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Day of the Zombie

The gleam of Metal bone!/I am neither man or beast

About Me


Ten years in the making, this full theatrical performance of Dan Abbott's zombie rock opera Day of the Zombie rose from the grave Friday the 25th at Dante's Inferno in Portland. In the first years of the new millenium, DoTZ was written and performed amongst the thriving mutant underground of Oakland, CA; including members of Hobo Gobbelins, Clan ov thee Bleeding Eye, Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits, International Maggot Theater, Nommo Ogo, Extra Action Marching Band, and legions of related projects; Day of the Zombie has been presented as a band show and as a radio drama, toured alongside Thee 999 Eyes Ov Endless Dream, and premiered as a musical play co-directed by Abbott and Noah Mickens in 2006 at Someday Lounge.
The plot involves mad scientists, super-computers gone awry, and the destruction of human civilization, all within the first ten minutes of show. And then the real fun starts. Think of it as a more down-home version of Jesus Christ Superstar, with enough balls to tackle the best part of that story—the Ressurection. It's an all-singing, all-dancing, all-consuming deathfest.
Brains.
CAST
JACK, Dobro: Zombie Dan Abbott
MIRIAM: Meghann Rose
DR. MCKELVEY: Noah Mickens
NARRATOR, Accordion: Chains
THE NETWORK: Nico Bella
Flute, VOICE OF DOOM: J Lieber
Drums: Nolon Ashley
Cello: Uxepi Ipexu
And an entire chorus line of bloodthirsty zombies and the radioactive mutant children who fear them.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/7/2006
Band Members: "Zombie" Dan Abbott, Nolon Ashley, Uxepi Ipexu, Chains, J, Meghann Rose, Noah Mickens, and the ravenous horde of undead children
Influences: The Terminator (and Harlan Ellison), Gilgamesh, H.G. Wells, Oedipus Rex, David Bowie, Tom Waits, polyamory, H.P. Lovecraft, months of sweaty nightmares, Joseph Campbell, Richard Matheson, The Little Mermaid, alcohol, Fritz Lang's Metropolis, the Cold War, Carl Panzram, On The Beach (Neville Shute), The Quiet Earth, Raistlin

Sounds Like: http://somedaylounge.com/virtual_stage/archives/2007/0113.ph p

(scroll forward about halfway)

Pictures from the 7/25/08 show at dante's Inferno at:
http://www.micahmedia.com/zombie.html (Photos by Micah Goldstein)
http://flickr.com/photos/milkrobotics (Photos by Petr Sorfa)

Type of Label: None

My Blog

A few thank-yous

..Wow. The show was a total blast. There was blood, and there was gore, and hordes of hungry post-apocalyptic ghouls. Overall, a complete success. Many thank yous are in order. First, I'd like to than...
Posted by Day of the Zombie on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:08:00 PST

Undeath March and zombie opera in Portland

The Day of the Zombie has finally arrived. Though you cower in basements and attics, they seem to see you through worm-eaten eye sockets, and you can hear the exposed bones of their fingertips scrapin...
Posted by Day of the Zombie on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:22:00 PST

Feb. 2 show at Gilman!

Howdy folks!For those of you that frequent this corner of the Internet, and are in the quadrant of meatspace known as the SF Bay Area,  Day of the Zombie will be on stage at 924 Gilman this Sunda...
Posted by Day of the Zombie on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:37:00 PST

Gobbelins and zombies

On a related note, come to the Metro tomorrow. I'll be rocking out with the Hobo Gobbelins, and the ever-delightful One-Man Banjo will be twanging it up with the strength and vigor of two 17-year-old ...
Posted by Day of the Zombie on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:13:00 PST

Video archive from Someday Lounge is UP!

Finally!After many months of waiting, the folks at Someday Lounge finally put up the video archive for our January 13 performance in Portland. Those of you who missed the original performance, either ...
Posted by Day of the Zombie on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:10:00 PST

A few well-deserved thank yous

Well, well, well. We did it. We got through the whole night mostly uscathed. Nobody fell off the rickety-ass ladder, nobody choked  their lines on stage, and the audience seemed to have a pretty...
Posted by Day of the Zombie on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:33:00 PST

go time

So, today is the big day. Thanks to to all my peeps, and all the folks who went out of their way to be my minions for this project. Like I was saying before, those of you who are not in driving range ...
Posted by Day of the Zombie on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:42:00 PST

Attention: Portland zombies!

To those of you planning to be singing children and/or zombies in this here rock opera, I would direct your attention to the songs "Jack" and "Hungry Maggots". Those are pretty much the only ones sung...
Posted by Day of the Zombie on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:02:00 PST

Zombie needs a Ride to Portland

So for those of you that still don't know, I'm playing a show. Day of the Zombie is ON!! Ogo made a flyer, so it's official. I'm so excited I can barely decompose myself. Hardee har har.But I have one...
Posted by Day of the Zombie on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 09:52:00 PST

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Some of you folks know Day of the Zombie was one of the musical acts that slithered across the West Coast last summer with the 999 Eyes of Endless Dream Carnival. Well, the carnival is again coming to...
Posted by Day of the Zombie on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:38:00 PST