Zilch
Group · United States · formed 1998
American rock band
Also known as ヂルチ
Timeline
1990s
· Member leaves
hide leaves the band
source: musicbrainz
Biography
Biography
Zilch (stylized as zilch or 零) was a rock supergroup that was formed in 1996 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).
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, and Raven died in 2007.
Members
Hideto "hide" Matsumoto – guitar, lead vocals
Ray McVeigh – guitar, co-lead vocals
Paul Raven – bass, backing vocals
Joey Castillo – drums
I.N.A. – programming
Guest musicians
Ian Astbury – vocals
Jaz Coleman – vocals
James Hall – vocals
MC Shabba D – rap
Ol' Dirty Bastard – rap
Sen Dog – rap
Mellow Man Ace – rap
Kool Keith – rap
Steve Jones – guitar
Jerry Cantrell – guitar
Geordie Walker – guitar
Dave Kushner – guitar
Brian Robertson – guitar
Todd Youth – guitars
J – bass
Duff McKagan – bass
Sean Yseult – bass
Scott Garrett – drums
Matt Walker – drums
Chris Vrenna – drums
Charlie Clouser – synth, programming
DJ Swamp – DJ
Shaun Ryder – singer – vocals
Hisashi Imai – guitar
Maki Fuji – guitar
Sugizo – guitar
Yvette Lera – vocals
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 28 | 62th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Zilch head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 28 | 62th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| hide | — | 2 May 1998 |
Where this record comes from
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5370839genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5370839seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilch_%28band%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilch_%28band%29
Why this artist is in the database
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Wikidata: Q5370839 · MusicBrainz: 4316a6ab-0609-4599-a359-a4d616bf453a
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