Zombies?

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The ZOMBIES originated in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, in the early 1960s. Like their countrymen the BEATLES, the PRETTY THINGS, and the MOODY BLUES, the Zombies began as an R&B-influenced combo, evolving to embrace British psychedelia, and coming to represent what is today considered proto-progressive rock. However, unlike those bands, the Zombies dissolved in 1968, right after releasing their seminal work <i>Odessey and Oracle</i>.
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The most notable members of the group were its songwriters Chris White (bass) and Rod Argent (keyboards), and its vocalist, Colin Blunstone. During the first round of Beatlemania, they had two top-10 singles in the US: “She’s Not There,” which hit #2 on <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100, and “Tell Her No” (#6). Critic Richie Unterberger calls it “mystifying” that the band’s 1965 and 1966 singles weren’t just as successful, though he suggests that “their original compositions and arrangements were in some senses too adventurous for the radio.”
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Recorded in 1967 and released the following year, <i>Odessey and Oracle</i> barely cracked the album charts. By the time “Time of the Season,” the primary single from <i>Odessey</i>, became a US hit in the spring of 1969, Argent had formed the crossover-prog outfit ARGENT, to which White would contribute as a songwriter; Blunstone would later serve as an occasional vocalist with the ALAN PARSONS PROJECT.
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The Zombies’ merger of complexity, accessibility, and progressiveness can be heard in later works by crossover-progressive acts like TODD RUNDGREN, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA, and SUPERTRAMP.
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The Zombies re-formed in 1990 and sporadically thereafter; coinciding with a critical rediscovery of <i>Odessey and Oracle</i> in the mid-2000s, the group began touring regularly. In its latest (2012) list of the “Greatest Albums of All Time,” <i>Rolling Stone</i> lists <i>Odessey and Oracle</i> at #100. And in 2019, the Zombies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Anyone can knock my door?

If influence on other artists is a criterion for addition of artists to PA, I agree. The group has generally been ignored by critics, at least until very recently (e.g., their HoF induction; see BBC etc. articles above), and I'm not aware of, say, 1970s or 1980s artists claiming that the Zombies were a major influence. 

Their fantastic 2015 album Still Got That Hunger!

Edited by SteveG - September 26 2019 at 07:20

Another great album, from 2011: Breathe In, Breathe Out. Their second best after O&O.

Edited by SteveG - September 27 2019 at 06:07