Standing out among the class of ‘68 is tough. And yet, against The Beatles, Astral Weeks, Electric Ladyland, Beggars Banquet, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, White Light/White Heat, Bookends and dozens of others, the Zombies’ swan song […]
If you were to Weird Science the prototype for a technically perfect, ethereal female singer, you’d come up with someone like Mikaela Davis. Petite, young and blonde, she’s a harpist with a high, dreamy, limber voice who boasts an affinity for […]
Bruce Sudano has been writing notable songs and playing in bands since the 1960s, but he may be more driven now than ever before. “I’m more inspired now than any other time in my life,” says Sudano, who co-wrote a […]
Varese’s 43-track, 2-CD set expands on their earlier double-LP with five previously unreleased tracks. This augments material that’s been reissued in numerous configurations, including Rhino’s landmark Live on the BBC, and Big Beat’s Zombie Heaven and Live at the BBC. […]
It was an idea for something he called mouth percussion. It was a simple overdub for a breathy vocal sound of an “aaah” repeated multiple times over several minutes of what would become the Zombies biggest called “Time of The […]
In 2010, I attended a show at Seattle’s Crocodile headlined by Kate Tucker, a great-looking singer who makes great-sounding music. She sounded fine that night, but there was a kittenish plasticity about her stage presence that was rather off-putting and […]
If you care about an important slice of rock and roll history, pick up tickets for the Zombies’ U.S. tour, which runs from September 30 in Dallas to the final stop at The Fillmore in San Francisco on October 27. […]
