ROB ZOMBIE Says 'Stripped Down' Show Is Best For Fans

July 18, 2005

ROB ZOMBIE recently spoke to Billboard.com about his second feature film, "The Devil's Rejects", and his second-stage slot on the Ozzfest 2005 tour, which kicked off last week in Boston.

"Really, the movie was done and this just was something to get away," Zombie told Billboard.com. "Had Ozzfest come up a couple of weeks earlier, I wouldn't have been able to do it because I would have been still working on the film. But now, my summer is wide open so rather than just sit around and do nothing, I thought it would be just basically fun."

Following a three-year hiatus from the concert stage, Zombie said his return to live performance has been gratifying. "It's great," he said. "The only thing I can relate it to is if you are an athlete and you haven't been able to play your sport for three years. That's what it's like getting back out, an experience that nothing else in normal life can ever replicate.

"The headline show for fans is the best because we play the most material and it's a very stripped down show," Zombie said. "I've always found for myself as a fan of bands that have big shows, like KISS or ALICE COOPER, when I've seen them in a stripped down scenario, it's always become my favorite show because it's physically the most up close and personal you're ever going to get."

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