Legend of The Zebra Raver

[gadesxion]

Hope that title drew you in
anyways, i was partying at a friend of a friends house and i met a guy who said he was part of the chicago scene almost a decade ago (now married and has a kid..). He told me a couple stories, i thought id spit some lore at you guys.

So basically there was a shy raver, some dude who would dress in all white and black. At the first few parties he was spotted at he would usually keep mostly to himself, he would come alone and dance alone. Eventually some of the kandi kids took notice, and a few decided to make him kandi to match his outfit. They gave him black and white kandi. More people progressively took notice and all the kandi traders would bring him black and white kandi as the parties went on. Eventually he had the beads running all the way up his arms, and one night at a party some dick called him out "what are you dude a fuckin zebra?" Rather than taking offense, the dude began his transformation. At the next party instead of his usual getup he added in some zebra striped pants, and as the parties went on he added more and more; striped shirts, hats, masks you name it. Finally at the peak he showed to a party with the getup and every exposed part of his body, face included, was painted with the stripes. The parties just didnt [i]really[i] get goin till the zebra raver showed up and started rockin the dancefloor.

Yet one day he abrubtly stopped coming and the scene was never the same. SOme say his special kandi is scattered around the old underground venues and only falls into the hands of the hardest partiers.

Naw i just made that last lil part up cuz i needed an ending. But i was wondering if any promotors/oldballs/jaded members maybe knew or saw the dude, (i have no doubt the story i heard is exaggerated) or if anyone else has some sweet raver lore to spit

[Seismic Bass]

that no doubt sounds like zach zebra and yes, that seems highly exaggerated.

[Mattie-Z]

Any stories about DnB sets being maimed?

[eyliusevil]

I dunno about face paint or anything...

BUT there is always the infamous zach zebra. Zach's a nice guy though, and he still comes out, but I haven't seen him wear any of his zebra shit since maybe 2004? I dunno, I hope he's doing okay though.

[Enthrax]

yup, sounds like zach. and yes...hes doing alright
emailed me a few weeks ago

[gadesxion]

Thats pretty sweet. I also heard some stuff bout like a full fledged clown who would juggle and make balloon animals and a girl with like hair down to her waist that she would make like bright neon colors and would hang random things off of, if that rings any bells.

Makes me feel like my outfits (or lack of) are pretty half-assed
Maybe this summer il make something epic so people never forgett lol. Anyone got some cool ideas?

[zero707]

I'll never forget those two kids at rotla....their outfits were stunning. And I've only seen them at that one party! Odd!


nil.

[ChicagoBatman]

This is what happened to "Zebra Raver".
He is now a piece of expensive furniture.

[80HD]

casper was like that for me ... oh and batman was that way when he first poped into the scene.

[tommygunz]

the first thing that pops in my head when i think of zach zebra is the vid that elekid(i think) has of him talkin about plugging pills

[Mattie-Z]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

"when you eat 'em its like 60%, when you snort 'em its like 80% when you plug 'em its like 90%"


Or something to that extent.

[p.m.]

Zach was a sweet kid.

I think his dad was a cop.