Robert Bartleh Cummings (born January 12, 1965), better known by his stage name, Rob Zombie , is a Grammy-nominated American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the metal band White Zombie.
He currently lives in Woodbury, Connecticut. He married longtime girlfriend Sheri Moon in 2002, whom he also frequently features in his horror films. Zombie has also established a successful career as a film director, creating the movies House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects , the 2007 remake of Halloween , its sequel, and The Haunted World of El Superbeasto . His next film will be the upcoming Tyrannosaurus Rex .
He is the brother of Spider One (Michael David Cummings), lead singer for Powerman 5000.
Recording career
White Zombie (1985–1998)
Main article: White Zombie (band)White Zombie was an American rock band named after the 1932 horror film White Zombie , which starred Bela Lugosi. Based in New York, White Zombie was originally a noise rock band in the vein of fellow New York band Sonic Youth and Texas Experimental Punk band Butthole Surfers. White Zombie was known for combining heavy-metal music with driving guitar riffs (as on "Super-Charger Heaven"), overlayed with lyrics heavily influenced by horror films and pseudo-Satanic imagery. Unlike other metal bands of the 1990s, White Zombie was almost exclusively a "fantasy" band, writing songs not about life but about the surreal. Following their signing to Geffen Records, White Zombie achieved commercial success, with two double platinum albums and a large number of their songs featured in movies and TV shows (notably Beavis and Butthead). The group officially disbanded in 1998 shortly after the release of lead singer Rob Zombie's solo album Hellbilly Deluxe . In a 2008 interview to promote the release of Let Sleeping Corpses Lie , Rob Zombie made it clear that a reunion with his White Zombie band mates was unlikely, saying, "I don't want fans to think it's the beginning of anything."
Solo career (1998–present)
In 1996, Zombie collaborated with Alice Cooper on the song "Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)" for the X-Files tie-in CD Songs in the Key of X . It was Zombie's first work outside of his band White Zombie. The song was nominated for a Grammy for Best Metal Performance the same year. Zombie formed his own solo band in 1998. John Tempesta (drums) came directly from White Zombie, and was joined by Mike Riggs on guitar and Blasko (Rob Nicholson) on bass. They recorded and released Zombie's debut solo album, Hellbilly Deluxe , in 1998, produced by Scott Humphrey. The album was a success, selling three million copies domestically. This album contained the hit singles "Dragula", "Living Dead Girl" and "Superbeast". The Dragula title was inspired by the '60s TV series The Munsters; the DRAG-U-LA was a dragster built from a coffin driven by Grandpa.
Episode footage of the drag race was included in House of 1,000 Corpses . White Zombie dissolved after the release of Hellbilly Deluxe . Zombie toured extensively to promote the debut album, releasing American Made Music to Strip By in 1999, an album of remixes from Hellbilly Deluxe . Zombie next released The Sinister Urge in 2001 (the title taken from a 1961 film by Edward D. Wood), again produced by Scott Humphrey. This release contained the singles "Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)", "Feel So Numb" and "Demon Speeding". While the album still featured Zombie's signature heavy metal sound, it was also more experimental than Hellbilly Deluxe , such as including brass instruments on "Go To California." The album has been certified platinum.
Zombie released his first greatest-hits album Past, Present & Future , in 2003, containing hit songs both from his solo band and White Zombie. It also featured covers (The Commodores' "Brick House" and The Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop") and unreleased songs ("Two-Lane Blacktop" and "Girl on Fire"). After a 2002-2003 world tour, Mike Riggs and John Tempesta left Zombie to form a similar band, Scum of the Earth. This put plans for another tour or new album on hold. Instead, between 2003 and 2005, Zombie released two self-directed horror films, House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects .
In 2005, Zombie returned to the music world by recruiting former Marilyn Manson guitarist, John 5, and former Alice Cooper drummer, Tommy Clufetos. Blasko and Humphrey remained, and the five began recording Educated Horses , which was released in 2006. Stylistically, Educated Horses is Zombie's most experimental release. In contrast to the heavy metal sound of his first 2 albums, this one has a more alternative metal sound to it. The single "Foxy Foxy" can be described as his most "party-going" song. The other 2 singles, "Let It All Bleed Out" and "American Witch", featured his signature heavy metal sound. It was also his 1st album to not contain heavy amounts of horror—either in the artwork, songs, or even his physical appearance (Zombie is dressed in regular clothes on the album cover, and his dreadlocks are gone). However, the songs "Seventeen Year Locust" and "The Scorpion Sleeps" featured song topics of creepy-crawlies. Following the release of the album he toured the U.S. with Lacuna Coil.
20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection: The Best of Rob Zombie was also released in 2006 by his label, Geffen Records. It contains songs similar to his 1st greatest-hits album, but there are also songs on this release from Educated Horses . In 2007 Zombie released his first Live CD, which was supposed to be accompanied by a live DVD & picture booklet. So far, only the CD has surfaced. Blasko, Zombie's bass player, left the band after the Educated Horses Tour, shortly before the American Witch Tour (The 2nd leg of the tour), to play bass with Ozzy Osbourne. To fill in, Zombie hired Piggy D. of Amen and Wednesday 13 fame as a permanent replacement.
On May 31, 2006, Zombie was joined by guitarist Slash (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver), Gilby Clarke (formerly of Guns N' Roses) on rhythm guitar, Scott Ian of Anthrax on bass, Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe on drums and special guest Ace Frehley of Kiss also on lead guitar. The occasion was a one-time supergroup tribute to Kiss for the first annual VH1 Rock Honors Award Show. They played one song, "God of Thunder," before handing it off to the honoree. Zombie then went on tour with Ozzy Osbourne.
Zombie has also started work on a currently untitled follow-up to 2006's Educated Horses. In May 2008 he posted an update on his website stating: "Well, we have for the first time ever written more songs than we need for an album. Everything isn't 100% finished, but everything is moving along great. No release date yet." In August 2008, a new (instrumental) song entitled "Tyrannosaurus Rex" , featuring John 5 on guitar, was uploaded onto Zombie's MySpace music page. In an interview published in December 2008, Zombie spoke about his new band lineup ( John 5, Piggy D, and Tommy C), and how happy he was with his new band members, saying, "I've never had a band that I could call my good friends until now."
Zombie has his own official Youtube channel, which he created on 12 December 2005. He has two "blog" videos explaining his tours and another one wishing his fans a happy Halloween. On the latter video, Zombie recommends Halloween horror videos to his fans. Rob Zombie recently released a new single entitled "War Zone" from the Punisher: War Zone soundtrack. The song entitled "The Great American Nightmare" is the opening theme for the Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satellite Radio. Rob Zombie's new album is rumored to be released in 2009. Piggy D. stated on a Metal Messiah Radio interview with DJ Lovely Laura that the band had been working on material since February 2008 and the album had been finished since late December 2008 with no release date yet.
John 5 gave an interview to http://www.artisannews.com/ on May 28, 2009 about the new album saying, "It's finished. We do not have a title but it is finished and mixed. Not mastered but it is unbelievable. He says and people say it's his best work. So, I love it." He also stated that it should be out sometime later in the year. Rumored song titles (from MTV.com) are "Jesus Frankenstein" and "Sick Bubblegum".
Rob Zombie appeared on "The Howard Stern Show" on August 18, 2009 saying the new album is complete, although he has not yet set a title, and scheduled for release on November 10.
Zombie recently commented on his Twitter saying, "New album is mastered and ready to go! Tour dates coming soon!"
Zombie is featured as a backing vocalist on the upcoming Lynyrd Skynyrd album God & Guns for the song "Floyd".
Rob Zombie performed on day two at Japan's Loudpark Festival on October 2009 along with Megadeth, Judas Priest, Slayer, Anthrax, Dokken, Lynch Mob, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, Anvil, Regurgitation, plus many others groups for the two-day event. He is listed on the Loudpark Festival website (Loudpark.com). Rob has not performed in Japan for fifteen years, with that in mind, Rob added two additional venue dates in Tokyo and Osaka on October 15 and 16 2009.
Starting Oct. 29th, Zombie will headline the "Hellbilly Deluxe 2 Tour" in support of his new album "Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool" set for a November 17 release as said so in his MySpace blog.
On October 1, Zombie announced that his first single will be "What?".
On October 3, Zombie posted a link t
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