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The True Story of the Fake Zombies
In 1969, the Zombies had a huge hit single, despite having broken up two years earlier. To meet the unexpected demand, one promoter did the only sensible thing: Hire four kids from Texas to tour America pretending to be a defunct British psych-rock band.
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4.6 stars from 68 ratings
Wonderful and insightful
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“What a lovely podcast! Thanks for telling the story of the real and fake Zombies, hope there are more episodes in the future. Incredible storytelling.”
Sarita R_ via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/05/24
Long Winded
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“An interesting story but stretched out way too much.
I also found the adverts for other podcasts too long and not really very well targeted at the audience. I can do without Bruce being a gay icon, sounded a touch desperate to me.”
Mark NY UK via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/21/24
Superb
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“This is a fascinating part of music history, not only for the fake Zombies part of it, but also the era where it all took place and musicians who were involved. I don’t want to spoil anything for anyone so I’ll just say I’m hooked and looking forward to hear the rest of the story.”
SlimSlamSwims via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/03/24
Recent Episodes
Fake Zombies, Fake Animals, Fake Archies -- oh my! It's the final episode of The True Story of The Fake Zombies and the jig is up. Legendary Rolling Stone writer Ben Fong-Torres, who broke the imposter band story in 1970, shares details of Delta Promotions' downfall. Later, we come face-to-face...
Published 09/05/24
Published 08/29/24
The penultimate episode finds us face to face with the band that inspired the imposter bands, The Zombies. Lead singer Colin Blunstone and chief songwriter, Rod Argent discuss their 63 year partnership, their early impressions of the American rock scene and of course, The Fake Zombies.
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Published 08/22/24
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