The Zombies: Hung Up On A Dream

by Claes Johansen

In 1964, an unknown band hit number 2 in the US charts with "She?s Not There". Surviving gruelling package tours, they were soon at the vanguard of the British invasion that stormed America. Novelist and musician Claes Johansen follows them from suburban beginnings on an adventure through a pop industry in its infancy. In 1967, before going their separate ways, the Zombies recorded their swansong, Odessey and Oracle. When Al Kooper championed its posthumous release in the States, this classic LP started to undergo a series of re-evaluations. (It recently featured amongst Mojo magazine?s best 100 LPs of all time). Here, this timeless masterpiece is fully explored.

226 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2001

Reviews

[Ed Heinzelman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I lived through this period and the Zombies were one of my favorite British Invasion groups, this got too dry and too deep into the details without much story. Particularly the first chapter or two setting up the back story