Rob Zombie is an American filmmaker and musician. He is known for founding the metal band “White Zombie”. After releasing up to 4 albums with the band, he later started his solo career. He released his first solo single entitled Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn) in 1996 which earned him a 1996 Grammy Awards nomination for Best Metal Performance. His debut solo album came out just a year after the release of his single. Rob’s debut album has sold millions of copies worldwide. He disbanded his heavy metal band a month after his album Hellbilly Deluxe (1997) was released. He later released a remix album for his debut album, containing some of his songs from the album.

In addition to singing, Rob Zombie is very active in the acting industry. He is a television actor, author, director and film producer. His love of horror films is well represented in his works on screen. In 2000 he directed the film House of 1000 Corpses which was a horror film. He also directed the sequel to the film Devil’s Rejections which was released in 2005. It received better reviews than the first film. Rob Zombie has also played multiple roles in films such as Airheads (1994), Space Ghost from Coast to Coast (1997), Justice League (2003), Slide (2006), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) andMr. Pickles (2016).

Born name

Robert Bartleh Cummings

nickname

Rob Straker, Rob Zombie, Robert Wolfgang Zombie

Sun sign

Capricorn

Place of birth

Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA

Residence

• Los Angeles, California, United States
• Woodbury, Connecticut, United States

nationality

training

Rob Zombie attended Haverhill High School in 1983 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He later relocated and enrolled in Parsons School of Design in New York City, United States. He then attended Pratt Institute in New York City, New York, United States.

occupation

Singer-songwriter, musician, screenwriter, film director, film producer, record producer, programmer, composer, actor

family

• Father – Robert Cummings (Carnival Handler)
• Mother – Louise Cummings (Carnival Worker)
• Siblings – Michael David Cummings aka Spider One (younger brother) (singer)

Manager

Rob Zombie is represented by –

• Andy Gould Management, Inc. (Talent Management Company), Los Angeles, California, United States
• David Fox (lawyer)
• United Talent Agency (Talentagentur), Beverly Hills, Kalifornien, USA

Genre

Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Industrial Metal, Shock Rock, Nu Metal

instruments

Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, saxophone, keyboards, programming

labels

• Roadrunner records
• Loud and proud records
• Geffen Records
• Zodiac Swan Records
• Nuclear Blast Records

To build

Athletic

Height

5 feet 10 inches or 178 cm

weight

83 kg or 183 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Rob Zombie dated –

1. Sean Yseult – Sean Yseult is an American singer known for her rock music. She attended Parsons School of Design. The time Sean and Rob met is still unknown, but he met her while studying at the Parsons School of Design in New York. They dated for a few years before ending the relationship in 1991. Sean Yseult later married a musician named Chris Lee.
2. Sheri Moon Zombie (1992 – Present) – Rob Zombie began dating Sheri Moon in 1992 before wed her on October 31, 2002 after over 9 years of dating.

race/ethnicity

White

He is of Scottish and/or English descent.

hair colour

Hellbraun

eye color

hazel

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• dreadlocks on his head
• Keeps long beard
• Heavily tattooed body

brand promotion

Rob Zombie has endorsed Woolite detergent at some point in the past.

Known for

• Founding member of the heavy metal band “White Zombie”
• Directed the horror film House of 1000 Corpses (2000)
• Since beginning his career as a solo artist, he has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide

First album

In August 1998, Rob Zombie released his debut solo album, Hellbilly Deluxe . The album has sold over 3 million copies worldwide and contained up to 3 singles, loved by critics and fans worldwide.

first movie

Rob Zombie made his film debut as the White Zombie vocalist in the 1993 comedy film Airheads .

First TV show

Rob Zombie first appeared in a television series as himself Howard Stern in 1996.

Rob Zombie favorite things

• Horror Movies – Black Christmas (1974)
• Horror-Subgenre – Zombies
• Animated sitcom – Groucho Marx
• Pets – dogs and cats
• Horror-Sitcom – The Munsters

Rob zombie facts

1. He is the older brother of the Powerman 5000 rock band’s lead singer, Spider One.
2. His parents, Robert and Louise, were working at the carnival before their tents were burned due to a protest that broke out at the carnival. there were many deaths and he says he was lucky to escape with his parents.
3. When he was much younger, Rob Zombie always had a strong interest in horror films and things of the dark. Growing up with this fascination shaped him into what he is today.
4. Before White Zombie became very successful, Rob Zombie worked in the television entertainment industry as a production assistant on a television series. Pee-Wee’s Playhouse .
5. Rob Zombie formed the band White Zombie with a girl he met in college, Sean Yseult, who later became his girlfriend. They dated for a number of years before breaking up, but both stayed in the band until it was eventually discontinued when he decided to focus on his solo career.
6. White Zombie’s final album, released in 1995, Astro-Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction, and Other Synthetic Electric Head Delusions was their first and last album to ever reach the Billboard 200 top 10.
7. Robert Cummings legally renamed him Rob Zombie in 1996.
8. On his debut solo album, Rob worked with artists such as Charlie Closer and John Tempesta, who was also a member of his band.
9. Rob Zombie’s original directorial debut, The Crow: 2037, was never released. It was a futuristic film he wrote. He had several arguments with the producers and was eventually fired from the film.
10. He owns a record label called Zombie-A-Go-Go.
11. His once helped his brother Spider One manage his rock band Powerman 5000.
12. His wife Sheri Moon Zombie was there on the cover of his remix album American Made Music to Strip (1999).
13. Rob Zombie has a pair of boots that he has worn for 20 years.
14. He is close friends with Ozzy Osbourne, James Gunn and Alice Cooper.
15. There was a rumor that he was the director of the 2013 horror film Evil Dead .
16. Rob Zombie and his wife are vegetarians.
17. He’s an animal rights activist.
18. His metal band White Zombie was named after a film White Zombie (1932) produced by Bela Lugosi.
19. The first film he directed, titled House of 1000 Corpses, was inspired by the 1974 horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre .
20. He is a good artist who draws illustrations on his CD booklets and also on White Zombie CDs. He also designed a maze for Halloween Horror Nights Produced by Universal Studios and the hallucination scene in Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996).
21. Visit his official website @ robzombie.com.
22. Follow Rob Zombie on Instagram and Twitter.