New Rob Zombie Album Debuts In 'billboard' Top 10

By: Don Kaye

Rob Zombie's fourth solo album, Hellbilly Deluxe 2, debuted at Number Eight on the Billboard album chart on Wednesday (February 10th), selling 49,000 copies in its first week of release. That total is less than 50 percent of the number of copies that his previous effort, Educated Horses, sold in its first week back in April 2006, when it moved 107,000 copies to land at Number Five on the chart.

Zombie was originally supposed to issue the album last November through his longtime label, Geffen Records, but delayed its arrival to February 2nd after abruptly leaving to sign with the Roadrunner label. He admitted to us that he was a little unsure at first whether that was the right thing to do: "Well, I mean, it was weird because at first you think like, well, you know, you're on Geffen, do you want to make the switch, should you just change next time on the next record, you know, just ride out what you started. I struggled with it but I thought, you know, my gut is telling me this is the thing to do because I have a feeling if I put it out in November, the label's not gonna support it, and by December the record will be dead. And I just said, you know, screw it. Whatever the repercussions, let's just do it."

Zombie and Korn will co-headline this summer's Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour, scheduled to kick off on July 10th in San Bernardino, California.

Zombie will also appear at the fourth annual Rock On The Range festival alongside Godsmack and dozens of others on May 22nd and 23rd at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

His fourth feature as a director, Halloween II, arrived in theatres last August, with a director's cut issued on DVD and Blu-ray in December. He also recently directed an episode of the CBS-TV series CSI: Miami that will air March 1st.


HIP-HOP R&B POP ROCK TOP MUSIC	New Rob Zombie Album Debuts In 'billboard' Top 10 New Rob Zombie Album Debuts In 'billboard' Top 10 By: Don Kaye Rob Zombie's fourth solo album, Hellbilly Deluxe 2, debuted at Number Eight on the Billboard album chart on Wednesday (February 10th), selling 49,000 copies in its first week of release. That total is less than 50 percent of the number of copies that his previous effort, Educated Horses, sold in its first week back in April 2006, when it moved 107,000 copies to land at Number Five on the chart. Zombie was originally supposed to issue the album last November through his longtime label, Geffen Records, but delayed its arrival to February 2nd after abruptly leaving to sign with the Roadrunner label. He admitted to us that he was a little unsure at first whether that was the right thing to do: "Well, I mean, it was weird because at first you think like, well, you know, you're on Geffen, do you want to make the switch, should you just change next time on the next record, you know, just ride out what you started. I struggled with it but I thought, you know, my gut is telling me this is the thing to do because I have a feeling if I put it out in November, the label's not gonna support it, and by December the record will be dead. And I just said, you know, screw it. Whatever the repercussions, let's just do it." Zombie and Korn will co-headline this summer's Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour, scheduled to kick off on July 10th in San Bernardino, California. Zombie will also appear at the fourth annual Rock On The Range festival alongside Godsmack and dozens of others on May 22nd and 23rd at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. His fourth feature as a director, Halloween II, arrived in theatres last August, with a director's cut issued on DVD and Blu-ray in December. He also recently directed an episode of the CBS-TV series CSI: Miami that will air March 1st.