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"I think the song will resonate for the next hundred years": The story of the Kiss classic Kiss didn't actually write

Now a rock anthem, Argent's God Gave Rock And Roll To You was written under the storm cloud of cancer and enjoyed a superstar second wind

Louder

“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

MusicRadar

“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

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 8-14

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of June 8-14 include actor Natalie Portman, sports commentator Dick Vitale and singer Faith Evans

The Independent UK

“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

Louder

“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

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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

Louder

The Zombies’ Rod Argent announces retirement from touring following stroke

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

The Independent UK

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 9-15

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of June 9-15 include actor Neil Patrick Harris, rapper-actor Ice Cube and sports commentator Dick Vitale

The Independent UK

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

Marillion and four great gifts in the new issue of Prog, on sale now...

Plus Francis Monkman, Dave Stewart, Renaissance, Rod Argent Wishbone Ash, Lazuli and loads more...

Louder

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 11-17

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of June 11-17 include rapper Kendrick Lamar, country singer Mickey Guyton and actor Greg Kinnear

The Independent UK

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 12-18

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of June 12-18 include musician Paul McCartney, comedian Tim Allen and actor Ally Sheedy

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