Zatopeks are a 5-piece punk rock band from the UK who formed in the spring of 2001. Initially there was just Will, Sebby and Pete, but over the course of the next 2 years, the band expanded with Sammie and Spider joining the fray. The band are influenced by punk rock bands like the Ramones and the Clash, 50’s and 60s bands like Buddy Holly, the Beach Boys and the Shangri-La’s, and folk music like Bob Dylan and Tom Waits.

Since they started, the Zatopeks have played shows all across Europe, including the UK, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland and Italy. Along the way they have played with such bands as the Groovie Ghoulies, Tuuli, the Spazzys, the Turbo AC’s, The Apers, Roger Miret and The Disasters, The Real McKenzies, the Backwood Creatures, the Sonic Dolls, the Peawees, and the Foamers.

The first Zatopeks release came out in 2001 on New York based label Whoa Oh Records. It was a split CD with four different bands from across Europe contributing four songs each. That release gave the band some good publicity, and they followed it up in 2016 with a split 7” with the 20belows from Denmark on Sebby’s label All-Nite Records. This is a limited edition 7” on white vinyl with artwork by Dutch graphic designer Stefan Tijs, who also runs Stardumb Records.

The Zatopeks' debut full length album, ‘Ain’t Nobody Left But Us’ was released on Dutch label Stardumb Records in March 2005 and contains 14 tunes packed to the rafters with pop hooks, lyrical wit and the full on punk energy these guys radiate at their live shows. It's like a cocktail of 50's pop and 90's Lookout! punkrock mixed by Tom Waits.

With stuff like a little country ballad (Jenny Kissed Me), a sobbing hammond organ (Turn To Gold Blues), a love song for an executed member of the White Rose resistance group (Sophie Scholl) and boomboxing (Mary Lou) the Zatopeks set themselves apart from any pop punk band out there.

These fine English gentlemen have also proven to be an amazing liveband - if you haven't seen them: they're like a carcrash, it isn't a pretty sight but you just have to watch!