Rob Zombie

The Sales Power of In-Store Performances

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. CD Source owner, Lance Price, saw a combination of new releases and classic albums creep towar ... More >>

The Devil's Auteur: Rob Zombie Faces His Fans -- and His Art

This Week's Top Show Announcements: Divine Fits, Blue Oyster Cult, Ben Folds Five, Rob Zombie and More

As we sit in our cubicles, school chairs or desks today, the Texas sky is relentless with its 73-degree beauty, tempting all of us to turn on some tunes, throw up our hands and have recess. Texas has just reached the perfect time of year when all of the alchemy is correct for hosting a plethora of m ... More >>

A Parker County Teen Confessed to Murdering His Family, and It's Really Disturbing

Almost four months after 17-year-old Jake Evans calmly confessed to a 911 operator that he had just murdered his mother and sister at their Aledo home -- "It's weird," he said. "I wasn't even angry with them. It just kind of happened." -- the teen's written account of what happened on the night of O ... More >>

Ten Most Anticipated Metal Albums of 2013

2012 did not end with the bang promised by the Mayans. Fortunately, 2013 is gearing up to be the year of Heavy Metal. Some of the industry's oldest and newest legends are conjuring some tunes to help nurse the no-apocalypse blues. Here are the ten metal albums likely to get the most attention in 201 ... More >>

Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson - Verizon Theatre - 10/31/12

Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson Verizon Theatre Wednesday, October 31 The "Twins of Evil" tour was the perfect Halloween gift from the Great Pumpkin, who also made an appearance during Rob Zombie's performance. In fact, several infamous people were wandering through the crowd at the Verizon Theatre: ... More >>

Rob Zombie On Revenge, Frank Zappa and Frankenstein

All Hallow's Eve is almost upon us, and what better way to celebrate than with Rob Zombie, who will be performing with Marilyn Manson on the Twins of Evil Tour at Verizon Theatre tomorrow night. It'll be a fright night filled with elaborate stage designs, terrifying costumes and metal. I had a chanc ... More >>

Eight Heavy Metal Costumes for Halloween

So you want to be a rock star, but you haven't been able to convince your partner to let you strip off the Polo long enough to slip into coolness. Thankfully, Halloween is just around the corner. It's the perfect time of year to lose the tie and slip on the dog collar. See also: - The 10 best Hal ... More >>

The 10 Best Halloween Shows in DFW

Perhaps the pressure of planning your witty political costume have driven you to write off Halloween 2012 altogether. Don't throw in the towel just yet! There are plenty of great shows around DFW this weekend and on Halloween night that will put you in the festive spirit, even if you've opted for je ... More >>

Derek Walker's Gone From Airwaves to Dirt Track

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. In 2009, KZPS-FM 92.5 fired Derek Walker from their promotions crew. Unfortunately, he was sorely misunderstood by the marketing department's then-head honcho, and was let go after going ... More >>

You've No Doubt Seen "Crazy Picture Guy" At Area Shows. Now Learn His Backstory.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet the people in the local music scene that you don't see on stages. Scotty Mankoff, aka "Crazy Picture Guy."​Scotty Mankoff can be a bit menacing to witness at a live music show, with his hulking frame draped in black clothing, a flowing, curly ma ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Monday, November 29, 2010

W​e've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Joshua Radin (New York, NY)The Rock and the Tide (Mom Pop)To kick off this we ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: We Are Scientist at The Loft, Powerman 5000 at Trees and Cory Morrow at The Aardvark. LATE ADD: The Fresh & Onlys and Royal Baths at The Nightmare.

A couple of nice triple-bills, plus some hardcore country, makes for a pleasant Tuesday evening of music, no?

Good Friday: Festival At The Switchyard, Free Energy, Los Campesinos, Dawes, Valient Thorr, The Thermals, AC Slater, Bush, Paul Oakenfold, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and More!

Tim DeLaughter and The Polyphonic Spree perform at Festival At The Switchyard on Friday.​Well, we've finally recovered from our Austin City Limits Music Festival hangover--and just in time, too. This weekend's Festival At The Switchyard in Carrollton is yet another suburban rock fest featuring som ... More >>

October's Music Offerings Are Unrelenting. And We Likey.

Today In Music News: Van Halen To (Maybe) Tour Again, Rob Zombie Has New Cinema Project And 50 Cent Has A Way With Words

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 6, 2010...AVan Halen may be returning to the road next year. Or so Live Nation is telling their stockholders. Yeah, yeah yeah Rob Zombie has some albums he's touring on, blah, blah blah... but, he has a new horror movie he's writing and ... More >>

Dallas Filmmakers' Horror Short Scares Up First Place in Universal Studios Contest

​A very proud Friend of Unfair Park sends word: A short film he worked on has taken top prize in a contest sponsored by Universal Studios -- thanks, in large part, to a big thumbs-up from competition namesake Rob Zombie. Mr. Cummings (and why wouldn't you stick with that name?) was among the panel ... More >>

Show Announcements: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Ariel Pink, Os Mutantes, Dresden Dolls, Girl In A Coma, NOFX, Free Energy, Harlem, Dignan, Deftones, Cake, Danzig, Thousand Foot Crutch, The Gourds, Godsmack, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Papa Roach & More

Tessa AngusBRMC​Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's 2010 album Beat The Devil's Tattoo isn't quite as popular as their previous efforts, but they still have some pretty big tour plans in support of the disk, including a few Texas dates with Stone Temple Pilots. Initially, though, the band wasn't coming ... More >>

Korn in Concert: My Top 10 Observations

​10. Never have I seen so many tattoos under one tent than at Friday's Mayhem Festival at the Smirnoff/Super Pages Whatever Starplex. One guy had "Lamb of God" inked on his right calf and a girl - swear - had "KORN", with a backward "R" of course, on her neck.  9. ... More >>

Picture Show: The Rockstar Energy Mayhem Tour Rolls Through Dallas

Kevin TodoraRob Zombie brought the heat on Friday night.​ Ace photographer Kevin Todora trekked on out to the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, which rolled through town for a stop at Superpages.com Center on Friday, so the rest of us wouldn't have to--and he came away with some killer shots of th ... More >>

Good Friday: Trees' Anniversary, Ace McNeely Memorial Concert, Doug Burr, Monco Poncho, Airline, Loretta Lynn, Jackson Browne, Record Hop, Spooky Folk, The Beaten Sea, More.

​The Granada Theater's not the only venue around town celebrating an anniversary this week: On Saturday night in Deep Ellum, Trees will celebrate its own one-year anniversary. Tough to believe that it was just a year ago that the venue re-opened, but, hey, time flies. And the venue will be celebra ... More >>

Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival

Friday, August 13, at Superpages.com Center

Show Announcements: King Khan And The Shrines To Play Sons of Hermann Hall, More

​YES! King Khan And The Shrines, one of my favorite acts at last year's SXSW, is coming to Dallas in April on what's being billed as a "comeback tour." The band is hitting 17 cities in late March and the first half of April, but perhaps wisely altogether avoiding Kentucky, where Khan and his BBQ S ... More >>

Today In Music News: Heidi Montag Continues To "Sing," Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Gets His Directorial Debut On And LT Has His Own Dance

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, January 14, 2010...Heidi Montag's new album is better than Thriller. Right, and chicken pox are worse than herpes.First Rob Zombie, then Fred Durst. Now Omar Rodriguez-Lopez his directorial debut. LaDainian Tomlinson is trying his best to keep up ... More >>

Five Years Ago Today, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott Was Shot and Killed Onstage in Columbus, Ohio

​Kind of crazy to think that five years have passed since Nathan Gale charged the stage, gunned down four people and killed Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott during a Columbus, Ohio, performance of Dime's new band, Damageplan.To commemorate the anniversary, Revolver will release a special ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Rob Zombie, Chris Brown, Rhett Miller

Rob Zombie at The Palladium Ballroom on Friday, November 13:Rob Zombie--the master, the legend, the man who scares the pants off your parents--on Friday the 13th. In Dallas. Need I say more?

Good Friday (The 13th!): Rob Zombie, My Son My Exeutioner, The Phuss, Dove Hunter, RTB2, THe BAcksliders, The Golden Boys, LIONS, Peter Bjorn and John, The Swell Season, Goatwhore, The Slow Burners, Chris Brown

​Well, it's Friday the 13th again, folks. Hope you've planned ahead and set aside 13 bucks for a "13" tattoo at Oliver Peck's Elm Street Tattoo. As for your show-going plans. Well, we've got your collective procrastinating backs. First, the shows we've already hyped.Tonight, for instance, has a to ... More >>

Last Night: Slipknot and Coheed and Cambria at Nokia Theatre

Slipknot, Coheed and CambriaNokia Theatre, Grand PrairieFebruary 22, 2009 Better Than: Accidentally stumbling onto the set of a Rob Zombie movie without realizing you've been written into the plot. Last night at the Nokia Theatre, the earth shifted, the foundation cracked, and hell poured out t ... More >>

Clearing Out the Mailroom: Thursday, January 8, 2009

We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take four or five at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it. Confusion Only (San Antonio) The Story Of... The Middle-Eastern percuss ... More >>

What You Lookin' At? Oh, I See -- the AFI Dallas Complete Lineup.

A Good Night to Meet George Romero

Film 2007: Bad Blood

Horror films failed to scare up the big bucks in 2007

Singular Sensation

Over The Weekend: Lamb of God, Blue Yule at MAC, Art Conspiracy III

Scare Tactics

Texas Frightmare Weekend creeps up on us

Oh What a Fright

Fear Fest 2007 lashes out in Mesquite

Iron and Whine

Inwood conducts a midnight study

Rogues' Gallery

Racists, louts and terrorists earned their place among the best of 2005

Your Government at Work

Blessed Are the Buttmunches

Shark Bait

Open Water delivers more flaws than jaws

The Cramps and the Gore Gore Girls

April 24

Rob Zombie

March 8

In the Screening Room

For the Deep Ellum Film Festival, the third time's the charm

OZZFest '99

Starplex Amphitheatre

Good at being the best

The youngest man in rock and roll, Ronnie Dawson gets hitched and grows up (sort of)

Electric funeral

Black Sabbath has reunited, but has it cost its members their souls?

Korn holed

It's Hard to Swallow, but Vanilla Ice goes...metal?

Out There