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	The Zombies
		Argent's flashy, jazzy piano leads and Blunstone's voice were the hallmarks of the band.
		With their career almost over, the Zombies signed to CBS Records[?] for one final LP, only the second of the career and the only would that would be designed as an LP from the beginning, instead of being a motley collection of random songs.
		The resulting concept album, Odessey and Oracle[?], was one of the very first to utilize a Mellotron, as the band's budget did not allow for the hiring of session musicians.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/th/The_Zombies.html (377 words)

	Argent (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Argent were an English rock band founded in 1969 by Rod Argent after his previous band, The Zombies, broke up.
		When Russ Ballard left in 1973, his place was taken by guitarist and vocalist John Verity and guitarist John Grimaldi and there followed a period of intense recording and touring until the band decided to come off the road late in 1976.
		The sound of the band was a mix of rock and pop but probably their finest moment was The Coming of Kohoutek, an instrumental from their Nexus album, which steps on more progressive ground.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Argent_(band) (294 words)

	PROGRESSIVEWORLD.NET: REVIEWS BY TOM KARR
		Rod Argent was one of the greatest organists and all around keyboard players of the 1970s, and frankly, there are few that have followed him that are qualified to carry his shoes.
		By 1974 Argent was a band that was being torn in half, going in two directions at once.
		Uhh.well it is. Russ Ballard’s sentimental tune is kept proggy by Argent’s use of Mellotron, Moog and electric piano as well as by it’s Beatles-esque instrumental bridge and by the band's part harmony vocals.
	www.progressiveworld.net /argent.html (698 words)

	WoW -> Info -> Reputations -> Argent Dawn
		Though the agents of the Argent Dawn are always wary of the sinister and the wicked in all their various disguises, they have recently focused their efforts on a region of Azeroth where evil has run unchecked for a long time: the Plaguelands of Lordaeron.
		Detachments of the Argent Dawn are guarding the entrances to the Plaguelands at the Bulwark between the Tirisfal Glades and the Western Plaguelands, and at Chillwind Point, a narrow pass leading south from the Western Plaguelands to the Alterac Mountains.
		The Argent Dawn is always looking for more fighters to join their cause, and the numbers of those wearing the Argent Dawn Commission, the organization's insignia, are growing each day.
	www.worldofwarcraft.com /info/basics/factions/argent (1222 words)

	The Zombies
		In late 1968 Argent formed a band of that name, which until breaking up in 1976 did enjoy some commercial success on both sides of the Atlantic - their big hit was 1972's "Hold Your Head Up." White was heavily involved as a producer and songwriter, but didn't perform with the band.
		When Argent breaks from the New Age thing to deliver a sparkling, slowed-down 3/4-time classical piano solo ("A 4th Gymnopedie," reprised with synth and sax on "In Memory"), it has far more emotional impact than any bombastic, over-orchestrated nightmare you'd find on an ELP album.
		Argent adds some backing vocals; produced by Don Airey.
	www.warr.org /zombies.html (2056 words)

	Zombies / Argent
		Argent may have the most fluid at his instrument, but Paul Atkinson's guitar work is surprising sometimes, and Hugh Grundy was one of the most intelligent users of him drum kit around.
		Argent, always the instrumental focus, has also switched away from the organ so identifiable with those earlier songs, going for piano, mellotron, etc. Argent and White produce, and they do a fantastic job.
		On Argent's pop songs he's usually relegated to distant sideman (the buried acoustic guitar on "Pleasure" and "Rejoyce") and his slide guitar is an ill-fit for the overtly prog sections ("Lothlorian"), so the band sounds a lot like a less technical ELP sometimes.
	jhendrix110.tripod.com /Zombies.html (5702 words)

	Argent - Rock at Randy's Rodeo
		Argent were nevertheless ambitious, and as progressive rockers go, they were pretty progressive, blending jazz, classical, and heavy metal into their deftly rendered rock.
		Over the years, most of Argent's albums have seen CD reissue somewhere in the world (on various labels), but Sony (the conglomerate that controls the Epic masters) has never seen fit to compile a thoughtful, thorough collection similar to what they did for, say, Blue Oyster Cult or Moby Grape.
		Until Sony finally doles out respect for Argent's small-but-significant role in progressive rock history, the best overview of the band's career is either the aforementioned Argent Anthology or any number of budget-oriented packages.
	www.randysrodeo.com /rock/argent.php (1611 words)

	Rod Argent
		None of the members expected the band would last beyond their school years, but success in local talent competitions led to a deal with Decca and swept The Zombies along into professional status.
		The band's first single She's Not There, penned by Argent and released in 1964, was an enormous success worldwide, but subsequent releases inspired ever-lessening degrees of public response.
		In subsequent years, Rod Argent has remained active as a producer, composer and musician -- occasionally pursuing a solo career, doing session work on other artist's records (including piano on The Who's Who Are You), and, on the more unsavory end of things, writing football anthems and working with Andrew Lloyd Webber.
	www.nndb.com /people/251/000042125 (178 words)

	Argent
		At this time, the band was really working as a single unit and discovering it's own identity, with Rod and Russ's writing styles complementing and strengthening eachother.
		Argent were due to embark on a big tour, and the idea was to promote the new album, which, incidentally, was being recorded at Abbey Road in an attempt to widen and deepen the group's sound.
		CBS (or Epic by now, to be accurate), screamed for something and the band agreed, not to a single release (too uncool), but an EP which would feature as the title track 'Hold Your Head Up', a six minute track containing a three minute organ solo.
	www.rodargent.com /argent.htm (1120 words)

	Titans Tower: Argent
		Argent aided the Titans again during the Technis Imperative conflict, which involved the Justice League as well as all Titans, past and present.
		As the Titans investigated the case, it became apparent that Argent's father was involved with the distribution of Velocity 9.
		Argent tearfully told her father she loved him, but has now also found a new family, with the Titans.
	www.titanstower.com /source/whoswho/argent.html (2150 words)

	Rod Argent - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		The Zombies were formed when Argent was just 16, and signed with Decca in 1963 on the strength of his composition "She's Not There," which became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic the following year.
		Argent the band remained their main focus even after "Time of the Season" belatedly became the Zombies' biggest hit in early 1969.
		Argent disbanded in 1976, and Rod immersed himself in session work in an effort to expand his musical range.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,398317,00.html (695 words)

	Rod Argent
		The band members, frustrated with the lack of label support, went their separate ways two years before "Time of the Season" was released almost as an afterthought, becoming the rock quintet's biggest-selling song.
		Argent - who wrote "She's Not There," "Tell Her No" and "Time of the Season" - formed the harder-edged Argent in 1969 with guitarist Russ Ballard and had a Top 10 hit in 1972 with "Hold Your Head Up." Blunstone, meanwhile, enjoyed a moderately successful solo career and recorded several Argent-penned tracks.
		Argent - "The songs were all written by me. The idea was to renew the partnership that we had in the Zombies; and I must say that it's great to have Colin singing my songs again.
	www.pauseandplay.com /argent.htm (908 words)

	erasing clouds
		As of that point, though, the band had split up and White and Rod Argent (both of whom wrote the Zombies' hits) started working together to form a new band, Argent.
		By this time Argent and White were going full bore with the band Argent, and had their own hits like "Hold Your Head Up" and "God Gave Rock And Roll To You." For a while, Argent just didn't have time to work on any more of Blunstone's records.
		A telling sign his fortunes continue to be on the upswing is that the Zombies as a band only lasted for three years but Blunstone and Argent have been working together again for almost twice as long.
	www.erasingclouds.com /0721zombies.html (2385 words)

	Argent - Biography - AOL Music
		After the Zombies broke up, keyboardist/songwriter Rod Argent formed his own band in 1969, which incorporated more classical, jazz, and art rock influences in accordance with Argent's musical training.
		By 1974, Ballard had developed his songwriting talents enough to leave for a solo career (Three Dog Night had a Top Ten single in 1971 with his "Liar," from Argent), and was replaced by guitarist John Verity and string player John Grimaldi.
		Argent broke up in 1976; Rodford joined the Kinks, while Argent himself recorded several solo albums and became a record producer, working with Tanita Tikaram, among others.
	music.aol.com /artist/argent/3571/biography (196 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Absolutely The Best - The Zombies at Epinions.com
		For Argent, only 19-years-old at the time, that Cashbox # 1 led to a phone call from his mom informing him that "you're the first band after The Beatles to reach number one with a self-written composition," according to the CD booklet.
		I suspect the band's mixture of pop-jazz-rhythm and blues just fit the wild mix that was American Top 40 radio in the 1960s (a rather joyous mix of all forms of music that is sadly more segregated these days).
		With band members Argent and White producing, the group's next album, "Odessey and Oracle" (according to the book, "The MOJO Collection: The Greatest Albums Of All Time," edited by Jim Irvin, the album's title was "misspelt by the sleeve designer") was released in 1968.
	www.epinions.com /content_108126113412 (2606 words)

	Zombies Information: Zombies Information @ BuySellTix.com.
		The Zombies were a 1960s pop music band known for complex harmonies and jazz-influenced music.
		Somewhat underrated during their lifetime, they are now regarded as one of the greatest of all 1960s pop groups.
		By the time Odessey and Oracle was released in the spring of 1968, the band had broken up.
	www.buyselltix.com /concerts/artistInfo/TheZombiesInfo.php (298 words)

	Argent: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Indeed, their material -- penned by either Argent or guitarist Chris White, with unexpected shifts from major to minor keys -- was perhaps too adventurous for the singles market.
		As the lead singer of the Zombies, Blunstone was one of the greatest '60s rock vocalists, pacing the group's minor-key masterpieces with his inimitable choked and breathy vocals.
		Argent was born June 14, 1945 in St. Alban's, England (near London); aside from about two years of lessons, he was a largely self-taught pianist.
	www.music.com /group/argent/1 (263 words)

	Tucson Weekly : Music : Tide of the Season
		Although the Zombies justifiably were categorized as a British Invasion rock band of the 1960s, many elements of the group's music seemed more timeless and sophisticated than the work of some of the band's more faddish contemporaries.
		The Zombies' sound was especially distinctive due to the jazz-schooled keyboard playing of Rod Argent, also the group's primary songwriter, and the vocals of Colin Blunstone, who even at 18 years old tempered the wide-eyed innocence of his choir-boy tenor with flourishes of soul and blues.
		Recent reviews of Argent's and Blunstone's shows together have noted that Blunstone's voice can't really reach the high, breathy heights it did in 1968, but they emphasize that he is still one of the best mid-range white R&B singers of his generation.
	www.tucsonweekly.com /gbase/Music/Content?oid=oid:47487 (919 words)

	Argent
		Argent, born June 14, 1945, had been in the Zombies, a successful British Invasion band known for the 1964 smash "She's Not There" and "Tell Her No," which came out a year later.
		Besides Argent, the band featured Ballard (born October 31, 1947, in Waltham Cross, England), bassist and Argent's cousin Jim Rodford (born July 7, 1945, St. Albans, England) and drummer Bob Henrit (born May 2, 1945, in Broxbourne, England).
		Argent continued to write, scoring an instrumental hit in 1978 with "Argentine Melody", the TV theme for the Argentine World Cup soccer contest, and writing a musical, "Masquerade", which was staged in London.
	www.alexgitlin.com /npp/argent.htm (1345 words)

	Zombies Biography
		The band felt that they were becoming more gutsy, but Ken was set on continually trying to recreate the sound of the earliest recordings.
		Rod Argent has since admitted the more prosaic reason: the cover artist misspelled "odyssey" and there wasn't time to change it before the artwork was due at the printer, so they let it go and made up a cover story likening the songs to Shakespearian odes.
		Rod Argent and Chris had already begun work on the band Argent, and Colin Blunstone had begun a solo career.
	zom.thefondfarewells.com /zombio.htm (1153 words)

	In Deep - Argent - Song Listings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The debut album, Argent, was very much in the same style as the Zombies, but subsequent albums veered more toward a...
		The debut album, Argent, was very much in the same style as the Zombies, but subsequent albums veered more toward a heavier, progressive sound.
		In Deep, the band's fourth album, was originally released on Epic Records in 1973.
	www.mp3.com /albums/686/summary.html (451 words)

	Time of Their Season \| News \| The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper
		Buck also cites modern bands like the Shins as continuing to carry on the Zombies' sonic tradition, a cultish appreciation that originally came from three well-known singles--"She's Not There" (1964), "Tell Her No" (1965), and "Time of the Season" (1969)--and a much later fervor for the band's compilations and box sets.
		You know, the thing you've got to remember is that most of the bands from the '60s that did really great work lasted long enough that people could see them, like, in a real concert situation, with a real PA that worked, and they could play more than 15 minutes.
		Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent of the Zombies perform Fri Aug 15 at the Crocodile with the Minus 5 and the Vells, 9 pm, $20.
	www.thestranger.com /seattle/Content?oid=15253 (2047 words)

	For every season \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		That was the same year the band split up because of a conspicuous lack of commercial success.
		Argent was performing a benefit show in a small theater in Milton Keynes, England, owned by two close friends, the husband-and-wife musical team of jazz saxophonist John Dankworth and singer Cleo Laine.
		The Zombies'; current tour is not only the first chance for fans to experience much of that album live, but for Argent and Blunstone as well.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040930/news_lz1w30zombies.html (630 words)

	CNN.com - So whatever became of the Zombies? - Sep 29, 2004
		Argent had re-formed his '70s band, also named Argent ("Hold Your Head Up," "God Gave Rock and Roll to You") and was playing a charity show.
		You would think with several successful 50-something band members, the accommodations would be a bit plusher than they were back in the mid-'60s.
		But the relationship between the band members is good, carrying on the vibe felt in the studio.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/28/new.zombies (975 words)

	JIM RODFORD
		In 1968, Jim Rodford formed the band Argent with his cousin Rod Argent, ex-Zombies keyboard player; Argent also included Bob Henrit, who later played on Dave Davies solo LPs and subsequently became a member of the Kinks.
		The band Argent thrived until 1976, opening for the Kinks a couple of times in 1972 and 1973.
		Hired initially on a trial basis to fulfill upcoming tour obligations and still a member of the band, Jim Rodford is the band's second longest serving bass player and a key member in the band's long history.
	members.fortunecity.com /ivydawn/jim.html (647 words)

	Ringo Confirms Summer Tour '06
		Of the songs he penned for the band, “Don’t Pass Me By” was ignored until the most recent tour in 2003, and “Octopus’ Garden” has never been performed by the All-Starrs.
		Derringer produced Edgar’s band White Trash, who released “Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo” on their 1972 live album Roadwork, which featured Edgar and Derringer, plus a guest spot by his brother Johnny.
		Band numbers might include the album rock #1 “Don’t Mean Nothin’”, or “Should’ve Known Better” (NOT to be confused with the Beatles’ “I Should Have Known Better”), or even the fitting “Endless Summer Nights”.
	www.beatlebrunch.com /Features/Frangione/RingoTour06.html (1378 words)

	GuilFest 2006. The 3 Day Guildford Music Festival on 14th, 15th and 16th July 2006
		In the Seventies Rod Argent formed his self named band ARGENT with whom he scored a massive hit "Hold Your Head Up" which became one of the rock anthems of the decade on both sides of the Atlantic.
		Argent enjoyed further single success and two of the bands eight albums hit the upper reaches of the LP charts.
		Rod Argent, who had witnessed one or two of Colin's shows, was enticed back on stage for a Zombies reunion at the Jazz Cafe to help promote the release of the four CD box set "Zombie Heaven".
	www.guilfest.co.uk /2005/html/about-the-bands-zombies.htm (692 words)

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