ROB ZOMBIE: 'Work On The New Album Is Moving Along Great'
- Apr. 5, 2008
Rob Zombie has issued the following update:
"Work on the new album is moving along great. We have about 10 songs so far and are still writing away like maniacs. No release date as of yet."
Rob Zombie called the record labels "dinosaurs waiting to die" in an interview in the March issue of Metal Edge magazine. Zombie said that the labels "all have a defeatist attitude. And that's why in another couple of years, they won't exist...They're just overpaid and lazy, and it's all crumbled around them. But the art is not going anywhere. You go out there, and there's more tours than ever, the shows are bigger than ever, the crowds are crazier than ever, the fans are younger than ever; there's no lack of demand for the music or the bands or anything. It's just that the record labels are these overstuffed, overpaid dinosaurs. They're gonna die. The music's not going anywhere."
Zombie said in a recent conference call that he's not sure what future music distribution will look like. "There's got to be something else you can do because CDs, we know that's done," he said. "That's just done. And a download is just not that exciting. There's something missing when you — you can't walk up to someone and go, 'Oh, can you autograph my download?' There's got to be something else that can then happen. I just don't know. I mean, we're certainly trying to figure out what it is, because I want to figure out something special for the next musical release, whatever it will be."
Zombie, who is also a feature film director, also told Metal Edge, "The problem with the record industry is that they've tried to emulate the film business. The film business is very much about the opening weekend...But with a record, it used to be that you'd work it." He added that with his recent concert CD, "Zombie Live", "They put it out there, they put, like, five minutes of work into it, and they're, like, 'We're done'...They say 'No one buys CDs,'so they don't bother to sell them."
Zombie recently confirmed last week that his next live-action feature film will be called "Tyrannosaurus Rex". Reportedly a biker flick and not about dinosaurs, the film is set for release on August 28, 2009. It will follow his hit 2007 remake of the horror classic "Halloween" and his upcoming animated film, "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto".
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COMMENT | posted by : Hogie420 4/5/2008 1:21:06 PM
Just do another tour when you release the album cause you blew Ozzy away and would love to see another Zombie show. The live record was fuckin killer.
COMMENT | Live CD?? posted by : MuseumOfFear 4/5/2008 1:53:05 PM
They sure as hell didn't promote it. This is the first I've heard of it.
COMMENT | one answer... posted by : pigchop 4/5/2008 1:55:41 PM
CDs need not be "done." Indeed - I think the answer lies in content (obviously). If a CD were released w/ a DVD (included, not seperately packaged), I think sales would pick up. As well - the price should not be inflated, but should be lowered somewhat and to a point where the product is not costing more to produce than the individual sale price.
In the marketing war zone: Smaller price - larger sales - bigger profit.
Of course, I'm not talking about the usual crap where a DVD is included - documenting 'the making of...', nor any other such nonsense. Live performances only, thank-you very much.
Yes, an audio CD in hand with a live concert DVD package may well be the ticket to greater sales.
What do you folks think?
COMMENT | ^^^^^^ posted by : metal--x 4/5/2008 1:58:00 PM
The live CD has been out since October 2007....where have you been??
Hey Rob....wheres the White Zombie Gift Box coming out??
COMMENT | posted by : Hogie420 4/5/2008 2:09:46 PM
I agree with pigchop some live shit with a new cd is the way to go. And if its an older iconic band some vintage unreleased live shit would be the best even if it isn't the greatest sound and filled with mistakes lower the fuckin prices would increase sales. Where I live some cd's that are 25-30 years old sell for 25-30 dollars wtf? I know I'm cheap
I like the way you are thinking on this but I also don't believe that adding a DVD is the answer. After all... the dvd will end up on torrents the same time as the cd. It will take a lot longer to download which may discourage some people, but it will still be grabbed for free.
I think the key to increasing cd sales is in the cd packaging itself. Add a twenty page booklet with rare pics, lyrics and a lot of interesting text and sell the cd's for $7.99-8.99. You could also add vouchers inside, like say.... $5 off when you buy a ticket to see the artist live, or unique passwords (only usable once) that will allow you to view and/or download extra content online.
COMMENT | ^^^^ posted by : Fire Face 4/5/2008 4:55:24 PM
Yeah - I can dig your line of thought, which remains in line with my own. Beef up the physical product. I like the idea of a big content booklet. And yes, no matter the content (even with a booklet) everything will end up on torrent sites - that is a given.
Perhaps the CD w/ a live DVD and a beefy booklet package is the only way CD sales will survive. Too many booklets (already included in many CDs) are bereft of choice content and are for the most part boring.
Your suggestion as to vouchers - cool idea. Here is another: each CD could contain an entrance number allowing entrance to an online contest with the winners receiving free tickets to a show of their choice.
Vouchers could also be included allowing dicount prices on band merchandise. However it goes, the evil record industry pigs on high had best start thinking more of the consumer and a little bit less of their lifestyle-upkeep concerns.
COMMENT | Good to hear posted by : RiotAct666 4/5/2008 8:39:17 PM
New Zombie music is always welcome.
COMMENT | No haters? posted by : Chrononaut 4/5/2008 11:20:02 PM
Good! Educated Horses was an underrated album. It was stripped-down and raw, all about the riffs, but people still rip on it for whatever reason. Probably because they only heard "Foxy Foxy" and wrote off the whole record, like I did, but I got it for my birthday last year and dig the hell out of it. Much closer to Sabbath or Alice Cooper than anything he's ever done before.
John 5 is the best thing to happen to Zombie in a long time, so the new one should be really fucking killer.
COMMENT | rob! can't wait for the new album! posted by : EXHUMED/,,/BEHEMOTH 4/5/2008 11:20:30 PM
Rob Zombie called the record labels "dinosaurs waiting to die" in an interview in the March issue of Metal Edge magazine. Zombie said that the labels "all have a defeatist attitude. And that's why in another couple of years, they won't exist...They're just overpaid and lazy, and it's all crumbled around them. But the art is not going anywhere. You go out there, and there's more tours than ever, the shows are bigger than ever, the crowds are crazier than ever, the fans are younger than ever; there's no lack of demand for the music or the bands or anything. It's just that the record labels are these overstuffed, overpaid dinosaurs. They're gonna die. The music's not going anywhere."
...that's why Rob Zombie is fuckin' awesome.
haha, you don't hear him complain about how 'record sales are down...'
I love his music, but i love his outlook on things, simply because I've never seen him be the 'let's bitch and moan' type over music downloading/industry 'decline'....
COMMENT | posted by : madeinquebec 4/5/2008 11:59:38 PM
..."a twenty page booklet with rare pics"
Dude, first, printing costs more than anyone thinks, although I love and respect a hard copy.
Second, if an artist comes out with an album a year, how the hell are they going to keep coming up with another twenty page booklet with rare pics??? That's a one-shot deal one trick.
I don't really have a solution. I think a ticket with a code is bullshit marketing. It's like a contest where you could win but you must subscribe using your email. That's just legal phishing. Corporate bullshit contests. Same with the code, it's bs.
I thought before of an idea of having a music "subscribtion". You just pay an annual fee to get your membership card permit and you can listen to whatever you wish, concerts not included.
If that doesn't sound fair, they could split up subscription in 3 levels:
3- Casual listener $ cheapest fee 2- Music fan $ cheap fee 1- Music Junkie $ normal fee
So you don't pay by quantity but for an overall taste. The "industry" would split the $$$ pie for all the labels and artists involved in the multinational.
COMMENT | holy shite! posted by : ozzyslovechild 4/6/2008 12:27:30 AM
holy shite!! is this something almost akin to a public discourse? here?!
Prince strikes as relevant on this topic.
i'd like to see a contingent of large and not-so-large artists switch entirely to music free, and music in some format with tickets.
:)olc
COMMENT | madeinquebec posted by : Cupid Stunt2 4/6/2008 2:42:08 AM
..."a twenty page booklet with rare pics"
"Dude, first, printing costs more than anyone thinks, although I love and respect a hard copy."
Yeah, like I don't know that, and it is not that costly at all in large volumes. I meant rare pics of the CURRENT session, not pics from 1969 of their dog or their momma sucking teet.
Add a bunch of session pics and behind the scenes info etc. and most people would be happy. I was going to say I agree with some of what you had posted but after reading again I can't say that I agree with anything you said. Nice try though doucheboy, maybe this rejection will bump you up to up on the list of your mom's "ready to suck off" list. Have fun with that.
COMMENT | posted by : madeinquebec 4/6/2008 11:30:26 AM
that's great, fuck you too, "bro"
COMMENT | posted by : thisfleshatomb 4/7/2008 1:56:00 AM
I love buying CDs, fuck downloading. Whatever it is Zombie chooses to do I still hope to have it on disc.
COMMENT | posted by : Necro_File 4/14/2008 5:45:18 PM
Hasn't Rob Zombie's thoughts on the music business appeared in, like, 10 Blabbermouth articles already?
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