The Sinister Urge [2001]
Rob Zombie’s second solo album “The Sinister Urge” was released three years after his debut solo effort Hellbilly Deluxe.
The album title was borrowed from the Ed Wood movie of the same name released in 1961.
Although only one single was released – Demon Speeding– tracks from the album would appear on soundtracks for Mission: Impossible 2 and as promotional releases.
Two official videos were created, including for the track Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy), which saw the band recreate A Clockwork Orange.
Zombie was able to call on several friends to appear on the album, including again Tommy Leeon drums and Slayer’s Kerry Kingon guitar. The biggest scope was securing vocals from Ozzy Osbournefor the track Iron Head. Speaking at the time in an interview with KNAC.com, Zombie said: “I thought that somehow the song didn’t seem special enough. Somehow I thought that the song wasn’t as good as it should be and I had been talking to Ozzy a lot and working on stuff for the tour and someone was like, ‘Why don’t you just get Ozzy to fucking do it?’ It was like, duh. Sometimes you don’ think of the obvious ideas.”
Music Videos
Album Tracklist
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| Title | Length | Lyrics | Listen* | |
| 1 | Sinners, Inc | 01:17 |
Sin, Sin, Sin! You’re all Sinners!
Your all goin’ to a painful, everlasting, fiery Hell.It’s all there is. It’s all there is. It’s all there is. It’s all there is.I wish I could die.There is no escape from (The last two or three words overlayed by…)I don’t know what’s going to happen, to any of us.It’s all there is. It’s all there is. It’s all there is. It’s all there is.It’s all there is. It’s all there is. It’s all there is. It’s all there is.There’s nothing to explain. It’s too late… too late… too late… too late… too late… too late… too late… |
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| 2 | Demon Speeding | 03:44 |
Hey, do ya love me. I’m untouchable darkness
A dirty black river to get you through this Hey, do ya love me I’m a devil machine (hey do ya love me I’m a devil machine) Get into my world all American dreamIn the mouth of madness Down in the darkness No more tomorrow Down in the hollow Hey do ya love it when the kids are screaming Wrecking on the road violate their dreaming Hey, do ya love to see the filth in the clean (hey do ya love to see the filth in the clean) Get into the gone all American dream In the mouth of madness Down in the darkness No more tomorrow Down in the hollow, I’m demon speeding I’m demon speeding I’m demon speeding I’m demon speeding get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on come aliveHey, do ya love me elevating the madness (Hey, do ya love me elevating the madness) A super death rising to get you through this (a super death rising to get you through this) Hey, do ya love me like a beautiful fiend Get into my world all American dream |
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| 3 | Dead Girl Superstar | 02:28 |
Well, she threw downtown on a gambling green
And fenced a chicken dog in a movie A long haired baby got a record machine Like a hacksaw falling on me Go, go, go, go Dying to go She’s moving in like a demon dead girl, dead girl well, she blew uptown on a cemetery sound And wore her leather pants for week, yeah A canteen butcher got tiger teeth And a handmade circus freak, yeah Go, go, go, go Dying to go She moving in like a demon dead girl, dead girl superstarWell, she hit the ground like a bounty killer clown With a fistful of dollars to eat, yeah I see her there with blood in her hair And a flesh killing brat to beat, yeah |
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| 4 | Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy) | 03:09 |
Yeah
My Durango number 95 Take me to the home Kick boots And ultra live See heaven flash A horror show Knock it nice And smooth Step back and Watch it flow yeah never gonna stop me Never gonna stop Never gonna stop me Never gonna never gonna yeah The devil ride A dinosaur He paint the monster red So the blood don’t Stain the floor In out Real savage show Sorry as a shot Came sickness Watch it flow yeah |
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| 5 | Iron Head | 04:10 |
What is the purpose
Demonoid Phenomenon Regulate the flux and reflux So bring it on Loose upon the world Destruct a juggernaut Suddenly the rats are high Bleed the masses and watch’em cry Slumber like Houdini’s dog Die alone out in the fog Iron head- regenerate Iron head-exterminate Iron head-liberate and crucify you What is my name Demonoid Phenomenon Laugh in your face and Break because you don’t belong Vent upon the brink Appear another demi-god Suddenly forever knows What it takes and where it goes Paint it black inside your head I defy what you have said |
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| 6 | (Go to) California | 03:25 |
Blonde haired baby standing by the road
A pistol in her hand and talking on the phone Said go to California (go to California) Go to California (go to California) Sidewalk gazing diamonds in the sky Silent movie Gods are flashing in your eye Said go to California (go to California) Go to California (go to California)Get up get out Get inside the outside Get up get out get in Get up get out Get inside the outside Get up get out get in Lon Chaney calling Spelling out your name Where everybody’s different But they’re all the same Yeah go to California (go to California) Go to California (go to California) You are perfect you are insane We love to watch you break from the pain Yeah go to California (go to California) Go to California (go to California)Get up get out Get inside the outside Get up get out get inGet up get out Get inside the outside Get up get out get inBump and grind Bump and grind Bump and grindBump and grind Bump and grind Bump and grindHit the lights and Strip down on the floor Everybody hates you But they want some more Yeah go to California (go to California) Go to California (go to California)Get up get out Get inside the outside Get up get out get inGet up get out Get inside the outside Get up get out get inBump and grind Bump and grind Bump and grind Go to CaliforniaBump and grind Bump and grind Bump and grind Go to California |
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| 7 | Feel So Numb | 03:53 |
I feel so good I feel so numb yeah
Mud bath, acrobat, a midnight drive Everybody’s slippin everybody survive Radio talk show try to project Everything you need when you gotta connect Come on come on come on you feel it Come on come on come on you see it Come on come on come on you wanna make it all right Come on come on come on you feel it Come on come on come on you see it Come on come on come on you wanna make it all right Blacken the sun! What have I done? I feel so bad i feel so numb yeah! Blacken the sun! What have I done? I feel so good I feel so numb yeah!Sugar sweet braniac on your neck Get in to tomorrow man I gotta reflect A blue world green girl up the street Gotta wake her it cause I don’t want to dream Come on come on come on you feel it Come on come on come on you see it Come on come on come on you wanna make it all right Come on come on come on you feel it Come on come on come on you see it Come on come on come on you wanna make it all rightBlacken the sun! What have I done? I feel so bad I feel so numb yeah! Blacken the sun! What have I done? I feel so good I feel so numb yeah!Django drag a coughing nail across your back Now everybody want it gotta take it back Brain trash porn flash what is why Look into forever revolutionizeCome on come on come on you feel it Come on come on come on you see it Come on come on come on you wanna make it all right Come on come on come on you feel it Come on come on come on you see it Come on come on come on you wanna make it all rightBlacken the sun! What have I done? I feel so bad I feel so numb yeah! Blacken the sun! What have I done? I feel so good I feel so numb yeah! Where do I run! What have I done? I feel so bad I feel so numb yeah! Where do I run! What have I done? I feel so good I feel so numb yeah! |
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| 8 | Transylvanian Transmissions, Pt. 1 | 01:09 |
This idea is sufficiently plausible in an attempt to account
For the phenomenon the sickness and the sentence Of blood. I could no longer strubble, every moment Threatened to be the last – there was pain, dizziness and Profuse bleeding at the pores, how is this possible The transmission was transfusing In a moment the sober eye of reason would detect a Vibration in the flesh. Creeping, incoherent, Bearing no mark of a human hand |
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| 9 | Bring Her Down (To Crippletown) | 03:59 |
I went out walking to Crippletown
My crutch hit the floor with a boney sound Now all the girls go beep beep beep How can I love when you’re so cheap Turn me on, turn me on, turn me on Don’t be long, Don’t be long, Don’t be long Bring her down, Bring her down, Bring her down, see the wonders around you baby Now everybody gather in the square To twist their fingers in my hair They hang around like a serpentine And try to speak like FrankensteinThe children come all dressed in black One foot forward the other back They splash around in a muddy hole While everybody crying they got no soul |
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| 10 | Scum of the Earth | 02:55 |
Scum of the earth
Come on Yeah Run and kill Destroy the will A hero that doesn’t exist Yeah Smoking gun Well I am the one A bullet hole In your fist YeahHey, I’m breathing Hey, I’m bleeding Hey, I’m screaming Scum of the earth Come onHey, I’m breathing Hey, I’m bleeding Hey, I’m screaming Scum of the earth Come on Yeah Wake up dead Bleeding bed A world that doesn’t exist Yeah Heaven waits With the gates Rusting in the mist YeahYeah Hey, I’m breathing Hey, I’m bleeding Hey, I’m screaming Scum of the earth Come onHey, I’m breathing Hey, I’m bleeding Hey, I’m screaming Scum of the earth Come onGo x12Yeah Run and kill Destroy the will A hero that doesn’t exist Yeah Smoking gun Well I am the one A bullet hole In your fist YeahHey, I’m breathing Hey, I’m bleeding Hey, I’m screaming Scum of the earth Come onHey, I’m breathing Hey, I’m bleeding Hey, I’m screaming Scum of the earth Come onHey x6 Scum of the earth Hey x6 Scum of the earth Hey x6 Scum of the earth Hey x6 Scum of the earth |
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| 11 | House of 1000 Corpses | 09:26 |
She got a corpse
Under her bed He had her fun But now he’s dead Hear momma said Come feed desire Her brother said Hey, throw her on the fire This is the house Come on in This is the house Built on sin This is the house Nobody lives This is the house You get what you give cut the flesh And make it bleed Fresh skin Is what I need I let it dry Out in the wood All your crying Did no good, yeah Now you’re lying On the floor Yeah, you can’t Take anymore The devil’s laughing In your face Give me another taste, yeah |
Album line-up and album details
LENGTH:36:48
LABEL:Geffen
RELEASED:November 13, 2001
LABEL:Geffen
RELEASED:November 13, 2001
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- Rob Zombie – Vocals
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- Mike Riggs – Guitar
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- John Tempesta – Drums
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- Blasko – Bass
FOR SHERI AND ALL THE KIDS AT ZOMBIE HQ (SPOOKY, LILY, BORIS, FRANKENSTEIN AND DRACULA)
| Music by: | Rob Zombie & Scott Humphrey |
| Except Iron Head by: | Zombie/Riggs/Humphrey |
| Lyrics by: | Rob Zombie |
| Produced by: | Scott Humphrey & Rob Zombie |
| Mixed by: | Scott Humphrey & Frank Gryner |
| Engineered by: | Frank Gryner |
| Assisted by: | Dan Burns |
| Programming by: | Scott Humphrey |
| Recorded at the: | Chop Shop Hollywood, CA |
| Mastered by: | Tom Baker |
| Additional Vocals on Iron Head: | Ozzy Osbourne |
| Additional Guitars: | Kerry King – Frank Gryner – Phil X – Scott Humphrey – Danny Lohner |
| Additional Bass: | Chris Chaney |
| Additional Drums: | Tommy Lee – Josh Fresse – Gary Novak |
| Turntables: | DJ Lethal – Mix Master Mike |
| Female Vocals: | Emm Gryner – Evelyme Rennu |
| String Arrangement: | Bennett Salvay |
| Horns: | Jerry Hey – Gary Grant – Daniel Wiggins – Bill Reichenbach |
| Management: | Andy Gould |
| A&R: | Jordan Schur |
| Booking: | John Dittmar for Pinnacle Ent. |
| Legal Affairs: | Jeffrey Light |
| Business Affairs: | Scott Adair |
| Tour Management: | Ted Keedick |
| Monster Maker: | Wayne Toth at Ex Mortis |
| 666 Girl: | Sheri Moon |
| Package Design: | Rob Zombie |
| Art Direction: | Rob Zombie & Nika/Lucky Ninja House of Graphics |
| Photos: | Marina Chavez, Sunshine Campbell & Rob Zombie |
| Thanks to everyone at: | Andy Gould Management, Geffen & Interscope Records |
| Thanks to these folks for being extra fucking cool: | Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne, Tommy Lee and Kerry King |
| And finally thanks to: | Mom & Dad, Spider, The 1000 Corpses Crew, Alice Cooper, Howard Stern, Johnny Ramone, Sara Karloff, Ron Chaney, Dwight Frye Jr and Basil Gogoa |