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A premium 80s tribute built to own the dance floor

Dangerous Cheese is a Regina-based premium 80s tribute known for big hooks, polished stagecraft, strong visual identity, and a live show that feels like an event instead of background music. The mission is simple, fill the room, keep it moving, and give people a night worth remembering.

This is not a loose nostalgia set with long resets and dead air. Dangerous Cheese is built like a no-mercy dancefloor machine, recognizable anthems, synchronized visuals, crowd-reading pacing, and five-second transitions that keep the energy locked in from one song to the next.

The result is a cleaner, more elevated take on the retro-party format, fun-forward, visually sharp, and unapologetically designed for real audience enjoyment. It is a premium 80s tribute experience for rooms that want the singalongs, the spectacle, and the payoff.

A premium 80s tribute built for packed dance floors, big singalongs, and real crowd payoff
No-mercy pacing with synchronized visuals and five-second transitions that keep the room moving
Roots going back to 2008, with the Dangerous Cheese era evolving into its current form around 2010
An artist-led live experience with personality, production value, and songs people actually want to hear

Full Band Promo

The full Dangerous Cheese lineup, loud colors, big attitude, and exactly the kind of retro spectacle the show is built around.

Sample Songs

Big songs people actually lose their minds to

The show is built around instantly recognizable 80s songs that light up a room fast, from Prince, A-ha, and Wham! to Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, and Europe. The goal is not to show off how obscure the band can get. The goal is to fill the floor and keep it there.

The graphic is only a quick snapshot. A real Dangerous Cheese night reaches deeper into the 80s pop and rock catalogue, with sets built for momentum instead of dead air.

Recent Setlist Pulls
Let's Go Crazy
The Power of Love
I Want a New Drug
Electric Avenue
Addicted to Love
Karma Chameleon
Sunglasses at Night
Billie Jean
Maneater
I Think We're Alone Now
Jessie's Girl
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Hungry Like the Wolf
Never Gonna Give You Up
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
The Final Countdown
Jump
Summer of '69
Sweet Child o' Mine
Pour Some Sugar on Me
You Give Love a Bad Name
Don't Stop Believin'
Crazy Train
Show Format

Dangerous Cheese typically plays up to 3 x 50 minute sets in a night.

Set lengths can be customized to fit your event. If your room works better as 2 x 90 minute sets, that can be done too.

Meet the Cheese

Meet the Faces Behind the Neon

Big personalities, bright visuals, and the full Meet the Cheese profiles, all in one place.

Zubazz Read
Lead Vocals
Bands
WhateverDangerous CheeseCURRENT
Frontman, DJ, karaoke host, and creative operator behind Dangerous Cheese. Zubazz shapes the look, pacing, humor, hooks, and audience connection that define the show, but Dangerous Cheese is only one part of his professional music life. His background in DJing and karaoke is a huge part of how he reads a room, builds momentum, and keeps audiences engaged. He legally changed his name to Zubazz Awesome Read in 2019, because by then the name had already become the real public identity. He is also the son of Wally Read from Wally Read & The Goldtones, so the instinct to entertain and build a real crowd-facing music identity runs deep. Dangerous Cheese is his first professional band after high school, following a very brief early band called Whatever.
Sean Hayward
Drums
Bands
TormentorUncle SaltyThe LightParlor TrixxChris Henderson BandBrett Michael Monka BandDangerous CheeseCURRENTOne More TimeCURRENTVinyl SocietyCURRENT...and more
Sean shares a deep love for 80s and 90s hard rock and glam rock with CJ, which is a big part of why they also play together in Vinyl Society alongside Brad. Fun fact: Uncle Salty's guitar player and singer was Zubazz's cousin, Craig Hillrich.
CJ Cook
Bass Guitar
Bands
Me and The Other GuysShyboysSonic OrchidDangerous CheeseCURRENTVinyl SocietyCURRENTOne More TimeCURRENTThe Budget CutsCURRENT
CJ shares a deep love for 80s and 90s hard rock and glam rock with Sean, which is a big part of why they also play together in Vinyl Society alongside Brad. CJ is also currently performing with The Budget Cuts alongside Shandar Grey and Zak Sniper.
Brad Evanochko
Guitar
Bands
Midnight SonsNew Sky EmbraceCherry BombCrushSonic OrchidLiars CageDangerous CheeseCURRENTSynthetik BlondeCURRENTVinyl SocietyCURRENT
Brad's favorite guitar player is Neal Schon from Journey. Synthetik Blonde is Brad's current project with his girlfriend, Stefani.

Roots Back To 2008

Want the full story?

Dangerous Cheese has a deeper history than most bands, with roots in an earlier concept, multiple lineup eras, and a name origin people ask about all the time. We kept the main About page focused on the current show and the band itself, and put the full origin story on its own page.

Read the Origin Story

Managed by Zubazz Entertainment

Dangerous Cheese is booked and managed through Zubazz Entertainment, keeping communication, production expectations, and show direction under one roof.

Managed directly by Zubazz Entertainment, with booking, branding, and show direction under one roof
Built as a premium live product for casinos, festivals, corporate events, and private functions
Artist-led communication, clearer expectations, and a tighter production mindset from first contact to showtime