Zach Blair

Zach Blair
Background information
Born	(1974-12-26) December 26, 1974 (age 49) Sherman, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Melodic hardcore punk rock hardcore punk heavy metal
Occupation(s)	Guitarist
Years active	1991–present
Website	riseagainst.com

Zach Blair (born December 26, 1974) is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for Chicago-based punk rock band Rise Against.

Before joining Rise Against in early 2007, Blair was a member of melodic hardcore group Only Crime along with his brother, Doni Blair, who currently plays with the Toadies. The brothers were founding members of the bands Hagfish and Armstrong. Blair was also Flattus Maximus of GWAR from 1999 to 2002. He made a return to GWAR as Splattus Maximus on the 2013 album Battle Maximus. He has also been a second touring guitarist for The Loved Ones and was second guitarist on the instrumental band The Mag Seven's album The Future Is Ours, If You Can Count.

Rise Against's fifth studio album, Appeal to Reason, released in 2008, was its first with Blair. He also appeared on the band's sixth studio album release, Endgame, which was released in 2011. Rise Against's seventh studio album, The Black Market, was released in 2014.

As of early 2015, Blair has taken part in playing guitar for the punk band Drakulas alongside members of The Riverboat Gamblers.^[1] Zach also joined Punk supergroup Vanishing Life in 2016 and released one album with them.^[2]

Blair currently resides in Austin, Texas with his wife.