Robert bartleh cummings biography

The longtime frontman for industrial metal superstars White Zombie, Rob Zombie was born Robert Bartleh Cummings on January 12, , in Haverhill, Massachusetts, forming the group soon after moving to New York City circa He subsequently worked as a bike messenger, porn magazine art director, and production assistant for the classic children's TV series Pee Wee's Playhouse, concurrently leading White Zombie through a series of cult-favorite indie releases; the success of their major-label debut, La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1, not only launched Zombie to new prominence within the music industry, but also allowed him to try his hand at animation (most notably a hallucinatory sequence of the feature film Beavis & Butt-Head Do America) and directing (he was slated to helm the third chapter of The Crow franchise, working from his own screenplay, but Miramax Films eventually pulled out of the deal).

In mid, Zombie made his solo debut with the album Hellbilly Deluxe. When it sold more copies in its first week of release than any White Zombie record before it, he disbanded the group to move on as a full-time solo act, quickly issuing Hellbilly remix album American Made Music to Strip By in the fall of Starting his own label, Zombie-a-Go-Go Records, he gave bands like the Ghastly Ones a home while creating demented mix CDs like Halloween Hootenanny. He delivered remixes to a number of soundtracks while recording a new song for the Mission Impossible: 2 soundtrack, and he rounded out his first major solo run with a Rob Zombie toy produced by Todd McFarlane.

He began to work on a feature film in April of , funded by Universal Studios after he designed a horror display for their amusement parks. The film, House of Corpses, was produced and edited, but the studio backed out due to its own corporate standards. Zombie wrangled the rights to the film from the studio while taking out his frustrations on his next solo record, Sinister Urge. Again working with collabo

American rock musician and filmmaker (born )

Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, ) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have been praised for their elaborate shock rock theatricality. He has sold an estimated 15 million albums worldwide. He rose to fame as a founding member and the frontman of heavy metal band White Zombie, with whom he released four albums.

His first solo effort, the song "Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)" (with Alice Cooper), was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. His debut solo studio album, Hellbilly Deluxe, was released in ; White Zombie disbanded a month later. Hellbilly Deluxe sold over 3 million copies worldwide and spawned three singles. His second studio album, The Sinister Urge, was released in and became his second platinum album in the U.S. His third studio album, Educated Horses, was released in and marked a departure from his earlier style. It became his third album to enter the top 10 of the Billboard , but saw a decrease in sales compared to his previous releases. His fourth studio album, Hellbilly Deluxe 2, released in and peaked at no. 8 in the U.S. A remix album, Mondo Sex Head, released in and was followed by his fifth album Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor in In , Zombie released his sixth album, The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser, and his seventh studio album, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy, was released in

Zombie directed the horror film House of Corpses in , though the controversial project was not released until , and has since been described as a cult classic. Zombie followed the film with two sequels in his Firefly trilogy: The Devil's Rejects () and 3 from Hell (). Afte

Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings on January 12, in Haverhill, Massachusetts) is an Americanheavy metalsinger, director, producer and screenwriter. He formed the band White Zombie.

He has also directed the films House of Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, the remake of Halloween and the sequel to that Halloween II.

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Rob Zombie had always been a misfit. From the ‘80s New York art-rock scene to his mutation into a famous director, he’s never done things the easy or indeed the normal way. That’s metal.

Where and when were you born?

“I was born Robert Cummings in Massachusetts on January 12, Wikipedia got that one right!”

Were you from a very musical family?

“No. I didn’t know anyone who played an instrument, or even owned one. No one in my family even seemed to like music that much. I discovered music through watching the TV, because most of the shows had a musical theme – like The Monkees, or cartoons like The Groovy Ghoulies or The Archies. It didn’t matter what the goofy characters were, they always had a rock band – like The Banana Splits, which was awesome.”

How did you get into performing music?

“At some point I got a guitar, maybe when I was in kindergarten. Then I did what so many people do: you find a couple of other guys with instruments and you start a band. I picked bass and my other friend picked drums. My high- school band went nowhere because we all got sick of each other, so apart from that, my first band was White Zombie.”

What kind of student were you at school?

“Terrible. I thought school was incredibly boring and I hated it. I couldn’t sit still, I couldn’t focus. I would always stay up really late at night because I wanted to watch movies on TV, so I would fall asleep in school all the time. I was dead on my feet all day long.”

Did your parents push you to get an education?

“Not so much, no. Ha ha! I did graduate high school, though, because in my last couple of years I figured out an incredible scam. Essentially I shouldn’t have graduated, but I realised that if I signed up for man