Editing Rob Zombie (section)

== Early life ==
Zombie was born Robert Bartleh Cummings in [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]],<ref name=BaltimoreSun>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2002-08-11-0208110349-story.html|date=August 11, 2002|title=The walking undead relax at home|first=Reilly|last=Capps|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|location=Maryland|access-date=June 27, 2020|archive-date=June 27, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200627184948/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2002-08-11-0208110349-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> on January 12, 1965,<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/12/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-12-2020/8721578623716/ |title= UPI Almanac for Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020 |work= [[United Press International]] | date= January 12, 2020|access-date=June 27, 2020 | archive-date= January 13, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200113032052/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/12/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-12-2020/8721578623716/ |url-status=live|quote = ...musician/film director Rob Zombie in 1965 (age 55)}}</ref> the oldest son of Louise and Robert Cummings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reillycapps.com/articles/rob-zombies-old-haunts.html|title=Rob Zombie's Old Haunts|website=Reillycapps.com|access-date=November 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509060350/http://reillycapps.com/articles/rob-zombies-old-haunts.html|archive-date=May 9, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> His younger brother, Michael, uses the stage name [[Spider One]] and is the lead singer of [[Powerman 5000]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=DiVincenzo |first=Alex |title=Spider One Interview |url=http://www.horror-101.com/?p=4261 |website=Horror-101.com |date=November 2, 2009 |access-date=August 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007070524/http://www.horror-101.com/?p=4261 |archive-date=October 7, 2011  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=mulatschag|title=I hit Rob Zombie with a Trashcan!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTT4nSnRj4s| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211027/WTT4nSnRj4s| archive-date=2021-10-27|website=YouTube|date=June 20, 2014 |access-date=September 2, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>[http://celebritywonder.ugo.com/html/robzombie.html Rob Zombie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410003104/http://celebritywonder.ugo.com/html/robzombie.html |date=April 10, 2011 }} at Celebrity Wonder</ref> Growing up, he had a fascination with [[horror film]]s and "always wanted to be [[Alice Cooper]], [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Bela Lugosi]], and [[Stan Lee]]".<ref>"[https://archive.today/20130122050053/http://www.enotes.com/zombie-rob-reference/zombie-rob Rob Zombie] at enotes.com</ref><ref>[http://www.menshealth.com/best-life/success-stories-rob-zombie Success Stories: Rob Zombie] at Men's Health</ref> He has said of his childhood, "I didn't aspire to be anything. I was just a dopey kid. Basically everyone seemed amazing to me as a kid. I grew up in some nowhere town... anybody that even seemed remotely famous just seemed like they were on another planet."<ref name="youtube.com">{{Citation |title=Rob Zombie - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? | date=May 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q44nRDR0dKI |language=en |access-date=2022-10-23}}</ref>

Cummings' parents worked at a carnival.<ref>[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/13/660456/-Rob-Zombie-An-Unorthodox-Champion-of-American-Values Rob Zombie, An Unorthodox Champion of American Values] at ''[[Daily Kos]]''</ref> In 1977, when he was 12, his parents chose to leave after a riot broke out at the carnival and tents were set on fire.<ref>[https://movies.yahoo.com/person/rob-zombie/biography.html Rob Zombie Biography] at Yahoo Movies</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nshoremag.com/zombieland/ |title=Zombieland |website=Northshore Magazine|date=2010-09-17 |access-date=2012-11-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054907/http://nshoremag.com/zombieland/ |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He said of the experience, "Everybody's pulling out guns, and you could hear guns going off. I remember this one guy we knew, he was telling us where to go, and some guy just ran up to him and hit him in the face with a hammer{{emdash}}just busted his face wide open. My parents packed up real quick, and we took off."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/zombies-carnival-past_31_03_2006 |title=Zombie's Carnival Past |magazine=Contactmusic.com |date=March 31, 2006 |access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> He later elaborated, "I think someone just got ripped off for a lot of money on the gambling tents and they came back later and set the tents on fire [and] it turned into this big riot. [...] It was super violent and crazy and I think that was when my parents were like, 'You know what? We might be able to find something better to be doing here.' Because me and my brother are in the middle of this. Things are on fire, people beating the crap out of each other."<ref name="youtube.com"/>

Cummings graduated from [[Haverhill High School]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eagletribune.com/haverhill/x603537790/Haverhills-welcome-sign-and-new-book-honor-macabre-master-Rob-Zombie |title= Haverhill's welcome sign and new book honor macabre master Rob Zombie |website=Eagletribune.com |date= October 27, 2010 |access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> He moved to [[New York City]] and began attending [[Parsons School of Design]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/rob-zombie-groucho-marx-film-songwriting-live-show-more/ |title=Rob Zombie Interview |website=loudwire.com |date=July 10, 2015 |access-date=August 7, 2023 }}</ref> where he met eventual bandmate and girlfriend [[Sean Yseult]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.superiorpics.com/rob_zombie/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203204041/http://www.superiorpics.com/rob_zombie/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |title=The Rob Zombie Picture Pages |website=Superiorpics.com |access-date=November 22, 2012 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rob-zombie/bio/184861 Rob Zombie biography] at ''TV Guide.com''</ref> Before the success of White Zombie, he worked as a production assistant for the children's show ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/25613/quick-10-people-who-got-their-starts-pee-wees-playhouse|title=The Quick 10: People Who Got Their Starts on Pee-Wee's Playhouse|magazine=Mental Floss}}</ref> He took the stage name "Rob Zombie" from Bela Lugosi's 1932 horror film ''White Zombie'', from which he also took White Zombie's band name. The name first shows up on White Zombie's 1989 EP ''[[God of Thunder (EP)|God of Thunder]]''.<ref name="Rob Zombie – Stage Name Origins">{{Cite web|first=Graham|last= Hartmann |title=Rob Zombie – Stage Name Origins|url=https://loudwire.com/rob-zombie-stage-name-origins/|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Loudwire|date=June 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=White Zombie Biography|url=http://homepages.gac.edu/~dkuster/zombie/src/biography.html|access-date=2021-08-22|website=homepages.gac.edu}}</ref> He had previously used the name "Rob Straker" on the White Zombie LPs ''[[Soul-Crusher]]'' and ''[[Make Them Die Slowly (album)|Make Them Die Slowly]]''.<ref name="Rob Zombie – Stage Name Origins"/><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q44nRDR0dKI Interview on YouTube - Rob Zodiac was just a mistake by an announcer. retrieved June 6, 2016</ref> In 1996, he made "Rob Zombie" his legal name.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Getlen |first1=Larry |title=The evil dreads |url=https://nypost.com/2013/04/14/the-evil-dreads/ |website=New York Post |date=April 14, 2013 |access-date=30 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rocker Zombie does horror in Halloween |url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=326074 |publisher=MSN |date=November 18, 2007 |access-date=December 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105025833/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=326074 |archive-date=January 5, 2008  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rob Zombie Biography: Director, Singer (1965–)| url=http://www.biography.com/people/rob-zombie-20717093|publisher=[[Biography.com]]|access-date=April 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315185035/http://www.biography.com/people/rob-zombie-20717093|archive-date=March 15, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>