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Zal Cleminson
real name Alistair Macdonald Cleminson
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Zal Cleminson is credited on 539 releases across 89 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
539
Credits
89
Albums
6
Decades active
63
In collections
Biography
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British rock guitarist and vocalist, born 4 May 1949 in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland.
He began his career in the late-1960s. His first band 'Tear Gas' morphed into the backing band for Alex Harvey, and when that band split in 1977, he and other members continued on as The Zal Band, before he joined Nazareth in 1979. After leaving them he sessioned and played live for Elkie Brooks, Midge Ure, Bonnie Tyler, Fish, and Dan McCafferty, as well as leading several of his own projects before he retired in around 2008. However, he came out of retirement in 2017, and formed '/sin'dogs/' with a Sensational Alex Harvey Band tribute act, released an E.P., and undertook a small UK tour.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
539 releases · 89 albums · active 1970–2026
- Performance · 1,261
- Other credits · 20
- Production · 14
Studios: Air Studios · Apple Studios · Hammersmith Odeon · Basing Street Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
No Mean City
1978
The Gift
1985
Malice In Wonderland
1980
Siogo
1983
Next…
1973
'Snaz
1981
Tomorrow Belongs To Me
1975
The Fool Circle
1981
The Impossible Dream
1974
Call Of The Wild
1986
Wastelands
1986
So Romantic
1984
Rock Drill
1978
Live
1975
Framed
1973
No Regrets
2000
Tear Gas
1971
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Collection
1986
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