At 7:30 pm on Saturday, July 6th, The Flying Monkey is honored to present The Zombies. Known as one of the most influential classic rock bands of the 60’s British Invasion, some of their biggest hits like “Tell Her No,” “She’s Not There,” and “Time of the Season” are staples on American radio to this day. London’s Et Tu Bruce’ will open the night. Tickets for this concert start at $45.
Though remembered primarily here in the U.S. for a handful of hit singles, English rock legends The Zombies deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as their contemporaries, The Kinks and The Beatles. Early hits “Tell Her No” and “She’s Not There” are snappy British Invasion classics, but the final song on their 1968 classic Odessey and Oracle has proven to be their most enduring. Atmospheric and moody, with the insistent bassline of the verse giving way to kaleidoscopic harmonies and a tumultuous keyboard solo, “Time of the Season” is one of those songs that’s so singular, so unique and of a time and place, that it’s almost a cliche (you may recognize it from any one of a hundred Vietnam War documentaries).
Odessey was released in early 1968, at which point the band had been broken up for close to a year. While “Time of the Season” was climbing the charts, the original members had long since gone their separate ways; singer/keyboardist Rod Argent went on to form the somewhat heavier Argent, while singer/guitarist Colin Blunstone embarked on a solo career. Now, over fifty years after they first formed the band, Argent and Blunstone are once again performing under the Zombies name, touring the world and writing new material (They’ve actually released more LPs in this past decade than they did in the 1960s, including 2011′s well-received Breathe Out, Breathe In).
“This (current) incarnation of the Zombies was totally unexpected,” Blunstone recounts. “It was only planned to be six dates but it just felt so natural, so good to be playing again. It just kept going and here we are 13 years later doing what we love to do. So it’s been a wonderful experience, and a great surprise, to find that the interest is still there (today), to want to hear the songs the Zombies recorded.”
Tickets to The Zombies Concert are $45, and $55 for premier seats. For more information on upcoming shows or to purchase tickets call the box office at 603-536-2551 or go online at FlyingMonkeyNH.com.