Random Little-Known And Awesome Facts About Rob Zombie (20 items)

(#20) He Got Into Horror At A Very Young Age

Revolver magazine interviewed Zombie in April 2016. A portion of the piece was dedicated to answering fan questions, and Scott Riffle asked at what age Zombie got into horror. His response:

I was pretty little. I can remember being into it by kindergarten, for sure. I remember being excited to go to the chamber of horrors at a wax museum, or the haunted mansion at Disneyland. And there was always a lot of horror stuff around on TV, because at that time The Addams Family and The Munsters were really popular. And I loved it all.
(#12) He And His Wife Have Been Together For Decades
Zombie met actress Sheri Moon (now Sheri Moon Zombie) in 1991. They were introduced by a mutual friend. According to Moon, it was pretty much love at first sight. She told Girls & Corpses, "We had pizza, we talked, and that was it." Though they've only been married since 2002, their relationship has, as of 2016, spanned 25 years.
(#11) He Takes Touring And Performing Very Seriously

Zombie is a thorough professional when it comes to his tours. He oversees every aspect of his live performances, including approving stage prop designs before they're even finished. He acknowledges all the people who help him realize his vision, but is adamant that his vision be realized in order to give fans the best possible experience he can provide.

Zombie stated:

To me, nothing matters but the show. I'm not on tour to party and to f*ck around because I don't want to hurt the show. The show has to be excellent all the time. Nobody wants to go see your show and you suck and hear about how much fun you had backstage. Nobody pays fifty bucks so you can have fun backstage.

They want the show to be amazing. That's all I care about. That's all anybody cares about. And if the people that work with me don't care about it, I replace them with someone that does. That's the way it should be, right?
(#7) He Almost Made The Crow 3

In 1997, Zombie was asked to write and direct a third installment of The Crow film franchise (White Zombie had previously contributed a cover of "I'm Your Boogie Man" to the The Crow II soundtrack).

He did indeed write a script, titled The Crow: 2037. i09 provides this plot synopsis:

Rob Zombie came up with this idea for a third Crow movie set in the dystopian future. A young boy and his mother are murdered by a priest of the Fallen One, and the Crow brings the boy back to life — and finally, 27 years later, he becomes a futuristic bounty hunter and seeks vengeance. Zombie worked on this project for 18 months before bailing.

Zombie's film debut would ultimately be House of 1000 Corpses.
(#16) He Admired Alice Cooper, Steven Spielberg, And Stan Lee The Most

In an interview with Men's Health, Zombie stated:

Growing up, I had the weird fantasy list: I wanted to be Alice Cooper, Steven Spielberg, and Stan Lee. You have to have almost psychotic drive, because you're going to have years of failure. My advice: Don't quit. When I got to New York City, I lived so far below the poverty line, because I didn't give in and get a job at 7-Eleven. I think you can thrive in misery. Great things come out of being hungry and cold. Once you're pampered, you get lazy. I still don't do anything to pamper myself.
(#4) He Attributed Much Of White Zombie's Success To 'Beavis and Butt-Head'

In 1992, Zombie's first band, White Zombie, had a break-out hit with "Thunderkiss '65." However, if it hadn't been for the MTV series Beavis and Butt-Head, the song, its album - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 - and the group itself might have fallen into absolute obscurity. He told Entertainment Weekly in 1993:

The record immediately started picking up in markets where we never played, like Wyoming and Missouri-places where Beavis and Butt-Head was the only thing happening, where it’s just cows. It always seemed we needed something to give the album a kick in the butt, and I guess this was the thing.

As a result, Zombie befriended series creator Mike Judge and contributed an animated hallucination sequence in the feature film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.