![]() They met outside the Blacksmiths Arms pub in St Albans before their first rehearsal and gained their initial reputation playing the Old Verulamians Rugby Club there.Īrgent said "We met outside a pub. They held their original rehearsals at the Pioneer Club, then situated on Hatfield Road, using equipment lent to them by the Bluetones. Argent was a boy chorister in St Albans Cathedral Choir. However, both Blunstone and Grundy came from Hatfield and both sang in the choir there at St Etheldreda's Church. Some sources state that Argent, Atkinson, and Grundy were at St Albans School, while Blunstone and Arnold were students at St Albans Boys' Grammar School. Colin Blunstone and Paul Arnold joined the other three to form the band in 1961, while all five members were at school. Rodford was in a successful local band, the Bluetones, at the time and so declined, but he offered to help Argent (Rodford would later join in 2004 when the band reformed). Argent wanted to form a band and initially asked his elder cousin Jim Rodford to join as a bassist. Three members of the band, Rod Argent, Paul Atkinson and Hugh Grundy, first came together to jam in 1961 in St Albans, Hertfordshire. History 1961–1964 The Blacksmiths Arms public house in St Albans, Hertfordshire, where The Zombies first met The Zombies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Their 1968 album Odessey and Oracle was ranked number 100 on Rolling Stone 's 2012 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and number 243 on Rolling Stone 's 2020 list. In the US, two further singles-" Tell Her No" in 1965 and " Time of the Season" in 1968-were also successful. Led by keyboardist/vocalist Rod Argent and vocalist Colin Blunstone, the group had their first British and American hit in 1964 with " She's Not There". ![]() ![]() The Zombies are a British rock band formed in St Albans in 1961.
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