The Zombies
Career:1961 - Present
Members:Colin Blunstone, Rod Argent, Paul Atkinson, Hugh Grundy, Chris White, Jim Rodford, Tom Toomey, Sebastian Santa Maria, Keith Airey, Steve Rodford The Zombies are an English rock band, formed in 1961 in St Albans and led by Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone . The group scored a UK and United States hit in 1964 with "She's Not There". In the USA two further singles, "Tell Her No" and, in 1968, "Time of the Season", were also successful. Their 1968 album Odessey and Oracle, comprising twelve songs by the group's principal songwriters, Argent and Chris White, is ranked 80 on Rolling Stone... magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The group formed in 1961 in St Albans, England, 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, while Blunstone and White were students at St Albans Boys' Grammar School . Argent was a boy chorister in St Albans Cathedral Choir. Their choice of names was out of desperation, and The Zombies won out over Chatterley and the Gamekeepers, according to Blunstone and White.
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