Fashion Zombies!
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| Single by The Aquabats | ||||||||
| from the album Charge!! | ||||||||
| Released | April 1, 2005 | |||||||
| Format | Digital single | |||||||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||||||
| Genre | Comedy rock, punk rock, new wave | |||||||
| Length | 3:16 | |||||||
| Label | Nitro Records | |||||||
| Songwriter(s) | The Aquabats | |||||||
| Producer(s) | Cameron Webb | |||||||
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"Fashion Zombies!" is a song by American band The Aquabats and the leading single from their fourth studio album Charge!!, released on Nitro Records in 2005.
"Fashion Zombies!" was the first single released from The Aquabats' 2005 album Charge!!, which itself was the first album the band had released after a nearly six-year quasi-hiatus from studio recording, during which they had experienced several major changes in their line-up which resulted in a significant shift in musical style. Musically, the song matches the stylistic direction of the rest of the album, featuring a guitar and keyboard-driven rock sound which Johnny Loftus of Allmusic described as a "concise [slice] of new wave-inspired pop that retain[s] that particular Aquabatian flair for the totally wiggy".
Lyrically, the song satirizes social fads and popular fashion, in particular that of the goth and emo subcultures, likening people who adhere to such scenes as "zombies". In the documentary How About Charge!!? on the album's "Special One-Year Anniversary" DVD, singer Christian Jacobs explained that the song was written as the band's reaction towards the newest trend in what he called "fashion rock", popular music that was merely a "soundtrack to the clothes that you wear".
The bridge of the song parodies the bridge of Michael Jackson's "Thriller", repeating Vincent Price's narration of "Darkness falls across the land/The midnight hour is close at hand/Creatures crawling in search of blood..." verbatim, though finishes with "to accessorize their black zipper hoods" in place of the original's "to terrorize your neighborhood".
On April 1, 2005, The Aquabats posted an update on their website where they revealed the release date, title, track listing and cover art for Charge!! along with an MP3 download of "Fashion Zombies!", describing it as one of their "favorite songs from the new record" rather than a single. On June 1, less than a week before the release of Charge!!, the band offered a contest that whomever could help get the song airplay on local radio would be treated to an all-expenses paid meal with The Aquabats. The prize was claimed after a fan got "Fashion Zombies!" played on Los Angeles' KROQ-FM and was taken to a T.G.I. Friday's.
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