The Cranberries lead singer Dolores ORiordan died one year ago this week. In memory of their departed band member, The Cranberries announced a new album, which will be their final release as a band, along with a new single called All Over Now.
Late on Tuesday afternoon, Vic Mensa also took the opportunity to pay homage to ORiordan. Alongside a new band called 93PUNX, a group designed to provide a backdrop to Mensas output that falls outside of hip-hop, Mensa fronts a cover of The Cranberries Zombie.
The bands 1994 protest song it references a 1993 IRA bombing is repurposed by Mensa and co. to be a slightly more drone-y take on the classic. Its slowed down, and Mensas baritone provides a completely different take on ORiordans original. We connected to zombie because we were born from violence, Mensa who has spent the last few years as a gun reform advocate wrote in a statement. RIP Dolores.