White Zombie/Rob Zombie - C or D?

It's almost tempting to find one of their early albums. Almost.

But for that one shining album (with good production from Bill Laswell!), very classic.

that is so OTM!!

I like the music a lot. "More Human Than Human" is the best rock single of the 90's!! I've never heard their earlier stuff, I think I probably should though.

And House of 1000 Corpses was great, even if I'm the only person who knows it. It was really entertaining, to say the least.

and House of 1,000 Corpses went on too long.

Aside from a couple singles, I'm inclined to go with dud, although I recall liking the animated sequence he did in Beavis & Butthead Do America.

Haunted houses, like Taco Bell, will live forever.

that said, i didn't enjoy rob's new album at all. it gave me a sinister urge... to vomit. BOO YAH! TAKE THAT ZOMBIE!
oh wait... i was supposed to be praising him

if you're looking for good stuff check out the remix albums. they have some interesting sounds on them.

so.. yah. for me, classic... mostly

killdozer rock!!!

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), August 29th, 2003.

Saved for posterity!

PR guff received in mail today:

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WHITE ZOMBIE’S CAREER-SPANNING 4-CD/1-DVD BOX SET

LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE

AVAILABLE 11/25

White Zombie. The musical horrorshow that mixed dark pop culture with metallic hard rock has been resurrected on the 4-CD/1-DVD box set Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (Geffen/UMe), released November 25, 2008. The CDs bring together for the first time all 64 original studio recordings released by the band led by Rob Zombie during its 1985-1996 career. The DVD offers nine music videos, 10 live performances, and some hidden gems.

Disc One of Let Sleeping Corpses Lie includes all of the tracks released on the New York City band’s own Silent Explosion label--the four songs on the 1985 Gods On Voodoo Moon EP, of which only 300 copies were pressed; the two songs on the 1986 Pig Heaven EP, which had only 1,000 made; and the seven on 1987’s Psycho-Head Blowout EP, which Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain called one of his favorite albums.

Disc Two encompasses White Zombie’s first two full-length albums, 1987’s Soul-Crusher, which began on Silent Explosion but was re-released by Caroline Records the following year, and 1989’s Make Them Die Slowly. Disc Three offers the three-selection God Of Thunder EP and the band’s 1992 major label debut, La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1, which broke the band into the Top 40, earned double platinum and spawned the Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy-nominated “Thunder Kiss ‘65” and “Black Sunshine” (with Iggy Pop). Also heard is “I Am Hell” from the soundtrack to the 1993 animated flick The Beavis & Butt-head Experience.

Disc Four opens with “Children Of The Grave” from a 1994 Black Sabbath tribute album and “Feed The Gods” from that year’s Airheads soundtrack album. The centerpiece, however, is 1995’s Astro-Creep: 2000, Songs Of Love, Destruction And Other Synthetic Delusions Of The Electric Head, which ranked in the Top 10 for two months, was certified triple platinum and spun off the Modern Rock Top 10, Grammy nominated “More Human Than Human.” The 64 Let Sleeping Corpses Lie recordings conclude with 1996 soundtrack contributions to Escape From L.A., Beavis And Butt-head Do America and The Crow: City Of Angels, with its Grammy nominated cover of the disco hit “I’m Your Boogieman.”

Among the DVD’s videos are those for “More Human Than Human,” winner of the MTV Video Music Award for Best Hard Rock Video, as well as “Thunder Kiss ’65,” “Black Sunshine,” “Super-Charger Heaven,” “I’m Your Boogieman” and “The One.” Live performances include “Soul-Crusher,” “Spiderbaby (Yeah Yeah Yeah),” “I Am Hell” and “Creature Of The Wheel.”

what, no supersexy swingin' sounds?

wow, I'm surprised he's letting the early recs out of the crypt. never released on cd, and also not listed on any official discog, I thought zombie had completely written them off.

soulcrusher is an awesomely scuzzy record. too bad they're not being released separately. or are they?

i'm buying that.

used.

that early shit is great.

the albums that came under the 'rob zombie' name (it's all white zombie anyhow, right?) are poor, but the likes of astro creep 2000 have held up pretty well. some great, fun tunes on that one, although perhaps a little thin in places to stand up as a particularly good record.

Yeah I'd be pretty interested to hear the 80s stuff

"ratmouth" is one of my favorite songs ever.

a buddy of mine is a big fan of 80s scumrock and for him white zombie = bad funk-metal. rob zombie suppressing the recs has a lot to do with it I guess, as well as the indie scene writing them off after they went metal, but it's weird to me when people don't know white zombie used to play shows with live skull and pussy galore.

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White Zombie and the Happy Flowers. I'm trying to imagine THAT.

"Ma, I Gave Satan's Asshole Some Acid!"

would've loved to have seen the white zombie / live skull / black snakes / blind idiot god gig @ cbgb's

one of the best shows I ever did see was the frogs / happy flowers / fish & roses / rhys chatham @ cbgb's

homestead showcase lol

White Zombie and the Happy Flowers. I'm trying to imagine THAT.

See what Mr HCI has to say about it here

http://www.foreverdoomed.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=6629

haha internet being awesome today

between that and cameron carr it is a banner day

mr hci posted on ilm a few times a couple of years ago

yeah I remember that!

Did you read his follow up post on DFFD?

uh, no

there are other forums on the internet?

The link I gave to DFFD http://www.foreverdoomed.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=6629. Where he says about his friends tattoo

hey

White zombie was in the early a good bands fusing noise,punk and metal,if you have any early shows in video or other NY scum-punk/noise,I'd like to trade,I have some WZ from 89/91/92 shows in dVDR among other bands,send PM or see my list at freewebs.com/almudeno69

enjoy!

New Rob Zombie album title:

Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor

Opening song title: “Teenage Nosferatu Pussy”

Hi there!

just one of many albums I started playing out of morbid curiosity, then belatedly remembered that Spotify is linked to my Facebook activity feed

as if that's the only time the words "teenage nosferatu pussy" ever turned up in your facebook feed

I'm pretty disappointed with the new album. The one before this, Hellbilly Deluxe 2, was a lot weirder and more interesting - it felt like he was actually awake and engaged while making it. There are several songs on the new one that feel really phoned-in, to the point that I can actually sing the choruses of older RZ songs over them.

Huh, I actually like the new one a little more than HB2. It seems like he's having a little more fun this time and I like how he's inching back to the R-rated Zombie persona than the cartoonish PG-13 horror thing. Some of the tunes are pretty silly, but I liked this one for the most part. NB I have really low expectations for new Rob Zombie stuff anyway.

I've also been relistening to those early White Zombie EPs that were finally unleashed back into the world thanks to that box set from a few years ago, amazing stuff.

Rob Zombie hates fun

White Zombie - Cool
Rob Zombie Solo - Dud

Rob's solo stuff is repetitive mook rock trappings which White Zombie admittedly had, but with none of other stuff that made White Zombie unique and interesting.

Incidentally, I suggest people check out Sean Ysault's book. Good coffee table reading with lots of cool pix.

Okay, early days of White Zombie set coming out on Numero. No, really.

http://numerogroup.com/products/white-zombie-it-came-from-nyc

Never knew White Zombie had an earlier punk/noise start! So I listened to youtubes of the early singles and by God of Thunder it seems the White Zombie sound was in place? Pig Heaven rocks! I would be interested to hear the rest of Psycho-Head Blowout. Never liked any of what I've heard on the radio though.

I have the 4CD/1DVD set described upthread, but this Numero box has been completely remastered (whereas the set I have pulled the old tracks from vinyl) and includes unreleased tracks plus a book full of old photos etc., so I'm in.