were a British pop group of the 1960s. Following The Beatles in 1964 as part of "The British Invasion" of the USA, they were the second UK group to score an American #1 hit. The Zombies were uniquely different, with a subtler style, often jazzier and more inventive chord structures, the prominent keyboards of Rod Argent, and the distinctive voice of Colin Blunstone. She's Not There and Tell Her No were quick hits, but despite continually stunning musical output that has influenced other artists ever since, another hit record was more than four years away, after they'd broken up! See the Biography page for their amazing story. Only in recent years has the richness of The Zombies' entire catalog been discovered by a whole new generation of fans.

Photo, left to right: Hugh Grundy (drums), Colin Blunstone (lead vocals), Chris White (bass), Rod Argent (keyboards), Paul Atkinson (guitar).

NEWS:

For all the latest updates via email from Colin Blunstone and The Zombies, contact andybarnes69[at]btinternet.com and ask to get on the mailing list. Also, check out The Zombies Official Web Site, and The Zombies Facebook Page. [links verified 2012/12/28]

BIOGRAPHICAL / HISTORICAL INFO:

The band's bio at 2011 Interview with Rod Argent on the High and Low Podcast. [link verified 2012/06/02]

The Zombies Fact File, reviews, and videos can be found on the Crispy Zebra Rock and Pop Stuff site. [link verified 2012/12/28]

The Zombies Wikipedia entry. [link verified 2012/06/02]

A quick Zombies biography and disocography on the British Beat Boom pages. [link verified 2012/06/02]

The excellent Zombies Page at Nostalgia Central . [link verified 2012/06/02]

Rod Argent and Zombies biography at SoundUnwound. [link verified on 2012/06/02]

The Zombies bio at Artistopia. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Listen to a 2004 BBC interview with Rod and Colin (in RealAudio format). Part 1. Part 2. Read the attendant article. [links verified 2012/06/02]

A 1998 chat with Chris White on the Pause and Play music pages. [link verified 2012/06/02]

An April 2001 interview with Colin and Rod at the Pause and Play site. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Crossfire Publications has released the book Time Of The Season by Greg Russo. [link verified 2012/06/02]

An AllMusic bio of Rod Argent and The Zombies. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Colin Blunstone did a great, 45-minute interview on the National Public Radio program Fresh Air with Terry Gross on January 28, 1998. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Check out info on the book Then Play On, by Mike Ober, which features an original, 34-page interview with Zombies bassist/composer Chris White. Write to Mike first to confirm availability and current pricing. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Kim Stitzel was very kind to transcribe the liner notes for three recently issued collections: Odessey and Oracle (1987 Rhino re-issue CD) by Rod Argent, Greatest Hits (1995 TransLuxe CD) by Robert John Jones, and The Collection (1988 Castle Communications CD) by John Tobler. [links verified 05/08/04]

The band is covered among the pop groups on the Zombies biographt at CMT. [links verified 2012/06/02]

A Colin Blunstone entry in Ask Jeeves Encyclopedia. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Zombies biography at Oldies.com. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Zombies biography at Yahoo Music. [link verified 2012/06/02]

The Zombies are covered in this (written in Japanese) History of the British Invasion. [link verified 2012/06/02]

From Rod's site:

two bits of a 2001 TV interview with Colin and Rod. Click the pics (RealMedia format). [links verified 2012/06/02]

Zombies biography on MSN music. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Zombies biography at Rolling Stone. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Zombies biography at Absolute Radio. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Colin Blunstone biography at Absolute Radio. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Zombies biography at StarPulse. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Zombies biography at ArtistDirect. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Zombies biography at Musician Guide. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Rod Argent biography at Billboard Magazine. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Zombies biography at eNotes.com. [link verified 2012/06/02]

Zombies biography at Classic Rock. [link verified 2012/06/02]

THE RECORDS / THE SONGS / THE MUSIC:

Rhino Records release announcement for the 2004 album As Far As I Can See -- text as it appeared on the Rhino site. [link verified 2012/06/02]
A Zombies discography at Oleo. [link verified 2012/06/02]
Zombies discography at Music City. [link verified 2012/06/02]
At Amazon.com, the Zombie Heaven CD box set has scored an average customer review of five out of five stars! [link verified 2012/06/02]
Read about the Zombies' fabled Lost Album at Stylus Magazine. Scroll about a quarter of the way down the page to find the article. [link verified 2012/06/02]
There's a Zombies tribute CD called Wake Up Your Windows: Let's Do The Zombies on Zapruder Groove Records of Norway. Check it out here. [links verified 2012/06/02]
There was a November 2003 Zombies tribute by The Losers Lounge of New York City. And more about it here in the NY Times. [link verified 2012/06/02]
See the Inkblot Magazine review of The Zombies Singles Collection [link verified 05/08/04]
Liner notes for Zombies compilation CD Absolutely The Best on Fuel2000 Records. [link verified 11/21/04]
See John Reed's review of Zombie Heaven, originally published in The Boston Globe. [link verified 05/08/04]
If you sign up for a free Day Pass and do a search, you might find Dawn Eden's review of Zombie Heaven in Salon Magazine. [link verified 05/08/04]
Billboard review of Zombie Heaven as it appeared on AOL in January 1998. [link verified 05/08/04]
Read some fab reviews of the 2001 Argent/Blunstone album, Out of the Shadows at Amazon.co.uk. Do a search on the album title if this link fails you. [link updateed 05/08/04]
A review of Zombie Heaven in Pause & Play, near the bottom of the page. [link verified 03/15/01]
Odessy and Oracle dissected on the Marmalade Skies pages, but they were still down for construction as of 11/24/04.
A new Odessy and Oracle review, in French. [link verified 11/19/04]
An in-depth interview with Zombie Heaven compiler Alec Palao, courtesy of Amplifier magazine. [link verified 05/08/04]
A review of Absolutely the Best, a recent Zombies compilation CD appears in this issue of Jam!. [link verified 05/08/04]
You may like to check out recollection.co.uk (then click on Colin's photo), which has an excellent album-by-album synopsis of Colin's solo career. It is up-to-date and accurate. Great photos of all the album sleeves, etc. [link verified 06/19/04]
Billboard and Cashbox Chart Positions reached by Zombies singles. [link verified 05/08/04]
Check out Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews for some opinions on the band's albums. [link verified 05/08/04]
Collins Crapo's Zombies Page has a review of a greatest hits album. [link verified 05/08/04]
Three Zombies songs have been honored on BMI's "Million-airs" list for airplay. Tell Her No has over a million plays, She's Not There has over two million plays, and Time of the Season has over three million plays. Figures as of mid-2001. Links at the BMI site are now gone.
A Time of the Season guitar tab by Shredmaster. [link verified 05/08/04]
A review of Odessey and Oracle from Lasse Brundin's music page. [link verified 05/08/04]
Odessey and Oracle turns up on the Mojo Magazine 100 Greatest Albums list (as of 1995). [link verified 05/08/04]
At Amazon.com, check out sound clips and customer comments on Zombie Heaven. link verified 05/08/04]
Zombies records are among the greatest as determined by these other lists: Top of the Pops Albums 1963-1971, Top of the Pops Singles 1963-1971, Mojo Magazine, and Rolling Stone magazine. [all links gone as of 05/08/04]
In 1996, Colin Blunstone was a guest vocalist for one track on Steve Hackett's Watcher of the Skies album, in which the Genesis guitarist re-made several early Genesis classics. There are reviews, and another review here about halfway down the page. [links verified 05/08/04]
Argent scored a track on the 5-CD compilation Supernatural Fairy Tales: The Progressive Rock Era. [link verified 05/08/04]
The Zombies appear on three different 60s compilation CDs available from Rhino Records: Rolling Stone Presents: The Early Years and Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1964 and Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1969 [links verified 05/08/04]
Conversation Off Floral Street makes the Mods List Music Picks list (about two thirds of the way down the page). [link verified 05/08/04]
A few people have written to tell me there was a tribute album of Zombies songs done in late 1994 by a bunch of current Seattle bands. The World of the Zombies features The Posies, Flop, The Fastbacks, The Young Fresh Fellows, The Sneeches, The Model Rockets, The Steam Kings and Zumpano. The Posies' take on "Leave Me Be" seems to be a favorite.
Conrad wrote to say, "If you're interested in Zombies tributes, you should know about the Chrysanthemums, a sort of psychedelic indie band with a really wry sense of humor. I believe it was in 1990 that they released their Odyssey and Oracle album in which they covered the entire Zombies album and added some covers of other Zombies songs." I don't currently have a link to information about this record.
A band called Life in General covered Time of the Season on a 60s tribute album in 2000. [link verifed 05/08/04]
Time of the Season is included in the piano sheet music book 80 Years of Popular Music - The Sixties. [link verified 05/08/04]
Zombie Heaven makes the Alibi Readers Top Records of 1998 list. [link verified 05/08/04]
The U.K. Subs Discography reveals that they covered She's Not There. [link verified 05/08/04]
The Zombies make Duval Central's Greatest Rock and Roll Songs list. [link verified 05/08/04]
You can look for original Zombies vinyl LPs and 7" singles at these sites: California Albums | Golden Apple Comics | Hot Platters | Krohn's Boulevard Records | Midnight Records | Neighbor Gabor's Records | Stardust Classic | Vinyl Vendors | Whirlin' Disc | World Wide Wax | CD Discounters | Vinal Edge | Millennium Records | Sweet Memories (UK), and of course, everything in the world at GEMM.com. [link verifed 05/08/04]

MISCELLANEOUS:

Check out the band known as the Japanese Zombies: The Carnabeats. [link verified 07/20/07]
This Billy Joel article quotes him naming The Zombies as his favorite band in the 60s. [link verified 05/08/04]
Rod's keyboard playing is applauded on this page on electric piano music. [link verified 05/08/04]
On the Byrd Watcher page, it is noted that Roger McGuinn credited Rod Argent with showing the world that jazz-inspired playing could be incorporated into popular rock music. [link verified 05/08/04]
Zombies Personally Handwritten Autographed Song Lyrics By Chris White or Colin Blunstone For Sale [link verified 11/21/04]
The Knowhere Guide to St. Albans, which is, of course, the Zombies' home town (band birthplace). [link verified 05/08/04]
There's a fascinating archive of Beatles-related Dates that documents a Beatles appearance at The Cavern Club on 20 September 1961 with another group called The Zombies - who apparently pre-date the band of the same name that became famous. [link verified 05/08/04]
Chris White talks about Irish musician Francie Conway. [link verified 05/08/04]
A few musings from Rod Argent are recalled by folk artist Nanci Griffith in the liner notes on the CD that Rod Argent produced for her. [link verified 05/08/04]
Rod's birthday is noted on this list of a rock birthdays. [link verified 11/24/04]
This page tells you how to get that Zombies organ sound on your Kurzweil K2000 synthesizer. [link verified 05/08/04]
Veteran session musician Joe McGinty (Ramones, Psychedelic Furs, Richard Davies, Deborah Harry, Chris von Sneidern, Pizzicato Five, Jules Shear, Lotion, countless others) organized an Odessy and Oracle tribute show with collaborating band The Kustard Kings. Other Zombies hits and even some Colin Blunstone solo material were also featured. This was in New York City at Fez under Time Cafe on February 13, 14, and 15th, 1998. Here is a review by Dave Goldsman. [link verified 11/21/04]
John Verity played with Argent and on various Blunstone and White recordings. [link verified 05/08/04]
For those who want to know what the word "zombies" means, they're hypothetical creatures described fully on the Zombies Invade Philosophy page. [link verified 05/08/04]

Please let me know if you have anything to add or correct.
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