“Years 10 & 4 & 12 & 8 For Mr. Zer0’s”
Dr. Rox Remember When?
Article #122: April 2021
By: RLSchwinden aka MrZerr0
– The Music Column- 2011
Can you believe it fans, this month April marks the 10 years I have been writing this article! True this article started out at 1st for the “St. Cloud BUZZ” back in 2010 through 2016, which crossed over to “Roseville Patch” in March 2013, but essentially it’s the same article.
Back in April 2011 Izzy Presley from “Rockin 101” in St. Cloud asked me to write for their local newspaper “The BUZZ” I accepted the job, my 1st article was on the greatest musician that ever lived “Jimi Hendrix”. In Mar 2013 Scott Carlson asked me to write for Roseville Patch, so for about 3 years I just ran the “BUZZ” article on “Patch” my 1st one that crossed over was in March 2013 on Michael Nesmith (Monkees). I have written 122 articles now, in total, I believe most, if not all of my articles on www.RosevillePatch.Com I know for sure they are all available at www.MrZeroS.Com under “Blog”
-The Radio Show- 2017
This month marks the 4 year anniversary of “Mr. Zer0’s PsychoGello Show” on WDGY. In April 2017, Keith Johnson of “Ground Breakers” (& Madd CO.) asked me to make a 30min demo radio show to demo for him. The show we (Terrance S.) and put together was on “The Monkees”. To date I have created 191 “PsychoGello Shows” for WDGY. The 1st year and half I was on at 10:30 to 11am. Then in Jan 2019, the station moved my show to 7am to reach a new audience, so that’s where you can find me currently 7am Sunday mornings.
To celebrate this momentous occasion I created a 4 part “MrZerr0’s Favs” shows. You can see the set lists below.
-The Retail Store- 2009
This month also marks the 12th anniversary of Mr. Zer0’s 55113 in Roseville. If you can believe it was the 14 April 2009, that Steven H. and LaMar St.C. and John L. and Aaron McF. and a whole host of others put “Mr. Zer0’s” into existence. I came up with the idea after leaving DiscLand in Bloomington and talking to a Record Dealer at a RecordShow in New Brighton. So I went into action, I rounded up a record dealer, a book dealer and an antique dealer etc. I rented a space and brought them all together under one sign. “Mr.Zer0’s” I took the name from The Monkees TV Show Episode #52: Feb 1968 “Devil And Peter Tork” when Peter accidentally sells his soul to MrZero (the devil) for the ability to play the harp. A little later on I met Jose Delbo, who worked on Monkees Comics and the Beatles “Yellow Submarine” I was able to get him to create a MrZero character for our store.
This feat alone is just amazing especially since we have survived the “Cellphone Lookup” beginning in 2010. The dozens of Recordstores, Gaming Stores and Toy, Collectibles stores popping up all over the Twin Cities since 2010, after we opened up. The constant barrage of “Keyboard Warriors & Haters” that plague Mr. Zer0’s, because they did not get what they wanted. (Cool merchandise Costs Money) Then the disaster of 2020, 1st it was the “Covid 19 Lockdown” from March, April & May of 2020. Then no sooner were we able to reopen up, the “Uptown and City Wide Riots” broke out forcing us to install metal bars and board up our windows, which some do not realize all of this costs a business money. Then after the riots calmed down, that is when we started getting vandals! Then in Dec 2020, during our busiest time of year, the “C19 Curfew” where most businesses were closing at 7pm, to grossly affect 4th quarter sales.
Then the Final Devastating Blow: -2021
Somehow we managed to survive all of the above In January 2021, I held a meeting with what few partners we had left and stated “Folks, we have been here 11 Years, it is time, either we Close, Move, Expand or Remodel.” it was about a 50/50 split amongst the remaining partners. Exactly 1 week later Mr. Zer0’s 55113, was Robbed for over $7000.oo in damages and Over $9000.oo Loss in Cash And Product. KILLING ALL Future Plans for Mr. Zer0’s for exactly Who Knows When? Then we lost our storage unit containing the new fixtures for the new location, because we could not afford to pay the bill. Try to contemplate $16,000.oo (Sixteen Thousand Dollars) In Losses. So we had to move many of the fixtures into our overcrowded store. So currently Mr. Zer0’s is in a mess because of the state of flux.
-The Tribute Band- 2013
Unbelievably April also marks the 8th anniversary of “KISSin Time” founded in April 2013, by Greg C. MN. Pete Campbell, Paul Helms & myself. Now there has been a whole host of people in the band over the years, like; Xenia, JAce, Robyn Krystal, Joe Marvelous, Ryan Dodge, Tony W. Paul L. Nate McN. David M.
and a few others. Today’s Line Up Is: Hevy Kevy Fransen (2017), Gonzo $immon$ (2019), Topp Jimmy Woynilko (2020) and myself (2013). KISSin Time recreates the early Tours Of KISS, when many were just too young to see the band back then, a show by fans for the fans (the hard core fans) we have a 7 foot sign, Spaceman uses a Smoking Guitar, the Demon spits blood, Starchild breaks a guitar, the Catman tosses out sticks and drumheads for you fans. You can catch KISSin Time: ALive!
29 April 2021 Thursday @ Route 47 in Fridley 55432
7 May 2021 Friday in Pine Island @ Olde Pine Theatre 55963
25 June 2021 Friday in Hopkins 55343 @ Main Street Bar
The April Anniversary Shows:
Mr. Zer0’s Favs Part: 1A Show #188
“Last Time” Rolling Stones: 1965 Feb (#9)
“Day Tripper” Beatles: 1965 Dec (#5)
“Words” Monkees: 1967 Nov (#11)
“Planet Caravan” Black Sabbath: Sep 1970
“Foggy Mental Breakdown” Steppenwolf: 1970 Nov
“I’ll Meet You Halfway” Partridge Family: 1971 May (#9)
“Hold Her Tight” Osmonds: 1972 June (#14)
Mr. Zer0’s Favs Part: 2B Show #189
“Sway” Dean Martin: 1954 (#15)
“Can’t Explain” Who: 1965 FEb (#57)
“Strawberry Girl” Boyce & Hart: 1968
“All Along The Watchtower” Jimi Hendrix: 1968 Oct (#20)
“Got to Choose” KISS: 1974 Oct
“In The End” Rush: 1975 Feb
“Rocky” Thin Lizzy: 1976 Oct
Mr. Zer0’s Favs Part: 3C Show #190
“Til The End Of The Day” Kinks: 1965 Nov (#50)
“Reach Out (and I’ll be there) Four Tops: 1966 Oct (#1)
“Find Somebody” Rascals: 1967 July
“Maybe I’m A Leo” Deep Purple (Mk2): 1972 Mar
“Lonely Planet Boy” New York Dolls: 1973 July
“I’m In Love With My Car” Queen: 1975 Nov
“Sweet Burgundy” Tommy Bolin: 1976 Sep
“Way Of The World” Cheap Trick: 1979 Sep
Mr. Zer0’s Favs Part: 4D Show #191
“Lucille” Everly Bros. 1960 Aug (#21)
“I Don’t Want To Discuss It” Little Richard: 1967 Jan
“Today” Jefferson Airplane: 1967 Feb
“Jump Into The Fire” Nilsson: 1972 April
“From the Beginning” Emerson, Lake & Palmer: 1972 July (#39)
“Papa Was A Rollin Stone” Temptations: 1972 Sep (#1)
“Sight For Sore Eyes” Aerosmith: 1977 Dec
“Opened The Door” Journey: 1978 Jan
Now remember fans you can hear 90 of the last “PsychoGello Shows” and “Cover Up Shows” at www.MrZeroS.Com -Podcast.
You can hear Mr. Zer0’s “Evolation Show” and “Hits And History Shows: w/ Rick Burnett” on www.MixCloud.Com under MrZeros.
You can see all the information on these shows at “Mr. ZeroS PsychoGello Music History” on fb.
Be sure to check into all of our Social Media: fb, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Pintrest, MySpace.
So here’s to more years ahead of us all. I’m MrZerr0 and my favorite color is purple.
Mr. Zer0’s
*Est. 2009
1744 Lexington Ave. N.
Roseville, MN. 55113
Classic Music, Retro Toys, Vintage Video Games & Movies and That’s It.
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