Go Back to the Zoo, also known as GBTTZ[2][3] was a Dutch pop rock band, formed in Nijmegen by brothers Cas (vocals) and Teun Hieltjes (guitar), and Bram Kniest (drum).

After they moved to Amsterdam, they met Lars Kroon (bass guitar) waiting in a queue for a concert by The Strokes.

'Beam Me Up' was re-released in 2011, after it was used in the promotion video a new season of the TV series Californication On 6 April 2012 Go Back to the Zoo released their second album, Shake A Wave.

In St. Tropez bassplayer Kroon became the singer besides Hieltjes and the music of the band took a more radical approach in the direction of garage rock.

As part of the promotion of this release the band has a one-month pop up live venue in the Amstel Passage inside Amsterdam Central Station where they had their album release gig on the first day and the following days organise gigs and collaborative recording sessions with befriended acts such as Yuri Landman, Janne Schra, The Vagary, Jungle by Night, Lucky Fonz III, Blue Crime, Those Foreign Kids, Iguana Death Cult, Mozes and the Firstborn, Jo Goes Hunting and others for the rest of the month.