Jeb Wright at Classic Rock Revisited recently caught up with vocalist / movie director Rob Zombie. An excerpt from the story is available below.

Equally as important as the music to Zombie is the live presentation. It is within this format that Rob can mix his love of theater and his love of music. Creating a unique show is one of his highest priorities, although, this time around, he was tempted to simply revisit the past.

“I have the stage set from the first Hellbilly Tour in storage. I toyed with the idea of actually pulling out the set from 11 years ago and using the actual set,” Zombie confesses. “We started doing that but there was something about it that felt tired and contrived. It just seemed fake; it didn't seem right. So we've sort of gone back and created what seems like the new version of that. I can't wait for people to see it. We're all pretty excited. It's like the modernized update of that. You know the stage feels very fresh, very modern, very high tech, but really has the spirit of that first show. Minus unfortunately, the days of shooting off massive amounts of fire everywhere. Those days are long gone. That is a huge problem now, it’s impossible to get the OK to do that. But everything else is pretty nice.”

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As previously reported, in a sudden and unexpected move, Rob Zombie has inked a new worldwide deal with leading rock label Roadrunner Records through its Loud & Proud imprint.

This shocking announcement comes as Zombie exits his former label of eighteen years, where he sold fifteen million records as a solo artist and with his former band White Zombie. Zombie’s new album, Hellbilly Deluxe 2, previously set for release on November 17 will now be released by Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records in early 2010.

“It certainly wasn’t an easy decision to make after all this time, but it had to be done,” states Zombie. “I love this new record and wanted to surround myself with an excited new group of people who can reignite my enthusiasm for working within a hard rock record label. Roadrunner seems to be the perfect place.”

“Roadrunner is thrilled to be involved with Rob Zombie on a worldwide basis as he is a multiple-threat artist whom we’ve admired for many years,” said Roadrunner president Jonas Nachsin.

Tom Lipsky, founder and president of Loud & Proud echoed Nachsin’s sentiment, “Rob Zombie hits hard on Hellbilly Deluxe 2 and the fans expect nothing less. We are excited about the monster mayhem that he is certain to create!”

The first single from the new album, “What?” recently launched at all rock radio formats and is quickly climbing the charts. This latest album marks the follow-up to 1998’s triple platinum Hellbilly Deluxe.

The track listing is as follows:
'Jesus Frankenstein'
'Sick Bubblegum'
'What?'
'Mars Needs Women'
'Werewolf, Baby!'
'Virgin Witch'
'Death And Destiny Inside The Dream Factory'
'Burn'
'Cease To Exist'
'Werewolf Women Of The SS'
'The Man Who Laughs'