Zoro's history - New Edition

I toured and recorded with the New Edition from 1984-1987. The time I spent working with them will always remain some of my fondest memories of the era.

" They’d tried out several guys when I came along" Zoro says. Playing with the New Edition is not like other groups. Their show requires a hard-hitting drummer. Their act has a lot of break-downs and they use the drums to punctuate many of their steps. When I auditioned, it jusnt came together naturally." One week later, Zoro was playing his first New Edition concert at Disney world in Orlando, Florida. "I’d never seen so many people in my life," he exclaims. " Mr. Telephone’ had just came out and Whoudini was the opening act. There were people as far as you could see…"
- Interview with Zoro by Steven Ivory in Blackbeat Magazine 1986

Videos and LIVE Concert films available on video or DVD Lenny Kravitz: Let Love Rule (Video); Always on the Run (Video); It Ain’t Over Till it’s Over (Video); Mr. Cab Driver (Video); Lenny Kravitz: A Retrospective (Concert laser disc with video & live footage available from Virgin Video 1991); John Lennon Tribute (Available on laser disc from Sony Music, 1991) Bobby Brown: My Prerogative (Video); Roni (Video); My Prerogative Live: (Available on laser disc by MCA Music, 1989) Vanessa Paradis: Just As Long As You Are There (Video); Vanessa Live in Concert from Paris (Available in France from Canal Plus); Cactus (Video) New Edition: My Secret (Video) Sean Lennon: John Lennon Tribute - Japan (Live Concert in Japan only) Willy DeVille of Mink De Ville: Stand By Me - French Television Only

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