Zombie Ghost Train was an Australian psychobilly and gothabilly band located in Sydney, NSW, Australia. The band formed with Stu Arkoff (guitars and vocals), Azzy T (drums), and Captain Reckless (bass and backing vocals). In 2007, Azzy T left to pursue other musical ventures and was replaced by JM. The band released two albums, Glad Rags & Body Bags and Dealing the Death Card, as well as the EP Monster Formal Wear.
The band toured Australia, Europe and the United States. The band members, when appearing on stage, dress in "zombified" clothes, featuring tears and bloodstains. Each member has his hair in an extreme style of a quiff, teddy boy cut or pompadour. They wore zombie make up, complete with stitches across the face. In 2008, one of Sydney's city guides, TwoThousand, called the band, "Australia's best kept secret. . . These mortuary musicians are the best thing psychobilly has seen since The Cramps".
Zombie Ghost Train were featured in the Horrorpunk segment of interviews on the Tribal Area 8 DVD compiled by German video-magazine, Tribal Area. In an interview with Voltage Media, Sydney band, The Horrorwood Mannequins listed playing with Zombie Ghost Train as one of their biggest moments in their music career. Collapse Board classed the band's style as being part of "the horror aesthetic and supernatural lyric themes" of psychobilly.
Zombie Ghost Train released an EP called Monster Formal Wear in 2004 and licenced to German label, Crazy Love Records . Their first album, Glad Rags & Body Bags, was released in 2006 on German Horrorpunk label, Fiend Force Records . The song Girl U Want received the most airplay on National Australian radio station Triple J from this album, with a ranking of 7763.
Dealing the Death Card was the second and final studio album by Zombie Ghost Train. It was released on 19 May 2007 on Resist Records in Australia and in Germany on Fiend Force Records. The band launched this album during an Australian tour between May and June 2007.
The band announced their breakup on 26 April 2009 on their Myspace blog.
Their logo can be spotted on the leather jacket of an extra in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
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