Performer Notes
- Personnel:
Rob Zombie (vocals); Danny Lohner, Mark Matcho (guitar, bass); Riggs
(guitar); Blasko (bass); Tempesta, Tommy Lee (drums); Scott Humphrey,
Paul DeCarli (programming).
- Recorded at The Chop Shop, Hollywood, California.
- "Superbeast" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
- From
the dark and twistedly clever mind of Rob Zombie, HELLBILLY DELUXE is
an interesting concoction of industrial metal and hard rock. Throw in
B-movie obsessions, brilliant, comic book-type art and fantasy-derived
lyrics and you'll just begin to scratch the surface of what makes Rob
Zombie tick. A throw back to the days of classic album cover art,
HELLBILLY DELUXE contains a 24-page CD booklet with drawings and artwork
from Zombie. "I grew up in the heyday of cool record packaging. Now,
you open the record and you get nothing. I always feel cheated," said
Zombie. Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee makes an appearance on two songs
("Resurrection Joe" and "Meet the Creeper"). Other tracks that show
Zombie's mastery of shock-rock are "Superbeast," "Demonoid Phenomenon"
and "What Lurks on Channel X." Fans of Zombie's previous albums will not
be disappointed by this horror-core creation.
Professional Reviews
Rolling
Stone (9/3/98, p.102) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...pulverizing hard-rock
riffs propelled by drums and electronic percussion, a sonic assault
that, under all the bombast, is as meticulously arranged as any Whitney
Houston track..."