Z Rock (TV series) explained

Runtime:	Approx. 27 minutes
Director:	Mark Farrell
Creator:	Mark Mark Productions, Andrew Gottlieb
Starring:	Paulie Zablidowsky David Zablidowsky Joey Cassata Lynne Koplitz Jay Oakerson
Country:	United States
Num Seasons:	2
Num Episodes:	20
List Episodes:	Episodes
Network:	IFC

Z Rock is an American comedy television series that aired on IFC in the United States. The show is a semi-scripted comedy and is based on the double life of a Brooklyn band, ZO2. By night, they are a hard rock band but, to pay the bills, they are the "Z Brothers" by day, playing at children's birthday parties.^[1] ZO2 consists of brothers Paulie Z, David Z and their childhood friend Joey Cassata portraying fictionalized versions of themselves.

The series was filmed and produced in New York City by Mark Mark Productions.

Characters

Major characters

Name	Actor	Role
Paulie Zablidowsky	Himself	Lead vocalist and guitarist of Z02 / Z Brothers
David Zablidowsky	Himself	Bassist for Z02 / Z Brothers
Joey Cassata	Himself	Drummer for Z02 / Z Brothers
Dina	Lynne Koplitz	The band's manager
Neil	Jay Oakerson	The club manager who is in love with Paulie Z

Guest Stars

• Joan Rivers as herself
• John Popper as himself
• Marky Ramone as himself
• Dave Navarro as himself
• Dee Snider as himself
• Bethenny Frankel as Bethenny the chef
• Sebastian Bach as himself
• Dave Attell as himself
• Alison Becker as Joey's girlfriend Becky
• Gilbert Gottfried as himself
• Patrice O'Neal as Darren the stage manager
• Warren Sapp as himself
• Bonnie Bernstein as herself
• Melissa Rivers as herself
• Daryl Hall as himself
• Constantine Maroulis as himself
• Chris Barron as himself
• Chris Jericho as himself
• Michael McDerman as Stylist
• Greg Giraldo as Harry Bronstein
• Jim Norton as himself
• Jeff Ross as himself
• Eddie Trunk as himself
• Steel Panther as themselves
• Frank Stallone as himself
• Eddie Ojeda
• Jay Jay French
• Joe Derosa as Squirt Reynolds
• Carmine Appice
• Jay Decay

Episodes

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Season 1 (2008)

No.	Title	Original air date	Production code

Season 2 (2009)

No.	Title	Original air date	Production code

External links

• Official ZO2/Z Rock Website
  • ZO2's MySpace

Notes and References

1. Web site: Z Rock (2008) - Mark Farrell | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie.
2. Web site: Episode guide. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091228140030/www.ifc.com/zrock/episode-guide.php. 2009-12-28.
3. Web site: Z Rock Episode Guide - Z Rock Season Episodes - TV.com . www.tv.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080924142324/http://www.tv.com/z-rock/show/75754/episode.html . 2008-09-24.