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The Zombies, formed in 1961 in St Albans
St Albans

Saint Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans....
, are an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
. Led by Rod Argent
Rod Argent

Rod Argent was a founding member of the 1960s England pop music band The Zombies and the 1970s band Argent .While at St Albans School , he met Paul Atkinson and Hugh Grundy....
 on piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
 and Colin Blunstone
Colin Blunstone

Colin Edward Michael Blunstone is an England pop music singer/songwriter, best known as a member of the pop band The Zombies, and for his participation on various albums with the Alan Parsons Project....
 on vocals, the band scored US hits in the mid- and late-1960s with "She's Not There
She's Not There

"She's Not There" was the debut single by the Great Britain pop music band , The Zombies. It reached number twelve in the UK Singles Chart in August 1964., number two in the Billboard Hot 100 , and #2 in Canada....
", "Tell Her No
Tell Her No

"Tell Her No" was a hit single by The Zombies in 1965. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart and was one of three big hits by The Zombies....
", and "Time of the Season
Time of the Season

"Time of the Season" is a song by The Zombies, featured on the 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. The song was written by keyboard player Rod Argent and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in August 1967....
". Their 1968 album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 Odessey and Oracle
Odessey and Oracle

Odessey and Oracle is a Psychedelic rock, Baroque Pop album by The Zombies released in 1968....
, comprising twelve songs by the group's principal songwriters, Argent and Chris White
Chris White (musician)

Chris White was the bass guitarist and songwriter with the 1960s England band The Zombies.Although born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, he was brought up in Markyate where his parents owned a village shop....
, is now considered one of the best of its time and is ranked 80 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

group formed in 1961 in St Albans
St Albans

Saint Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans....
, England
England

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, and gained their initial reputation playing the Old Verulamians Rugby Club in that city.






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The Zombies, formed in 1961 in St Albans
St Albans

Saint Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans....
, are an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
. Led by Rod Argent
Rod Argent

Rod Argent was a founding member of the 1960s England pop music band The Zombies and the 1970s band Argent .While at St Albans School , he met Paul Atkinson and Hugh Grundy....
 on piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
 and Colin Blunstone
Colin Blunstone

Colin Edward Michael Blunstone is an England pop music singer/songwriter, best known as a member of the pop band The Zombies, and for his participation on various albums with the Alan Parsons Project....
 on vocals, the band scored US hits in the mid- and late-1960s with "She's Not There
She's Not There

"She's Not There" was the debut single by the Great Britain pop music band , The Zombies. It reached number twelve in the UK Singles Chart in August 1964., number two in the Billboard Hot 100 , and #2 in Canada....
", "Tell Her No
Tell Her No

"Tell Her No" was a hit single by The Zombies in 1965. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart and was one of three big hits by The Zombies....
", and "Time of the Season
Time of the Season

"Time of the Season" is a song by The Zombies, featured on the 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. The song was written by keyboard player Rod Argent and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in August 1967....
". Their 1968 album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 Odessey and Oracle
Odessey and Oracle

Odessey and Oracle is a Psychedelic rock, Baroque Pop album by The Zombies released in 1968....
, comprising twelve songs by the group's principal songwriters, Argent and Chris White
Chris White (musician)

Chris White was the bass guitarist and songwriter with the 1960s England band The Zombies.Although born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, he was brought up in Markyate where his parents owned a village shop....
, is now considered one of the best of its time and is ranked 80 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

1960s incarnation

The group formed in 1961 in St Albans
St Albans

Saint Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, and gained their initial reputation playing the Old Verulamians Rugby Club in that city. The group was formed while the members were at school. Some sources state that Argent, Atkinson and Grundy were at St Albans School
St Albans School (Hertfordshire)

St Albans School is a Public School and a former Direct Grant Grammar school in St Albans, England. Founded in 948 by Abbot Wulsin, St Albans School is not only the oldest school in Hertfordshire but also one of the oldest in the United Kingdom and Europe....
, while Blunstone and White were students at St Albans Boys' Grammar School (since renamed Verulam School
Verulam School

Verulam School is a state secondary school for boys in St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK. It was founded in 1938 and was originally named St Albans Boys' Modern School....
).

After winning a beat-group competition sponsored by the London Evening News
Evening Standard

The Evening Standard is an United Kingdom tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast England....
, the Zombies signed to Decca
Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
 and recorded their first hit, "She's Not There
She's Not There

"She's Not There" was the debut single by the Great Britain pop music band , The Zombies. It reached number twelve in the UK Singles Chart in August 1964., number two in the Billboard Hot 100 , and #2 in Canada....
" (Argent's second song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
, written specifically for this session), which was released in mid-1964 and peaked at number 12 in the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, where it was their only UK Top 40 hit. This minor-key, jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
-tinged number, distinguished by its musicianship and Blunstone's breathy vocal, was unlike anything heard in British rock at the time. It was first aired in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 in early August 1964 on New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 rock station WINS
WINS (AM)

WINS , known on-air as "Ten-Ten WINS", is a radio station in New York City, owned by CBS Radio. Its studios are located in midtown Manhattan, and its transmitters are located in Lyndhurst, New Jersey....
 by Stan Z. Burns, who debuted the song on his daily noontime "Hot Spot". The tune began to catch on in early fall
Autumn

Autumn is one of the four temperate seasons. Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter, usually in late September or late March when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier....
 and eventually climbed to #2.

Like many other British Invasion
British Invasion

File:The Beatles in America.JPGThe British Invasion was the term applied by the news media?and subsequently by consumers?to the influx of rock and roll, beat music and pop music performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States, Canada and Australia....
 groups, the Zombies were sent to the United States to tour behind their new hit single. One of their most memorable early U.S. gigs were Murray the K
Murray the K

Murray Kaufman professionally known as Murray the K, was a famous and influential rock and roll impresario and disc jockey of the 1950s, '60s and '70s....
's Christmas shows at the Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
 Fox Theatre, where the band played seven performances a day. Hugh Grundy later recalled also contributing to the sets by the Shangri-Las
The Shangri-Las

The Shangri-Las were an United States pop music girl group of the 1960s. Between 1964 and 1966 they charted with often heartbreaking teen melodramas, and remain known for "Leader of the Pack" and "Remember "....
 — not as a musician, but by revving a motorcycle brought backstage as a sound effect for their performance of "Leader of the Pack
Leader of the Pack

"Leader of the Pack" is a 1964 pop song recorded by girl group The Shangri-Las. It became number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 28, 1964 in music....
".

In early 1965, Rod Argent's "Tell Her No" became another big seller in the United States, but failed to make the Top 40 in the band's native UK. Subsequent recordings such as "I Love You" (which became a hit for People!
People!

People! was a rock band originally formed in San Jose, California in 1965. They performed top 40 music and released three albums of original material....
 in 1968), "Indication", "Whenever You're Ready", and "Is This the Dream" failed to achieve the success of the previous two singles.

Their first LP, Begin Here
Begin Here

Begin Here is The Zombies' British debut LP released in 1965. The American version repeated a lot of the tracks from it, but as was common in those days, deleted some cuts and substituted some others....
 (1965), was a collection of early singles, featuring half a dozen original songs combined with several R&B covers
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
. In 1967, the Zombies signed to CBS Records
CBS Records

CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 in music to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties distributed by CBS Paramount Television....
, for whom they recorded the album Odessey and Oracle
Odessey and Oracle

Odessey and Oracle is a Psychedelic rock, Baroque Pop album by The Zombies released in 1968....
. (The word odyssey was misspelled by cover designers.) Because the band's budget could not cover session musicians, they used a Mellotron
Mellotron

The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphony keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin, which was the world's first sampling keyboard....
, a device designed to imitate orchestral sections.

By the time Odessey and Oracle was released in April 1968, the group had disbanded. The album sold poorly and was only given a U.S. release because musician Al Kooper
Al Kooper

Al Kooper is an United States songwriter, record producer and musician, probably best known for organizing the group Blood, Sweat & Tears, though he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity....
, then signed to Columbia Records, convinced his label of the album's merits. An album track, "Time of the Season
Time of the Season

"Time of the Season" is a song by The Zombies, featured on the 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. The song was written by keyboard player Rod Argent and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in August 1967....
", written by Argent, was released as a single and eventually (1969) became a nationwide hit (Billboard #3).

The band's original lineup declined to regroup for concerts, so various concocted groups tried to capitalize on the success and falsely toured under the band's name. Another such group toured in 1988, going so far as to trademark
TradeMark

TradeMark is a tall, primarily residential, skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was completed in 2007 and has 28 floors. There are 200 hundred residential units....
 the group's name (since the band had let the mark lapse) and recruit a member named Ronald Hugh Grundy, who was passed off as being an original member.

Later incarnation

After The Zombies disbanded, Rod Argent formed a band called Argent
Argent (band)

Argent were an England Rock music Musical ensemble founded in 1969 by keyboardist Rod Argent, formerly of The Zombies.The first three demo from Argent, recorded in the autumn of 1968 featured Mac MacLeod on bass guitar....
, with Chris White as a non-performing songwriter. Colin Blunstone eventually launched a solo
Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
 career after brief careers outside the music biz, including one stint in the burglary claims section of an insurance company. Both Argent and White continued to provide him with new songs.

In 1991 Blunstone, Grundy and White briefly reunited as The Zombies with guitarist Sebastian Santa Maria
Sebastian Santa Maria

Sebastian Santa Maria was born in 1959 in Santiago, Chile, but settled in Lausanne, Switzerland at age 17.He played the piano in several clubs in Lausanne until beginning a fertile career as a composer, composing a number of songs including some made for Catherine Lara, Bernard Lavilliers and Isabelle Adjani....
 and recorded the album New World.

On 25 November, 1997, all five Zombies reunited at the Jazz Cafe
Jazz Café

The Jazz Caf? is a music venue in Parkway in Camden Town, London, England. It opened in 1990, in the former premises of Barclays Bank, and has been run by Mean Fiddler Music Group since 1992, now a subsidiary of the MAMA Group....
 in London's Camden Town
Camden Town

Camden Town is the name of an area within the London Borough of Camden, situated in London, England. It is occasionally shortened to Camden....
 as part of a solo show by Blunstone, to perform "She's Not There" and "Time of the Season".

Blunstone and Argent reunited for an album and tour together in 2001 under the Blunstone & Argent monicker and continued playing live shows together into 2004 when they began going out under The Zombies name again. The new line-up included Rod's cousin Jim Rodford
Jim Rodford

Jim Rodford is a musician who played with The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans and was a founding member of Argent .In the late 1950s, and early 1960s he was a member of The Bluetones, the biggest band in St Albans at the time....
 (formerly of The Kinks
The Kinks

The Kinks are an England rock music group formed in 1963, and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band. The Kinks have been cited as one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time....
 and Argent
Argent

In heraldry, argent is the tincture of silver , and belongs to the class of light tinctures, called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it....
), his son Steve Rodford
Steve Rodford

Steve Rodford is a United Kingdom musician. He's the son of Jim Rodford and plays the drums in the band The Zombies from 2004 to today's date, while his father plays the bass guitar and adds vocals....
 on drums, and Keith Airey (brother of Don Airey
Don Airey

Don Airey has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, succeeding Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull , Whitesnake, Colosseum II, Sinner , Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Rainbow , Divlje jagode and Living Loud....
) on guitar.

An album of new material released in 2004, As Far as I Can See..., received mixed reviews. A 1997 120-track compilation of the original band's work, Zombie Heaven
Zombie Heaven

Zombie Heaven is a 1997 four-disc box set comprising roughly the entire catalog of British invasion band The Zombies. The first disc comprises their debut 'Begin Here' and assorted singles....
, was released.

Guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
ist Paul Atkinson died in Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is completely surrounded by the City of Los Angeles ? Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California on the north, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California on the northeast...
, on 1 April, 2004. Having retired as a performer, he was an A&R
A&R

Artists and Repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and the artistic development of recording artists....
 man for many years.

In 2005 Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent of The Zombies released a DVD and 2-CD album (Live At The Bloomsbury Theatre), which received excellent reviews.

In 2006, Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone carried on touring as The Zombies. Their U.S. tour of 2007 garnered stellar reviews.

To mark the 40th anniversary of Odessey & Oracle, the four surviving original members of The Zombies participated in a three-night series of concerts at London's Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush

Shepherd's Bush is a district of west London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, situated 4.9 miles west of Charing Cross. Although it is primarily residential in character, its focus is the shopping area of Shepherds Bush Green, which has a small shopping centre with a supermarket, cinema and gym, and a large number of small a...
 Empire Theatre between 7 and 9 March, 2008.

Rod and Colin's respective websites had advertised that the 8 March concert was recorded for a CD and/or DVD release later in 2008, and the CD has been officially posted by Amazon.com to be presold for a release of 1 July, 2008.

The Zombies kicked off a North American tour on 3 July, 2008, with an outdoor festival performance at the Comerica Cityfest in Detroit, Michigan.

Line-ups

1961 to 1968
  • Rod Argent
    Rod Argent

    Rod Argent was a founding member of the 1960s England pop music band The Zombies and the 1970s band Argent .While at St Albans School , he met Paul Atkinson and Hugh Grundy....
     - born Rodney Terence Argent, 14 June 1945, in St Albans
    St Albans

    Saint Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans....
    , Hertfordshire
    Hertfordshire

    Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....
     - (organ
    Keyboard instrument

    A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
    , vocals and songwriting)
  • Paul Atkinson
    Paul Atkinson (guitarist)

    Paul Atkinson - born Paul Ashley Warren Atkinson, 19 March 1946, in Cuffley, Hertfordshire and educated at St Albans School , was a pop guitarist in the legendary pop/rock band The Zombies....
     - born Paul Ashley Warren Atkinson, 19 March 1946 in Cuffley
    Cuffley

    Cuffley is a village in the Welwyn Hatfield district of south-east Hertfordshire with a population around 4,000 people, located between Cheshunt and Potters Bar....
    , Hertfordshire
    Hertfordshire

    Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....
    , died 1 April 2004 in Santa Monica, California
    Santa Monica, California

    Santa Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is completely surrounded by the City of Los Angeles ? Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California on the north, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California on the northeast...
     - (guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
    , vocals)
  • Colin Blunstone
    Colin Blunstone

    Colin Edward Michael Blunstone is an England pop music singer/songwriter, best known as a member of the pop band The Zombies, and for his participation on various albums with the Alan Parsons Project....
     - born Colin Edward Michael Blunstone, 24 June 1945, in Hatfield
    Hatfield, Hertfordshire

    Hatfield, originally Bishop's Hatfield, is in the Welwyn Hatfield district of Hertfordshire, in the south of England. It forms part of the Welwyn Hatfield which also includes Welwyn Garden City and has been twinned with the The Netherlands port town of Zierikzee since 1953....
    , Hertfordshire
    Hertfordshire

    Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....
     - (lead vocals)
  • Chris White
    Chris White (musician)

    Chris White was the bass guitarist and songwriter with the 1960s England band The Zombies.Although born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, he was brought up in Markyate where his parents owned a village shop....
     - born Christopher Taylor White, 7 March 1943, in Barnet
    Barnet

    High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London, England. It is a suburban development built around a 12th century settlement and is located north north-west of Charing Cross....
    , Hertfordshire
    Hertfordshire

    Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....
     - (bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
    , vocals and songwriting)
  • Hugh Grundy - born Hugh Birch Grundy, 6 March 1945, in Winchester
    Winchester

    Winchester is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. It lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of the River Itchen, Hampshire....
    , Hampshire
    Hampshire

    Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
     - (drums
    Drum kit

    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
    )
2004 to date
  • Rod Argent
    Rod Argent

    Rod Argent was a founding member of the 1960s England pop music band The Zombies and the 1970s band Argent .While at St Albans School , he met Paul Atkinson and Hugh Grundy....
     - (organ
    Keyboard instrument

    A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
    , vocals)
  • Colin Blunstone
    Colin Blunstone

    Colin Edward Michael Blunstone is an England pop music singer/songwriter, best known as a member of the pop band The Zombies, and for his participation on various albums with the Alan Parsons Project....
     - (lead vocals)
  • Keith Airey - (guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
    , vocals)
  • Jim Rodford
    Jim Rodford

    Jim Rodford is a musician who played with The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans and was a founding member of Argent .In the late 1950s, and early 1960s he was a member of The Bluetones, the biggest band in St Albans at the time....
     - (bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
    , vocals)
  • Steve Rodford
    Steve Rodford

    Steve Rodford is a United Kingdom musician. He's the son of Jim Rodford and plays the drums in the band The Zombies from 2004 to today's date, while his father plays the bass guitar and adds vocals....
     - (drums
    Drum kit

    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
    )

Discography


Studio albums

  • Begin Here
    Begin Here

    Begin Here is The Zombies' British debut LP released in 1965. The American version repeated a lot of the tracks from it, but as was common in those days, deleted some cuts and substituted some others....
      (UK) (1965)
  • The Zombies
    The Zombies (album)

    The Zombies is The Zombies' American debut LP released in January 1965.After the double-sided hit single "She's Not There" b/w "You Make Me Feel Good" topped the U.S....
     (Featuring "She's Not There" and "Tell Her No") (U.S.) (1965) #39 U.S.
  • Odessey and Oracle
    Odessey and Oracle

    Odessey and Oracle is a Psychedelic rock, Baroque Pop album by The Zombies released in 1968....
      (1968) #95 U.S.
  • New World
    New World (The Zombies album)

    New World is the title of The Zombies's 1991 album. According to the liner notes, it was recorded primarily to protect the name of the band in response to numerous groups of imposters that were then touring the US....
     (1991)
  • As Far As I Can See...
    As Far As I Can See...

    As Far As I Can See is the first album by the pop music band The Zombies since 1991. Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone are the only two original members of The Zombies to appear on this record....
     (2004)


Live albums

  • Live at the BBC (Repertoire REP4790, 29 Tracks, 2003)
  • Live at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London (2005)
  • Odessey and Oracle: 40th Anniversary Live Concert (2008)


Compilation albums

  • The Zombies: Time Of The Zombies (A 28 song compilation
    Compilation album

    A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, source or subject matter....
     from 1965-1968) (1972)
  • Zombie Heaven
    Zombie Heaven

    Zombie Heaven is a 1997 four-disc box set comprising roughly the entire catalog of British invasion band The Zombies. The first disc comprises their debut 'Begin Here' and assorted singles....
     (1997) (4 CD
    Compact Disc

    A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
     comprehensive compilation with rarities and live recordings)
  • The Singles As and Bs (2005)
  • The Ultimate Zombies - Original Hits (2007)
  • Into the Afterlife (2007) (compilation of post Odessey and Oracle recordings)


Contributions

  • Bunny Lake Is Missing
    Bunny Lake Is Missing

    Bunny Lake Is Missing is a psychological thriller directed and produced by Otto Preminger, who filmed it in black and white widescreen format in London....
     - An Original Soundtrack Recording     (1965) (contributed tracks)


Singles

Release dateTitleChart positions
UK
United Kingdom

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U.S.
United States

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CAN
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
August 1964"She's Not There
She's Not There

"She's Not There" was the debut single by the Great Britain pop music band , The Zombies. It reached number twelve in the UK Singles Chart in August 1964., number two in the Billboard Hot 100 , and #2 in Canada....
"/"You Make Me Feel Good"		 #12 #2 #2
November 1964"Leave Me Be"/"Woman" (not issued in US) — — —
December 1964"Tell Her No
Tell Her No

"Tell Her No" was a hit single by The Zombies in 1965. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart and was one of three big hits by The Zombies....
"/"What More Can I Do?" (UK) /"Leave Me Be" (not issued in UK)		 #42 #6 #6
March 1965"She's Coming Home"/"I Must Move" — #58 #21
June 1965"I Want You Back Again"/"Remember When I Loved Her" (US only) — #95 —
August 1965"Whenever You're Ready"/"I Love You
I Love You (The Zombies song)

"I Love You" is a song by The Zombies written by Chris White .The cover version by People!, released in 1968 was a #14 hit in the USA and went to #1 in Japan....
"		 — #110 —
September 1965"Just Out of Reach"/"Remember You" — #113 —
February 1966"Is This the Dream"?"Don't Go Away" — — —
June 1966"Indication"/"How We Were Before" — — —
September 1966"Gotta Get a Hold of Myself"/"The Way I Feel Inside" — — —
November 1966"Goin' Out of My Head
Goin' Out Of My Head

"Goin' out of My Head" is a song written by Teddy Randazzo and Bobby Weinstein, initially recorded by Little Anthony & the Imperials in 1964. Randazzo, a childhood friend of the group, wrote the song especially for them, having also supplied the group with their previous Top 20 Hit "I'm on the Outside "....
"/"She Does Everything For Me"		 — — —
November 1967"Care of Cell 44"/"Beechwood Park" — — —
June 1968"Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)"/"This Will Be Our Year" (US only) — — —
November 1968"Time of the Season
Time of the Season

"Time of the Season" is a song by The Zombies, featured on the 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. The song was written by keyboard player Rod Argent and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in August 1967....
"/"I'll Call You Mine" (UK & US) /"Friends of Mine" (US 2nd issue)		 — #3 #1
May 1969"Imagine the Swan"/"Conversations Off Floral Street" — #109 #59


Covers

  • "I Love You
    I Love You (The Zombies song)

    "I Love You" is a song by The Zombies written by Chris White .The cover version by People!, released in 1968 was a #14 hit in the USA and went to #1 in Japan....
    ", a hit for the band People!
    People!

    People! was a rock band originally formed in San Jose, California in 1965. They performed top 40 music and released three albums of original material....
  • Crowded House
    Crowded House

    Crowded House is a rock music group formed in Sydney, Australia and led by New Zealand musician and singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is widely recognised as the primary songwriter and creative direction of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States ....
     recorded, released and occasionally perform "She's Not There
    She's Not There

    "She's Not There" was the debut single by the Great Britain pop music band , The Zombies. It reached number twelve in the UK Singles Chart in August 1964., number two in the Billboard Hot 100 , and #2 in Canada....
    "
  • Dave Matthews Band
    Dave Matthews Band

    Dave Matthews Band is an United States rock music band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, Virginia in 1991. Founding members include singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bass guitar Stefan Lessard, violinist Boyd Tinsley, and drum kit Carter Beauford....
     began occasionally performing "Time of the Season
    Time of the Season

    "Time of the Season" is a song by The Zombies, featured on the 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. The song was written by keyboard player Rod Argent and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in August 1967....
    " on their 2005 summer tour, and subsequently released a live version on their Weekend on the Rocks
    Weekend on the Rocks

    Weekend on the Rocks is a live album by the Dave Matthews Band. It contains highlights of the four-day performance, packaged on two CDs and one DVD....
     CD and DVD later that year. It continues to be a Dave Matthews Band crowd favorite.
  • Both "Time of the Season
    Time of the Season

    "Time of the Season" is a song by The Zombies, featured on the 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. The song was written by keyboard player Rod Argent and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in August 1967....
    " and "She's Not There
    She's Not There

    "She's Not There" was the debut single by the Great Britain pop music band , The Zombies. It reached number twelve in the UK Singles Chart in August 1964., number two in the Billboard Hot 100 , and #2 in Canada....
    " were covered on American Idol
    American Idol

    American Idol is an Television in the United States Singing airing on Fox network. It debuted on June 11, 2002, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television....
     by Blake Lewis and Chris Sligh, respectively, on the sixth season British Invasion episode.
  • In Quentin Tarantino
    Quentin Tarantino

    Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, Film producer, cinematographer and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an independent film filmmaker whose films used nonlinear and aestheticization of violence....
    's Kill Bill Vol. 2, the song "About Her" is a remake of "She's Not There
    She's Not There

    "She's Not There" was the debut single by the Great Britain pop music band , The Zombies. It reached number twelve in the UK Singles Chart in August 1964., number two in the Billboard Hot 100 , and #2 in Canada....
    " by Malcolm McLaren
    Malcolm McLaren

    Malcolm McLaren is a solo musician, and most famously, former management to the New York Dolls and the Sex Pistols....
    .
  • Santana
    Santana (band)

    Santana is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. Just like Santana himself, the band is known for helping make Latin rock famous in the rest of the world....
     recorded a version of "She's Not There" and released it as a single and on their Moonflower
    Moonflower (album)

    Moonflower is a 1977 live double album by Santana . The recording features both studio and live tracks, which are interspersed with one another throughout the album....
     album in 1977.
  • The Necro
    Necro

    Ron Braunstein, better known as Necro, is a Jewish American rapper, record producer, and Film director from Brooklyn, New York....
     song "Who's Ya Daddy" samples "Time of the Season
    Time of the Season

    "Time of the Season" is a song by The Zombies, featured on the 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. The song was written by keyboard player Rod Argent and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in August 1967....
    ."
  • OK Go
    OK Go

    OK Go is a Rock music rock band originally from Chicago, now residing in Los Angeles. The band is composed of Damian Kulash , Tim Nordwind , Dan Konopka and Andy Ross , who joined them in 2005 in replacement of Andy Duncan ....
     covered "This Will Be Our Year" it appeared on the Future Soundtrack for America
    Future Soundtrack for America

    Future Soundtrack for America is a benefit album for Music for America and MoveOn.org released in 2004 by Barsuk Records and McSweeney's and compiled by Spike Jonze and They Might Be Giants' founding member John Flansburgh....
     compilation (2004) and the John Tucker Must Die
    John Tucker Must Die

    John Tucker Must Die is a 2006 in film United States high school comedy romance film . The film is about a trio of girls who plot to break the heart of manipulative basketball star John Tucker after they learn he has been secretly dating all three and pledging each is "the one"....
     soundtrack (2006).
  • Jon Brion
    Jon Brion

    Jon Brion is an United States rock and roll and pop music multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer....
     has covered multiple Zombies songs live, including "Time of the Season" and "This Will Be Our Year".
  • Boston-based indie-pop duo Action Camp closed out their rare Live at Howlers EP with "The Way I Feel Inside". They have also performed an electronic arrangement of "Time of the Season" on occasion.
  • The late Elliott Smith
    Elliott Smith

    Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, Oregon, where he first gained popularity....
     performed a cover of "Care of Cell 44".
  • Matthew Sweet
    Matthew Sweet

    Sidney Matthew Sweet is an United States alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Music of Athens, Georgia music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s....
     and Susanna Hoffs
    Susanna Hoffs

    Susanna Lee Hoffs is an United States vocalist, guitarist and actress best known as a member of the all-female pop band The Bangles....
     covered "Care of Cell 44" on Under the Covers, Vol. 1
    Under the Covers, Vol. 1

    Under the Covers, Vol. 1 is the first collaboration between alternative rock artist Matthew Sweet and The Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs. Released by Shout! Factory in 2006, it contains 15 cover versions of favorite songs from the 1960s and 1970s....
    .
  • The Tough Alliance
    The Tough Alliance

    The Tough Alliance, or TTA, is an electronic pop music music duo from Gothenburg, Sweden. The duo first came together in 2003 and consists of childhood mates Henning F?rst and Eric Berglund....
     recorded a cover of the song "Hung up on a Dream", released as the b-side of their single "First Class Riot" in 2007.
  • Anthony Green
    Anthony Green (musician)

    Anthony Green is a musician from Doylestown, PA. He is currently the lead singer of Circa Survive and vocalist for The Sound of Animals Fighting, and previously in the bands Saosin, Audience of One , Jeer At Rome, High and Driving, and Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer....
     performed "This Will Be Our Year" on his acoustic tour with Days Away
    Days Away

    Days Away was a five piece progressive rock band based in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, formed in 1998....
    .
  • The Canadian indie-rock trio Immaculate Machine
    Immaculate Machine

    Immaculate Machine are a Canada indie pop band from Victoria, British Columbia, British Columbia. The group consists of Brooke Gallupe on guitar, Kathryn Calder on Synthesizer, Caitlin Gallupe on bass, Aden Collinge on Drum kit and Jordan Minkoff on guitar....
     has been known to cover "Time of the Season" live.
  • Various bands from the Pacific Northwest, including the Young Fresh Fellows
    Young Fresh Fellows

    The Young Fresh Fellows are an United States alternative rock group that formed in 1981 in [Seattle Washington] by Scott McCaughey and Chuck Carroll; Tad Hutchison joined for the recording of the group's debut album in 1983....
     and The Posies
    The Posies

    The Posies are an United States alternative rock group. The band was formed in 1987 in Bellingham, Washington by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow....
    , contributed versions of Zombies songs to a 1994 tribute album
    Tribute album

    A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist....
    , The World Of The Zombies.
  • Lois
    Lois Maffeo

    Lois Maffeo is an American musician and writer who lives in Olympia, Washington, Washington. Although never achieving mainstream success, she has been closely involved with and influenced many Seattle-based musicians....
     recorded "The Way I Feel Inside" on her "Strumpet" lp
  • The Beautiful South
    The Beautiful South

    The Beautiful South were an England pop group formed at the end of the 1980s by former members of Kingston upon Hull group The Housemartins - Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway....
     re-recorded "This Will Be Our Year" on their cover album Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs
    Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs

    Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs is a covers album by The Beautiful South released in 2004. "Livin' Thing", "This Old Skin", and "This Will Be Our Year" were all released as singles....
    .
  • Gym Class Heroes
    Gym Class Heroes

    Gym Class Heroes are an United States band from Geneva, New York. The group formed when Travis McCoy met drummer Matt McGinley and decided to form a band....
     covered "Time of the Season" on their Campus Tour in 2008.
  • Of Montreal
    Of Montreal

    of Montreal is an United States indie pop band formed in Athens, Georgia. Fronted by Kevin Barnes, it was among the second wave of groups to emerge from The Elephant 6 Recording Company....
     covered "Friends of Mine" on their compilation If He Is Protecting Our Nation, Then Who Will Protect Big Oil, Our Children?
    If He is Protecting Our Nation, Then Who Will Protect Big Oil, Our Children?

    If He Is Protecting Our Nation, Then Who Will Protect Big Oil, Our Children? is an Extended play by indie rock band of Montreal. Originally self-released by the band as a tour-only CD, it was later released commercially....
  • The Vancouver indie band The Top Drawers covered "Just Out Of Reach" on You're So Fine, and they regularly perform the song live.
  • Belle & Sebastian
    Belle & Sebastian

    Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in January 1996. They are one of the best-known Scottish bands and are one of the most celebrated groups of the 1990s in music....
     covered "Time of the Season" at Glastonbury Festival 2004.


Sources

  • Guinness Book of British Hit Singles
    Guinness Book of British Hit Singles

    British Hit Singles & Albums was a music reference book published in the United Kingdom by Hit Entertainment's "Guinness World Records" . It listed all the singles and albums featured in the Top 75 Charts in UK, as compiled by the editors of British Hit Singles & Albums....
     - 16th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-190-X
  • Guinness Book of British Hit Albums - 7th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-619-7
  • Guinness Rockopedia - ISBN 0-85112-072-5
  • The Great Rock Discography - 5th Edition - ISBN 1-84195-017-3
  • The Book of Golden Discs - 2nd Edition - ISBN 0-214-20512-6


External links

  • with L.A. Record
    L.A. Record

    L.A. RECORD is an independent music magazine originally published weekly as a broadsheet poster. The poster usually depicts a local Los Angeles musicians and according to the magazine editors is meant to recreate an iconic album cover....