Local H "Here Comes the Zoo - 20th Anniversary - 2xCD" Deluxe Edition 2xCD

20th Anniversary 2 disc reissue of the Local H classic album Here Comes The Zoo includes "The Jack Douglas Mixes" bonus CD! Released in 1998, Pack Up the Cats was supposed to be Local H's breakthrough album, which would propel the band to fame and fortune (or at least a better touring van), but that sure wasn't how things worked out. The merger of Polygram and Universal shortly after Pack Up the Cats was released drove a stake through the album before it could take off, and the bandmembers quickly found themselves stranded and without a label, which led drummer Joe Daniels to quit the group -- no small thing for a two-man band. The fact that Local H survived at all to make Here Comes the Zoo is no small accomplishment, but the album suggests guitarist/bassist/vocalist/songwriter Scott Lucas is still trying to win back the momentum he lost after the debacle of 1999. New drummer Brian St. Clair has both the muscle and the chops that these songs need, but his slightly heavier and busier