Rob Zombie

Alice Cooper on Today's Bands: "They Usually Just Look Like Six Guys From the Mall"

Recently we spoke with Alice Cooper. That same day British newspaper The Guardian posted an archived article from 40 years ago highlighting efforts of high-ranking government officials to ban his shock-rock stage shows from entering the United Kingdom. Needless to say, it just helped build his legen ... More >>

The Best Los Angeles Metal Shows to See in June

Monday, June 3 Abigail The Joint Japanese outfit Abilgail is one of the more unabashedly sleazy bands in metal. Their blackened thrash attack is a raw celebration of sex and violence. Tracks such as "Satanic Hell Slut" and "Satanik Metal Fucking Hell" are pure rippers that make you want to take off ... More >>

Five More '70s Metal Bands Better Than Sabbath

Our last article on metal bands better than Sabbath got quite a response. Some people were angry that we would even suggest that there are better bands than Sabbath. Other people tripped over themselves to offer their own list. There are literally dozens of '70s bands that get overlooked in favor of ... More >>

The Devil's Auteur: Rob Zombie Faces His Fans -- and His Art

Rob Zombie Hates That Movie Scores Aren't Catchy Anymore. So He's Trying to Change Them

Rob Zombie remembers the first time he saw Jaws. It was in 1975. He was a child at the time, probably in fourth grade by his recollections. "There wasn't anything scary happening," he remembers. Yet Jaws became a legend of the horror genre it was, in a large part, thanks to the music. "John Williams ... More >>

Five More Iconic Key Club Shows

The Key Club's last day is today! Ever since West Coast Sound broke the story of its impending closure, local music fans have been mourning the place. Personally, we've been to the venue hundreds of times, and worked there as a DJ during Metal Skool's heyday for about two years. We believe the venue ... More >>

Somehow, "Gangnam Style (Diplo Remix)" With 2 Chainz And Tyga Ain't So Great

If, for the next few moments, we may be entirely liberal with the application of the term, I've remixed a fair amount of things in my short, trivial life. When I was a pup, several friends and I remixed the skateboard. We made something called a MEGA SKATEBOARD, wherein we took two four-foot-by-fo ... More >>

Rob Zombie Is Quite Hot

Hollywood abounds with hot male musicians and moviemakers -- but none so uniquely sexy as industrial-metal shock-rocker and film director Rob Zombie. Today, he's releasing a collection of remixes called Mondo Sex Head, which got me to thinking. Why go for the Zombie, you might ask, with so many co ... More >>

Hollywood's Favorite Haunted Hospital Is Being Flipped Into $40M Old Folks' Home

Even the handiest of set designers would be hard-pressed to recreate the years of organic decay that have made Linda Vista Community Hospital into the ultimate film set -- streaks on the walls, peeling paint, broken pipes, the occasional stray syringe. (Mixed in with some Hollywood props, left behin ... More >>

Photek: Veteran EDM Producer Is Not Glossy, Not Flossing

Last November, Rupert Parkes was having coffee when KCRW's Jason Bentley called to congratulate him. "For what?" asked the Hollywood electronic music producer and DJ, known as Photek. Turns out his remix of a Daft Punk Tron: Legacy track called "End of Line" was nominated for a Grammy. Skrillex eve ... More >>

Celeb Coffee Showdown: Leonardo DiCaprio vs. Will Oldham

Last time we hosted a Celeb Coffee Showdown, we threw Darth Vader, David Lynch and Rob Zombie into the same metaphorical octagon. What did we learn? Everyone's a product whore, even the Dark Lord. This time, we went for a less formal but more carefully curated showdown, pitting Bonny "Prince" Bill ... More >>

LinA In LA Party Picks: Death By Dance

Something Fish-y this way comes ...​The Halloween hangover is just about gone and it's time to be a boogie man (or woman) again with a new array of themed soirees; some you can even dress up for if you didn't get to (or want to) last weekend. Funky, freaky, gloomy and groove-y, this week's DJ- ... More >>

Ready for Your Gross-Up?

Portola Coffee Lab and "The Best Fresh-Roasted Coffee in the World"

T. NguyenPortola's Show No Mercy espresso​ Portola Coffee Lab is not one to shy away from hyperbole. Take, for example, its unabashed declaration that it has "the best fresh-roasted coffee in the world". Or the title of a recent post on its blog: "Our Coffee Roaster is Saving the Planet." C ... More >>

Rob Zombie vs. Darth Vader vs. David Lynch: Celebrity Coffee Showdown

Rob Zombie's a freaky guy. Darth Vader's a frightening one. David Lynch is just plain strange. As diverse as these three figures are, they have one venture in common: They have each lent their name to a brand of coffee. Having recently discovered these celebrity roasts, we wondered: How special ar ... More >>

Top 10 Worst Musician-Endorsed Stocking Stuffers, Including 50 Cent Condoms, ODB Rap Snacks, and More

Top 10 Worst Stocking Stuffers Including 50 Cent Condoms, ODB Rap Snacks, and More

Rob Zombie Now Selling... Coffee?

​If you had any doubts that Rob Zombie is the modern world's Gene Simmons--that is, a shlocky shock rocker who turned his cartoonish persona into a marketing bonanza--, well, here comes Rob Zombie Hellbilly Brew! Comes in French Roast Organic and Peru Organic varieties.

The Best Part of Waking Up is Rob Zombie in Your Coffee Cup

​Darth Vader's branded coffee may not be organic and fair trade, but Rob Zombie's is. While the Sith Lord shills an African and Indonesian blend "hand roasted by Stormtroopers," the dark lord of metal offers a Peruvian blend and a dark French roast, both of them organic. Zombie also beats Vade ... More >>

Top 10 Metal Shows in LA in 2010 (with Bonus Video Evidence!)

Timothy NorrisThe 2010 LA Weekly poster children for LA Metal posing at Sunset Strip Music Festival​ "THE" 10 best LA Metal shows of the year? How dare we? Alright--we're gonna go there. It wasn't easy but after a few hours rummaging through the desk drawer that finds my old drunkenly discard ... More >>

Top 10 Rock Books of 2010

​With the year coming to a close, we're heading off the inevitable barrage of "best" lists coming your way with one that will actually be useful and problem solving (a holiday gift guide for the music lover in your life, that's not actually music... or a t-shirt). Buy 'em a book! iPad and Kin ... More >>

NIGHTRANGER: FACES & PLACES

Interview: White Zombie's Sean Yseult Awakens Sleeping Corpses With New Book

​ We've often referred to ourselves as the "Where's Waldo" of L.A. music and nightlife, and now that our pal Sean Yseult has released her new book, I'm In The Band- Backstage Notes From The Chick In White Zombie, we really feel that way. Yseult, who was a founding member and bass player fo ... More >>

Tonight: Pavement, Sonic Youth, Spoon, John Cale, Jamie Lidell, Rob Zombie, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Sebastien Tellier

Marcus RothPavement, 1999​Pavement's year-long victory lap has been exhilarating for the band and fans alike -- we know people who haven't stopped grinning since Coachella. But the faithful who have it in the back of their heads that the pride of Stockton might keep the wheels turning and mak ... More >>

Music Picks: Ooh La La Fest, Pavement, Beach House

Also, Kris Kristofferson, the Black Keys, Bettye Lavette and others

Live Review: The Murderdolls at the Key Club

Roadrunner RecordsJoey Jordison & Wednesday 13​[See also Full Metal Jackie and Alex Distefano's pre-show interview with Murderdolls' Joey Jordison & Wednesday 13.] Joey Jordison might possibly be the busiest musician in heavy metal today. His decade-plus career as the uber sonic madman behind ... More >>

Where Punk Meets Glam: An Interview with Murderdolls' Joey Jordison and Wednesday 13

[Also see the review by Full Metal Jackie and Alex Distefano of Thursday's Murderdolls show at the Key Club.] Taking a few minutes before a headlining show at the Key Club in Hollywood, Joey Jordison and Wednesday 13 took time to give the LA Weekly insight into the much anticipated second Murderdol ... More >>

John 5: Malice Man

MR. SHRED

Movie Reviews: Amreeka, Gamer, The Headless Woman

Also, Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha and more

Movie Reviews: The Final Destination, Halloween II, World's Greatest Dad

Also, Cloud 9, Laila's Birthday and more

Ozzy Osbourne Fights Blazing Fire at BlizzCon 2009, Hoses Thousands

This past weekend Ozzy Osbourne gigged BlizzCon, the convention held by top-tier gaming producer Blizzard Entertainment, the creator of, among others, World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo. From the photos that LA Weekly's Eric VanBeek snapped during the show at the Anaheim Convention Center, th ... More >>

The Horror! The Horror! 'Halloween II' Prop Auction Saturday

Premiere PropsMichael Myers' clown suit​It wasn't that long ago that props from horror or science fiction films went on the auction block only after the deaths of veteran collectors, or whenever retired prop managers, grips, gaffers or movie construction carpenters who'd salvaged vampire capes or ... More >>

Horror films failed to scare up big bucks in 2007

Bad blood

Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2007 (#25-21)

25. Wu-Tang Clan-8 Diagrams [SRC/Loud] 8 Diagrams is east coast hardcore rap that doesn't sound like it was made on the east coast. It was recorded in LA but it doesn't sound like LA either. considering it isn't loud, it isn't flashy, and it certainly couldn't soundtrack a barbeque unless Jim Jarm ... More >>

Film Reviews: 3:10 to Yuma, Exiled, Hatchet

Also, In the Shadow of the Moon, The Hunting Party and more

Zombie Vision

From the backyard to the big screen, the rocker turned Halloween director is a natural-born filmmaker

Film reviews: Summercamp!, Self-Medicated, The Nines and More

Also Halloween, Death Sentence and this week's pick, Manda Bala

Rock Picks

For Sept. 28 – Oct. 5

Odds/Sods, Bits/Bobs

or, This Week in Meaningless Trivia

Don’t Deport Him Yet

Jazz, metal & Cuban insurgency

Mighty Mighty No Mo

Indie-103 FM morning-show host axed

Tale of Cinema

Nightranger

One Less Vice

Workingman’s Metal

The Contemporaries

In the Bag

Crush and Cuddle

The sheer heart failure of Ozzfest 2002

Look What the Bat Dragged In

Edited by Kateri Butler

Let's Get Dead

Music for the modern zombie