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USA flagWHITE ZOMBIE
CURRENT NAME White Zombie
FORMER NAMES -
ORIGIN New York, New York, USA
STATUS Disbanded (since 1996)
FORMED IN 1985
GENRE Industrial; Metal
STYLE -
LYRICAL THEME -
BAND ADDED 2002-01-13, 00:00
LAST UPDATE 2007-06-07, 12:06
Band biography
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The day after his high school graduation, Rob Cummings (later to become known as Rob Straker, and finally, Rob Zombie) fled his hometown of Haverhill, MA, for New York City. There he supported himself by doing various odd jobs, including layouts for porn magazines with girlfriend Shauna Reynolds (who would become Sean Yseult), working as a bike messenger, and as a production assistant on PeeWee's Playhouse. Shauna, originally from South Carolina, had a degree in art design. She and Rob also worked together doing art design for a series of magazines.

In 1985, the two of them formed White Zombie. Rob, a fan of old horror films, named the band after the 1933 movie White Zombie, starring Bela Lugosi. The band's lineup was Rob on vocals, Tom Guay on guitar, and Ivan de Prume on drums. Having no previous experience, Sean was simply handed a bass, and White Zombie had a bassist.

Tom Guay was later replaced by John Ricci. In 1989, Ricci quit the band, forcing Rob to look for a new guitarist. While browsing in a New York City comic book store, he mentioned to the clerk that he was without a guitarist. The clerk knew Jay Noel Yuenger, and gave Rob his phone number. The new guitarist was found.

One final change was to take place among the membership of White Zombie. During the La Sexorcisto tour (which also saw the breakup of Rob and Sean), Ivan de Prume was fired. Refusing to talk about it, Rob simply says, Ivan "was put into an escape pod and jettisoned into outer space." The next drummer to step in was Phil Beurstatte, known as Philo. He lasted less than a year. "Phil never really fit in with what White Zombie is all about," Rob explained. The next man at the skins was (and is) John Tempesta, formerly of Testament. "Unless he's an axe murderer and we don't know about it, I think he's definitely the one," said J.

The biography was taken from http://www.gac.edu/~dkuster/zombie/src/biography.html.

In 1996 the band broke up with Rob Zombie going off to a prosperous solo career.
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Former members Add - Fetch
Tim Jeffs1986-1986Guitars
Paul Kostabi1985-1985Guitars
Peter Landau1985-1985Drums
John Tempesta1994-1996DrumsSee also Exodus, Helmet, Prong, Rob Zombie, Testament
Phil Beurstatte1992-1994Drums
Jay Noel1989-Guitars
John Ricci1988-1989Guitars
Ivan de Prume1985-1992DrumsSee also Prong, Scum Of The Earth
Tom Guay1985-1988GuitarsSee also Angel Rot
Shauna Reynolds1985-1994Bass
Rob Cummings1985-1996VocalsSee also Rob Zombie
Session musicians Add - Fetch
Mark PolandDrumsOn tour 1994. See also Damn The Machine
Buy White Zombie albums
Official releases Add
1985Gods On Voodoo MoonSilent Explosion
1986Psycho Head BlowoutSilent Explosion
1986Pig HeavenSilent Explosion
1987Soul CrusherSilent Explosion
1989Make Them Die SlowlyCaroline
1989God Of ThunderCaroline
1992La SexorcistoGeffen Records
1995Astro Creep: 2000Geffen Records
1996Supersexy Swinging Sounds (remixes)Geffen Records
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