Rob Zombie, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1965, fronted White Zombie before launching his solo career with Hellbilly Deluxe (1998) — horror-movie theatricality welded to industrial metal. He directs horror films too (The Devil's Rejects, Halloween), and the records carry the same B-movie glee. Shop Rob Zombie vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Robert Bartleh Cummings, performing as Rob Zombie, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on January 12, 1965. He attended Parsons School of Design in New York City in the early 1980s. He co-founded White Zombie with Sean Yseult in 1985 - industrial metal band that achieved commercial breakthrough with La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 (1992) and Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995). White Zombie dissolved in 1998 amid Rob Zombie's focus on solo work. His 1998 solo debut Hellbilly Deluxe became a commercial breakthrough. He has parallel work as a horror film director - House of 1000 Corpses (2003), The Devil's Rejects (2005, widely cited as one of the most distinctive contemporary horror films), Halloween (2007, his controversial remake of the John Carpenter classic), Halloween II (2009), and subsequent horror films across multiple decades. He is widely cited as one of the most distinctive contemporary multi-disciplinary artists - uniting music, film, and visual art. He has continued releasing material across multiple decades.
Rob Zombie's sound combines industrial metal, heavy metal, alternative metal, horror punk, electronic rock, and groove metal with his distinctive vocal delivery (use of growled and theatrical phrasing), sample integration from classic horror films and B-movies, and conceptual approach to album-length work drawing on horror film, B-movie, and rockabilly aesthetic traditions.
Geffen Records, Roadrunner, Zodiac Swan, and Nuclear Blast pressings of the Rob Zombie catalog have been issued in extensive color variant editions and elaborate limited deluxe pressings, with collector demand.
Listeners new to Rob Zombie typically start with Hellbilly Deluxe (1998) or The Sinister Urge (2001).
