Rob
Zombie
by antiGUY
Rob
Zombie – The Sinister Urge
Label: Geffen
Rating:  
Tracks:
Sinners Inc.
Demon Speeding
Dead Girl Superstar
Never Gonna Stop (the red, red kroovy)
Iron Head
(go to) California
Feel So Numb
Transylvanian Transmissions Pt. 1
Bring Her Down (to Crippletown)
Scum of the Earth
House of 1000 Corpses
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If Alex and his “droogs” from “A Clockwork
Orange” were to review this CD there is a good chance that  they’d
find it to be “real horror show”. After a long three year wait Rob Zombie
returns with a new album steeped in the macabre he is so well known for.
Let’s face it no one else can pull off the marriage between horror and
music as well as Rob Zombie. OK, Alice Cooper is the undisputed King, but
Rob’s music seems more relevant in today’s music scene and “The Sinister
Urge” brings him one step closer to claiming the crown. In fact, “House
of 1000 Corpses” sounds closer to an Alice Cooper classic than anything
on Cooper's latest album.
Those who were turned on by “Hellbilly
Deluxe” will find a lot to love here, Rob’s ghoulish vision of a mix of
music and horror that began so long ago with White Zombie has crystallized
with the compositions here. It’s one part trailer park, one part Ed Wood
and two parts Zombie. Rob Zombie can do things others couldn’t even dream
about, like when he pulls a bit of “80’s bad boy rock” flavor out of the
past and gives it a heavy dose of modern industrial with tracks like “Demon
Speeding”  and
“Dead Girl Superstar”. The latter features a chorus that sounds like something
we might have heard from “Dr Feelgood” era Motley Crue. But it works
for Zombie. Aside from his band of madmen; guitarist Riggs, drummer Tempesta
and bassist Blasko, Rob found a lot of willing accomplices to help bring
his vision to fruition. “The Sinister Urge” sports an impressive roster
of “guest” appearances including Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer’s Kerry King, A
Perfect Circle’s Josh Freese, former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, Beastie
Boys’ Mix Master Mike and Limp Bizkit’s DJ Lethal among others.
Sure he could have pulled it off without
a little help from his friends but what fun is that? The most visible outside
contribution came from Ozzy Osbourne. It was Ozzy’s counter vocals that
proved to be the perfect ingredient for “Iron Head”.
The songs are heavy enough but they still
have more hooks than a walk-in closet coupled with driving beats that are
downright infectious. You can’t help but bang  your
head to a whiplash frenzy while listening. So in the name of safety the
reader is advised not to crank this CD while driving unless they want to
be behind the wheel of a moving projectile ready to wreck havoc on their
fellow motorist. Oh what they hell, turn it up, blow your speakers out
and scare the hell out of those who witness you as you're under the command
of “The Sinister Urge”!
So rest assured “droogies” Rob Zombie is
back and right in the nick of time to save 2001 from the doldrums!
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