ROB ZOMBIE Talks 'Halloween II', Upcoming Album

August 19, 2009

Rocker-turned-writer-producer-director Rob Zombie was interviewed by Cort and Fatboy of Portland's Rock 101 KUFO on Monday, July 17. Zombie talked about his decision to do a second "Halloween" movie despite saying he never would, the director's vision on what Mike Myers is (human or demon),the reason for the rushed production, the status of future project "Tyrannosaurus Rex", Internet rumors and his upcoming album and tour.

The program is now available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location.

As previously reported, Rob Zombie will be interviewed on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on the Tuesday, August 25 episode (which will actually air the morning of Wednesday, August 26 beginning at 12:05 a.m.).

Following the success of Rob Zombie's initial reinvention of John Carpenter's smash cult horror film "Halloween" which premiered number one at the box office breaking all Labor Day Weekend 2007 records, comes the sequel, "Halloween II", hitting theatres nationwide on August 28, 2009 from Dimension Films. The enormously popular horror movie series is back and so too is Rob Zombie, who once again puts his own twisted twist on the soundtrack. "Halloween II - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (Hip-O/UMe),released August 25, 2009, and co-produced by Zombie, manages to bring together dialogue from the film as well as music from MOTÖRHEAD, THE MOODY BLUES, SCREAM (sans future member Dave Grohl),ROD STEWART, the MC5 and FOGHAT, alongside new psychobilly band CAPTAIN CLEGG AND THE NIGHT CREATURES.

Frightmaster Zombie helmed 2007's ninth installment in the "Halloween" franchise that began in 1978. "Halloween II", which debuts August 28, picks up where "Halloween" left off, and focuses on the struggles of Laurie Strode (played by Scout Taylor-Compton) and killer Michael Myers (played by Tyler Mane).

The new recordings on "Halloween II - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" include "Transylvania Terror Train" and "Honky Tonk Halloween" from CAPTAIN CLEGG AND THE NIGHT CREATURES, who appear in the film. The band's leader, Jesse Dayton, an Austin, Texas-based singer-guitarist who has played with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson, was part of the duo BANJO & SULLIVAN that performed in Zombie's 2005 flick "The Devil's Rejects" and simultaneously released an album. Similarly, "Rob Zombie Presents Captain Clegg And The Night Creatures" (Stag/Zombie A Go Go) will be issued August 28.

Also new are "Laurie's Theme" from John 5 produced by Bob Marlette (ALICE COOPER and OZZY OSBOURNE); "Nurse Killa" from score composer Tyler Bates ("Watchmen", "300", "Halloween", "The Devil's Rejects"); and a cover of NAZARETH's 1976 hit "Love Hurts" from singer Nan Vernon, who covered "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" and "Mr. Sandman" for "Halloween".

The classic tracks range from THE MOODY BLUES' 1966 psychedelic gem "Nights In White Satin" and 10CC's cheery 1977 hit "The Things We Do For Love" to ROD STEWART's 1972 cover of THE TEMPTATIONS' "(I Know) I'm Losing You", FOGHAT's 1972 take on WILLIE DIXON's "I Just Want To Make Love To You" and the MC5 proto-punk masterpiece "Kick Out The Jams", which was recorded live in Detroit on Devil's Night/Halloween 1968. The lesser-known vintage tracks hail from the early '80s: "Amerarockers" by hardcore punkers SCREAM, "The Chase Is Better Than The Catch" by metal's MOTÖRHEAD and "Time To Die"by hardcore/metal band VOID.

Prior to entering the film world, hard rocker Zombie scored a series of multiplatinum albums — 1992's "La Sexorcisto", 1995's "Astro-Creep: 2000", and 1998's "Hellbilly Deluxe" — as well as platinum with 2001's "The Sinister Urge" and 2003's greatest hits collection "Past, Present & Future".

In addition to his recording career, Rob Zombie has written and directed several successful feature films, including "House of 1000 Corpses", the sequel, "The Devil's Rejects", and is the is the producer, writer and director of the forthcoming animated film "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto", based on his comic book series, "The Adventures of El Superbeasto".

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