The second UK group following the Beatles to score a #1 hit
in America, The Zombies infiltrated the airwaves with the sophisticated
melodies, breathy vocals, choral back-up harmonies and jazzy keyboard riffs of
their 1960’s hit singles like “She’s Not There” and “Tell Her No” .
In 1968 they achieved their greatest success – the chart-topping single “Time of the
Season”, from their swan-song album “Odessey &
Oracle” (recently ranked #100 in Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All
Time”). In the intervening years, while lead singer Colin
Blunstone went on to develop an acclaimed solo career, and
keyboardist/songwriter Rod Argent rocked ‘70’s arenas with his eponymous band
ARGENT, the legend of The Zombies took on a life of its own. Generations of new
bands have cited The Zombies’ work as pop touchstones, including such artists
as Neko Case and Nick Cave (who have recorded “She’s Not There” for the popular
HBO series True Blood), She & Him, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, The Black
Angels, The Fleet Foxes, Beach House and The Beautiful South.
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