STRAIGHT OUT OF WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, The Same Straight out of Westwood High School, the same Mesa, Arizona institution responsible for Jimmy Eat World, Authority Zero started kicking out the jams in 1994 in 1994 when Marcks met vocalist Jason DeVore and quickly learned that the Wyoming native "count write catchy songs in 15 minutes with really sticky hooks". RHYTHM & BOOZE is "Authority Zero's live unplugged at the Bash on Ash".