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‘Time of the Season' Singer, 80, Wows Fans With Ageless Voice: 'Sounds Amazing for His Age'
'Time of the Season' Singer, 80, Wows Fans With Ageless Voice: 'Sounds Amazing for His Age' originally appeared on Parade. Colin Blunstone, lead singer of the 1960s rock band The Zombies, is proving that his iconic voice is timeless. The current iteration of the band, known for their 1968 generation-defining hit "Time of the Season," played a Chicago gig recently, and fans were completely awestruck by Blunstone's ageless video of the Zombies' Chicago show shared to social media, Blunstone dazzles at 80. Performing an acoustic version of the hit—which has been used in movies and television projects ranging from The Simpsons to Friends—Blunstone hits all the notes as he belts out the legendary 1960s song with nothing more than a guitar and piano backing him up. 'Sounds great for his age. Love that band,' wrote one fan, while another added, 'Amazing!'The original Zombies lineup broke up in 1968 in an effort to go out on top. Blunstone went on to enjoy a successful solo career, with original members Blunstone, Hugh Grundy, and Chris White briefly reuniting from 1989–1999. Various iterations of the band have reunited over the years. The current lineup includes Blunstone (lead vocals) and Rod Argent (keyboards & vocals), alongside Steve Rodford (drums), Tom Toomey (guitar), and Søren Koch (bass). Argent no longer tours due to health issues related to a stroke, but is still considered an official member of the band. Tuesday's Chicago performance was in celebration of the film Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary, a film by director Robert Schwartzman, which can be seen on Apple TV+. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 'Time of the Season' Singer, 80, Wows Fans With Ageless Voice: 'Sounds Amazing for His Age' first appeared on Parade on Jul 16, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 16, 2025, where it first appeared.
BBC News
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
The Zombies fans from across the globe fund new St Albans mural
A mural honouring rock band The Zombies has been unveiled in their hometown after money was raised by fans from across the brightly-coloured portrait of the band was painted on to the side of the Pioneer Club in St Albans, Hertfordshire, where the band had their first rehearsal in was unveiled to the group - whose hits include Time of the Season and She's Not There - on Saturday to coincide with a screening of their new documentary film, Hung Up On A from across the globe hit the £2,000 ($2,744) fundraising target for the mural within 48 hours so it would be in place in time for the screening. Lead singer Colin Blunstone said the artwork "perfectly captures the spirit of the original band in the mid 1960s" and cemented The Zombies' "lifetime connection" with their Rod Argent added the whole band was "very moved to see this beautiful mural".Steve Rossi, who co-runs The Zombies fan club, said fans had been looking for a way to honour the band in their home town for some club had previously led campaigns to get the band back into US and UK charts, as well as an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of said: "This was about the Zombies community coming together once again to honour our band."The full total raised, £2,712 ($3,700), was passed to the band's US-based management who organised the painting of the mural. Artist Ant Steel, from Norwich, admitted it was a tight turn around but was proud of his involvement, especially as the unveiling event was attended by American news broadcasters and fans from Japan."I know how much it means to so many fans across the globe, I feel really happy and honoured they chose me," he mural is based on the cover of their 1965 debut album Begin Here, combined with the psychedelic colours of their acclaimed second release, Odessey and Oracle, from 1968. "Mixing the two together shows the joy and happiness they brought to their fans over the years," Steel explained. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The Guardian
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary review – happy-sad tale of 60s psychedelic rockers
The happy-sad story of 60s band the Zombies is recounted in this very watchable documentary from actor, film-maker and Coppola family member Robert Schwartzman, younger brother of Jason. Keyboardist Rod Argent, singer Colin Blunstone, guitarist Paul Atkinson, drummer Hugh Grundy and bassist Paul Arnold were the amazingly talented group from the English home counties who, in this film, look heartbreakingly like a five-man team on University Challenge. The Zombies became a hugely prominent part of the British invasion of the US, while at the same being royally manipulated and exploited. Their eerie and sublime harmonies, topped off by Blunstone's beautiful, plangent and weirdly vulnerable lead vocals, were the foundation of iconic songs like She's Not There, praised by George Harrison on Juke Box Jury (the equivalent of getting a simultaneous OBE and papal blessing). Then there was the mysterious, psychedelic and weirdly unwholesome masterpiece Time of the Season from 1968, although sadly Schwartzman doesn't ask the band to walk us through those groovy lyrics: 'It's the time of the season for loving / What's your name? What's your name? / Who's your daddy? Who's your daddy? / He rich? Is he rich like me?' It stormed the US charts after the band had made the gloomy decision to break up, exhausted and demoralised and, above all, needing money to pay the bills. Some of the band stayed in the business as performers; chaotically, Blunstone continued as a solo artist by experimenting with a change in name ('Neil MacArthur') which only confused everyone. And after the band split up, American copycats started ripping off their act under the same name. The Zombies' story in many ways cuts to the heart of the dilemma for everyone who wants to make it in music: when do you cut your losses, give up, take a boring straight job and then torment yourself with the thought of what might have been if only you'd stuck at it a little bit longer? Incredibly, Blunstone was plugging away in a dull sales office when he heard about Time of the Season making it big in the US. Eventually the surviving members of the band reformed and were passionately praised by younger musicians such as Dave Grohl who admired their cult 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. (The band had long claimed that 'Odessey' was a deliberate coinage, mixing 'Ode' and 'Odyssey' – before finally admitting it was a spelling mistake which stayed on the cover after it was too late to do anything about it.) There's a lump-in-the-throat moment when the surviving Zombies are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; it was amazing, they say 'to realise in your 70s, that you were successful in your 20s'. Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary is in UK cinemas from 24 June, and US cinemas from 29 June.
