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Rob Zombie
Robert Bartleh Cummings, known professionally as Rob Zombie, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker and actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have been praised for their elaborate shock rock theatricality. He rose to fame as a founding member and the frontman of heavy metal band White Zombie, with whom he released four…
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entertainment · American rock musician and filmmaker (born 1965) · film director · voice actor · film producer · screenwriter · actor · singer · record producer · writer · film actor · director · also Rob Zombie, Robert Bartleh Cummings, Rob Straker, Robert Cummings, Zombie
Born 12 January 1965 · Q298255
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2026· 14 entries
“I’ve never seen anything quite like it.”
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“One day while organizing it I thought,”
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“very nasty, gritty, guerilla-style approach to the filmmaking”
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“if Ken Russell directed The Shining”
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IGN: Rob Zombie’s Firefly Horror Movie Trilogy Gets an Ultimate 4K Collection
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Robb Report: Rob Zombie’s Former ‘Origami House’ in Connecticut Lists for $6.5 Million
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Yahoo: Rob Zombie Scores 4K UHD & Blu-ray Release Dates for New Firefly Horror Movie Trilogy Release
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Dread Central: Rob Zombie’s Firefly Family Is Coming Home in a Massive 8-Disc 4K Trilogy Set
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BroadwayWorld: FIREFLY TRILOGY 4K Box Set From Rob Zombie Heads to Home Video
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Yahoo: Sheri Moon Zombie Releases Anti-AI Single 'I Love My Robot' Directed by Rob Zombie
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And will be promoted by another Freaks on Parade Tour
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Released album “The Great Satan”.
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Released his eighth, and most recent studio album, The Great Satan
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2025· 4 entries
Zombie released the single "Punks and Demons" on streaming services coinciding with the announcement of his eighth studio album, The Great Satan
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A book about the making of House of 1000 Corpses featuring illustrations, screenplay excerpts, interviews, and Zombie's own thoughts on the film's production was released
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loudwire: Rob Zombie Comments on Backlash Over New ‘Children’s Book’
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brooklynvegan: Rob Zombie responds to backlash over his "violent children's book" 'Z is for Zombie'
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2024· 2 entries
Released album “Halloween Horrors”.
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Original bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson reunited with the band, replacing long-time bassist Piggy D
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2023· 3 entries
loudwire: Rob Zombie Shouted Out on Two TV Shows in the Same Week
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I was inspired to finally put it together
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Zombie co-headlined the Freaks on Parade tour with Alice Cooper, with Filter and Ministry acting as the opening acts
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2022· 1 entry
After a 17-year tenure to join Mötley Crüe, it was confirmed in January 2023 that original guitarist Mike Riggs had rejoined the band
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2021· 1 entry
Released album “The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy”.
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2019· 2 entries
Following a three-day theatrical release held by Fathom Events from September 16–18, 2019
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Released album “I Am Legend”.
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2018· 1 entry
Released album “Astro-Creep: 2000 Live”.
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2017· 2 entries
Zombie announced on his Instagram page that he had begun working on his seventh studio album
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Zombie posted a short snippet of audio to his Instagram account of a live recording of the White Zombie song "Electric Head Part 2" stating he was in the process of mixing the Astro Creep 2000 live set from the Chicago d
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2016· 4 entries
Released album “The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser”.
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Snopes rated the claim “Rob Zombie was kicked out of the 88th Academy Awards.” False.
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Zombie confirmed the title of the record to be The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser, along with the album's cover art and track listing
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Zombie released his sixth album, The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser, and his seventh studio album, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy, was released in 2021
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2015· 1 entry
Released album “Spookshow International Live”.
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2014· 5 entries
Released album “Essential”.
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Awarded Sitges Grand Honorary Award (2014).
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Released album “5 Classic Albums”.
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Zombie had the voice-only role of Ravager Navigator in the superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy
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Released album “The Zombie Horror Picture Show”.
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2013· 2 entries
Released album “Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor”.
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Zombie announced that the album was titled Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor
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2012· 5 entries
With a limited theatrical release following in April 2013
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Released ep “Mondo Sex Head”.
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Released album “Mondo Sex Head”.
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It was confirmed that Zombie would be writing and directing a film titled The Broad Street Bullies, which would be based on the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team
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And was followed by his fifth album Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor in 2013
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2011· 2 entries
Zombie directed a horror-themed commercial for Woolite
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“except John Tempesta in about 15 years.”
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2010· 3 entries
Released album “ICON”.
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Released album “Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool”.
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Released ep “Mars Needs Women”.
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2009· 3 entries
But was delayed following Zombie's departure from longtime label Geffen Records on October 29, 2009, after which he penned a new deal with Roadrunner Records
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And to DVD & Blu-Ray on September 22, 2009
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That Zombie had begun working on his fourth studio album, the follow-up to his 2006 album Educated Horses
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2008· 3 entries
Released album “New Collection”.
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Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Featuring all of their released material
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2007· 2 entries
Released album “Zombie Live”.
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Following the release of his third studio album a year prior
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2006· 3 entries
Released album “20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rob Zombie”.
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Released album “Educated Horses”.
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That Zombie had signed on to write and direct a remake of the horror classic Halloween (1978)
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2005· 1 entry
Whilst finishing work on The Devil's Rejects; the album was influenced by glam rock artists like Slade, T
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2003· 1 entry
Released album “Past, Present & Future”.
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2002· 1 entry
Released ep “Carnival of Souls”.
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “The Sinister Urge”.
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And became his second platinum album in the U
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2000· 2 entries
Though the controversial project was not released until 2003, and has since been described as a cult classic
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Released album “Nightmare Creatures II”.
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1999· 3 entries
Released album “American Made Music to Strip By”.
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Through Zombie-A-Go-Go Records
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Which was later deemed instrumental in reviving the Halloween Horror Nights annual attraction
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1998· 3 entries
Released album “Hellbilly Deluxe: 13 Tales of Cadaverous Cavorting Inside the Spookshow International”.
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Though received little critical or commercial success
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Released album “Zombie Classics: 7 Hits From Hell”.
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1997· 1 entry
Before the band had officially broken up
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1996· 3 entries
Made "Rob Zombie" his legal name
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Cummings legally changed his name to Rob Zombie
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“Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)”
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1993· 1 entry
And they were married at Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas on October 31, 2002
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1991· 1 entry
And Zombie began dating Sheri Moon shortly afterwards
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1987· 1 entry
Through the band's own record label, Silent Explosion
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1982· 1 entry
After viewing footage of a slaughterhouse
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1977· 1 entry
When he was 12, his parents chose to leave after a riot broke out at the carnival and tents were set on fire
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1974· 1 entry
“The backdrop of the turbulent year of 1974 is perfect for this”
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1965· 2 entries
Born 1965-01-12.
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The oldest son of Louise and Robert Cummings
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