Fela Kuti "Zombie" 2023-10-20 when he recorded his self-titled

when he recorded his self-titled album and Either / Or (both originally released by Kill Rock Stars)

and even fewer can pull it off convincingly

Biran Setzer

The video caught the attention of Elektra records

Fela Kuti "Zombie" 2023-10-20 when he recorded his self-titledOn 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,