This is followed by “Sick Bubblegum” which to me sounds the most like a White Zombie song, but while listening to it, I can’t help but think that it is a cover for a Marilyn Manson song that doesn’t exist. It shows that he is letting his new band mates play a bit, and the song has a great hook.

It opens really strong with “Jesus Frankenstein,” a track that has a nice rock opening. Hellbilly Deluxe 2 does not succeed as an album. I approached with trepidation and hope that he had succeeded. For this album, he had put together a band, they had been writing the songs together (obviously with his lead), and the concentration had been on putting together a real album again. He was talking about the fact that there really hasn’t been a band since White Zombie, and his distractions in his movie directorial career. More recently, I saw a blip with Rob Zombie talking about putting together Hellbilly Deluxe 2, and it gave me hope. However this trend continued, and musically I have found little to enjoy about Rob Zombie since Urge was released in 2001. Of course this album was released as he was putting together his first movie, and the album wasn’t terrible, just disjointed, so I gave a bit of a pass.

With the release of The Sinister Urge, the music started to be less consistent, and Rob seemed distracted. Yes it was a bit more pop-py, but the spectacle and tongue-in-cheek attitude was still there.įor me, this is where the love started to come apart. When White Zombie unraveled, there was a moment of pause among the fan base, including me, but when Hellbilly Deluxe was released in 1998, much of that worry was relieved. He seemed to have fun with the whole thing: expanding beyond just the music, doing cover illustrations for the CD’s, directing the videos, and popping up all over in the metal world to add Zombie flair. Even when White Zombie was at their height, it was clear that it was his show. Of course this was all overseen by Rob Zombie. White Zombie also put on one of the best live shows I have ever seen. I liked that they didn’t write lyrics like it was some sort of gospel, and I liked the spectacle of the band. I liked that they sounded different than most of the other bands out there. I went through my teenage years in the 90’s, and in a way grew up with White Zombie. In this review of Rob Zombie’s latest album, I think it is only fair to give some of my background.

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