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Books
Books
"Paranorm Vol. 1" is a concise and comprehensive journey into the world of the unexplained, the strange and the bizarre. Great reading for anyone with an interest in the paranormal. $10
"Make Your Movie Now" is a guide to inspire those with an interest in videography, film or making movies with the family camcorder. It has taken years of expense and experience to gather this information which Johnno is making available to others interested in "chasing their dreams a little harder". $10 (Includes bonus data disc with releases and other content).
"Die Fat Piggy Die" (285 pages) includes enlightening writings about the wonderful world of 'zines and features contributions by many 'zine editors around the 'zine scene of the early '90s. Contains numerous illustrations, cartoons and more vital wisdoms. $20
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"Paranorm Vol. 1" is a concise and comprehensive journey into the world of the unexplained, the strange and the bizarre. Great reading for anyone with an interest in the paranormal. $10
"Make Your Movie Now" is a guide to inspire those with an interest in videography, film or making movies with the family camcorder. It has taken years of expense and experience to gather this information which Johnno is making available to others interested in "chasing their dreams a little harder". $10 (Includes bonus data disc with releases and other content).
"Die Fat Piggy Die" (285 pages) includes enlightening writings about the wonderful world of 'zines and features contributions by many 'zine editors around the 'zine scene of the early '90s. Contains numerous illustrations, cartoons and more vital wisdoms. $20
ORDER
DVDs
"Redneck Carnage Director's Edition" includes bonus material and comes with the Premium version of "Zombie Hunger" (parody short about the making of Redneck Carnage), the Redneck Carnage premiere featurette, "How to Make Your Own Halloween Mask" video & more! Plus a guitar pick. $10
Paranorm Volume 1: Ghosts, Cryptids & UFOs/Aliens - 3 hours of research and investigations
by Paranorm staff. $10
"Best of the Best of the Johnno Show DVD features the best of the original TV show AND the My31 shows! (contains adult content). 3+ hours!$10
"Riff Raff" Heavy Metal magazine features over an hour of game/music/movie reviews, music videos, jokes and more! $10
ORDER
"Redneck Carnage Director's Edition" includes bonus material and comes with the Premium version of "Zombie Hunger" (parody short about the making of Redneck Carnage), the Redneck Carnage premiere featurette, "How to Make Your Own Halloween Mask" video & more! Plus a guitar pick. $10
Paranorm Volume 1: Ghosts, Cryptids & UFOs/Aliens - 3 hours of research and investigations
by Paranorm staff. $10
"Best of the Best of the Johnno Show DVD features the best of the original TV show AND the My31 shows! (contains adult content). 3+ hours!$10
"Riff Raff" Heavy Metal magazine features over an hour of game/music/movie reviews, music videos, jokes and more! $10
ORDER
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(please email me for a free newsletter or current info!)
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NEWS
8-1-12 - Johnno has rejoined the trucking profession to "accelerate" production on "American Trucker", a documentary feature with a focus on the people who move this country.
3-2-12 - Dystopia: 2013 article in the Springfield New Leader here.
1-15-12 - Johnno sells out "Dystopia: 2013 premiere" at the Moxie Cinema in Springfield. This is only the 2nd time for the venue, the first time was the Redneck Carnage premiere. New online interview with Johnno here.
10-30-11 - Despite the Cardinal's World Series win, Johnno Zee makes the featured story on the Pulaski County Mirror and The Lebanon Daily Record (read).
10-9-11 - Count Zee's "Redneck Carnage" scheduled to screen on Halloween at a national chain theater in his hometown.
1-23-11 - Count Zee's "Redneck Carnage" wins at The Hollywood Asylum 13 Film Festival (Best FX & Best Feature) in New York City.
5/18/10 - Johnno teams up with other filmmakers following SATO48 - 2010 and launches The Vignette Project, a project for independent filmmakers and video producers. VigProject.com
5/13/10 - Johnno Zee's SATO48 - 2010 entry "Cajun Luv Chicken" was nominated for best film. Please look up SATO48 on YouTube and watch some amazing offerings from this year!
4/5/09 -REDNECK CARNAGE is now available in all Springfield, Missouri Blockbuster locations as well as through Amazon.com and soon through NetFlix!
3/27/06 - Frost and Fury in rotation as bumper music for the internationally acclaimed Phil Hendrie Show! PhilHendrieShow.com
Phil's response when Johnno Zee suggested he play more Rammstien for bumpers: "Rammstien is for utter faggots It's Euro-Kraut neo-crap. I thought maybe you should know Metal is far superior than techno. Techno is for men with sexual identity issues. Hope you get that worked out. -Phil"
8-1-12 - Johnno has rejoined the trucking profession to "accelerate" production on "American Trucker", a documentary feature with a focus on the people who move this country.
3-2-12 - Dystopia: 2013 article in the Springfield New Leader here.
1-15-12 - Johnno sells out "Dystopia: 2013 premiere" at the Moxie Cinema in Springfield. This is only the 2nd time for the venue, the first time was the Redneck Carnage premiere. New online interview with Johnno here.
10-30-11 - Despite the Cardinal's World Series win, Johnno Zee makes the featured story on the Pulaski County Mirror and The Lebanon Daily Record (read).
10-9-11 - Count Zee's "Redneck Carnage" scheduled to screen on Halloween at a national chain theater in his hometown.
1-23-11 - Count Zee's "Redneck Carnage" wins at The Hollywood Asylum 13 Film Festival (Best FX & Best Feature) in New York City.
5/18/10 - Johnno teams up with other filmmakers following SATO48 - 2010 and launches The Vignette Project, a project for independent filmmakers and video producers. VigProject.com
5/13/10 - Johnno Zee's SATO48 - 2010 entry "Cajun Luv Chicken" was nominated for best film. Please look up SATO48 on YouTube and watch some amazing offerings from this year!
4/5/09 -REDNECK CARNAGE is now available in all Springfield, Missouri Blockbuster locations as well as through Amazon.com and soon through NetFlix!
3/27/06 - Frost and Fury in rotation as bumper music for the internationally acclaimed Phil Hendrie Show! PhilHendrieShow.com
Phil's response when Johnno Zee suggested he play more Rammstien for bumpers: "Rammstien is for utter faggots It's Euro-Kraut neo-crap. I thought maybe you should know Metal is far superior than techno. Techno is for men with sexual identity issues. Hope you get that worked out. -Phil"
The ridiculously charmed, "Forrest Gump life" of Johnno "Count" Zee..
Johnno "Count" Zee is a filmmaker, author, documentarian, cultural conservationist and musician who currently resides in the mid-west and travels extensively for research and leisure.
GENERAL Johnno Zee started pursuing his interest in the fine arts as a pre-teen and later picked up the guitar and began publishing an internationally recognized fanzine. He began work as a professional driver and gained a position as a "roadie" for numerous musical entities in the 90's including The Smashing Pumpkins, Janet Jackson, Beastie Boys, KISS, Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson, The Eagles, The Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, U2 and others. In 2000 he began work on his first public access TV program which gave way to opportunities in the field of moving media, and most recently, into the directions of documentary and feature filmmaking.
MUSIC Johnno Zee took up the guitar at age 15 and began to produce home demos at age 17. At 19 he formed the band BASE APES with brother, Sam, and best friend, Adam. After the group disbanded a few years later he traveled to Tampa, Florida to produce two studio albums: Acid Orangutan - "The He-Man Woman Hater's Club" and Vampire Circus at age 24. The latter caught the attention of a notorios "death/black-metal" band from Tampa, Florida. Zee joined them for two albums, during which time Anton LaVey cited the act as being ranked alongside bands such as King Diamond, Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, just before his death in 1997. Acid Orangutan, on the other hand, caught the ear of Howard Stern show celebrity, Richard Christy, who asked Zee for permission to score his movie, Leaving Grunion County, with the music from the CD. The Count said yes and the rest is history. In 2004 the Count re-joined forces with former band-mate and brother, Sam, for the two song doom metal project, FROST & FURY. He was founder of and guitarist for BOMB SQUAD in 2005 and was instrumentalist and producer for THE TORTURED for a short time between 2000 and 2005. Count Zee continues to dabble in home recording, focusing mostly on electronic music and metal. His Acid Orangutan CD became the soundtrack for the movie "Leaving Grunion County" and in 2006, the Frost & Fury demo music was featured as bumper music on the very popular comedy radio talk show, THE PHIL HENDRIE SHOW, until Hendrie retired from radio that same year. Phil returned to radio the following year.
PRINT Johnno Zee was first published in Crazy magazine in the 1980's. In the early '90's he entered the world of self-publishing with the infamous 'zine, DIE FAT PIGGY DIE!! The 'zine name was contributed by friend and artist Billy Spicer. Other contributors also included Randy Crawford. Contemporary 'zinesters included D.B. Velveeda, Tom Crites and Mike Diana, who went on to become the first American comic artist to serve jail time for drawing a comic. Johnno credits Mike Diana for the creation of the moniker, "Count Zee". Johnno Zee has utilized the narrative from his series of paranormal videos to produce a book. Paranorm: Volume 1 is out now. He has completed a guide for the independent filmmaker called "Make Your Movie Right Now! The First Resource For the Beginner Movie Maker." "The Best of the Die Fat Piggy Die" compendium is also now available. "Road Whore", a book with insights into his traveling experiences over the period of 15 years is in the works.
FILM/TV Johnno Zee produced numerous episodes of the local public access phenomenon, The Johnno Show until 2006 and produced content which aired on Howard Stern's iN Demand channel that same year. Previously, Johnno Zee co-edited, starred in and contributed a soundtrack for Richard Christy's (of The Howard Stern Show) early productions. In 2007 he released The Feud, a parody of the infamous Hatfield/McCoy long-standing feud. In 2008 he wrote and produced his first feature, Redneck Carnage is presently in production with Momo and writing the scripts for his follow-up features, Redneck Carnage Pt.2, Blood Bayou, Dystopia: 2013 and an as yet untitled western film. You can watch Zee's numerous vignettes on YouTube.com and in the 3-DVD set, "The Best of the JohnnoShow" is currently available for a limited time.
Johnno Zee is also partnering with fellow indie filmmakers for The Vignette Project.
Count Zee's Redneck Carnage wins for Best FX and Best Feature Film at the Hollywood Asylum 13 Film Festival in New York City in 2011.
Johnno Zee is an American.
Johnno "Count" Zee is a filmmaker, author, documentarian, cultural conservationist and musician who currently resides in the mid-west and travels extensively for research and leisure.
GENERAL Johnno Zee started pursuing his interest in the fine arts as a pre-teen and later picked up the guitar and began publishing an internationally recognized fanzine. He began work as a professional driver and gained a position as a "roadie" for numerous musical entities in the 90's including The Smashing Pumpkins, Janet Jackson, Beastie Boys, KISS, Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson, The Eagles, The Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, U2 and others. In 2000 he began work on his first public access TV program which gave way to opportunities in the field of moving media, and most recently, into the directions of documentary and feature filmmaking.
MUSIC Johnno Zee took up the guitar at age 15 and began to produce home demos at age 17. At 19 he formed the band BASE APES with brother, Sam, and best friend, Adam. After the group disbanded a few years later he traveled to Tampa, Florida to produce two studio albums: Acid Orangutan - "The He-Man Woman Hater's Club" and Vampire Circus at age 24. The latter caught the attention of a notorios "death/black-metal" band from Tampa, Florida. Zee joined them for two albums, during which time Anton LaVey cited the act as being ranked alongside bands such as King Diamond, Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, just before his death in 1997. Acid Orangutan, on the other hand, caught the ear of Howard Stern show celebrity, Richard Christy, who asked Zee for permission to score his movie, Leaving Grunion County, with the music from the CD. The Count said yes and the rest is history. In 2004 the Count re-joined forces with former band-mate and brother, Sam, for the two song doom metal project, FROST & FURY. He was founder of and guitarist for BOMB SQUAD in 2005 and was instrumentalist and producer for THE TORTURED for a short time between 2000 and 2005. Count Zee continues to dabble in home recording, focusing mostly on electronic music and metal. His Acid Orangutan CD became the soundtrack for the movie "Leaving Grunion County" and in 2006, the Frost & Fury demo music was featured as bumper music on the very popular comedy radio talk show, THE PHIL HENDRIE SHOW, until Hendrie retired from radio that same year. Phil returned to radio the following year.
PRINT Johnno Zee was first published in Crazy magazine in the 1980's. In the early '90's he entered the world of self-publishing with the infamous 'zine, DIE FAT PIGGY DIE!! The 'zine name was contributed by friend and artist Billy Spicer. Other contributors also included Randy Crawford. Contemporary 'zinesters included D.B. Velveeda, Tom Crites and Mike Diana, who went on to become the first American comic artist to serve jail time for drawing a comic. Johnno credits Mike Diana for the creation of the moniker, "Count Zee". Johnno Zee has utilized the narrative from his series of paranormal videos to produce a book. Paranorm: Volume 1 is out now. He has completed a guide for the independent filmmaker called "Make Your Movie Right Now! The First Resource For the Beginner Movie Maker." "The Best of the Die Fat Piggy Die" compendium is also now available. "Road Whore", a book with insights into his traveling experiences over the period of 15 years is in the works.
FILM/TV Johnno Zee produced numerous episodes of the local public access phenomenon, The Johnno Show until 2006 and produced content which aired on Howard Stern's iN Demand channel that same year. Previously, Johnno Zee co-edited, starred in and contributed a soundtrack for Richard Christy's (of The Howard Stern Show) early productions. In 2007 he released The Feud, a parody of the infamous Hatfield/McCoy long-standing feud. In 2008 he wrote and produced his first feature, Redneck Carnage is presently in production with Momo and writing the scripts for his follow-up features, Redneck Carnage Pt.2, Blood Bayou, Dystopia: 2013 and an as yet untitled western film. You can watch Zee's numerous vignettes on YouTube.com and in the 3-DVD set, "The Best of the JohnnoShow" is currently available for a limited time.
Johnno Zee is also partnering with fellow indie filmmakers for The Vignette Project.
Count Zee's Redneck Carnage wins for Best FX and Best Feature Film at the Hollywood Asylum 13 Film Festival in New York City in 2011.
Johnno Zee is an American.
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1-27-13
We survived the Mayan
apocalypse and Dystopia: 2013 is now
up to over 150K views
on YouTube!
7-4-12
As promised the new Count Zee metal CD is available. Guest vocals by Brendan Patterson. Over an hour of doom-prog-power metal.
6-17-12
Contamination St. Louis has come and gone for another year. Macy and I had a blast hanging out with new friends and visiting with con attendies and celebs alike. We found a fast friend in Road Warrior star, Vernon Wells.
4-24-12
A little advice for any video/movie makers out there.. loop-based music programs are GOOD. License/royalty free song compilation discs are BAD. Got the thumbs up from Sony to use music content in Dystopia but we're replacing the other songs (even using these Footage Firm tracks in YouTube videos gets up violation flags left and right..). Thanks and kuddos to Bryan Arata, Willie Wardlaw and Matt Hyde for contributing music to replace these tracks. Let's face it, these guys are terrific and will bring the film up to a whole new level of awesome!
4-7-12
Titanic sinking in 3-D? Abraham Lincoln zombie killer? In my opinion we're headed down the slippery slope with newer media. Are these concepts innapropriate. Some would say even blasphemous..
4-6-12
"A culture that does not support independent art and music is a culture in decline." How does America compare to other countries in appreciation of indie offerings?
3-24-12
In case anyone was wondering why I decided to suspend my Facebook account.. Well, it appears that I had too many people on the page and in this case lost touch with the people who I need to network with the most. So please friend me at the new profile here.
We survived the Mayan
apocalypse and Dystopia: 2013 is now
up to over 150K views
on YouTube!
7-4-12
As promised the new Count Zee metal CD is available. Guest vocals by Brendan Patterson. Over an hour of doom-prog-power metal.
6-17-12
Contamination St. Louis has come and gone for another year. Macy and I had a blast hanging out with new friends and visiting with con attendies and celebs alike. We found a fast friend in Road Warrior star, Vernon Wells.
4-24-12
A little advice for any video/movie makers out there.. loop-based music programs are GOOD. License/royalty free song compilation discs are BAD. Got the thumbs up from Sony to use music content in Dystopia but we're replacing the other songs (even using these Footage Firm tracks in YouTube videos gets up violation flags left and right..). Thanks and kuddos to Bryan Arata, Willie Wardlaw and Matt Hyde for contributing music to replace these tracks. Let's face it, these guys are terrific and will bring the film up to a whole new level of awesome!
4-7-12
Titanic sinking in 3-D? Abraham Lincoln zombie killer? In my opinion we're headed down the slippery slope with newer media. Are these concepts innapropriate. Some would say even blasphemous..
4-6-12
"A culture that does not support independent art and music is a culture in decline." How does America compare to other countries in appreciation of indie offerings?
3-24-12
In case anyone was wondering why I decided to suspend my Facebook account.. Well, it appears that I had too many people on the page and in this case lost touch with the people who I need to network with the most. So please friend me at the new profile here.
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