Zombie gives festival tips: “Listen to your mom. Get some sunblock for Christ’s sake.”
Rob Zombie is out on tour in Europe right now and has also announced in the past week a series of new dates in the USA, including opening for his frightfest, Great American Nightmare 2014. Loudwire had a chat with Rob, and they covered subjects such as the new Zombie Horror Picture Show Blu-Ray, playing a stripped down show, the next Zombie album and sunblock tips!!! “If I have to see one more person that looks like their nose is going to fall off and it’s bright red. I am just like, “Really you are like 40 years old and you don’t know about sunblock by now. It’s like cancer running wild all over your face. Get a hat or something!”
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Rob Zombie to headline opening night at Great American Nightmare 2014
After a successful inaugural opening year in 2013, for Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare attraction, he is doing it all over again, this time in Phoenix, AZ from September 19 to November 1st. Bringing the nightmare to more audiences across the USA, the main attraction being in Arizone, while on select nights, the WestWorld of Scottsdale will play host.
“The first year was such a blast. I am thrilled to be able to take the Great American Nightmare to a new city this year,” said Zombie. “My only goal is to make it even sicker than last year.”
The three haunted house experiences for this year will include, ‘The Lords of Salem in Total Black Out,’ ‘Captain Spaulding’s Clown School in 3D’ and ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ .
Tickets are on sale from Friday 13th June at 10AM PT at the Great American Nightmare website.
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Rob Zombie and Orange Amps raise $5000 for Puppy Rescue Mission
From Orange Amps:
“Last October (2013) Orange donated a customized Rockerverb 100 MKII and (2) PPC412 Speaker Cabs to Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare. Throughout the month, people attending the event would enter a raffle ($5 fee per entry) in hopes of winning the full stack. In total, more than $5000 was raised to benefit Puppy Rescue Mission, a charity that’s very close to Rob Zombie’s heart.”
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[Listen] Hear Magazine interviews Rob Zombie
Its been a busy couple of months for Rob Zombie – in fact a very busy 201; what with a new movie, book, album, haunted house ride AND touring – including the ‘Night of the Living Dreads’ tour with Korn this past November.
During this tour, ‘Hear Magazine‘s Ryan LaPointe, spoke with Rob before their Nov 22 appearance at the Deltaplex in Grand Rapids. They talk about “the tour, his latest album Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor, his upcoming film based on the Broad Street Bullies (the Philadelphia Flyers), and the enjoyment of putting together the first Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare.”
You can listen to the interview here: hearmagazine.com/2013/11/21/audio-interview-hear-magazine-interviews-rob-zombie/
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ROB ZOMBIE DRAWS MONSTER CROWDS TO ‘GREAT AMERICAN NIGHTMARE’
Over the past month, Ponoma CA has been home to Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare – the inaugural fear and music festival from Rob Zombie, included three haunted houses, based on three of Zombie’s movies and performances from many guest bands, including Andrew WK, Beware of Darkness, Powerman 5000 and Rob Zombie on the last two nights. The final night drew record crowds of over 8,500 people turning up on the Zombie-headlined final night (Nov. 2) .
Haunted house producer Steve Kopelman said of the turnout After 32 years in the haunted house business, the final weekend of Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare had the largest crowds I have ever witnessed,” (more…)
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Rob Zombie on his Great American Nightmare: ‘ I’ve heard from a lot of people that have been totally freaked out and that was exactly the intention.’
Rob Zombie takes a little downtime from his busy schedule, to speak to Loudwire about the Great American Nightmare haunted house – fest, which has taken California by storm. He also talks about his fascination with the Manson Family murders and never holding back when it comes to his music, movies and other art.
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Rob Zombie to guest on Cupcake Wars
From Food Network: Four cupcake bakers fight to win over the master of horror himself, Rob Zombie. The winner’s vegan cupcakes will be the centerpiece of the grand opening of Rob Zombie’s latest venture, a month-long haunted music attraction called the Great American Nightmare. It all begins with the high-stakes taste challenge, where the bakers must create a delicious cupcake out of foods so spicy they’re rumored to cause nightmares!
Tune In: Oct 26, 2013 8:00 PM ET/PT, Oct 27, 2013 3:00 AM ET/PT, Oct 30, 2013 11:00 AM ET/PT
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Rob Zombie ‘Counting Cars’ truck up for auction on ebay on October 23 – proceeds to benefit Puppy Rescue Mission
Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare is auctioning Rob’s custom macabre-style 1967 Ford F-100 truck for charity. Rob donated the truck–as seen on HISTORY®’s Counting Cars–for the charity auction which will benefit The Puppy Rescue Mission (www.thepuppyrescuemission.org).
The Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare charity auction will take place from Wednesday, October 23 at 8:00 PM PT to Saturday, November 2 at 8:00 PM PT at http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/unitetheunited or eBay Keywords: “Rob Zombie Charity Truck.” (more…)
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Due to overwhelming demand, Zombie adds second Great American Nightmare show to schedule
Due to overwhelming demand, Rob Zombie has added a second Great American Nightmare performance (November 1) at FEARPlex in Pomona, CA, with guests Powerman 5000 and 45 Grave.
The groundbreaking musician and filmmaker and his band will close out the ultimate Halloween music and horror event with headlining performances on both Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2.
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Rob Zombies Great American Nightmare proves a hit – read the opening week reviews
The opening week of Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare has seen rave reviews from media and celebrity guests alike. Hellbentrocks.com compiled this great review rundown from names such as Tommy Lee, Dino Cazares, Evan Seinfeld, and plenty from the presses too!
Get tickets and find out more: http://greatamericannightmare.com/index3.html
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[Watch] Rob Zombie speaks to Artisan News about what the future may hold for the Great American Nightmare
Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare is now into its second full weekend and is already heralding some great reviews from celeb fans, and reviewers alike. Artisan News had a quick chat with Rob when the extravaganza opened to talk about how it all began and what the future holds for the show, with Zombie hinting at possibly taking it across the USA.
Rob Zombie will be playing on the closing night of the GAN on November 2. Get tickets and find out more: http://greatamericannightmare.com/index3.html
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Blogs of War reviews Great American Nightmare: “this has been one hell of a good time”
So, its been open a few days and the people are queuing up to be scared and entertained. Even the lovely Sheri Moon Zombie posted on her Facebook about how The Lords of Salem haunted house was so bad she “almost went out the sissy door“. And if Baby says its bad, it may be best to wear a pair of diapers when you guys go through.
Anyway the guys over at Metal Hammer’s Blogs of War, put together this thrill ride review, looking at each of the three main haunted houses and giving an account of what you can expect.
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[Watch] Rob Zombie speaks to Hot Topic
Rob Zombie had a chat with the peeps at Hot Topic on the opening night (October 10) of his fear festival “Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare“. He gives them a sneak peek into the frights and thrills to come.
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RZ on the Great American Nightmare; “There are sights within that will scar you and I mean that.”
Sinful Celluloid‘s Christopher M. Jimenez, got a sneak peek behind Rob Zombies Great American Nightmare this week, and a chat with the Zombie himself, as he oversees the final stages of the show set-up.
Go to the official Great American Nightmare site: http://greatamericannightmare.com/index3.html
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Want some good advice about Rob Zombies Great American Nightmare? “Wear something you can run in.”
Rob Zombies Great American Nightmare, musical co-producer John Reese speaks to lamusicblog.com, ahead of the fear festivals opening, to give some sound advice about what to expect. Reese reveals how he got involved and some more interesting tidbits about this first of its kind event.
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[Wtach] Take a sneak peek inside the Great American Nightmare
Rob Zombies Great American Nightmare – a feast of frights, fear, blood, gore and rocking music – opens today in Ponoma CA. It will include three haunted houses, based on Rob Zombie movies, The Lords of Salem, El Superbeasto and House of 1,000 Corpses, and will include musical acts such as 3OH!3, Andrew WK, Beware of Darkness, Powerman 5000 and Rob Zombie on closing night (Nov 2).
You can now join Rob Zombie in a sneak peek behind the scenes of his ‘nightmare’ as he invites you inside his vision made real.
To find out more go to: www.greatamericannightmare.com
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[Watch] Rob Zombie Talks Halloween Festival & Upcoming Film, “Broad Street Bullies” and more
In just a few days, Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare opens in Pomona, to scare and entertain the masses who will attend. Zombie himself will be playing the closing night of the event before embarking on a US tour with Korn. He speaks to Radio.com ahead of this to talk about his 2 week Halloween festival The Great American Nightmare, his upcoming film “Broad Street Bullies” and The Puppy Rescue Mission.
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Rob Zombie: “I never do anything based on what I think other people are going to like, because I don’t have a clue what other people are going to like”
The Lords are finally here. Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem is out on Blu-Ray and DVD (as well as X-Box movies and iTunes too). To celebrate the director sat with Shockya.com to speak about the movie, about working on a budget, why he is comfortable with the cast he works with, and more including his forthcoming Great American Nightmare.
Purchase the movie from Amazon today: http://amzn.to/1cToP8J
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Take part in the Great American Nightmare ‘Battle of the Bands’
In October Rob Zombie will be delighting, scaring and entertaining the masses with his “Great American Nightmare” extravaganza. “15 nights of pure terror” – the ultimate music and horror event to lead up to Halloween. “Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare” has teamed up with Fullerton, California’s The Slidebar, to host a live, local music “Battles of the Bands” showcase this September and October. Unsigned bands will be able to showcase their skills for the chance to be chosen to play ONE night of the “Great American Nightmare” on the “Monster Energy Main Stage“.
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[Watch] Rock It Out! in conversation with Rob Zombie
Rock It Out! blog spent part of last weekend chatting with Rob Zombie backstage at the Mayhem Festival, when the show thundered into Tinley Park, IL. Interviewer Sami Jarroush discusses with Rob “the amount of work that goes into a Zombie stage show, the rocker’s forthcoming Halloween festival, Great American Nightmare, why White Zombie will never reunite, and his plans for a movie on the Philadelphia Flyers inspired by their “Broad Street Bullies” era.”
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Zombie: ‘I like things being bleak…I feel like that’s where you get the most impact’
Chatting with Yahoo Music! , Rob Zombie shares why he likes to have endings in movies that some may consider bleak, about his forthcoming movie concerning the Broad Street Bullies, and how he plans to keep fans entertained in his ‘Great American Nightmare‘ attraction later this year.
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[Watch] Rob Zombie interviewed by Rock 105.5
In the North Carolina stop over for Mayhem 2013, Tina Smash from Rock 105.5, sat with Rob Zombie for an interview. They talk about the concept behind Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor, his movie making process, what he does to keep the fans entertained for his stage shows and the forthcoming Great American Nightmare haunted house extravaganza.
Check out the full tour schedule: robzombie.com/tour-dates/
Share your Mayhem experience with other RZ fans: robzombie.com/forum/
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Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman talks working with Rob Zombie on the ‘Great American Nightmare’
In October, Rob Zombie will present a two week “haunted house project” called the Great American Nightmare. It will cumulate with a live performance from Rob Zombie and his band, and in between will include THREE haunted house scenarios based on RZ’s film work and much more in between. Warped tour founder Kevin Lyman who has been working with Rob on the project speaks to altpress.com about what goes into making Rob’s vision into reality.
To find out more about the GAN go to: GreatAmericanNightmare.com
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