Klingon Karaoke
In 2002, Ground Zero began airing advertisements for a Portland bar, Bodacious Classics. In February of that year, the bar's owner, Ralph McKee, began holding Sci-Fi Night on Thursdays. Lewis, McKee and Jim Colvill created "Klingon Karaoke", in which Colvill dressed in a Star Trek-inspired Klingon costume and performed well-known songs, such as "Bad to the Bone", "Born to Be Wild", and "My Way", translated into the Klingon language. Patrons often arrived dressed in costumes themselves. In 2003, Vancouver, Washington members of the Star Wars fan group, the 501st Legion, began to attend, dressing as stormtroopers, and one of them, styled The Singing Stormtrooper, sang cover songs as well. The heavy metal band Stovokor, who also dress as Klingons, performed on occasion.
Lewis and Dr. Larry Johns, who ran the Portland Alien Museum, began a Tuesday night discussion group at Bodacious Classics in 2003, Ground Zero Live. It became the Ground Zero Lounge, a show performed at Portland's premiere night club, Dante's.
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