Lives up to its unusual name, the rock group Zombie has had several lives since his education at St. Albans College, in the early 1960s in England. Today they are still more than active, with a new album and a documentary directed by Francis Ford Coppola’s nephew.
Between these two ends of the timeline, keyboardist Rod Argent and singer Colin Blunstone part of the first British invasion which followed the Beatles’ landing in the United States, and had been called a classic success She’s not here. They broke up after a cult album released in 1968 (Odessey and Oraclewith success Time of the season), and they only got together in 2004.
They have since released four albums, being Different game the most recent, after delaying his departure due to the pandemic. Colin and Rod are 77 today.
Press and release
Today, the duo just received the Grulke Prize for Career Act at the South by Southwest festival and donated the $10,000 to Oxfam America.
Argent and Blunstone just saw the premiere of Hung up on a dream, directed by musician Robert Schwartzman, nephew of Francis Ford Coppola and son of Talia Shire. The commercial premiere will be in a few months.
Before, in 2019, the Zombies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Famealongside Stevie Nicks, Roxy Music, Radiohead, Janet Jackson, Def Leppard and The Cure.
The current lineup is completed by drummer Steve Rodford (since 2001), guitarist Tom Toomey (since 2010) and bassist Soren Koch (since 2018).
“Live we feel we are 18”
“It feels really good,” Argent says, “that this is something real. It’s not just to make some money, which isn’t bad, but that’s not our main goal. We tried to write and play live with the same enthusiasm we had in the beginning”.
And he adds: “Every night we give everything we have and we never have autopilot. When we are on stage it is as if we were 18 years old. The only difference is that before we broke up and went to parties, while now we go to the hotel to sleep”.
“For the first time -adds Blunstone- we understand how the business works and we are managed very well. However, the most important thing is that the musical part is intact and that the new songs work together with the ones we did before.”
These last few years have been like the fountain of youth for both of us. “We both know there will come a time when we are physically unable to play concerts, but we feel better than ever now,” concludes Blunstone.
Source: Clarin
