-------we are RAISED ON ZENITH------- The sound of ZHENIA can be described as emotional slavic punk with blends of destinctive memorable vacal and guitar melodies. The eastern european influence of bands such as KINO, AUCTION, VV can be subtly heard in sections of songwriting. ZHENIA as a collective hails from Chicago and was developed in the spring of 2001. Due to the band's line up change in December of 2002, new name was selected, RAISED ON ZENITH. The members that make up this current band have been performing in a variety of other renditions for several years now. -Derreck Whitlatch-SYLPH (Athens,OH). -Zhenia Koval-ALMOST NONE (Lincoln,NE).