Zombie (The Cranberries cover) - BHCC Pop Ensemble

“Zombie”, words by and music by Dolores O’Riordan, 1994 as performed by The Cranberries, from No Need to Argue, 1994 The BHCC Popular Music Ensemble, Spring 2022 Bota Chen - drums Lewis McCaskill - bass Ahmad Orfali - electric guitar Sofia Padilla Garcia - lead vocals Carlos Parada Araujo - tambourine Ba Pham - shaker Nico Shihade - electric guitar James Waters - cajon Mark Popeney - electric guitar, backing vocals “Zombie” is a protest song written after the deaths of Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry during the Warrington bombings of 1993. Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan felt that she had to write this song to reflect upon the event which cost 3,500 lives and tens of thousands injured. The attacks were carried out by the IRA (Irish Republican Army), who at the time had been terrorizing Northern Ireland and England since the 1970’s. O’Riordan uses words that describe what life was like over there during that time, including bombs, guns, and tanks, reflecting what the people were seeing and experiencing. The term “Zombie” is used as a metaphor to describe the propagators of war. O’Riordan is calling them mindless, brainless killing machines. - notes by Ahmad Orfali The Bunker Hill Community College Popular Music Ensemble Mark Popeney, director Video recording by K. Greene Productions Camera operators, Kevin Green, Max Collins Audio recording by Mike Johnson Video editing by Hearth Agency Audio mixing by Mark Popeney