ROB ZOMBIE: 'This Is The Last Record I'm Obligated To Make'

October 21, 2009

The Pulse of Radio reports: ROB ZOMBIE fans were greeted over the weekend with the disappointing news that Zombie's fourth solo album, "Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool", had been bumped from a November 17 arrival to an undetermined 2010 release date. The news followed recent comments by Zombie indicating that he expected the set to be his last traditional CD. As for what form his music will take in the future, Zombie told The Pulse of Radio that he's not sure what that will be. "We're already trying to figure it out, 'cause this is the last record that I owe Geffen," he said. "My contract is up. Whether or not I re-sign, we haven't had that conversation, but this is the last record I'm obligated to make. I mean, I've been on the label now for like 19 years. So I don't know. I mean, it is almost becoming like you're not sure — how will people get music a year from now?"

According to Zombie's publicist, fans can expect a "big announcement" soon about the eventual release of the new album.

"Hellbilly Deluxe 2" is the "sequel" to Zombie's first solo studio effort, "Hellbilly Deluxe", released in 1998.

"The plan was always to make this kind of like the sequel to 'Hellbilly Deluxe', but I didn't want to force it," Zombie recently told AOL's Noisecreep. "I always figure records dictate their own journey. You might say, 'Oh, we're going to write the heaviest thing ever.' But you get in there and, you know, you might write things that aren't heavy that are great, so you kind of go with it. But this one seems like a great follow-up to that record."

"The record's really varied, just like the first one," Zombie said of the new CD. "There are huge, epic songs with 100-piece orchestras. And then there's something like 'What,' which is just the four of us in a garage literally playing live together and making a big noise."

A first single from the new CD called "What?" is already playing at rock radio stations, while Zombie is slated to kick off a North American tour on October 29 in Phoenix, Arizona.

"Sick Bubblegum" audio stream:

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