ROB ZOMBIE Talks About Working With JOEY JORDISON

April 23, 2010

ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with Rob Zombie. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

ARTISTdirect.com: Do you feel like "Hellbilly Deluxe 2" taps into an aesthetic and vibe similar to "Astro Creep: 2000"?

Zombie: It's really a bit hard to distinguish something like that since I was there for the making of each record. However, the records were made under completely different circumstances. Musically, if the vibe was similar, it didn't come across that way in my mind. In a certain sense, I'm the worst judge of the music out of anybody. [Laughs]. Other people are like, "This sounds like WHITE ZOMBIE or this sounds like your first solo record," but I'm the worst person to distinguish those things.

ARTISTdirect.com: What does Joey Jordison (of SLIPKNOT and MURDERDOLLS) add to the live sound?

Zombie: We really haven't started the tour with him yet, but we're very excited to start those shows. It's so hard to tell from rehearsing. [Laughs] We've gone through this even with the guys who work for us. When a new guy who hasn't worked with us comes to rehearsal and sees us, he might think, "Oh these guys are boring." Then we go on stage, and it's like "BOOM! I didn't see that coming." [Laughs] I'm really excited for the first show to see Joey because there's a different energy that everyone brings live. The adrenaline kicks in, the crowd kicks in and you go nuts. Rehearsal is just a minor taste of what happens. We're really thrilled to have him in the band for the next however-many months. There's something about having him around where we just get a renewed energy with everything. Change is good, especially in a band, you know? When something like that happens, it always opens up new ways of thinking.

Read the entire interview at ARTISTdirect.com.

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