White Zombie was a Grammy Award-nominated American rock band named after the 1932 film of the same name, which starred Béla Lugosi.
Based in New York, White Zombie was originally a noise rock band. White Zombie are better-known for their later heavy metal-oriented sound, with lyrics heavily influenced by horror films. Unlike other metal bands of the 1990s, White Zombie was almost exclusively a "fantasy" band, writing songs not based on their aspi...
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White Zombie was a Grammy Award-nominated American rock band named after the 1932 film of the same name, which starred Béla Lugosi.
Based in New York, White Zombie was originally a noise rock band. White Zombie are better-known for their later heavy metal-oriented sound, with lyrics heavily influenced by horror films. Unlike other metal bands of the 1990s, White Zombie was almost exclusively a "fantasy" band, writing songs not based on their aspirations or experiences, but about surreal horror fantasies.
The group officially disbanded in 1998 shortly after the release of singer Rob Zombie's solo album Hellbilly Deluxe.
White Zombie was founded by writer, vocalist, and graphic artist, Rob Zombie, after coming up with the band idea in 1985 while attending Pratt in his junior year. Rob's girlfriend at the time, Sean Yseult, was playing the farfisa keyboard in the band LIFE. Ena Kostabi owned a studio which he would rent out to different bands. When he met Sean, she asked if he could...
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