Editing Zebrahead (section)

=== 2006–2012: ''Broadcast to the World'',  ''Phoenix'', ''Panty Raid'' and ''Get Nice!'' ===
[[File:Zebrahead 2006.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Zebrahead performing in 2006]]
Zebrahead's sixth album ''[[Broadcast to the World]]'' debuted in February 2006 in Japan, where it certified gold. It was later issued in other countries as the year progressed. During that time, the band toured the U.S. as part of the [[Warped Tour]] festival<ref name="Vans Warped Tour 2006 Lineup">{{cite web|title=Vans Warped Tour 2006|url=http://www.songkick.com/festivals/1550-vans-warped-tour/id/2283056-vans-warped-tour-2006|work=songkick.com|publisher=Song Kick|access-date=January 18, 2014}}</ref> and later Europe, notably playing at the UK's annual [[Download Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2006|url=http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/history/2006|work=Downloadfestival.co.uk|publisher=Download Festival|access-date=January 18, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403014303/http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/history/2006|archive-date=April 3, 2014}}</ref> Ali Tabatabaee and Matty Lewis also performed the theme of [[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)|''Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)'']], "His World".

Following a two-month hiatus after writing material for their seventh album, Zebrahead returned to Europe in May 2007 on a co-headline tour with [[MxPx]]<ref name="No UK dates for MXPX/Zebrahead, only Europe">{{cite web|title=No UK dates for MXPX/Zebrahead|url=http://www.punktastic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17276|work=Punktastic.com|publisher=Punktastic|access-date=January 18, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201185743/http://www.punktastic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17276|archive-date=February 1, 2014}}</ref> and went on to tour the UK as part of the annual Get Happy Tour the following October.<ref name="Review of Get Happy Tour @ Newcastle including Zebrahead">{{cite web|title=Get Happy Tour @ Newcastle Academy|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2007/10/17/get_happy_tour_review_feature.shtml|work=bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC Tyne|access-date=January 18, 2014}}</ref> Afterwards, the band continued writing and recorded demos with producers [[Jason Freese]], [[Howard Benson]]<ref name="About Zebrahead and Howard Benson produced Hell Yeah">{{cite web|title=About Zebrahead|url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/zebrahead/biography/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202115923/http://www.mtv.com/artists/zebrahead/biography/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2014|work=MTV.com|publisher=MTV|access-date=January 18, 2014|quote="We're old friends with Howard," says Tabatabaee of Benson, who produced the song "Hell Yeah."}}</ref> and Cameron Webb.<ref name="Phoenix Credits including Jason Freese">{{cite web|title=Phoenix Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/broadcast-to-the-world-mw0000443417/credits|work=Allmusic.com|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 18, 2014}}</ref> The album, ''[[Phoenix (Zebrahead album)|Phoenix]]'', was released in July 2008, preceded by the ''Not the New Album EP'' a day earlier. The band later returned to the UK and performed at the Download, Leeds Slam Dunk and Greenfield festivals, before going on to tour the rest of Europe and Japan for the remainder of the year. An American leg of the tour was originally planned to take place after, however, Lewis became ill, and in order to avoid permanent damage to his voice, the tour was cancelled.<ref name="Zebrahead pull US tour in 2008">{{cite web|title=Zebrahead pull US tour|url=http://www.alterthepress.com/2008/08/zebrahead-pull-us-tour.html|work=Alterthepress.com|publisher=Alter The Press|access-date=January 18, 2014}}</ref>

In Spring 2009, Zebrahead announced the release of a [[Cover version|cover album]] featuring songs originally sung by female musicians from the 1990s–2000s for the following November. ''[[Panty Raid (album)|Panty Raid]]'' is preceded by the single "[[Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne song)#Zebrahead version|Girlfriend]]" originally by [[Avril Lavigne]].<ref name="Zebrahead covers Avril Lavigne">{{cite web|title=Zebrahead covers Avril Lavigne|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news/11226/Zebrahead-Cover-Avril-Lavigne/|work=Sputnik Music|publisher=J. Ponton|access-date=October 21, 2010}}</ref> To promote it, the band began the Less Than Jake tour in late 2009 and toured through Japan and Europe, eventually concluding in the U.S. in Spring 2010.<ref name="Japan Panty Raid Tour Announced">{{cite web|title=Japan Panty Raid Tour Announced|url=https://twitter.com/zebrahead/status/4083104487|work=Twitter|publisher=Zebrahead|access-date=September 18, 2009}}</ref> In the fall that followed, the band had started recording original material for the first time since the release of ''Phoenix''. Proceeded by the singles "Ricky Bobby" and the title track "Get Nice!", Zebrahead's ninth studio album ''[[Get Nice! (album)|Get Nice!]]'' was released in July 2011, reaching No. 3 on the U.S. [[Top Heatseekers]] chart. Promotion came in the form of the tour Get Nice! or Die Trying, where the band performed in venues and festivals throughout Europe, Japan and Australia and the United States between the album's release and the summer of 2012.<ref name="Summer Tour Dates">{{cite web|title=Summer Tour Dates|url=http://www.zebrahead.com/australia-here-we-come/|publisher=Zebrahead|access-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Zebrahead tours in Australia">{{cite web|title=Zebrahead tours in Australia|url=http://www.zebrahead.com/australia-here-we-come/|publisher=Zebrahead|access-date=October 4, 2011}}</ref>