Your new favourite band: Zombina and the Skeletones
I spent my Halloween watching Zombina and the Skeletones playing in a haunted cinema. Last night, they had to cancel a gig because the promoter didn’t arrange for a PA system. This month, they’re playing gigs supporting Gallows in Derby and supporting Kid Congo Powers in Nottingham.
Something is seriously wrong with the world.
Zombina and the Skeletones are pretty much the most exciting band on the planet. They’ve been going for ten years, and put out four albums and dozens of EPs during that time. Their line-up has changed over and over again. But one thing has remained consistent: they’re amazing.
Zombina and the Skeletones don’t sound like any other band. (If anyone tries to suggest The Horrorpops or The Creepshow, I’ll kick them.) Their music is an intoxicating mixture of punk, pop, doo-wop and rock, with horror and sci-fi themed lyrics. It’s impossible not to dance to it. Zombina’s voice alternates between that of a sweet little girl, a snotty snarling punk, or a full-on screaming rock star. Performing live, she’s mesmerising. And the rest of the band are no slouches, either – their performances are tight, their vocal harmonies perfect, their stage presence overwhelmingly charismatic.
If the world was in any way fair, Zombina and the Skeletones would be superstars. They’d be gracing magazine covers, playing sold out shows to thousands of adoring fans, and going home at night to immense gothic castles to count their piles of money. It breaks my heart that a band this amazing have flown under the radar for as long as they have.
I love this band, and I think – no, I demand! – that you should, too.
Totally agree! Zombina and the Skeletones rock! I’ve played them on my radio podcast, I’m on a mission to spread the word. This band deserve more exposure, and more attention – they don’t just rely on the ‘B-Movie’ look as a gimmick, their music and their performance are very accomplished – and good fun – and they have something to sell! A rare combination of both style AND substance. They appear to be victims of the usual British gig-goers attitude, that ‘can’t be bothered’ laziness that almost killed live venues in this country. I hope this band keeps gigging, so much so that I hope to arrange some dates with them in the not-too-distant future, and maybe look to foreign shores to further their plans for World Domination.
amen!
Oh yesh! ZATS all the way!
I tell you why they haven’t been noticed… cos everyone else sux! But they’ve been notice by me and i’m cool!
ZATS ARMY!!
Yours, cruelly digging in deep,
Ghoulie
ZATS are the best band of the world. I’m from Spain, and discovered this band three years ago. I have all the albums, but never took the oportunity to see the band live.
Long live Zombina & The Skeletones!!!