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Failure: The Blog 
July 2018
- A CEO's Purposeful Mistake
- The Tardy Student And The Unsolvable Problem
- Fixing Potholes Through Graffiti
June 2018
- A Surprising Mistake In The Oxford English Dictionary
- US Army Embraces Mistakes
- Blocking A Hymn
- Eddie Shore Was Truly A Tough Guy
- [Video] Elon Musk Didn't "Pivot" He Failed
May 2018
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness Part 2
- Necessity Turned Accessory: Allen Iverson's Sleeve
- This Doctor Has Continued To Fail
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness
- MIT Accidentally Creates New Smelting Process
April 2018
- Johnny Cash Quit Singing Lessons
- Cruise Control Came Out of Frustration
- Time Spent Gaming Pays Off In The Navy
- Rock Around The Clock Was a Commercial Failure
- Sigmund Freud Should Have Been Discouraged
March 2018
- Superman Couldn't Fly
- This School Shares Failures
- Jim Croce's Parents Hoped He Would Fail
- McDonald's Turns A Cheater Into A Winner
- Snake Eyes Was Made To Save Money
February 2018
A Con Lead To Successful Music Careers
When the Zombies disbanded after their album, Odessey and Oracle, failed to make the music charts, they never expected to see fame or fortune. That is, until they mysteriously became wildly famous in the States.
So how can a band that was no longer making music become famous? You can point the finger at Delta Promotions, their management. Back in 1969, they had two separate impostor bands playing and calling themselves the Zombies. Mark Ramsey, a member of one of the impostor Zombie groups, spoke about the incident.
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“As far as the Zombies, I was told they didn’t exist,” he recalls. “That they were only a studio sound. I was just excited and flattered. I’d only been playing for a few years and the other guys were pro-level at that point. I didn’t look at it as anything more than a chance to have some fun, hang out with some cool guys, learn some songs, go somewhere outside of this Hillbillyville, and earn a little money.”
Chris White, a member of the original Zombies band from Britain, has no hard feelings or bitterness toward the groups. In fact, one of those impostor Zombie bands spawned what we now know as ZZ Top! What should have been a failure resulted in success!
