Fela Kuti "Zombie" 2023-10-20 Zauner’s first two albums garnered

Zauner’s first two albums garnered acclaim for the way they grappled with anguish

It was the band's final collaboration with producer Tom Werman

They are certain to take their place in the band's canon alongside this collection of revitalized classics for both longtime fans and newcomers alike

The video caught the attention of Elektra records

and even fewer can pull it off convincingly

Fela Kuti "Zombie" 2023-10-20 Zauner’s first two albums garneredOn the title track of 1976's Zombie, Fela and the backup singers ridicule the mindset of men in uniform over an urgent, quick march accompaniment from Afrika 70. "Attention! Quick march! Slow march! Salute!" sings Fela, "Fall in! Fall out! Fall down! Go and kill! Go and die! Go and quench!" Each phrase is followed by the women singers' taunting response, "Zombie!" Just a few months later on 18 February, 1977, around 1,000 soldiers, most of them armed,