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Born Robert Cummings on January 12, 1966 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
USA, his music career started in the mid-80's with the formation of the
New York City-based Hard-Rock act, White Zombie.
In August of 1998, under the moniker Rob Zombie, Cummings, released his
solo debut album , "Hellbilly Deluxe"; the record debuted at
#5 on The Billboard Top 200 chart and at #2 on the Canadian Albums chart;
soon after Zombie hit the road in support of the album, boasting one of
the largest stage shows in rock music, the album generated two Mainstream
Rock top 10 hits, "Dragula" and "Living Dead Girl",
plus the minor hit "Superbeast" and eventually was certified
triple platinum.
The next year saw the release of the remixes-album "American Made
Music To Strip By" wich peaked at #38 in U.S. Top 200 chart.
In the summer of 2000, Zombie wrote and recorded a new song called "Scum
Of The Earth" for the "Mission Impossible 2" soundtrack,
the single entered the top 30 of the Active Rock chart.
His next album of all-new-material, "The Sinister Urge", was
issued in fall 2001, it featured a number of guest musicians including
Ozzy Osbourne, Tommy
Lee, Limp Bizkit's DJ Lethal, Mike
of Beastie Boys and more, the set
reached the #8 on The Billboard Top 200 Albums list spawning "Feel
So Numb" which peaked at #10 on Mainstream Rock chart; "Never
Gonna Stop" hit #11 and "Demon Speeding" reached the #13
spot in the same chart, propelling the album to platinum sales.
In 2003 Rob Zombie released a retrospective collection, "Past, Present
& Future", which included White Zombie's cuts, outtakes and two
previously unreleased tracks, the CD-DVD set climbed to the #11 spot on
Billboard's Top 200 chart and its main single, "Two-Lane Blacktop",
entered the top 40 of the Active Rock chart.
In March 2006 Rob Zombie returned with his third solo outing, "Educated
Horses"; the new album features 11 new tracks including the singles
"Foxy, Foxy" and "American Witch".
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