Another Sheep in the Book pick: Ghoultown.
They are a southern rock band who sing a lot about horror. But their style is varied and they are good enough to play just about anything.
Sometimes they push far enough into pop that they sound like 38 Special. At other times, it’s more standard heavy metal. There are also Mexican elements to their stuff — at least in the production. And sometimes they show off very clear country roots.
Drink With the Living Dead
One such example of this is their song “Drink With the Living Dead” off their 2008 album Life After Sundown.
This song is almost a rip-off of The Charlie Daniels Band’s “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” But “Drink With the Living Dead” is better because it offers more recent myths and I don’t have to stop myself from thinking that Charlie Daniels is a reactionary fool and a symbol of the worst tendencies of America.
Also: it’s not a rip-off of black mythology by an all-white band that made tons more money than their poor forebears
In this case, it’s about a man who was hanged for shooting another man to steal his drink. Now he must walk the Earth challenging men to a drinking contest each night until he finds one who can beat him.
So when the zombie necessarily loses, it’s actually a good thing because he gets to rest in peace. I love little as much as a feel-good horror story.
Life After Sundown album cover via Amazon under Fair use.
