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UNCOVERED: Zombies | History Defined

"You're never too old to learn a bit about technique." Colin Blunstone on The Zombies, keeping it in the family, and looking after what Suzannah Hoffs calls his "just plain sexy" voice

It’s that time of the season - Zombies singer Colin Blunstone is touring the UK this month

Louder

How to complete the Black Ops 7 Ashes of the Damned Easter Egg

Upgrade Ol' Tessie and defeat Veytharion to complete this Zombies quest.

PC Gamer

“An irate fan pulled a gun on them in their dressing room. They stopped using our name immediately”: How a fake version of a popular British band managed to deceive American fans

The odd tale of how a counterfeit version of the Zombies capitalised on the group's US success after the original band called it quits

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The Zombies announce documentary screenings for June and July

The Zombies: Hung Up On A Dream documentary is set for UK-wide release across all video platforms from July

Louder

Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary review – happy-sad tale of 60s psychedelic rockers

Robert Schwartzman examines how five friends from the home counties ended up as part of the British invasion of the US music scene

The Guardian - UK

“When the hits dried up they made a poignant, multi-layered swansong for the 60s”: The Zombies’ final album Odessey And Oracle is a proto-prog classic

Nothing is as it seems in Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone’s melodic and Mellotronic 1968 concoction, which ends with the song that split them up

Louder

“The depression lasted quite a long time. At the end of it, when I felt I was coming out of a long tunnel, I wrote God Gave Rock And Roll To You”: The epic story of Argent, the forgotten early 70s band who inspired one Kiss’ biggest hits

Argent were the missing link between the 60s pop scene and the emergence of Cream and Led Zeppelin

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Scottish rappers, deaf composers and an AI song called Zygotic Washstands: the biggest hoaxes in pop

Ex-Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür was conned into believing he was collaborating with a member of Daft Punk – but it’s far from the first time musicians and audiences have been fooled

The Guardian - UK

Amy Klobuchar's Health Misinformation Act Has Aged Poorly

A proposed bill in 2021 would have put the HHS secretary in charge of censoring COVID-19 contrarianism on social media.

Reason

Call of Duty season 2 brings back Gun Game and a fan-favorite Zombies weapon we haven't seen in 10 years

The Ice Staff is back, baby

GamesRadar

Black Ops 6 Season 1 Reloaded release time and what to expect

Here's what we know about the Black Ops 6 Season One Reloaded release date, including a look at a confirmed launch date.

TechRadar

“They didn’t understand how important image was – they started the thing about us being academic geeks. It really hurt us”: The Zombies on living large, inheriting the Beatles’ studio and staff, and being prisoners in a concert hall

Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent look back on finding fame in their teens and experiencing the highs and lows of the music industry over six decades

Louder

Elton John on the keyboard geniuses who blew his mind: ‘With Zoot, you were in for a party’

Why do Britain’s guitar heroes become household names – yet its piano and organ players don’t? Let’s end this injustice, writes Elton John, as he pays tribute to all those thrilling showmen eternally confined to the wings

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: Esther Perel’s love letter to romance

In this week’s newsletter: The audio superstar is back with a ‘beach read’ of a podcast, The Arc of Love. Plus: five of the best podcasts about death

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Zombies founder Rod Argent retires from touring after suffering stroke

The Zombies have cancelled their upcoming US tour in the wake of Rod Argent's stroke

The Independent UK

The Zombies’ Rod Argent announces retirement from touring following stroke

The keyboardist and vocalist formed the band in St Albans in 1961

Louder

John Lennon wanted to produce them, Pat Metheny said he wouldn’t have played jazz fusion without them, and Rick Wakeman claimed he played the greatest organ solo ever: Rod Argent looks back on his time with the Zombies and Argent

Rod Argent was the founding member of The Zombies and Argent and collaborated with some of the best-known names in music, including Phil Collins and The Who. And now the Zombies are reanimated and ready for another bite of success…

Louder

The Lemon Twigs have backed The Zombies and played with Todd Rundgren: they also drive each other crazy

Brothers in a band often spells trouble, but Baroque/power-poppers The Lemon Twigs have found the secret of happily co-existence

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 5-11

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of March 5-11 include actor Sharon Stone, singer Carrie Underwood and NBC News anchor Lester Holt

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