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...there's a social hierarchy among monsters, zombies are not at the top of the list. They may not even be on the list. They're not cool like werewolves. There's no Warren Zevon song about them. They're not classy like Dracula and Frankenstein, who can trace their lineage back to respectable 19th century novels. All zombies have is a bunch of George Romero movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zombies Are the New Vampires | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...highly recommend the Warren Zevon song “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Strong Offenses Showcase The Run | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

DIED. WARREN ZEVON, 56, morbidly witty rock-'n'-roll poet; of lung cancer; in Los Angeles. A reformed hard drinker whose vivid musical tales were likened to mini-screenplays, Zevon first made a splash with the 1978 album Excitable Boy, featuring a novelty hit, Werewolves of London, about beasts who mutilate old ladies and then drink pina coladas at Trader Vic's. He went on to show his skill at tender ballads, true-crime tales and bluesy odes to doom and death in more than a dozen albums. After he went public with his cancer diagnosis last year, he produced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 22, 2003 | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...AILING. WARREN ZEVON, 55, black-humored singer-songwriter known for such hits as "Werewolves of London" and "Lawyers, Guns and Money"; with terminal lung cancer; in Los Angeles. Zevon, who once said that "If you're lucky, people like something you do early and something you do just before you drop dead," plans to spend his last days writing and recording as many songs as possible. "I'm okay with it," Zevon says of the diagnosis, "but it'll be a drag if I don't make it till the new James Bond movie comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 9/16/2002 | See Source »

...Moody Blues 2. The Flame - Cheap Trick 3. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly 4. Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison 5. Dust in the Wind - Kansas 6. Barracuda - Heart 7. Money - Pink Floyd 8. D'yer Maker - Led Zeppelin 9. Stop Dragging my Heart Around - Stevie Nicks 10. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All-Time Top Ten: The Readers Give Us an Earful | 7/13/2000 | See Source »

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