

To outsiders, the entire schlock enterprise may seem ridiculous or sound monotonous, but even the weak cuts here hit hard and give fans exactly what they want. For most listeners, it doesn't matter if Hellbilly Deluxe is technically a White Zombie or Rob Zombie album, since it delivers the goods, arguably even better than Astro-Creep: 2000.

Since White Zombie was always his baby, it seems a little strange that he had the need to break away from the group, especially since the album sounds exactly like a White Zombie record, complete with thunderous industrial rhythms, drilling metal guitars, and B-movie obsessions. He did extracurricular animation, managed a band, started a record label, drew a sequence in Beavis & Butt-Head Do America, appeared in films, wrote the script for The Crow 3 (which he planned to direct), and most tellingly of all, he recorded a solo album, Hellbilly Deluxe. Stopping short of breaking up the band, Zombie set out to make sure everyone know that he was the main force in the band, as if there were any doubt in the first place. November1 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove 3 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Event Center 5 - Salt Lake City, UT - Great Salt Air 6 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore 8 - Tulsa, OK - Brady Theater 10 - Austin, TX - Austin City Music Hall 11 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater 13 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom 14 - Kansas City, MO - The Uptown 15 - St.Just as White Zombie was on the verge of becoming the most popular metal band in the land, Rob Zombie decided he was an auteur. Take a look at the cover for Hellbilly Deluxe 2 and compare it to the artwork of Rob Zombie’s previous record, 2006’s Educated Horses. October29 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre 30 - Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl 31 - Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Palladium These three masters have added an awesome edge to the CD package that I'm sure you will love."Ĭonfirmed Rob Zombie tour dates are as follows: Alex Horley, David Hartman, Dan Brereton. Since this may be the last true CD I make I thought I would gather three of the top artist around to contribute some killer new Zombie art for the booklet. I love being able to get great artist involved on my CD artwork and this time is the best yet. So before we say goodbye to the almighty CD I thought I would give it a big send off.

All you will have left is digital downloads. Zombie recently issued the following update:
