Post #20574 by Luckydesigns on Wed, Jan 22, 2003 1:33 PM

The Swamp Zombies played kinda weird folky swamp 60's beat music if that makes any sense. It was not really surf at all.

I have the CD of "Scratch and Sniff Car Crash" and a purple colored demo tape from them. Both were given to me by Steve, the bass player and were signed by the band.

Some of it is really cool but most is just kinda weird with bongos and banjo and a jews harp. Another thing that stands out are the 60's folk harmonies in the songs. I wonder what Josh's signature on a Swamp Zombie CD would be worth these days. He also laid out the artwork for all the albums, though they were well before his now signature monochromatic cartoon style.

In the band my friend Steve played a big purple upright bass with a tiki painted on the back. I think it must have been one of the first tikis that Shag painted. This was around 1992 or '93 maybe.

I never did get any records of the Swamp Zombies. I can only guess where you can find them now.