Ali Tabatabaee is one of two main vocalists in the band Zebrahead

Zebrahead

Zebrahead is an American punk rock band from Orange County, California, which fuses elements of Rapcore, Pop Punk, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, and Funk Metal.-1996–98: Formation:...

. He is from California

California

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. He attended high school in La Habra, California

La Habra, California

La Habra is a city in the northwestern corner of Orange County, California. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,239. Its related city, La Habra Heights is located to the north of La Habra, and is in Los Angeles County.-Origin of name:...

, where he met the other members of Zebrahead. He cites some of his favorite bands as A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 2006...

, System of a Down

System of a Down

System of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD and often shortened to System, is a rock band from Southern California. The band was formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian , Daron Malakian , Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan...

, and N.W.A.

N.W.A.

N.W.A was an American hip hop group from Compton, California, widely considered one of the seminal acts of the gangsta rap sub-genre....

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Career

He is featured on the Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit "Sell Out". The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s, during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold certified album Turn the Radio Off. Soon after, the band...

 DVD You're All In This Together

You're All In This Together

You're All In This Together is the name of a DVD recorded by Reel Big Fish at "The Alley" in California sometime in March, 2006. The DVD is sold with Reel Big Fish's live album Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album and became available for purchase off iTunes on July 18, 2006. It became...

on the song "Unity" (originally by Operation Ivy

Operation Ivy (band)

Operation Ivy was an American ska punk band that formed in Berkeley, California, and was often credited with spurring the 1990s punk revival in California. It is well-known as one of the first bands to "mix" hardcore punk with elements of ska, known as ska-core...

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Due to Zebrahead's growing popularity in Japan, Ali Tabatabaee and Zebrahead bandmate Matty Lewis

Matty Lewis

Matty Lewis is the rhythm guitarist and co-lead singer of Zebrahead, and is a native of Papillion, Nebraska. Lewis took up playing the guitar and writing songs at age 12.-Jank 1000:...

 were asked by SEGA

Sega

, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...

 to record vocals for a new theme song, entitled "His World", which appears in Sonic The Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 game)

Sonic the Hedgehog is a 2006 platform video game for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 that was made to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise...

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External links

• Zebrahead Fan Site
• MFZB
• http://www.zebrahead.com