Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie (born Rob Cummings on January 12, 1966 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA) is a solo singer and formerly the lead singer of the heavy metal group, White Zombie. With his dreadlocks, gruff vocal style and fascination with B-movies, he has become a distinctive element in American heavy metal. He is probably best known as founder, lead singer and songwriter for White Zombie, as well as being a solo artist in his own right. However, in recent years he began directing movies and videos, including his debut horror exploitation feature, House of 1000 Corpses, and its sequel, The Devil's Rejects, released July 22nd, 2005.

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Increasingly, Rob has placed his musical career on hiatus and concentrated not simply on movies, but extending the HOTC franchise. His first big project was to launch a spin-off comic through Crossgen Comics, entitled Spookshow International. A horror anthology set in the HOTC continuity and written solely by Zombie, the stories initially concentrated on the further adventures of the Firefly family. As the title has progressed, Zombie has moved away from this core conceit. By issue 7, the main storyline centred around masked Mexican wrestler El Superbeasto and his regularly naked one-eyed super-spy sister Suzi X. There has also been a toy range, released through NECA toys.

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In addition, Zombie has collaborated with rising horror comic star Steve Niles to form a new comic firm, CREEP Entertainment. So far they have released monster-smashing wrestling title The Nail and, with legendary comic artist Richard Corben, Zombie is now working on Bigfoot.

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As a result of this, Zombie’s musical career has been put on a partial hiatus. Since making HOTC, he released one full studio album, The Sinister Urge, in 2001 and a compilation entitled Past, Present and Future in 2003, covering his solo work and time in White Zombie. The track Never Gonna Stop (Red Red Kroovy) achieved cross-over status after being used by the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) as the entrance music for pro-wrestler Edge. There have been a few new tracks and some live dates. However, with The Devil’s Rejects in the can and Rob Zombie confirmed for Ozzfest in the US in summer 2005, he has recorded 15 new tracks for his next album, featuring Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland on guitar, and Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee on drums.

Related Topics:
World Wrestling Entertainment - Edge - Limp Bizkit - Wes Borland - Mötley Crüe - Tommy Lee

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