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Interview with Age of Evil’s Jeremy Goldberg and Jordan Ziff

By Greg Prato

The mostly still-teenaged Scottsdale, Arizona-based Age of Evil, easily keep pace with the big boys on their latest release, the six-track EP, ‘Get Dead.’ Picture vintage crushing thrash metal with sweeping Iron Maiden-esque guitar harmonies, and you’re not far off from what the group (which is comprised of two brother teams) - singer/rhythm guitarist Jeremy Goldberg (age 19), lead guitarist Jordan Ziff (18), bassist Jacob Goldberg (18), and drummer Garrett Ziff (20) - specialize in. Are you ready for a chat with Goldberg and Ziff? Then let’s hit it...

Jordan Ziff & Jeremy Goldberg

Photo Credit: Shelley Jambresic

How and when did you start playing guitar?

Jordan: I started taking lessons at age 6 or 7 - I don't really remember. But I always for the longest time wanted to play guitar and be really good at it. I also wanted to play in front of thousands of people every night. There is no place more enjoyable than being on a stage playing guitar.

Jeremy: I started playing guitar when I was about 12 years old.  Jordan had already been playing for about 4 or 5 years and I was motivated to catch up. Especially when I saw all of the chicks he was getting I knew I wanted to be in the guitar playing business.

Early influences?

Jordan: I'd say they were probably Carlos Santana, Jimmy Page, Angus Young, Marty Friedman, Randy Rhoads, Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Jake E. Lee, Nuno Bettencourt, Zakk Wylde, Warren DeMartini, Jimi Hendrix.

Jeremy: Jimmy Page, Randy Rhoads, John Petrucci, Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, and Zakk Wylde to name a few.

How did the band form?

Jordan: Well my brother Garrett and I started playing around the same time and we both had the dream of being in a band and touring the world. So did our best friends Jacob and Jeremy. Jacob bought a bass guitar about 2 or 3 years after I started playing guitar and soon after that Jeremy bought his guitar and we started jamming. 

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