25 Things About WHITE ZOMBIE 'Astro‑Creep: 2000' You May Not Know | Metal Injection
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- Опубліковано 9 кві 2020
- White Zombie celebrates 25 years of Astro-Creep: 2000 this weekend, and for its anniversary we countdown 25 facts you may not know about this amazing album. Covering everything from the recording, samples, strife between members, little known guest musicians and more!
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Happy 25th anniversary to this masterpiece! What's your favorite song off the album?
More Human Than Human, easily, never gets old
I, Zombie is the best song the band ever wrote. I use it as my daily motivator.
Super charger heaven
@@MAL1C3 cant go wrong there....
Super Charger Heaven still makes me moist!
Just like Marilyn Manson, Robs ego exploded and he couldn't get along with the band members that made the music so good in the first place.
👍
Have you ever known any other artist that didn't
@@dennisbiggs7040 There are a plethora of bands who somehow held it together with largely static lineups, so... yes? Dozens, if not hundreds of them?
Yeah
I still personally prefer La Sexorcisto over Astro Creep. J's guitar riffs were so much sicker on that one, so were Sean's basslines. That album and Appetite for Destruction were what made me pick up the bass. BUT, J's guitar and Sean's bass sounded 100x better production wise and the fact that they were able to get the gear of their choice helped alot too.
I agree. Just listened too both and Hellbilly Deluxe in full just last week.
Agreed. Was just about to type something similar.
I like them both for different reasons. Astrocreep had far better sound engineering and quality, but sexorcisto definitely had the chops. Those riffs were so brutal for its time. Only dimebag and a couple others had riffs like that.
Agreed
Yeah AC was mixed better.
ya Sean ruled ! I'm so glad she's still jamming ☠✌💋
The opening riff from “Creature of the Wheel” constantly pops in my head, 25 years later.
I always liked that song where Rob says "yeah" in it the best over the other songs
Count all the "yeahs!" 😆
Take a shot every "yeah"
😂 😂 👏
Nowhere near as good as my favorite Danzing song, Can't remember the name... the one where he goes "Whoaaa"
Yeah
I was totally in love with the bass player when this album came out. She was probably the most interesting part of the band's image imo -- some grungy guys with a really gorgeous gal keeping the whole thing solid.
Agreed…she seems like a cool person to hang out at a bar with
I recall it was rumored that she played bass in Ghost for a little bit
Last saw Rob Zombie in a concert back in early 2014, show was good. Would’ve been better if Rob didn’t had a LSD (Lead Singer’s Disease) and broke the band. Still think Sean as one of the coolest bassist of all time 🤘
La Sexorcisto is White Zombie's best album hands down and one of my favorite albums of all time. Astro-creep was the first CD I purchased.
You have to give it to the band members for sounding so tight and great together , rob, musically was the weakest link…but the thing is, he KNEW this and pulled his weight in other ways…he’s very smart and aware. Miss these days, but life goes on .
A timeless masterpiece of an album
Love White Zombie, Astro-Creep being my favorite album, Real Solution #9 being my favorites W Z song!🤘🏻
La Sexorcisto and Astro-Creep are still some of my favorite music.
I love the heavy grooves, tasty guitar licks, dark lyrics and horror show sound bytes. Fantastic.
25 plus years ago.. I saw them.. I will admit I had a huge school boy crush on Sean haha
@Cameron swafford that's the trouble with beta humans as yourself.. Off you trot with your lack of intelligent discourse. Enjoy the world you create.
@@Max_Snellink same bro, big time.. and great come back to that troll.👍
@@lukeneely9476 I wad front row in 1995 watching White Zombie I went stage left and Sean gave me a plectrum from her bass. I was 17.. First huge festival.. Great Times. RATM Prodigy Green Day all first album new bands back then. No phones no cameras. Pure connection. 🧡🙏🧡
@@Max_Snellink dude, how awesome. So cool when shit like that happens to us regular folk. Tell me, it was the green hair right.. lol same😀🤘
@@lukeneely9476 Oh yes! 🤣🖖🏻
This may be my favorite album growing up in the 90s. I still play it to this day. I loved White Zombie. Their 2 major label albums are killer, yet so different from each other.
This is the one band that I wish there was more to listen to. Those two albums and the single “I Am Hell” (from the Beavis and Butthead Experience Soundtrack) are timeless tracks.
I will say that their albums prior to La Sexorcisto were really bad IMO tho lol
Shit. I would have killed for a Blood Milk and Sky video when this album came out. I was so obsessed with that song that I did my one and only "write a song's lyrics on notebook paper and draw pictures related to your feelings about it" for that song.
I saw White Zombie open for Pantera on this tour. Cool live set. Inverted crucified zombies and monsters, and jumbo trons flashing " Say you love Satan!" Mixed in with pictures of Charlie Manson. Best part of the show, hands down, was BLOOD MILK& SKY. Very hypnotic. As people on here are saying, White Zombie and Rob Zombie are two different animals. The former was a real kick in the nether regions bad ass "band", the latter more of a silly sophomoric WWE entrance music type thing. No matter which outfit though, the live shows were good.
Man this album still holds up today such a good record!
Been in my car CD player for several weeks now
The first Rob Zombie record wasn’t a huge departure from the Astro sound but I never liked it or any of zombies solo stuff. WZ was a band and you can’t duplicate the little idiosyncrasies that the band members brought to the table. I wish they made one more record. Great band, great riffs, great look. They took all the weird aspects of American society and put them in a musical and visual blender. Presto, white zombie.
Abulm is a masterpiece. Ive bought it at least 6x cuz i would wear out the cassette/cd. One of those albums you can just push play and listen to it straight from beginning to the end. Definitely the peak of rob zombies music for me. Havnt liked much of his solo career.
This album starts off perfectly.. masterpiece!! I still listen to this album often.
I have a 3 disk player in my car. It's one of the three.👍
IM ALREADY DEAD
Keep it that way, fella.
Look, I know the supernatural is something that isn't supposed to happen but it does happen!
"The Haunting"!
Great old flick that inspired many famous modern Horror flicks we love, including the brand new series, "Haunting of Hill House".
As a teen who rode dirt bikes in the 90's and watched Crusty's religiously this album was and still is a banger!
Dave Howard The Crusty Demons of Dirt that had the dude blasting out of the ground to a classic Sepultura song will always be one of my favorite scenes in any video ever!!! Bad ass!
I met Sean she was sitting with us mere mortal fans at the Housecore Horror Film Festival. It was awesome.
This album blew my 12 year old mind back in the nineties. I still listen to it often but one song I never listened to much as a kid that I'm really enjoying now is Blood Milk and Sky, such a great track.
That was always my favorite track. I think I was 14 when I finally acquired the CD.
I'd support a reunion with a new singer. Zombo over played his hand, sonically I like the band more than any solo.shit.
SidewaysBurnouts I’ll take White Zombie over his solo crap any day of the week as well. Too bad he pissed that great band away.
Having seen them live, I'd say the band could do just as good if they played the songs live and ran the vocals off a tape along with the samples. For a front man all they need is to find some homeless guy who can jump around with a mic and say "Yeah" a lot. If he's winded by the end of the second song, he'd be doing a perfect Rob impression. ;-)
@@butchs.4239 "some homeless guy who can jump around with a mic and say "Yeah" a lot. If he's winded by the end of the second song, he'd be doing a perfect Rob impression" Never has one massive ego on legs been so succinctly summed up haha. I remember seeing him wheezing like a 12 year old asthmatic bulldog, such a let down.
would be great to have them back without robby
I'd sing for them, I know all the lyrics by heart on most songs. Problem is that Rob wanted to go solo and I think he was bad just because he didn't like being in the band anymore.
One of the best albums ever written and recorded!!! "Burn and X in your head"
I just bought their guitar book for Astro Creep and been listening to them lately. Still one of my favorites
One of my all time favs! An album meant to be played in it's entirety, all the way through from start to finish..
I would do horrible things if I could see what they had planned for the Blood Milk and Sky video.
Yep .....that rhythm is unlike any other
That sound byte, has been in my head for 25 years.
Oh good, someone else feels that. I should have checked before posting my own comment. That song was in a league of its own, even given as much as I liked the rest of the album.
The production and sampling on this album was brilliant.
J is surprisingly intelligent and thoughtful.
I just listened to this whole album at work yesterday, still one of my favorite albums from the 90’s
Great mini doc. Love what you're doing!! Reminds me of why I've always enjoyed the fond feeling of the " behind the scenes" vibe/ investigative journey. Amazing work!!!!🤘💀👍
One of my favorite records! 🤘 Met Rob and Sheri after a gig a couple of years ago and they signed both Astro Creep and La Sexorcisto, so awesome!! Thanks for the vid!
Sean’s surf rock band Famous Monsters is tragically underrated. Relatively hard to find. If your into that kind of thing I strongly recommend them.
I will. Thanks!
Creature of the Wheel is still to this day one of the baddest songs ever. That Opening Riff!! So great! Astrocreep was my favorite Album by WZ.
Not mentioned, but worth mentioning.....Sean played bass for The Cramps after White Zombie broke up.
A amazing album, so glad everyone is doing what they want. “Rock on freaky bro”!
Shoutout to Supersexy Swingin’ Sounds as well. Comparable-to Fear Factory’s Remanufacture/Demanufacture albums. Alongside Astro Creep 2000, they bridged soundscapes and continue to inspire me to this day.
Believe it or not I still on the cassette of Astro Creep 2000.
Blur The Technicolor was my Astro Creep fav.
Grew up on this baby. I remember it being such a revelation when it came out, it was an album everyone, whether black or white or from whatever race or gender, was able to bond over. A true classic!
easily one of the best albums of the decade. i still listen with great frequency. i remember going to the mall with my cousin. we went straight to the music shop, where i picked up astro creep and she picked up some mariah carey junk.
That album and NIN was my introduction to great music. Great video!
i miss this band so much...unfortunately rob zombies solo stuff isnt as good....there was a certain magic that he doesnt have without them....also his personal style has changed...not as groovy as they were
I own over 300 cds, of various music. Not one of them, is heavy metal, EXCEPT for ‘La Sexocisto - Devil Music Vol 1’. That is the music you drive real fast in your car, to out run the police.
That certain magic is the musicians and the writing.
Why can't I be in the reality where white zombie never broke up... 😭
I bought this album when I was like 14 (1994), its gritty, dirty. But growing up in industrial Pennsylvania its art that puts color to life. Actually positive, like a gargoyle!
Regardless of whatever happened afterwards, Astro-Creep was a fucking masterpiece. Still is, and always will be.
Man this album was such a HUGE part of my high school years!! Takes me back
Cant quote him, but I think Jay was saying "relative minor" meaning the sixth scale degree of a select major key. Not "relatively minor" as in a relatively small.
It is NOT heresy, and I will not... RECANT!
Astro-Creep was bloody fucking awesome.
I love the whole record. El phantasmo and the chicken run blast o ramma
I remember being so stoked when a local video game store used that song for their commercial in '96. Love that song!
I loved White Zombie when they came out and still listen to their music to this day. I can honestly say however that I cannot stand Rob's solo music. The band was far better than the man. As far as his movie carrier, I'm not really a fan of that either. I'm not bashing the man or anything, I just am not a fan of the direct he went in. But as long as he is happy doing what he is doing that is what really matters. I hope the rest of the band is doing wonderfully as well.
Paul Miller I’m into White Zombie and don’t give a shit about Rob Zombie. It always surprises me that a guitar virtuoso like John 5 would play for Rob Zombie as if feel he is way too good for that band.
I think a lot of fans feel the same way as us. But u put it very respectfully so props for that :)
El Phantasmo is one of the best dance tracks ever.
Correction, must say the entire track name when referencing it. El Phantasmic and the Chicken Run Blatsorama. Your welcome.
Very cool! Love you Sean!
I was okay with the change in sound between "Soul Crusher" and "Make Them Die Slowly". I understood the progression from there into "La Sexorcisto" "Astro Creep" was polished but still raw enough to seem authentic. Then Rob stopped making music before he went to shite. Thank god.
Great video!🤘
Rob's solo work is okay, but nothing can compare to Astro-Creep:2000. Stellar stuff, from start to finish.
Thanks for making me feel like a fossil
I saw them in Glasgow back in the day, fantastic gig.
This is still one of my favorite albums!!
I’ve certainly done my part in helping that album go double platinum, buying one tape two cd’s and one vinyl. And I’ll probably end up getting another one before it said and done with. But this time from “u”-tunes so I can download multiple times without having to buy multiple times.
Still have my CD. Awesome record.
This was my fave album for awhile when it came out. Still a great record
Saw that last tour they did with the Ramonea in late 95. I just turned 12. Amazing production and performance.
I just said, 'Up yours, baby!'
A late friend of ours was in WHITE ZOMBIE (Phil Buerstatte) he was from a local band called "Last Crack" their 1991 album "Burning Time" is as good /better than most from the era.
God I love this album. My favorite album from when I was a kid. I was in 5th grade when this came out and this got me into metal. It was all green day and nirvana before white zombie.
I’ve always gravitated towards Rob’s solo stuff but I do like a few white zombie songs I got into Rob zombie when I was in Highschool and I’ve been listening ever since
My favorite album of all time, i feel its still ahead of its time
Saw WZ in 199...something la sextro tour ...one of the best shows ever to grace the earth.
Damn. Sounds like if Rob wasn't the president of his own fan club, White Zombie would still be around lol
one of the best , original and unique sound found in a metal album. personal opinion 🤘
Hell Ya.. When I first heard these guys back in 93 I was like DAM they pumped me up. So happy Anniversary and keep it rocking. I never turned into a zombie maybe a dingy goofy SOB however I know good music and well Rob Ans Company you all rock
Ride the only one who knows
Beauty never dies
I remember I bought the album and my friend did as well. But his artwork was uncensored. Mine had black stars over some of the artwork and a bigger Parental Advisory sticker. I got mine from Walmart. He got his from Sam Goody.
25 years.. wow. To this day, AC2000 is still my favorite album of all time. I listen to a wide variety of genres. There is nothing quite like the uniqueness of AC2000.
Watch your mouth man! Ill say any dam thing I want.
Sean was my 3rd rock crush as a kid. Only behind Doro Pesch & Dawn Crosby.
Great album
Excellent Band
I thought Rob was from Texas? And I had no idea Spider was Rob's Brother, being a Powerman 5000 fan that kind of Blew My Mind
His name is Spider Zombie.
@@williamcozart9166 He goes by Spider One.
When I saw Powerman 5000 play at the Hampton Beach Casino with Sevendust on the bill I met their mother who was sitting next to the group I was with. That's when I found out that Rob and Spider were brothers. She had said how glad she was for getting them involved in music but knowing the direction and craziness of rock they got involved in. Was an interesting place to get some info from a pretty good source 😅
26: the original album artwork displayed a 3M company logo on the front. It was removed (probably due to legal reasons) on subsequent releases.
That tour was the first live show that I ever saw....and also the first time I smelled weed!
Yeah!
One of the most epic album openings of all time…”perhaps you had better start from the beginning…”
This album changed my life. Said that Rob and the other members can't work things out and do a reunion.
Damn if Rob coulda kept from dipping his quill in the company ink we might have gotten a White Zombie reunion
They should do a reunion show but Rob's ego won't let that happen. It's pretty sad when all these great bands like Sabbath, Motley Crue, and countless other bands that hate each other and get over it for the fans but White Zombie can't do it? Tells you a lot about Rob cause let's face it, he's the one that could make it happen.
Wow it has been 25 years already!
One of the best industrial metal albums 🤘
La Sexorcisto was a rock'n'roll masterpiece with groovy samples laid in. Astro-Creep was a good EDM record, in so much as Jay and Sean managed to inject rock'n'roll into it. It's kinda like ZZ Top, who started with groovy bluesy rock, then got drum machines & synths to make "Legs" and whatnot.
I remember this album seemed so evil to me with the artwork and everything. Also my first concert, I was in 6th grade with my best friend and his Mom.... That was an experience. November 18th 1995 and the RAMONES opened.
They played in the midway way at the boise, Id. fair ... it was surreal.
the way this video went, cool cool cool yeah, cool cool yeah, oh shit that was 25 years ago... I remember when I bought that CD... or was it cassette, fuck im old
Saw them at donnington 95 best band of the day
White Zombie was my first gig at London Brixton Academy in 1996, at the age of 16. I've seen tons of big name metal acts since then and this is still my most memorable gig. What I remember is that J, Sean and John were fucking amazing and held the whole show together. What I will say is the bloody singer was disappointing not because of his vocals but his complaining between songs. I came away I bit deflated with his attitude. I was so excited for months and he bitched the whole time. But watching the others made up for his shit attitude. I have seen the Rob Zombie band twice when he toured the first two albums and it was ok but not to the standard of Jay's guitar work.
Sam Harvey What was he bitching about?
I bought it back then. But I lost my album collection, when I broke up with my former gitlfriend in 2020. I dont know much, but I was told that the box went missing, at the time her next boyfriend stole all her things. But I have gotten most of my things with me when I moved out.
omg a video for blood milk and sky would have been amazing