The Cranberries “ZOMBIE“ Live, Goodbye Dolores O’Riordan

“Zombie“ is a protest song by Irish rock band The Cranberries, written about the 1993 IRA bombing in Warrington, and in memory of two young victims, Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry. It was released in September 1994 as the lead single from their second studio album, No Need to Argue (1994). The song was written by the band’s lead singer Dolores O’Riordan, and reached No. 1 on the charts in Australia, Belgium, France, Denmark and Germany. It won the “Best Song“ award at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards. On 15 January 2018, lead singer Dolores O’Riordan died unexpectedly in London, where she had arrived for a recording session. Their music has been likened to singers such as Sinéad O’Connor and Siouxsie and the Banshees. O’Riordan stated her singing style incorporating yodeling was inspired by her father who used to sing “The Lonesome Cattle Call“: “I just kept with my father all the time, just copying him and eventually I learned how to do