WHITE ZOMBIE MASTERMIND ROB ZOMBIE
EMERGES WITH HELLBILLY DELUXE;
BRAIN-DAMAGING DISC TO RAMPAGE ACROSS
AMERICA
LOS ANGELES, July 1, 1998
QUESTION: Which critically acclaimed, multiplatinum
recording artist has ...
* earned five Grammy Award nominations?
*won an MTV Video Music Award for a clip he
directed?
*landed a Grammy-nominated song in more than a
dozen feature films?
*created a pivotal scene for a #1 hit animated movie?
*collaborated with The King of All Media on a
top-selling soundtrack to a box-office smash?
*collaborated with The Godfather of shock rock for a
hit TV show
*founded his own custom record label specializing in
the finest psycho-surf-trash rock?
*begun work on his own comic book?
*just completed a new record of monster mayhem?
ANSWER: ROB ZOMBIE
On Aug. 25, 1998, White Zombie founder and
mastermind will remove the shroud from what
Afternative Press deemed "one of the most
anticipated records of 1998" (January 1998). Entitled
Hellbilly Deluxe (Geffen Records), the disc promises
to stretch the mad world of Zombie into crazed new
directions.
Hellbilly Deluxe was produced by Scott Humphrey
(who's worked with Metallica and Motley CrŸe) and
Rob Zombie. It features contributions from Tommy
Lee, John Tempesta (White Zombie), Danny Lohner
and Charlie Clouser from Nine Inch Nails. "Dragula"
will be the first track released to radio, an ode to
Grampa Munster's famed Dragster from the 60's TV
classic, The Munsters.
Zombie is the chief architect of White Zombie's
anvil-heavy, groove-engorged sound. Zombie's
bizarre sensibility resulted in multiplatinum success
for the band, first in 1992 with their major label debut,
La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. One and also in 1995
with the follow up Astro-Creep: 2000. In 1996 a
ground breaking album of Astro-Creep remixes
entitled-Super Sexy Swingin' Sounds quickly went
gold.
A platinum seller, La Sexorcisto entered Billboard's
Top 40 and earned Zombie a Grammy nomination.
The double-platinum Astro Creep spawned the hit
"More Human Than Human," and stayed on
Billboard's top 200 for 89 weeks. The album
garnered two Grammy nods and won an MTV award
for Best Hard Rock Video - Mr. Zombie directed the
clip. The song has cast its spell on more than a
dozen films, including "The Cable Guy," "Broken
Arrow," "Turbulence" and "The Long Kiss Goodbye."
Not content to rest on his White Zombie success,
Zombie has broadened his creative scope in recent
years. In 1995, Zombie collaborated with his
childhood idol, Alice Cooper, on a track for the hit TV
series The X-Files. The resulting song was called
"The Hands of Death" and again was nominated for a
Grammy.
Then in 1996, Zombie joined forces with Mike Judge
to create a segment of the smash film, "Beavis and
Butthead Do America". Zombie provided artwork and
designs for a popular scene of Beavis lost in the
desert hallucinating on peyote.
The following year saw Zombie hooking up with
Howard Stern on "The Great American Nightmare,"
which appeared on the soundtrack for the #1 film
"Private Parts."
In 1998 Zombie ventured into mogul territory,
launching Zombie a Go-Go Records, a hopped-up
and ready to rumble label specializing in
spine-cracking by Zombie and billed as The Ultimate
guide to the World of Zombie.
Despite his always-demonic frenzy of activity, Zombie
will hit the road as part of the Family Values tour.
Along for the ride are Korn, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube and
Orgy. Willing souls will have an opportunity to
experience the full-spectrum of Zombie destruction in
a live - or at least undead - setting.
