6 Things You Didn't Know About Rob Zombie

There ’s Rob Zombie , frontman of the medieval heavy - metallic element band White Zombie . There ’s Rob Zombie , the shock maestro behind such fell horror moving picture asThe Devil ’s RejectsandHalloween . And then there ’s Rob Zombie , the regular dude formerly know as Robert Bartleh Cummings from Haverhill , Massachusetts . But those are n’t stock split personalities ; the sinister stage performer and conductor of fright fests is the same bozo talking to me about the expectation for his latest,31 , which premier in one of Sundance Film Festival ’s in demand midnight slots .

" Either you like what I do , or you do n’t , " he allege . " I do n’t ever think like , ' Gee , what do my fans want ? ' Because it ’s my job to make out up with the next thing that they ’re go to enjoy , not just force - feed them the same affair over and over . "

Zombie loves movies and , like Quentin Tarantino or J.J. Abrams , remixes his favorites –Taking of Pelham 123,Dirty Harry , Bonnie and Clyde , Taxi Driver– to subvert the horror writing style . The key , he says , is to slice up and cube them without dwelling too long on his decisions . " I used to make that error with mixing records , " he say . " It would be raw and rocking . Then I ’d keep exploit , and keep working , and keep operate , and keep polishing , and then it was totally boring . you could do that with movies , too . "

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Currently working on a Groucho Marx biopic ( ! ) , Zombie has one mantra : be unabashedly Rob Zombie . But is there a side to the phantasmagoric creative person that crosses over with the average American ? Or is he eternally a devil horn - throwing stone god through and through ? Zombie , a valet de chambre who does n’t give a shit what you think , pay me the truth :

Rob Zombie lovesThe King of Queens

" I ’ve always been a huge stand - up fan . That ’s why I directed two comedy specials for Tom Papa . I mean he ’s genius . And that ’s why Brian Posehn was inDevil ’s reject . There was this group , it was like Chris Hardwick , Brian Posehn , Patton Oswalt … I love comedians . I just believe they ’re a whole ' nother breed . It ’s odd how risible some the great unwashed can be , and I just really can appreciate it . I have no squeamishness . I watchThe King of Queensand go , ' This show is fucking genius . ' It ’s so flaming funny , homo , I jazz that show . Kevin James is a fucking Einstein . Jerry Stiller is a fucking mavin on that show , as he was onSeinfeld . Ilovecomedy . "

Rob Zombie is a vegan

" I like kale – it tastes good . But I had never even hear of kale until five year ago . When did Brassica oleracea acephala enter the world ? You hump what it is : my married woman and I have a garden . Sheri [ Moon Zombie ] grows kale . That fucking works is sturdy as shit , humankind . You could probably grow kale on Mars . I ’ve never seen anything like it . That ’s probably why it ’s so popular . "

Rob Zombie is a big fan of the Allman Brothers

" The ' LXX was when I was from age 5 to whatever , 15 . So that was my estimate on music , fashion , moving picture , television . That ’s what ’s distort me . I jazz the Allman Brothers . Nothing I do musically sound like them , or will ever voice like them , but I just think that they ’re the swell band ever . It just hits me . I hear Greg Allman ’s articulation … they were always on the radio set , and I guess I ca n’t not guess of my puerility when hearing that sound . Or KISS or Bee Gees or ABBA or a deal of things . "

Rob Zombie never considered going to business school

" My mom ’s side of the kinsfolk [ work at a funfair ] . That was their whole business concern , dating back to my grandparent . With my grandparent it was a trivial more like the carnival , like in heroic outfit , but by the time I was regard that was the former ' 70s , that was in third grade or something . I would have to go when my parent were work . But whatever your parents do when you ’re a kid , it seems boring . When I was a kid , my friend ’s dad drove a Wonder Bread truck and surrender Hostess cupcake and we believe he had the most badass task we ’d ever try of . ' You get free Hostess cupcake ! ? Oh my god ! ' "

Rob Zombie will spend a night in watching Netflix

" The last thing I watched on Netflix was this moving picture with Geoffrey Rush calledThe Best Offer , where he encounter this nontextual matter critic . I have a friend Wayne Toth , who did the effects on31 . He said I had to watch it . He start , ' You have to watch this moving picture with Geoffrey Rush , ' because he knew I was really into Geoffrey Rush . I thought he would be a great Groucho . It was just a heavy movie , He plays this art dealer who is scammed out of all these paintings by this woman . Really in force movie . whole did n’t even have it off it existed .

" I do cerebrate that theatrically releasing films is dying . I ’m not being depressing , it ’s just the reality . It ’s go away.31hasn’t even make out out yet and if I go on Facebook all the rooter are just like , ' When can I get the Blu - beam of light ! ? ' They do n’t give a flying fuck about go to the theater to see it . Why should they ? They ’ve bring forth a fucking 75 - inch screen TV at house . "

Rob Zombie does not own khakis

" I do n’t even know what those are , really . Well , I kind of know . They ’re tan ? Yeah , I do n’t know . The other day , guy rope in the movie start to some Dockers thing . They suffer free Dockers . I was like , ' What are Dockers ! ? ' I was n’t sure if they were brake shoe or pants . "

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Matt Patchesis Thrillist ’s Entertainment editor . He antecedently write for Grantland , Esquire.com , Vulture , The Hollywood newsperson , andThe Guardian . He wore khaki to question Rob Zombie . Find him on Twitter:@misterpatches .