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Zombie Live (2007)

Where the lyrics of Zombie Live take you, and where it was really made.

The DVD promised with this live album was reported for spring 2008, but it has yet to surface.

Key places

Recording venue listed in MusicBrainz (2007)

Recording site Pine Knob Music Theater — MusicBrainz lists this venue as the recording location. The album was recorded over several nights during the Educated Horses tour. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Detroit venue named in French Wikipedia (2007)

Live show Hitsville USA — French Wikipedia says the album was recorded at this venue in Detroit during the Educated Horses tour. The point uses the city center location only. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• Zombie Live is the first live album by heavy metal artist Rob Zombie.
• Released 23 October 2007 on the Geffen label.
• Recorded over several nights during the band's Educated Horses tour.
• The set mixes Rob Zombie's solo songs with songs from his former band, White Zombie.
• The release was said to include a 36-page super-deluxe book of never-before-seen live pictures.
• The same release was also said to include a DVD of live footage and animated videos.
• No artbook or DVD was included with the album after its release.

Background

• The tour was a promotional tour for the album Educated Horses.
• On stage were Rob Zombie on vocals, John 5 on guitars, Piggy D. on bass and Tommy Clufetos on drums.
• The album is a live document of this lineup.
• The album is credited to a heavy metal artist whose later concert film, The Zombie Horror Picture Show, followed in 2014.

Recording

• The CD was recorded over several nights during the tour.
• French Wikipedia names the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Detroit as the venue of the Educated Horses tour recording.
• The recording was made as a live album rather than a studio album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Robert Bartleh Cummings, born January 12, 1965 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, performs as Rob Zombie.
• He co-founded the heavy metal band White Zombie with Sean Yseult, and was its frontman.
• He took the stage name from the 1932 horror film White Zombie, which also gave the band its name.
• White Zombie released four studio albums and one remix album before breaking up in September 1998.

Career

• His solo debut, Hellbilly Deluxe (1998), sold over 3 million copies in the United States and spawned three singles.
• His second album, The Sinister Urge (2001), became his second platinum album in the U.S.
• He directed the horror film House of 1000 Corpses (released 2003), The Devil's Rejects (2005), and a remake of Halloween (2007), his highest-grossing film.
• Halloween II (2009), The Lords of Salem (2012), 31 (2016), and The Munsters (2022) followed.
• He released a total of eight studio albums, the most recent being The Great Satan (2026).

Members

• Current members include Mike Riggs (guitars), Blasko (bass), and Ryan Goff (drums).
• Guitarist John 5 left in 2022 after a 17-year tenure to join Mötley Crüe.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The album debuted at number 57 on the Billboard 200 chart.
• Sales reached about 15,000 copies in its first week.
• The release came out on Geffen in October 2007, during the tour's promotion.
• No critic ratings are listed in the source, so the release is recorded through chart results.

Reappraisal

• The song The Lords of Salem was nominated for a Grammy in 2009.
• The category was Best Hard Rock Performance.
• The nominated version is the live version that appears on this album.
• The nomination ties the album to a later industry recognition.

Records

• Billboard 200 debut: number 57.
• First-week sales: about 15,000 copies.
• Grammy nomination: Best Hard Rock Performance, 2009.
• Release: 23 October 2007 on Geffen.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Blabbermouth.net reported that a DVD companion would arrive in spring 2008, but it had still not surfaced.
• A different concert film, The Zombie Horror Picture Show, was released in 2014.
• The concert mixed Rob Zombie's solo songs with White Zombie songs, including Thunder Kiss '65.
• Spanish Wikipedia describes the album as a live record of Rob Zombie's solo work and songs from White Zombie.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

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