Browse Music
Rock & Pop
R&B & Hip-Hop
Country
Blues
Jazz
Classical
Latin
Christian
Soundtracks
Collections
Rob Zombie
Past, Present & Future (1 CD/1 Bonus DVD)
Rob Zombie:  Past, Present & Future (1 CD/1 Bonus DVD)

$6.99 2-CD Set
AMG Top Pick Listen Parental Advisory Greatest Hits

Album Review

Released: 2003
Label: Geffen
Selection #: 251167
Living Dead Girl, Dragula, More Human Than Human, Brickhouse 2003, Thunder Kiss '65, Feel So Numb, two new songs, DVD w/10 videos, etc.
Listen RM WM
1 Thunder Kiss '65
2 Black Sunshine
3 Feed the Gods
4 More Human Than Human
5 Super Charger Heaven
6 I'm Your Boogieman
7 Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)
8 The Great American Nightmare
9 Dragula
10 Living Dead Girl
11 Superbeast
12 Feel So Numb
13 Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)
14 Demon Speeding
15 Brick House 2003
16 Pussy Liquor
17 Blitzkrieg Bop
18 Two-Lane Blacktop [#]
19 Girl on Fire [#]
20 Thunder Kiss '65 N/A N/A
21 More Human Than Human N/A N/A
22 Dragula N/A N/A
23 Living Dead Girl N/A N/A
24 Superbeast N/A N/A
25 Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy) N/A N/A
   1 | 2  
Download Player:    Real Media Real Media    Windows Media Windows Media
Album Review

"Past, Present & Future" is the first ever Rob Zombie retrospective. The collection is steeped both visually and aurally in the scary monsters, sexy women, and schlock horror images that have always adorned Zombie's death's-head calling card; from a strictly musical standpoint, his turgid industrial sludge and beyond-the-grave vocals benefit greatly from the set's liberal editing. That's because Zombie has always had one fabulously filthy gear, and his pedal is always scraping the metal; "Past"'s 19 tracks simply streamline his career's death race into one satisfying 2000-mile straightaway. "Thunder Kiss '65," "Dragula," and the incredible, impossible, wonderfully stupid "More Human Than Human" attack the eardrums with toxic vengeance; collaborations with Alice Cooper and Howard Stern approach the proto-industrial grind of KMFDM; and kooky covers of "I'M Your Boogieman" and "Brickhouse" run the originals' disco beat through a freaky fun house filled with lurid porn samples and booty-shaking bottom end. (The latter track even pulls poor Lionel Richie into a duet with Rob and raunchy Trick Daddy protégée Trina). "Pussy Liquor" is just dumb, but again, you have to be amazed at Zombie's ability to get away -- and even do well with -- such stupidity. After all, behind the dreads, monster makeup, and platform boots, Zombie is a likeable, talented creative with a flair for reinvention. Like so much of his source material, his work isn't meant for deep contemplation -- only chomping-at-the-bit consumption. That's why he can make it sound like he invented the word "Yeah!" In addition to its host of past guilty pleasures, "Past, Present & Future" includes two previously unreleased songs and a DVD with ten Zombie-directed music videos, three of them never before seen. Never known for his humbleness, Zombie also designed the accompanying full-color, 36-page booklet, which includes a bizarre photo timeline in which the Astrocreep seems to age 50 years in less than 20. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Back To Top
About This Artist
Biography


Other albums by: Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie:  Zombie Live Listen Parental Advisory Rob Zombie
Zombie Live

$6.99

Rob Zombie:  The Sinister Urge Listen Parental Advisory Rob Zombie
The Sinister Urge

$6.99

Rob Zombie:  American Made Music To Strip By Listen Parental Advisory Rob Zombie
American Made Music To Strip By

$6.99

more
Related Artists
Helmet
Kiss
Nine Inch Nails
Primus
White Zombie
Monster Magnet
Korn
Marilyn Manson
Limp Bizkit
more

Any reproduction, publication, further distribution, or public exhibition of materials provided at this site, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited.
©2006 All Media Guide, LLC
Portions of content provided by All Music Guide®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC