Thursday, February 23, 2012

Zedd vs Zeds Dead

As a service to our readers and to help alleviate the confusion that exists out there, the Blog presents the difference between Zedd and Zeds Dead!

Zedd is a DJ/Producer from Germany.  He is a one man operation specializing in Electrohouse and Dubstep. He played in Orlando last September at club Vain.  He has a hit out right now called 'Slam The Door' which is getting airplay on EDM stations.  It's one of those songs that's not "safe for the little ears" so you won't be hearing it on that Z-station. Keep in mind that the letter "Z" in German is pronounced like "TS" so you should pronounce his name like "Tsed".


Meanwhile, Zeds Dead is a DJ/Producer duo from Canada. They specialize in Dubstep.  A recent hit of theirs was a Dubstep version of the Rock classic, White Satin. Zeds Dead will be performing at The Beacham on March 21st.  Keep in mind that in Canada the last letter of the alphabet, the one we pronounce "zee", is pronounced "zed". But "zee" is gaining favor (favour) north of the border.  Thus, the name.


Got it straight now? Good.....wait a sec. I'd better go check my notes and make sure I didn't give this to you backwards!  

7 comments:

jbeezie said...

thank you for clearing this up i have been wondering

Anonymous said...

"Zeds Dead" is a Pulp Fiction reference, is it not? They even use the sample in a few of their tracks. "Zed's dead, baby"

Anonymous said...

Zedds Dead is a pulp fiction reference. They've mentioned it in interviews and sample the line in their song.

But still, thank you for clearing this up! I was confused if Zedd and Zeds Dead were two diff artists..thanks!!

Anonymous said...

if his tracks are in english, can't we just pronounce it Zedd?

moldoc said...

Zeds dead Could also be a reference to the rock group Grandaddy...

KingBob/Orlando said...

2013 UPDATE FROM KING BOB:

This post from early 2012 remains one of the most popular posts on this website. Of course it was a tongue-in-cheek explanation of the difference between the two. Since this was posted, both Zedd & Zeds Dead has gone on to far greater popularity which is why people are wondering if they're the same or different people. In particular Germany's Zedd has produced a lot of top EDM hits.

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Anonymous said...

Pronouncing Zed as Zeed? Give me a break. Anyone who's seen Pulp Fiction knows it's supposed to be pronounced Zed. Not Zeed. C'mon man.