Rob Zombie

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- Hellbilly Deluxe (Parental Advisory)
- Released 1998

- Greatest Hits: Past, Present & Future (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2003

- The Sinister Urge (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2001

- Educated Horses
- Released 2006

biography

The longtime frontman for metal superstars White Zombie, Rob Zombie was born Robert Cummings on January 12, 1966, in Haverhill, MA, forming the group soon after moving to New York City circa 1985. He subsequently worked as a bike messenger, porn magazine art director, and production assistant for the classic children's TV series Pee-Wee's Playhouse, concurrently leading White Zombie through a series of cult-favorite indie releases; the success of their 1992 major-label debut, La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1, not only launched Zombie to new prominence within the music industry, but also allowed him to try his hand at animation (most notably a hallucinatory sequence of the feature Beavis & Butt-Head Do America) and directing (he was slated to helm the third chapter of The Crow franchise, working from his own screenplay, but Miramax Films eventually pulled out of the deal).

In mid-1998 Zombie made his solo debut with the album Hellbilly Deluxe; when it sold more copies in its first week of release than any White Zombie record before it, he disbanded the group to forge ahead as a full-time solo act, issuing American Made Music to Strip By in the fall of 1999. Starting his own label, Zombie-a-Go-Go Records, he gave bands like the Ghastly Ones a home while creating demented mix CDs like Halloween Hootenanny. He delivered remixes to a number of soundtracks while recording a new song for the Mission Impossible: 2 soundtrack, and he rounded out his first major solo run with a Rob Zombie toy produced by Todd McFarlane.

He began to work on a feature film in April of 2000, funded by Universal Studios after he designed a horror display for their amusement parks. The film, entitled House of 1000 Corpses, was produced and edited, but the studio backed out due to its own corporate standards. Zombie wrangled the rights to the film from the studio while taking out his frustrations on his next solo record, Sinister Urge. Again working with collaborator Scott Humphrey (who had produced his first record), he drafted in a metal superstar cast including Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer guitarist Kerry King, M÷tley Crne/Methods of Mayhem drummer Tommy Lee, and Limp Bizkit's DJ Lethal. The record was another success, leading to a huge Christmas tour with Osbourne at the end of 2001 and another solo tour in the spring of 2002.

Zombie sold House of 1000 Corpses to MGM for a Halloween release, although offers from several smaller studios had to be refused because of the financial loss he would have taken. The film was a cult hit, prompting Zombie to begin work on his next piece of celluloid, 2005's Devil's Rejects. He returned to the recording studio in 2006 for Educated Horses, a typically sinister collection of B-movie swagger that hit the Top Ten of the Billboard album charts. After a stint as director and co-writer of the 2007 remake of Halloween, Zombie Live, his first live album, was released in October 2007, the same month he began an arena tour with Ozzy Osbourne. ~ Jason Ankeny & Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide

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- - Kick ass!!!
  - - By TheNewWorldMan4
    - 3/6/2009 18:37:16
  - Rob Zombie is the shits! His song are so freakin sick.
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- - want some zombie, rob?
  - - By Scott967
    - 2/8/2009 01:05:43
  - rob zombie is awesome, they are my favorite band in the whole world. i like listening to them all the time, if rob zombie was not around their would be no point of music.
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- - Fucking Zombie
  - - By V Gorilla420
    - 1/12/2009 19:23:56
  - Well Rob is pretty much the definiton of a true artist. From his dark and twisted movies that keep you wanting more to the sweet demonic chilling rock he and his band lay down. Mr. Zombie's music is hard hitting and stripper friendly you haven't heard Living Dead Girl or Super Beast until you've heard it while having a gorgeous girl grind and strip for you. The best part is about all his songs could play at the strip club and work beautifully and if your not at the strip club it still sounds good. Kinda like an Oreo they are good on there own but fuck are they great with milk.
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- - Ol' Songs are da best!!!
  - - By WhinyBumble Bee
    - 12/18/2008 19:56:38
  - Well idk about u guys, but i like his ol' songs betta. Well most ov it.
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- - RULEZ
  - - By steamofcurse
    - 12/16/2008 01:56:23
  - Best I've seen and a best live album yet!!!
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