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Rob Zombie
(b. 1965) Versatile shock-rocker Rob Zombie rose from the late-'80s New York Noise Rock underground to conquer the mainstream without watering down his sound or his gleefully sleazy horror-movie sensibility. Something of a multi-media renaissance man, he's used his musical success to launch a parallel career as a filmmaker, while also pursuing projects as a record producer, label entrepreneur, visual artist and designer of haunted-house theme park attractions. Born Robert Cummings in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Zombie moved to New York City in the mid-'80s. There he formed White Zombie, which achieved underground notoriety with a series of indie-label releases, before making a...