Rob Zombie born Robert Bartleh Cummings ; January 12, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and his live shows have been praised for their elaborate shock rock theatricality. His debut solo studio album, Hellbilly Deluxe , was released in ; White Zombie disbanded a month later. Hellbilly Deluxe sold over 3 million copies worldwide and spawned three singles.
His second studio album, The Sinister Urge , was released in and became his second platinum album in the U. His third studio album, Educated Horses , was released in and marked a departure from his earlier style. It became his third album to enter the top 10 of the Billboard , but saw a decrease in sales compared to his previous releases.
His fourth studio album, Hellbilly Deluxe 2 , released in and peaked at no. Zombie directed the horror film House of Corpses in , though the controversial project was not released until , and has since been described as a cult classic. Zombie followed the film with two sequels in his Firefly trilogy: The Devil's Rejects and 3 from Hell After the success of his first two films he directed Halloween , a remake of the classic horror film. The film became his highest-grossing to date, though was generally received negatively by critics.
He later directed Halloween II , which failed to match the commercial success of its predecessor. I was just a dopey kid. Basically everyone seemed amazing to me as a kid.
I grew up in some nowhere town Zombie's parents worked at a carnival. I remember this one guy we knew, he was telling us where to go, and some guy just ran up to him and hit him in the face with a hammerβjust busted his face wide open. My parents packed up real quick, and we took off. We might be able to find something better to be doing here. Things are on fire, people beating the crap out of each other. Cummings graduated from Haverhill High School in Cummings and Yseult co-founded the band that would become known as White Zombie.
