White Zombie boxed set in the works
A White Zombie boxed set is in the works, according to Blabbermouth.net. Former frontman Rob Zombie said the package will contain "everything we ever recorded. I am currently transferring all the early shit from the original tapes. No remixing going on here -- everything will be as it was originally recorded. Don't know when this box set will be available, but it is slowly moving forward. This will be the final word on White Zombie."
Rob Zombie formed White Zombie in the mid-'80s after moving from Massachusetts to New York's Lower East Side. The band slowly built a cult following and became stars in 1992 with its major label debut, La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 and hit single "Thunder Kiss '65."
The band broke up in the late '90s, with Rob Zombie starting a successful solo career and pursuing his goal of writing and directing feature films. The singer told us that younger fans of his solo albums don't always know that he was in White Zombie: "I wouldn't normally think that but, like, if some kid's, like, 15, you know, White Zombie had broken up as a band when the kid was, like, eight or something so he doesn't remember it. So there's always confusion, like, 'Hey, was he in that band?' and 'What songs should I listen to?'"
A previous career retrospective, 2003's Past, Present and Future, featured selections from both White Zombie and Rob Zombie's solo efforts.
Zombie recently completed work on a solo live album, which is tentatively due for release early this year.
He is scheduled to begin shooting his third feature film later this month, a remake of the classic 1978 horror movie Halloween. The flick is set for release on August 31st.
Rob Zombie formed White Zombie in the mid-'80s after moving from Massachusetts to New York's Lower East Side. The band slowly built a cult following and became stars in 1992 with its major label debut, La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 and hit single "Thunder Kiss '65."
The band broke up in the late '90s, with Rob Zombie starting a successful solo career and pursuing his goal of writing and directing feature films. The singer told us that younger fans of his solo albums don't always know that he was in White Zombie: "I wouldn't normally think that but, like, if some kid's, like, 15, you know, White Zombie had broken up as a band when the kid was, like, eight or something so he doesn't remember it. So there's always confusion, like, 'Hey, was he in that band?' and 'What songs should I listen to?'"
A previous career retrospective, 2003's Past, Present and Future, featured selections from both White Zombie and Rob Zombie's solo efforts.
Zombie recently completed work on a solo live album, which is tentatively due for release early this year.
He is scheduled to begin shooting his third feature film later this month, a remake of the classic 1978 horror movie Halloween. The flick is set for release on August 31st.
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