|language=ja|date=1998|volume=40|publisher=J Rock Magazine Co., Ltd.}}

Before the release of their first album, 3.2.1., the group had already faced a major setback, as frontman hide died in May 1998. The band continued to perform live with the help of several guest musicians and released a remix album, Bastard Eyes, based on their debut. They went on to release another studio album, SkyJin, and two singles, "Mimizuzero" and "Charlie's Children."

Zilch disbanded in 2002,{{cite web|url=http://jame-world.com/us/artists-overview-27-zilch.html|title=Zilch|publisher=JAME|access-date=22 February 2018}} and Raven died in 2007.{{cite news |title = Killing Joke bassist Raven dies |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7056986.stm |publisher = BBC News |date = 22 October 2007 |access-date = 24 October 2007}}