Editing Rob Zombie (section)

=== 1985–1998: White Zombie ===
Cummings and Yseult co-founded the band that would become known as [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]]. They broke up after seven years of dating, but continued to work in the band together.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lecaro |first=Lina |url=https://www.laweekly.com/interview-white-zombies-sean-yseult-awakens-sleeping-corpses-with-new-book/|title=Interview: White Zombie's Sean Yseult Awakens Sleeping Corpses With New Book|website=LA Weekly |date=November 16, 2010 |access-date=June 21, 2020}}</ref> The band released three [[extended play]]s to little success, with their debut studio album ''[[Soul-Crusher]]'' following in 1987 through the band's own record label, Silent Explosion.<ref>{{cite web|last=Torreano |first=Bradley |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/soul-crusher-mw0000262655 |title=Soul Crusher – White Zombie|website=AllMusic |access-date=November 22, 2012}}</ref> They released their second studio album ''[[Make Them Die Slowly (album)|Make Them Die Slowly]]'' in 1989 to little commercial reaction.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/make-them-die-slowly-mw0000200296 |title=Make Them Die Slowly – White Zombie|website=AllMusic |access-date=November 22, 2012}}</ref> Yseult and Zombie ended their relationship in 1991 and Zombie began dating [[Sheri Moon Zombie|Sheri Moon]] shortly afterwards.<ref name="girlsandcorpses.com">{{cite web | title= Sheri Not So Scary : An interview with Sheri Moon Zombie | first= Staci Layne | last= Wilson | work=Girls and Corpses Magazine | url= http://www.girlsandcorpses.com/issue10_sherimoon.html | issue=10 | access-date= November 9, 2012}}</ref> The band caught the attention of [[Geffen Records]] following the release of their fourth extended play; their third studio album, ''[[La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One]]'', was released through the label in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-hear-black-mw0000618135/awards |title=La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 - White Zombie : Awards |website=AllMusic |access-date=March 23, 2014}}</ref> Although the album did not enter the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart until about a year after its release,<ref name="Billboard-White Zombie">{{cite magazine|title=White Zombie Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 12, 2019}}</ref> it became the band's breakout hit, going on to sell over two million copies in the United States.<ref name="RIAA-White Zombie">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=White+Zombie#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum RIAA [White Zombie]|publisher=RIAA|date=May 10, 2012|access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> Two singles, "[[Thunder Kiss '65]]" and "[[Black Sunshine]]", were released to promote ''La Sexorcisto''.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/09/white-zombies-astro-creep-2000-turns-20 | title=White Zombie's 'Astro-Creep 2000': 20 years of love and destruction | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=April 10, 2015 | access-date=December 24, 2015 | author=Anderson, Kyle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=White Zombie Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/rtt/|website=Billboard.com|access-date=November 12, 2019}}</ref>

White Zombie's fourth and final studio album, ''[[Astro-Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head]]'' (1995), became their first and only to enter the top ten of the ''Billboard'' 200; it went on to sell over two million copies in the United States.<ref name="Billboard-White Zombie"/><ref name="RIAA-White Zombie"/> Cummings directed the music video for the album's single "[[More Human than Human]]" (1995) and would go on to direct all subsequent videos for the band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Leseman |first=Linda |url= https://www.laweekly.com/rob-zombie-is-quite-hot/|title=Rob Zombie Is Quite Hot|website=LA Weekly |date=August 7, 2012 |access-date=November 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Manf |first=Johnny |url=http://www.moviewiseguys.com/2010/11/from-the-vault-rob-zombies-music-videos.html |title=From The Vault: Rob Zombie's Music Videos |website=MovieWiseguys.com |date=November 10, 2010 |access-date=November 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116184729/http://www.moviewiseguys.com/2010/11/from-the-vault-rob-zombies-music-videos.html |archive-date=November 16, 2010  }}</ref> In 1996, Cummings legally changed his name to Rob Zombie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghoulfriday.com/rob_zombie_claims_he_owns_word_zombie|author=Ghoul Friday|title=Rob Zombie Claims He Owns the Word Zombie|date=June 17, 2009|access-date=January 14, 2016|archive-date=February 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223120311/http://www.ghoulfriday.com/rob_zombie_claims_he_owns_word_zombie|url-status=dead}}</ref> White Zombie released a [[Supersexy Swingin' Sounds|remix album]] that year, marking their final release before their eventual disbandment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/white-zombie/albums/supersexy-swingin-sounds--99383 |title=Supersexy Swingin' Sounds &#124; White Zombie Album|website=Yahoo! Music |access-date=November 24, 2012}}</ref> Zombie collaborated with [[Alice Cooper]] on the song "[[Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)]]" (1996) for ''[[Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files]]''.<ref name="EWprod">{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/03/29/making-songs-key-x/|title=Making "Songs in the Key of X" |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=March 29, 1996 |access-date=June 21, 2020}}</ref> The song was nominated in the category of [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]] at the [[39th Annual Grammy Awards]], though lost to [[Rage Against the Machine]].<ref name=Grammy1997>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq|title=Babyface is up for 12 Grammy awards|date=January 8, 1997|access-date=September 21, 2011|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|first=Mary|last=Campbell|archive-date=July 12, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712192922/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ci4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq|url-status=dead}}</ref> White Zombie officially broke up in September 1998, with Zombie stating, "Sometimes a band just breaks up because the band has run its course and the best days are behind them. White Zombie went through a lot together and did tons of great stuff, but it was time to stop. The good times were over and we were all moving in different directions."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://robzombie.com/2012/02/qotw-white-zombie-by-something_weird/ |title=QOTW: White Zombie by Something_WEiRd |website=Robzombie.com |date=February 14, 2012 |access-date=November 24, 2012 |archive-date=November 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108132852/http://robzombie.com/2012/02/qotw-white-zombie-by-something_weird/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> A box-set for the group was released in 2008 featuring all of their released material.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rob Zombie: All Boxed Up |url= https://www.suicidegirls.com/girls/nicole_powers/blog/2680068/rob-zombie-all-boxed-up/ |publisher=[[SuicideGirls]] |author=Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna |date=December 3, 2008 |access-date=December 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603025147/http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Rob+Zombie%3A+All+Boxed+Up/ |archive-date=June 3, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since the break up of White Zombie, Zombie has shown no interest in reforming the band and has been quoted as saying, "I have many legit reasons [for not wanting to reform White Zombie]. Just because you don't know them does not mean they don't exist. Everything is not everybody's business."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rob-zombie-says-he-has-many-legit-reasons-for-not-wanting-to-reunite-white-zombie/|title=ROB ZOMBIE Says He Has 'Many Legit Reasons' For Not Wanting To Reunite WHITE ZOMBIE|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=September 20, 2016|access-date=November 12, 2019}}</ref> In a 2011 interview, Zombie stated that he had not spoken to any members of the band "except [[John Tempesta]] in about 15 years."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rob-zombie-says-white-zombie-will-never-reunite/|title=ROB ZOMBIE Says WHITE ZOMBIE Will Never Reunite|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=February 23, 2011|access-date=November 12, 2019}}</ref>