Rob Zombie Gives Album Update

Rob Zombie has posted the following brief message:

ROB ZOMBIE has issued the following update:

"Well, we have for the first time ever written more songs than we need for an album. Everything isn't 100% finished, but everything is moving along great. No release date yet."

Rob Zombie's new movie, The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto, is expecting a release sometime this year.

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Drowning Pool Singer Slams Papa Roach

Drowning Pool vocalist Ryan McCombs has posted two blogs recently regarding a show the band performed with Papa Roach, Alter Bridge and Rev Theory. Check them out below:

"The powers that be have been after me for some time to write another blog. Hell, at one point it was even suggested that I try to start some controversy with some other acts. You know the old 'no such thing as bad press' BS. It was suggested that I take a shot at Kid Rock one time. WHAT??? Here's a dude that marches the same path we do supporting our troops. Yeah, right, I'll get right on that.

"Actually, I will, but not at Kid Rock. Hell, I respect the guy — why would I do that?! I need a reason to be a prick. Anyone out there that knows me knows that much. So let me get to it. Let me make everyone happy.

"I'm sitting here in Mt. Clemens, Michigan at a radio show for WRIF, a bad-ass station up here in these parts. On the bill tonight was four bands that led us to look forward to this show tonight. REV THEORY, who we've been on the road with for a few shows here the past couple of weeks. ALTER BRIDGE, who I have no idea about, and PAPA ROACH, who happens to be 10th Street (our management) family of ours. Family, my ass. More...

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BFMV Members Discuss Beef with Rob Zombie

Artisan News Service caught up with Welsh Metal core band, Bullet for My Valentine to get their thoughts on being kicked off Rob Zombie's tour. Bullet for My Valentine, whose latest album, "Scream Aim Fire" debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, were so unhappy on a United States tour opening for Rob Zombie that lead vocalist Matt Tuck posted comments on the bands message board about how they were being treated and why they felt disrespected. During the tour Tuck posted these comments about being an opening act.

"As for the merchandise, ZOMBIE makes us price match him so, yup, it's f**kin $40 for a t-shirt, which is insane, I know. Greedy money-grabbing fucks. We're only allowed two pieces of merch, too, which sucks ass. Unfortunately, being first on on a tour like this sucks, but it's gotta be done. As I write this, I'm sitting on the f**kin' floor of the venue 'coz we don't have a dressing room again, 'coz f**kin Zombie takes them all for him, his band and crew. Basically, we are s**t to him."

Once Rob Zombie's camp got wind of the posting the band was immediately kicked off the tour for expressing their views and opinions and standing up for their beliefs.

Artisan News caught up with the band to get their thoughts on the spat with Zombie and why the band still wants to thank him.

"Well we stand for what we...we stand up for ourselves really and I guess he didn't like what we said. Whatever. It don't bother us. We got dropped from the tour but we joined the Guns N Roses tour, so it kind of worked out well for us you know. Yeah, kind of. Cheers Rob!"

So does lead vocalist and guitarist Matt Tuck feel any ill will about the Zombie situation looking back at it in hindsight?

"No, I sleep soundly each night."

Bullet for My Valentine regrettably had to drop off the final five dates on the Taste of Chaos tour, with Atreyu and Avenged Sevenfold as bassist Jay James rushed back to the UK to be with his 2-year old daughter who had been hospitalized. Bullet's Matt, Padge and Moose played two abbreviated shows (San Jose/April 12 and Sacramento/April 13) with their guitar tech, Kevin Papworth, sitting in for Jay on bass, but the band was not comfortable with not being the best they can be. The band also asks that you keep Jay's daughter and her speedy recovery in your thoughts. Bullet for My Valentine will also be performing at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park and the Download Festival in June 2008 in Europe. The bands new single "Waking The Demon" hit U.S. radio airways April 7.

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Release Date Set For New John5 Album

John5’s (Rob Zombie, ex-Marilyn Manson), new album "Requiem" will hit stores on June 3rd. A track from the album titled “Sounds of Impalement” can be streamed on the band's MySpace page.

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Rob Zombie Posts New Album Update

Rob Zombie has issued the following update:

"Work on the new album is moving along great. We have about 10 songs so far and are still writing away like maniacs. No release date as of yet."

Rob Zombie called the record labels "dinosaurs waiting to die" in an interview in the March issue of Metal Edge magazine. Zombie said that the labels "all have a defeatist attitude. And that's why in another couple of years, they won't exist...They're just overpaid and lazy, and it's all crumbled around them. But the art is not going anywhere. You go out there, and there's more tours than ever, the shows are bigger than ever, the crowds are crazier than ever, the fans are younger than ever; there's no lack of demand for the music or the bands or anything. It's just that the record labels are these overstuffed, overpaid dinosaurs. They're gonna die. The music's not going anywhere."

Zombie said in a recent conference call that he's not sure what future music distribution will look like. "There's got to be something else you can do because CDs, we know that's done," he said. "That's just done. And a download is just not that exciting. There's something missing when you — you can't walk up to someone and go, 'Oh, can you autograph my download?' There's got to be something else that can then happen. I just don't know. I mean, we're certainly trying to figure out what it is, because I want to figure out something special for the next musical release, whatever it will be."

Zombie, who is also a feature film director, also told Metal Edge, "The problem with the record industry is that they've tried to emulate the film business. The film business is very much about the opening weekend...But with a record, it used to be that you'd work it." He added that with his recent concert CD, "Zombie Live", "They put it out there, they put, like, five minutes of work into it, and they're, like, 'We're done'...They say 'No one buys CDs,'so they don't bother to sell them."

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Rob Zombie Begins Work On New Album

Rob Zombie has issued the following update;

"Well, yesterday I started work on my next full-length studio album. We wrote a ton of stuff on the last tour and are finally putting it down. I don't have a release date yet. I'll keep you all posted as things progress. That's it."

Rob Zombie called the record labels "dinosaurs waiting to die" in an interview in the March issue of Metal Edge magazine. Zombie said that the labels "all have a defeatist attitude. And that's why in another couple of years, they won't exist...They're just overpaid and lazy, and it's all crumbled around them. But the art is not going anywhere. You go out there, and there's more tours than ever, the shows are bigger than ever, the crowds are crazier than ever, the fans are younger than ever; there's no lack of demand for the music or the bands or anything. It's just that the record labels are these overstuffed, overpaid dinosaurs. They're gonna die. The music's not going anywhere."

Zombie said in a recent conference call that he's not sure what future music distribution will look like. "There's got to be something else you can do because CDs, we know that's done," he said. "That's just done. And a download is just not that exciting. There's something missing when you — you can't walk up to someone and go, 'Oh, can you autograph my download?' There's got to be something else that can then happen. I just don't know. I mean, we're certainly trying to figure out what it is, because I want to figure out something special for the next musical release, whatever it will be."

Zombie, who is also a feature film director, also told Metal Edge, "The problem with the record industry is that they've tried to emulate the film business. The film business is very much about the opening weekend...But with a record, it used to be that you'd work it." He added that with his recent concert CD, "Zombie Live", "They put it out there, they put, like, five minutes of work into it, and they're, like, 'We're done'...They say 'No one buys CDs,'so they don't bother to sell them."

Zombie recently confirmed last week that his next live-action feature film will be called "Tyrannosaurus Rex". Reportedly a biker flick and not about dinosaurs, the film is set for release on August 28, 2009. It will follow his hit 2007 remake of the horror classic "Halloween" and his upcoming animated film, "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto".

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New Rob Zombie Movie Plot Revealed?

The Pulse of Radio reports: More information has possibly crept out about the next movie from rocker-turned-filmmaker Rob Zombie, titled "Tyrannosaurus Rex". According to Bloody-Disgusting.com, the movie is about a semi-professional wrestler named Tyrannosaurus Rex who is being pursued by a "biker gang from hell." If that is in fact the premise, it closely resembles a comic book that Zombie co-authored a few years ago, called "The Nail". Although a film version of "The Nail" was reportedly in the works at one point, nothing ever came of it.

Zombie created "The Nail" with hot horror comics writer Steve Niles, author of the graphic novel "30 Days of Night". Zombie told The Pulse of Radio at the time how the partnership began. "We got together and we're like the same age, and we sort of have the same background, you know, he was in these DC hardcore bands, and somehow we just were very similar," he said. "So we started working together and, I don't know, it just worked. 'The Nail' is pretty ridiculous, it's sort of like ('70s biker horror film) 'Satan's Sadists' meets ('70s Peter Fonda horror movie) 'Race With The Devil'."

Zombie has not made any public announcements about "Tyrannosaurus Rex" except for the title. The film is due out on August 28, 2009 and will follow his hit 2007 remake of "Halloween".

Zombie's upcoming animated film, "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto", was also based on a comic book character he created.

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Rob Zombie Issues Film Update

Rob Zombie has issued the following update:

"Well, I am getting bombarded about this, so I thought I would address it all at once. First off, The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto is my next film to be released. We are in the final stages of post-production now. So get ready it is fucking awesome. After that my next live action feature is called Tyrannosaurus Rex. I don't want to give away any details yet, but I will tell you that it has nothing to do with dinosaurs.

Tyrannosaurus Rex will be produced by Dimension Films and is scheduled for release on August 28, 2009."

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Rob Zombie Back To Work On Animated Movie

The Pulse of Radio reports that Rob Zombie updated the official MySpace page for his animated movie, "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto", on Monday (January 28), indicating that he had completed his tour with OZZY OSBOURNE and was ready to resume work on the film. Zombie wrote, "Well, the tour is over and now it is 'Superbeasto' time. Starting on Monday, I am back and ready to kick ass on 'Beasto'. Stay tuned this thing is coming your way soon! Finally!" The adult-oriented animated flick is based on a character Zombie created for his Spookshow International series of comic books a few years back.

Although Zombie hinted last year that he was writing some new songs for the "Superbeasto" soundtrack, he said in a recent conference call with reporters that he hadn't settled on music for the film yet. "Musically, that's the only aspect that's not finished, so we're still working on that," he said. "Glenn Garland, who was, well, he did 'Halloween' for me and then we cut the director's cut, he is now editing 'Superbeasto', so that is pretty much almost a hundred percent done. I mean, it's basically finished."

Actor Paul Giamatti and Zombie's wife, Sheri Moon Zombie, have both contributed their voices to "El Superbeasto".

The unrated director's cut of Zombie's latest film, a remake of the horror classic "Halloween", arrived on DVD last month after becoming a surprise box office hit in September.

Zombie has been on the road since last fall with Ozzy, touring in support of his first-ever concert album, "Zombie Live".

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Rob Zombie Cancels Upcoming Tulsa Show

ROB ZOMBIE's previously announced January 26, 2008 sold-out headlining concert at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma has been cancelled. No further information is currently available.

Rob Zombie told RollingStone.com last month that his next film might be a Western. The rocker-turned-filmmaker, who said he loved last fall's remake of "3:10 to Yuma", explained, "It's one of my favorite genres. I love John Ford, Howard Hawks". Although Zombie has not revealed specific plans for his fourth film as a director, he told one group of reporters on a recent conference call that it would not be a horror movie. He has also ruled out directing a sequel to his hit remake of "Halloween" and dismissed Internet rumors that he was working on a re-imagining of the '80s chiller "C.H.U.D."

Zombie also said he'd like to make a feature-length version of "Werewolf Women of the S.S.", the fake trailer he directed as part of last spring's "Grindhouse".

The unrated "director's cut" of "Halloween" arrived on DVD on December 18, containing additional footage, deleted scenes, documentaries and more.

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Win Ozzy, Rob Zombie Tickets For Worcester, MA

Update: Contest is over. Congratulations to Carolyn Timmons, who won two tickets to see Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie!

Metalunderground.com in conjuction with AEG Live are giving away two tickets to one lucky winner for the Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie concert on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA.

All you have to do to enter to win the tickets is send an email to winozzytix@metalunderground.com and include your first and last name (needed to claim the tickets), your email address, and a phone number so we can contact you. A winner will be randomly drawn from all entries received between now (December 19, 2007) and through January 1, 2008. The winner will be contacted on January 2, 2008 and tickets will be held at the venue's will call, where they can be picked up by presenting valid ID.

You can view the remaining tour dates and buy tickets for the Ozzy/Rob Zombie tour here.

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New Rob Zombie Tour Dates Announced

ROB ZOMBIE has added more new headline dates to the itinerary for the current OZZY OSBOURNE, Rob Zombie North American tour. Complete dates are now as follows:

December
20 - Wolstein Center at CSU - Cleveland, OH
21 - Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall *
22 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY

January
3 - Cumberland County Civic Center - Portland, ME
4 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY *
5 - Verizon Center - Washington, DC
6 - The Norva - Norfolk, VA *
7 - Toads Place - Richmond, VA
8 - DCU Center - Worcester, MA
10 - Wachovia Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA
11 - Scranton Cultural Center - Scranton, PA *
12 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
13 - Higher Ground - South Burlington, VT *
14 - Colisee Pepsi Arena - Quebec City, QC
16 - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC
18 - Elements - Kitchener, ON *
19 - John Labatt Centre - London, ON
21 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ON
22 - The Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY *
23 - LC Pavilion - Columbus, OH *
24 - The Orbit Room - Grand Rapids, MI *
26 - Cain’s Ballroom - Tulsa, OK *
27 - The Pavilion - Lubbock, TX *
28 - The Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM *

* Rob Zombie only

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Rob Zombie Announce More Headlining Tour Dates

ROB ZOMBIE has scheduled the following headlining dates during the "off" days on his current tour with OZZY OSBOURNE:

Dec. 19 - Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room
Dec. 21 - Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
Jan. 04 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
Jan. 06 - Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
Jan. 11 - Scranton, PA @ Scranton Cultural Center
Jan. 13 - South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Jan. 18 - Kitchener, ON @ Elements
Jan. 22 - Buffalo, NY @ The Town Ballroom
Jan. 23 - Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion
Jan. 24 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Orbit Room
Jan. 28 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Sunshine Theatre

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Release Date For Rob Zombie's "Halloween" Revealed

ROB ZOMBIE's remake of John Carpenter's classic horror flick Halloween, comes to DVD on December 18th.

Both the rated and unrated versions will be two disc sets due to the amount of extras included. And according to Zombie, "the unrated version is a cut no one has seen."

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In This Moment Guitarist Talks Hometown Ozzy Show

Southern California's IN THIS MOMENT is currently catching the attention of thousands of people across North America opening for the legendary OZZY OSBOURNE and ROB ZOMBIE. This massive three-month arena tour — which runs through early next year — afforded the band an opportunity to perform a monumental show at the Staples Center in their hometown of Los Angeles this past weekend. The event was a massive success as the group prepares to close out the year on stage at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Commented guitarist Chris Howorth: "We just played our hometown show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and it was absolutely fantastic. All our friends and family got to see us at this huge arena opening for OZZY OSBOURNE and ROB ZOMBIE! It's a dream come true for us.

"Taking the stage at an arena show in L.A. is a feeling that is beyond words to describe, especially for a band that started out having to buy tickets to play The Whisky.

"We are really excited about every show on this tour because they are all amazing, but we are a little extra pumped up about the Madison Square Garden show in New York. It's a Christmas show with Ozzy at one of the most famous arenas in the U.S.

"It's crazy to think about all the legendary sporting events that have taken place and all the huge bands that have played at that venue. I am beyond excited to be playing there and it doesn't seem real.

"I am so thankful for where we are and what we are doing right now."

IN THIS MOMENT's debut album, "Beautiful Tragedy" (Century Media Records), has sold 38,000 copies in the United States since its March 20, 2007 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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Rob Zombie Talks Halloween DVD

The Pulse of Radio reports: Rob Zombie sat down with Bloody-Disgusting.com for an update on all his current projects, including the upcoming DVD of his recent hit remake of "Halloween". Zombie said the package will contain his "unrated" longer cut of the movie, loads of deleted scenes, documentaries and other bonus features. One thing it will not include, however, is the "workprint" version of the movie that leaked online prior to its theatrical release. Zombie said, "I don't know what this bullshit workprint is. Something got online which I never saw...the version from the day that someone decided to steal the movie and put it online is one of the 300 versions we were cutting. So I don't know what that is, but the one on the unrated DVD is not that."

Zombie also confirmed that recent rumors about him directing a remake of Eighties horror film "C.H.U.D." were "100% false," and that his "adult" cartoon, "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto", will be completed in February when he finishes his current tour with OZZY OSBOURNE.

Speaking of Ozzy, Zombie was asked in a recent call with reporters if he'd ever consider casting his tourmate in one of his movies: "Casting Ozzy? No, no. Acting's not a joke for me, you know, and not everybody can act. I mean, there's a lot of people that are great personalities, but that doesn't mean they're actors, because acting's hard and it's really hard on the actors. And that's why usually musicians are terrible actors, 'cause they have their personality and persona, but it doesn't mean they can act."

Zombie has not announced what his next live-action feature will be, although he has said it will "not be a horror film."

The rocker-turned-director appears with Ozzy on Wednesday night (November 28) in Glendale, Arizona.

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John 5's Loser Updates MySpace Player

Loser, the former side project of Rob Zombie guitarist and ex-Marilyn Manson guitarist John 5, has updated their MySpace player with four new tracks that would have appeared on their debut album 'Just Like You'. The band split and were dropped from Island Records before the album was released after John 5 decided to continue touring with Rob Zombie.

Drummer Glendon Crain went on to join Godhead, vocalist Joe Grah is currently in South of Earth which also includes former Filter guitarist Geno Lenardo.

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Tonight's Ozzy Show Postponed Until December 2nd

Reports indicate Ozzy Osbourne's scheduled show in San Diego tonight (November 20th) is being postponed due to a stomach virus. The show has been rescheduled for Sunday, December 2nd. All tickets for the original date will be honoured. OZZY’s tour with Rob Zombie resumes Saturday (11/24) at The Joint in Las Vegas.

Remaining dates on the tour, also featuring Rob Zombie and IN THIS MOMENT, are as follows:

November
24 - The Joint - Las Vegas, NV
26 - Rabobank Arena - Bakersfield, CA
28 - Jobing.com Arena - Glendale, AZ
30 - STAPLES Center - Los Angeles, CA

December
2 - San Diego Sports Arena - San Diego, CA (NEW DATE)
4 - Pepsi Center - Denver, CO
6 - Ford Center - Oklahoma City, OK
8 - Kansas Coliseum - Wichita, KS
11 - Sprint Center - Kansas City, MO
13 - Bradley Center - Milwaukee, WI
16 - Allstate Arena - Chicago, IL
18 - Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MI
20 - Mellon Arena - Pittsburgh, PA
22 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY

January
3 - Cumberland County Civic Center - Portland, ME
5 - Verizon Center - Washington, DC
8 - DCU Center - Worcester, MA
10 - Wachovia Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA
14 - Colisee Pepsi Arena - Quebec City, QC
16 - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC
19 - John Labatt Centre - London, ON
21 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ON
24 - Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland, OH

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Rob Zombie Talks Live DVD

Chris Harris of MTV.com reports: Not only does Rob Zombie hope to record another studio LP in 2008, he's still working on the companion DVD to his recently released album, "Zombie Live", Zombie's inaugural live offering, which sold 15,000 copies during its first week to debut at #57 on the Billboard top 200. He'd like to have the DVD finished for a spring 2008 release, he said during a recent teleconference with reporters.

"I'm not sure [when the DVD will be in stores], 'cause right now, the editor who I'll have edit that is editing [this] behind-the-scenes documentary, documenting the making of 'Halloween', " he said, referring to his re-imagining of the 1978 classic, which hit theaters last summer. "So when he's done doing that, he's then going to go do this one. So, who knows?

"I didn't want to really just make a live DVD, because I felt like, 'Ah, who cares?' " he continued. "What I really did was [make] a tour documentary similar to the documentary I made for the DVD for 'Devil's Rejects', where it starts with the first rehearsal through the building of the stage, through traveling and flying and playing every show and after the show and this and that."

So what of that long-rumored, oft-delayed WHITE ZOMBIE box set, a compilation of every piece of music the band ever put to tape?

"I don't know when it's going to come out," he explained. "I always keep putting it on the backburner to do other projects. What my plan for what to put on it was basically every single thing ever, so that I could put out the box set and go, 'That's everything. Don't ask me about anything else. That is absolutely everything that band's ever recorded.' There [won't be] a lot of extra stuff, but there's tons of stuff that was never even on CD that was just on these limited vinyl releases. I'm not real good at going back and wanting to redo old stuff. I always want to do new stuff, so that's why the project keeps dragging on forever."

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John 5 Instructional DVD Pushed Back

ROB ZOMBIE/ex-MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5's new instructional DVD, which was previously due by Halloween, has had its release date pushed back to January 2008. John has also started work on a new instrumental CD for a 2008 release.

John 5 released his third solo album, "The Devil Knows My Name", on April 3. The CD features guest guitar solos from two legendary guitarists — Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson — plus SLIPKNOT's Jim Root. Keeping time are John's ZOMBIE bandmates Tommy Clufetos (drums) and Piggy D. (bass). According to a press release, this is the only album that all leads were doubled — an instrumental feat that is rarely taken on by the best of the guitar players.

John 5's second solo album, "Songs for Sanity" (2005), featured guest guitar solos from Steve Vai and Albert Lee. John also worked with KISS frontman Paul Stanley on Stanley's second solo album, "Live to Win", which was released in October.

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