From the start, White Zombie was a bizarre hybrid of hardcore/punk aggression, Lower East Side art-damage and hard rock thunder. As if that weren’t enough, these fixations were filtered through Mr. Zombie’s love of classic horror/sci-fi films, trash hot rod culture and generally, all things on the dark side.

Zombie oversaw every aspect of the band’s journey from their early independent releases to their major label albums. He created the band’s unique visual style, designing everything Zombie: album art, T-shirts, stage shows and music videos. This was a man obsessed. "I never saw it as work; I love doing everything," insists Zombie. "How else can you realize a complete vision?" After five independent releases, Zombie’s efforts paid off in 1990 when the band signed with Geffen Records.

White Zombie’s major label debut, entitled La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1, was issued in 1991. The band toured long and hard, playing more than 350 shows and eventually hitting pay dirt: The album spawned a hit single, the Grammy-nominated "Thunder Kiss ‘65," and went on to sell two million copies.

In 1993 White Zombie returned with Astro-Creep: 2000. The album rose to Billboard’s Top Ten and stayed there for two months, remaining firmly in the Top 200 for 89 weeks. Astro-Creep: 2000 gave the world "More Human Than Human," an infectious, Grammy-nominated hit. Also in 1993, Rob Zombie won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Hard Rock Video for the self-directed clip for "More Human Than Human." Soon thereafter, Astro-Creep: 2000 was certified double platinum.

Supersexy Swingin’ Sounds, a full album of Astro-Creep remixes by some of the hottest mixers in the field, followed quickly on the heels of that success: The disc turned to gold.

As the Astro-Creep tour was winding its way around the world, Zombie somehow found time to indulge in a few special projects. First off was a duet with his childhood idol, Alice Cooper, for the soundtrack to the hit TV series "The X-Files." Zombie remarks of the collaboration: "Working with Alice was a dream come true. Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve wanted to be Alice." The song, entitled "The Hands of Death," was nominated for a Grammy Award. It was up against another Zombie offering, "I’m Your Boogieman," from the platinum soundtrack to "The Crow: City of Angels."

While on tour, Zombie also began working with "Beavis and Butt-head" creator Mike Judge on a key scene for the film "Beavis and Butt-head Do America." Zombie designed the classic hallucination sequence for the film between gigs. "Mike was looking for an idea for a hallucination for Beavis," he recalls. "He wanted something that was like the ultimate rock video. I suggested Beavis should go to hell, and Mike loved the idea." For many, this scene of Beavis hallucinating was a highlight of the film.

Zombie was then contacted again by the producers of "The Crow" film series. Having loved the spooky, psychedelic video Rob directed for "I’m Your Boogieman," they commissioned him to write the script for the next movie in the series. Within weeks of completing the screenplay, Zombie was sought out by none other than The King of All Media —Howard Stern. Stern wanted to duet with Zombie on a song for his upcoming movie, "Private Parts." "I’ve been a big fan of Howard for about 13 years," says Zombie, "so being able to work with him was an honor and a pleasure." The thumping "The Great American Nightmare" resulted; it became a theme song for both Stern and Zombie. "Private Parts," meanwhile, hit #1 at the box office, as did the soundtrack, which has been certified platinum.

Zombie next began work on his most ambitious album to date: Hellbilly Deluxe: 13 Tales of Cadaverous Cavorting Inside the Spookshow International. The disc was produced by Scott Humphrey (Metallica, Mötley Crüe) and Rob Zombie. Work on the album began in August of 1997 and was completed 10 months later. Hellbilly Deluxe (released Aug. 25, 1998) is a wild musical and visual journey through the mad, mad, mad world of Rob Zombie. "This is no small, self-indulgent album filled with whining about deep feelings," Zombie declares. "This is a full-blown evil raging beast — a total Zombie extravaganza."

Along for the ride were John Tempesta (White Zombie) on drums, Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails) on guitar, and other friends, including Tommy Lee. Explains Zombie: "Tommy played on two songs, ‘Resurrection Joe’ and ‘Meet the Creeper.’ He really brought a killer, heavy sound to those tracks." After a lot of the album was recorded, Rob filled the two empty spots in his band. He found a guitarist named Riggs and a bassist by the name of Blasko.

The album boasts a deluxe 24-page booklet. "It’s a welcome relief from the less-is-more school of thought," Zombie opines. "I grew up in the heyday of cool record packaging. I would stare at the record for hours. Now, you open a record and you get nothing. I always feel cheated." The booklet presents artwork from Mr. Zombie, with a little help from some of his childhood heroes: Master monster painter Basil Gogos created the striking cover; Marvel Comics legend Gene Colan lent a hand as well. "I grew up worshipping the artists at Marvel Comics, and Gene was my favorite," Zombie reveals. "His work on ‘Howard the Duck,’ ‘Dracula’ and ‘Dare Devil’ is unsurpassed." The booklet also features a contribution from hot new artist Daniel Brereton.

Zombie takes this enthusiasm for vehement visuals to the stage on every tour. Zombie performances have become legendary for their "more is more" mentality, incorporating state-of-the-art lights, sound, video and pyrotechnics. Having toured with some of the biggest bands in the business including, Pantera, Fear Factory, Deftones, Coal Chamber, Monster Magnet, Danzig, and done some huge tours like the "Rock Is Dead Tour" with Korn and the "Ozzfest 99 Tour" as the headlining act!

The multitalented Rob, being already very successful musician, decided to try his hand on the production end in '99 when he opened his new label on Geffen Records called Zombie A Go-Go Records. The first two bands signed to the label were the Bomboras and the Ghastly Ones, two horror surf rock bands. Also during Halloween of 99, he released a holiday compilation cd called Halloween Hootenanny, which consisted of bands like Bomboras, Ghastly Ones, Reverend Horton Heat, Rocket From The Crypt, and Dead Elvi.

During Halloween, Rob had a very big, and unique opportunity! Zombie was given the chance to make a maze at the "Halloween Horror Nights III" at Universal Studios, Hollywood. And Rob did not let down the expectations! He created a maze consisting of 13 horrific rooms, each themed off a song on Hellbilly Deluxe! The maze was a huge success. For his contribution, Rob received an Eyegore award presented by Universal.

2000 will be another very big year for Rob. Having released "American Made Music To Strip By", the remix album of 1998's "Hellbilly Deluxe". Which included 12 remixes by the likes of Charlie Clouser, Rammstein, DJ Lethal, and many more. The song "Superbeast (Girl On A Motorcycle Mix)" was nominated for the Best Metal Song at the 2000 Grammy awards. Also he released the first of a series of movie monster CDs in which Rob narrates and talks about movies in between music and sound movie sound clips. The first was Frankenstein, with Dracula, Werewolf, Mummy, and more to come in the future.

Also coming soon to a store near you... the Rob Zombie action figure by McFarlane Toys Inc. This fully articulated figure, is fully detailed and comes with a 9-inch tall base and two attachable claws.

Rob is currently on two HUGE projects. Rob is in the middle of writing and directing his first feature film! The movie, titled "House of 1000 Corpses", will be out in late 2000, early 2001 through Universal Pictures! And to accompany the movie, Rob will again create a maze for "Halloween Horror Nights". But, this year the whole maze will be based upon the movie! Also, coming in the next couple months is a new Zombie album and possibly the long awaited Hellbilly Deluxe Home Video.

So keep your eyes open........ Zombie is not through yet!