Hugh Grundy Story by Dennis Diken Photos by Rahav Segev Highly influential beat group the Zombies separated in 1968,then reunited decades later to finally receive their fair share of accolades. Today an unusual personnel arrangement allows the surviving core members, including the band’s impeccable founding drummer, to carry on where their premature swan song, “Time of the Season,” left off.  Hugh Grundy is one of the coolest drummers to emerge from the British Invasion of 1964. As a cofounder of the Zombies, he used his inimitable sense of style to help fashion the group’s forward-thinking music into one of the most revered and respected bodies of work in pop’s golden age. His strengths are enviable: His time is solid but soulful, he knows exactly when and what to play, and he does it with great imagination.The drummer came out of the box swinging, literally. Like his peers, including the […]

April 2016 Issue