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The Zombies

THE ZOMBIES

YEAR

2019

INDUCTED BY

Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles)

CATEGORY

Performers

An original British Invasion band, The Zombies made a handful of smash singles…

And one of rock’s most exquisite albums.

Rod Argent

Rod Argent

Paul Atkinson

Paul Atkinson

Colin Blunstone

Colin Blunstone

Hugh Grundy

Hugh Grundy

Chris White

Chris White

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Rob Bowman

This year’s induction of the Zombies into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is at once a celebration and a culmination of one of the oddest and most convoluted careers in the history of popular music.

While not the first band to have two smash hits right out of the box, they may be the only group who proceeded to then fail miserably with their next ten singles over a three-year period before finally achieving immortality with an album, Odessey and Oracle (1968) and a single, “Time of the Season,” that were released only after they had broken up.

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Class of 2019
Their music moves me with its poignancy to tears, it reminds me of what it is to be alive.
Susanna Hoffs
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