Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
Recently, Rob Zombie thought back on his time spent with White Zombie, as per theprp. Due to a number of personality clashes, strained relationships, and other problems, that band notably came to an apparent end in 1998. While performing White Zombie‘s “Astro-Creep: 2000” live at last year’s “Louder Than Life” event, Zombie supported his current solo band throughout his trip down memory lane for that two-time multi-platinum masterpiece. Although Rob‘s disinterest in a formal White Zombie reunion has been made abundantly evident in the decades after their split, some fans still hold out hope for one. He still uses his solo touring career to perform a number of important songs from the band’s repertoire, and he reiterated in a recently released interview with Revolver that he has long since moved on from trying to bring the band back to life.
It was a bit of a challenge. Thirty years is a long time, so it’s sort of hard to remember where my head was at when I was making that record. It was not exactly the greatest of times [for White Zombie]. I knew as we were making that record that it would most likely be the last one since the band was falling apart, but obviously, I wanted to stick it out… I’m definitely proud of the record. It was a good one to end on.
After White Zombie disbanded and I had to create another band, I really wanted to be very exacting with the people that I chose to work with again. I couldn’t deal with any more conflicts. Everything worked out perfect, both of these guys [guitarist/vocalist Mike Riggs & bassist/vocalist Blasko] contributed greatly to the ‘Hellbilly Deluxe‘ tours being the absolute best time I ever had in my life being on the road.
He has made peace with the fact that White Zombie is no more.
That was a very long time ago and I’ve moved on from it to do other things.
What about the future?
I think all the time about what it would take for me to step away from the stage — the main thing would be if I didn’t think we were capable of delivering the show at the level it should be delivered. Once I feel that the excitement and the energy and the drive is gone, I will just walk away. I take the show very seriously and I want it to be great, simple as that. And if I feel that it’s not great anymore, then I’ll be done.
